The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-07-23
NEW ERA FOR
ROAD BUILDING
A SYSTEMATIC SURVEY ASKED FOR
Construction on Columbia Highway viii
Begin at Once Elliott will Have
Charge Of the Work

The result of the Columbia highway
/ bond election last week may mean the
/ inception of new era of road building
/ in the Hood River valley. Agitation
has already begun for better roaC
building in the valley. The executive
committee of the Good Roads Associa
tion and the directors of the CONNER
cial club met last Friday afternoon anC
adopted the following resolution:
Hood River, Ore. July u, 1914.
Whereas. From expressions Of opin,
ion that have been heard in the last
month. il is apparent that Hood River
county may be called upon to vote ad,
ditional bonds for the improvement OF
local roads; and
Whereas, There is no definite infor-
nation eXtant upon which the taxpay.
ers Of this county can proceed to an in.
telligent discussion and consideration
of this subject,
Now therefore. be it resolved, That
1t is the sentiment of the meeting here
assembled, that the county court OF
Hood River county should authorize
and direct the making of comparative
surveys and estimates of cost, for the
purpose of determining the most feas.
lble route for permanent highway
leading from the city Of Hood River tC
such point in the Upper Valley as may
be hereafter determined.
And be il further resolved, That q
copy of these resolutions be transmit
ted to the Hood River county court.
II tC aNplatppH I,u fkpga M hn haua
been instrumental in the adoption OF
this resolution that the resolution does
not call campaign for a bond issue
for local roads at the present time, as
the reader might infer from the first
paragraph, but that the county court il
asked to employ an engineer to work
out some system that may be used fol-
all time in valley road work. At the
present time, if the valley had funds
enough to build all the roads needed
in the valley, il would be impossible tC
begin. 1t is the purpose of those insti
eating the movement to secure proper
surveys and maps of prospective roads,
in order that the people can discuss the
measure intelligently, in case bono
issue is voted on.
While advertisements of the SIS, 00(
bond issue appear in this weeks issue
of the Glacier, work on the CoIumbis
highway in Hood River county will be
gin before the bonds are Sold even be
fore all portions of the right of way are
secured. in all probability. J. A. Eli.
oft, the engineer who had charge OF
the survey made last fall and winter
was recalled from Texas by the State
Highway Commission as soon as thu
result of the election was made known
A crew of men has already been pickeC
for the task and with MIR. Elliott il
active charge construction will be
started at once. Samuel Lancaster
who has been in charge of the work il
Multnomah county, will supervise the
work.
The county court and all concerned
in the hasty completion of the opening
of the scenic highway are busy bring.
ing to a close necessary legal formal
ties. A petition from residents of the
river road districts is being prepared
for the county court and the right Of
way will be opened as soon as possible
by the legal time limit.