Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-09-05
LOCAL ASSOCIATION MAKES
PLEA To COMMISSIONERS.
FOR HIGHWAY TO FRISCO
Good Roads Boosters Would Turn
Tourist Travel Over the Cres-
cent City-Coast Route.

The executive committee OF the
Josephine Good Roads association,
appeared before the county court
Thursday morning relative to road
work that is necessary and which
should be done before the rainy sea-
son begins.
The committee had in its posses
sion a list of the roads of the county,
their location, estimates as to the
cost of graveling or rock-surfacing
these roads, etc, and made a plea to
the county court and the county
commissioners to have this work
done at once.
There have been graded several
miles of roadway in the county, and
the association claims that unless
this road that has been graded Is Inn.
medlately graveled or hard surfaced,
placing the same in proper condition
before the rainy season, these roads
will become impossible during the
winter and the many miles OF good
roads already constructed would in
many cases be made useless. The
stretches of graded road which the
Lassocation complains of lies in the
Kerby. Holland Slate Creek, Won
der, Williams. Merlin and Gallce dis
triCts
BY figures given to the commits
sioners It was shown that If this
work was done this fall, II would be
of a permanent and lasting nature
and would make the roads all over
the county 25 per cent better than
they have ever been. II will mean
kund' ds of dollars saved to the peo-
pie of the county in hauling freight,
supplies etc. during the coming
winter
It viii also mean that the roads OF
Josephine county will be ready for
the summer traffic and travel at
much earlier period than If this work
had to be done next spring. The es-
innate given the committee by the
road oyerseer amounts to $S,500.00,
but the committee feels that to half
way repair the roads would be- an in
justice to the people OF the county
and they have asked the county
commissioners to increase this
amount to $l2,000.00, for then the
work could be done in proper
manner, and in a manner that will
make it lasting. They cain tnat
the object OF the Josephine County
Good Roads association, is the build
ing of permanent roads, and that the
money that they are now asking to be
be expended on the county roads,
will be expended in making perma-
nent roads and this work will not
have to be done over, in the future.
Some three months ago the coun-
ty court ordered signs made and
placed on the Grants Pass, Crescent
| City road to the county line. The
Good Roads association has also
asked the county court to pay for
the making and painting of $50 signs
marked Grants Pass, San Francisco
! Highway" with an arrow pointing
toward Grants Pass and an arrow
Ipolnting toward San Francisco. This
sign the association proposed to have
placed along the coast route from
Grants Pass through Crescent City,
| Eureka, Santa Rosa TO San Fran
cisco, California.
The association claims that they
can have all the signs made that Will
be necessary including signs to the
Josephine county caves by way Of
the Sucker Creek route for 800 90.
A sample Of the sign Of the Grants
Pass, San Francisco Highway was
shown the commissioners and recelv-
ed very favorable comment. The
letters are black over aluminium
back ground, which makes an ex-
tremely neat sign the arrows point
ing to San Francisco and to Grants
Pass are in red.