The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-06-16
PAVING TO THE UNIVERSITY.

1t is as yet, we hope, not too lat
to change the proposed route of thu
paving to the university campus. Be
fore final action is taken as to the
streets that are to be paved, a com
petent committee should be appointed
to go carefully over all that territory
and select a course more sensible and
economical than the one lately de-
feated at the polls. 1t would be diff
ficult to imagine proposed route
presenting more difficulties and en-
failing more needless expense with
a smaller proportion of benefit to traf-
fic than the one outlined.
The main approach to the campus
should not be on University avenue
beyond Ash street. There is no need
whatever at this time for going west
over the hill from the point where Elm
street crosses University avenue. The
only object in doing so is to con-
meet, we suppose, with the new drive
way built in front of the gymnasium,
a driveway which was at the time of
its construction and which is at this
time a serious mistake and connec-
ton with which is totally unnecessary.
With great saving of funds, turn
might have been made in front of the
gymnasium similar to that in front of
the administration building, and all
the carriages might just as well have
come to the gymnasium via the old
driveway leading to the main build
ing. To approach the campus by way
of the new driveway means the use of
University avenue and the entrance
to the campus, as it were, by the
back door 1t is neither natural nor
dignified, as the buildings now stand.
Those who expect to contribute to
selves first most carefully on sew
eral points: as to the great and in |
creasing volume of traffic that will |
always travel over Blake street as |
far as Ridenbaugh hall; the inconsid
cradle and unimportant traffic that
will ever use University avenue west
Of its intersection with Elm street.
the greatly reduced cost of another
and more appropriate route; and the
splendid connection that can be made
with the campus on Blake street at
he beginning of the old driveway.
But if the authorities insist on car
rying the paving over the hill on Uni
yersity avenue, a grave blunder, no
such grade as that proposed should
ever be accepted. 1t will cut the
campus in two and do it a serious
injury. There is no need of SO easy
| grade as was proposed, especially
or a route that Will never be pop
liar or generally used
The ideal condition of affairs would
include union depot for the Northern
pacific, the O.-W. R. &c N, and the
he use of Sixth street for general
raffic instead of Narrow or College
treet; and the use of Elm street
which runs into Blake) instead of
University avenue as the natural ap-
roach to the campus. Narrow or
o1ege street, Deakin avenue, and Uni
ersity avenue, a combination which
untold difficulties, could then
2 entirely eliminated so far as the
aved route to the university is con-
,rned.
But the union depot, though prom
ed, is not yet a reality and can not
counted on to be so in the near S
ture 1t is therefore necessary to il
we College or Narrow street from 4
e railway stations to Deakin avenue. "
We should like to propose an entire "
ange of route from here on. In or Il
r to avoid the jog in Deakin avenue Y
itch is so dangerous to traffic, we Il
nix the ideal scheme would be to fol- 81
v some such route as we here out CT
e.: g
u Pave Narrow or College street Fl
M the stations to Deakin avenue. u
q At the intersection of Deakin w
,nue and Narrow or College street, Sc
tead of turning south, turn the ST
ing north to Idaho avenue. M
81 Pave Idaho avenue to Elm tn
,et. pr
q Pave Elm street and its con- go