Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-09-06
ROAD To- ELhORE
COUNTY Will BE
BUILT At ONCE
The State Highway Com
mission Decides to Pro-
coed With the Construc-
ton Work Without Delay.

The state highway commission last
night decided to go ahead, with the CO.
operation of the Ada county commits
sioners, with the work of completing
that portion of the state highway
system from Boise to the Elmore
county line, south and east from this
city, and to connect up the unfinished
linz of the highway near Meridian to
the Canyon county line. Bids for this
work will be advertised for. The COM
missioners of this county will appro-
pirate $4,000 towards the road con-
struction to which will be added $4,000
appropriated by the state highway
commission. Both links are import
ant from a good roads standpoint both
FOR this county and for the state high.
way system.
Contracts Are Let.
The highway commission also let
three contracts for road construction
work on other parts of the state high
way system. This work will be car
ried on in Lincoln, Blaine and Madi-
son counties. Four bids were receiv-
ed by the commission They were
from A. H. Wright & company, o. c.
Burton, Z. L. Phelps & company and
W. A. Kicks The bids accepted by the
commission were those Of O. c. Burton
for the road work in Lincoln and
Blaine counties and w. A. Kicks for
the road work in Madison county
The commission accepted the re-
commentator of Secretary of State
w. l.. Clifford and State Highway En-
gineer st. Clair Smith to designate the
route by way of what is known as the
Union Town Hill as the best for the
location of that portion of the state
highway extending from the city OF
Lewiston in Nez Perez county to Mos
COW in Latah county This route gives
a connection with the Washington
state highway.
Change in Contracts.
A. change was made in the contracts
to be entered into between the state
through the highway commission,
boards of county commissioners and
the contractors by the terms of which
one third of the total amount of the
contract is to be paid by the state and
the remaining two-thirds to be paid
by the county, the county payments to
he made to the state treasurer upon
presentation of monthly and final esti-
mates by the state highway engineer.
A resolution was adopted instruct
ing the state highway enginee, to make
the necessary surveys and prepare de-
tailed specifications and estimates of
the cost of construction of that portion
of the state highway in Blaine county
from station No. 1920 on the Sawtooth
park state highway at Picabo to the
east line of the county via the towns
OF Carey, Martin and Arco.
Rescinds Action.
Under date Of June so, 1914, and
subsequent dates the records of the
commission show that in the accept
ance of bids of the several bidders for
highway construction, the commission
has required that the several coun-
ties through which the state highway
is located pay into the state treas
ury their proportion of the estimated
expense in the several counties, before
any contract is signed and delivered
upon the part of the state. The COM
mission rescinds this by passing the
following resolution:
Now, be it resolved, and 1t is hereby
ordered, that this provision, In the ac-
ceptance of all contracts under date of
June 80. 1914. and all other dates COW
ering all road construction contracts,
now on record In the minutes of said
state highway commission. be- and the
same is hereby rescinded."
The commission authorized it's
chairman and secretary to enter into
contracts with the lowest responsible
bidders for the construction of the
bridges and culverts most urgently