The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-10-03
OUTLINE STATES
HIGHWAY SYSTEM
East and West Road Will Run
Via Twin Falls
PRELIMINARY WORK TO BEGIN
AT ONCE.
Commission Adopted Southern Route
Across State in Preference to Hal
ley Route.

North and south road-From Boise
to Lewiston; Lewiston to Occur
d'Alene; Occur d'Alene to Standpoint.
East and west road-FrOm Idaho
Oregon state line to Olds Ferry and
east to Idaho-Wyoming state bound
airy line in Bear Lake county; passing
through Washington, Canyon, Ada, Ell
more, Lincoln, Twin Falls, Cassia,
Oneida, Bannock and Bear Lake coun-
ties.
Subsidiary lines-From Twin Falls
to HALEY, off east and west line; from
Spokane bridge to st. Regis pass,
crossing north and south highway;
from Idaho Falls north to Idaho-MOn-
tana boundary.
The state highway commission Off
cially adopted the above outlined state
highway system for Idaho at meet
ing held last night and elected Edward
St. Clair Smith, state highway engl-
neer at salary of $3.50 month to
commence Immediately in making the
necessary plans to give to Idaho
complete system of highways that Will
be beneficial to all sections. In MAX
ing the selection the commission
adopted the southern route east and
west across the state via Hagermon
valley and Twin Falls in preference
to the central route via Arco, Haley
and the Camas prairie.
All members of the commission
were present when the action OF Off
cially adopting a state highway sys-
tenn was taken, postponement having
been taken for a night session in orr
der to permit Miles Cannon of Weiser,
to attend the meeting. The other COM
wis cci0 nr chairman
Theodore Turner, Secretary w. l.. Gift
ford, Professor Little and State Engi-
neer King.
State Highway Engineer Smith was
instructed by the commission to COM
mence preliminary survey work as
soon as possible on the system as
outlined, listing the following sections
of the system in order of their import
ance to be given preference in the sur
vey work: That portion of the north
and south road lying between New
Meadows and Grangeville, the road
from Olds Ferry east and west to the
state line in Bear Lake county, the
road from st. Regis pass to the Spo-
kane bridge, the road from Gibbons
VILE to the Montana-Idaho boundary
line on that part of the system run
ming north from Idaho Falls.
BY bringing up the above sections of
the highway system to the same stand
ard as the roads in the other parts of
the system, the commission feels that
it will then be in position to set ac-
lively at work on the entire system
gradually bringing it up to high
state of efficiency so far as improved
highways are concerned. The COM
mission decided not to accept any
part of the state highway system as
outlined and located in the respective
counties until it has been improved
to the extent Of being placed on grade
with culverts installed. The state con-
tributing one-third towards this work
and the counties two-thirds. 1t is
therefore necessary for counties wish
ing to get in line on the new highway
to proceed to improve their roads
Until the 100000 road bond issue
is disposed of the commission can on
ly attend to the preliminaries, as COM
missioners are expected to make their
plans towards giving special attention
to the section of the highway that
will pass through their respective
News.