Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-06-17
HANSON ROAD
AT BAT AGAIN
Foreman Schnorck Intero-
gates Commissioners at
Considerable Length
ROAD WILL BE BUILT
As Soon as The Money Can.
Be Provided, Is the Sense
Of the Commissioners

MONTESANG. June 17-(SpeciaD
The morning session of the county
commissioners yesterday was given
over TO q running discussion between
the members OF the board and Jacob
Schnock. a logging foreman of the
Poison company, Schnock had a list
of questions to PROFOUND TO the board,
and stenographer was sent for to
take down the discussion.
i, p. Stockwell and w T. Cameron
of the logging firm of Cameron &.
Hoover, told of the convenience the
Hanson road would be to their log
ging works, and how under present
conditions they were hampered and
unable to work as many men as they
wished, owing to the trouble of get
ting men to the camps. They were
assured by the commissioners that
the road would be buflt as soon as
they were in position to build it.
No Personal knowledge
Schnock, which was almost entirely
between him and Commissioners
Locke and Fishel, Wilson leaving the
matter largely with the west end
members, brought out the informa-
ton that Schnock had very little per-
sonal knowledge of the Hanson road,
or the other roads in that locality.
He admitted that he had never been
over the road in controversy, but laid
claim to vast amount of second
hand information on county roads.
Contract Was Absurd
In reply1to Locke, he admitted that
if the contract let on the Hanson
road had not been recinded, the $4,-
500 would have been spent uselessly,
as two bridges, costing not less than
$4,000. would have to be built before
the road could be used Locke also
brought out the fact that it would
have to be graveled, at cost of some
$4,000, to permit it's use in winter,
SO that to have permitted the $4,000
to stand would have entailed an addi-
tional cost of about $4,000, or nearly
all the funds the previous board of
commissioners had left for the use
in the entire Third district.
Referring to bringing injured men
out to the hospital, Locke brought out
from Schnock the fact that they
could be brought to an auto road by
train, but, he said the telephones
were so frequently out of order that
it was difficult to phone for an auto
to meet the train. y
After Schnorck had referred sever
al times to the large amount of tax.
es paid by the Poison Company, he
was asked by Locke, if the company
paid any more than it owed, and that
if he meant to be understood as ask
ing the commissioners to extend con-
sideration to those appearing before
them according to the sum of taxes
they paid.
At the close of the discussion,
Locke went on record as favOring
the Hanson road. not merely as q
temporary accommodation while tim
Der was being removed, but as per-
menant highway, part of system
connecting the Wynooche, .Wishkah.
Hoquiam and Humptulips valleps with
the Olympic State Highway, and his
view seems to be that of Commits
sioners Wilson and Fishel.
Calling in stenographer yester-
day, was rendered necessary by rea-
son of the colored reports that have
been sent to the harbor papers at
almost every meeting since the road
controversy began, and hereafter the
board proposes 10 be in a position to
place the exact doings OF the session
in the record.