Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-09
ROADS PLANNED
FOR NEXT YEAR
County Commissioners Dis
cuss Expenditure Of $685.
900 Of Road Money
BRIDGES FOR wlSHKAH
New Bridge on Satsop-East
Hoquiam and the Hansen
Roads will be Built

MONTESANO, Oct. S.-The county
commissioners believe they have been
economical in road levies and certain
1t is they cut out many road projects
which they were urged to put in.
Here is where some of the money is
to 60:
OF the $96,100 levied for the gen
eral road and bridge fund Commits
sioner Phil Locke asked for $38,3OO.
OF this $20,700 is to be spent for
building four bridges across the Wish
kah river and branches-one on the
Compton road, two on the west branch
of the Wishkah and one on the
each branch. The two on the West
Wishkah have been petitioned for, al
most cried for and it would have TAX
en- stony heart to have denied them.
They are in the neighborhood where
there are several foreign settlers
small ranchers. They have several
children some of whom have to go
eight miles to school for lack of
bridges.
Maintenance of roads accounts for
$12,600 of Mr.. Locke's portion and
the balance was put in to purchase
tools and machinery.
Commissioner c. N. Wilson, who is
going out of office, asked for $36,SOO
Of this same fund. The largest sim
gle amount he asked for was $4,000
for bridge across the Satsop river.
Owing to cuts in the river bank and
other things, the Satsop river bridge
on the main highway is becoming un-
safe. It must be replaced or cobbled
up. The bridge is all right for some
narrower place and will be used to
span the Wynooche several miles up
the river to connect the East Wynoo-
che river valley with the new Wy
nooche. Wishkah connecting road. This
opens up a big new territory to a
shorter route with Aberdeen. With
the exception of some machinery the
balance of Mr. Wilson's requirements
are for repairing old bridges and for
building some small, much asked for
spans, and river protection work.
Commissioner E. E. Fishel wanted
some machinery and had planned for
year on lot of work but declared
his people had demanded lower taxes
and he was going to cut to the bone
and do mostly with repairs. He ask
ed for only $4,000 in the general
road and bridge fund
Mr. Fishel in district funds as in
the general fund, did not consult his
own wishes, but levied as little as he
thought it possible to get along with.
He said he was disposed to cut the
amounts down to maintenance after
hearing the opinion of big taxpayers
on the wishes for economy, and that
he would have done so, but for the
petitions for the East Hoquiam road,
and for the c. D. Hanson road contin-
uation. He said thse improvements
were asked for-especially the first
named-by the same people who are
urging economy Besides that, he said
the East Hoquiam proposition appeal
ed to his own judgment. He said it
was opening up new territory that
was open for settlers and that would
become one of the richest valleys in
the neighborhood of the Harbor cities.
There is some improvement on pres
ent roads, such as cutting out the
double crossing at Tulips over the
Northern Pacific road that will also
be made. He asked for $27,500 in
district and $4,000 in district g.
In the districts, Mr.. Locke, who has
road district Nos. and 4, is planning
in the latter to spend a large part
of his $4,000 in making the road to
the beach on the South Side good.
It is to be Strengthened in one place,
to be graveled in several places, and
a road is to be built from Laidlaw
island to the beach. He also plans
on improving several smaller roads !;
finishing the North river road to the
county line, and last there is to be
something like $4,000 spent on the
south side of the Chehalis river. This
South Side road was the most peti.
toned for of any outside of the beach
road. Cosmopolis and every man be.
tween there and South Montesano had
been before the commissioners not
!, once, but many times, urging the i'm.
provement. To build the road through
would take more money than Locke
could put in this"ye so he decided