Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-01-08
GRANCEV|LLE ROAD
| GETS first CALL
| FROM STATE
bAHO HIGHWAY COMMISSION
hrvRs PREFERENCE TO LINE TO
SOUTH IDAHO VIA THIS CITY.
(OADS OFFICIALLY LABELED
Of 5000, 900 Bond Issue
Is Made-Idaho County Draws
$4,000 From Fund.

The north and south highway, known
fficially as the Grangeville road, ex-
hiding from the New Meadows country
Lewiston via Grangeville, is to have
reference over all other proposed high
ays in the consideration of the state
jghway commission according to ad.
Ices received from Boise this week.
The several state highway trunk
mes were officially labeled by the
ghway commission at session held
Boise at which Chairman Theodore
burner of Pocatello, Miles Cannon of
eiser, Professor Little Of Moscow,
ate Engineer King and Deputy Secre-
ry of State Byron Hyatt were present.
Highways Named.
The east and west trunk highway
Srough southern Idaho was named the
aho- Pacific; the east and west trunk
(ghway, running through northern
abo, was named the Northern Pacific;
be trunk highway to McCammon was
hmed the Idaho Utah; the trunk high
om Boise to Sawtooths, the Idaho
entral, and the eastern north and
kuth trunk highway was named the
haho- Montana.
State Highway Engineer Edward s.
nith was re-employed for term of
year and instructed to move his head
parters from Gooding to Boise.
Grangeville Road First.
The commission decided to consider
Ie, roads. to be constructed in the fol-
wing order:
First-New Meadows to Grangeville
be.
Second-Old's Ferry to the eastern
Pundary of the state line.
Third-st. Regis pass to Spokane
idge, in northern Idaho.
Fourth-Idaho Falls Y Yellowstone park
ghway.
Fifth-Salmon City and Gibbonsville
southern connections.
Sixth-ldaho Montana highway north
ON Idaho Falls and connections.
Chairman to Take Trip.
The commission voted to send Chair
an Turner to Washington during Jan
Fry to appear before the interior de-
frtment and endeavor to secure $780,.
y to be applied to that portion of the
prth and south state highways in
dams and Idaho counties. The ex-
Pnses for the trip are to be paid out
the state highway fund. Resolutions
ere adopted favoring the trip and its
P9ect. 1t was also voted to appropri-
e the proceeds of 10000 worth of
ghway bonds to Blaine county when
e highways of the county are con-
Fcted with the state highway system.
mother $4,000 in bonds was voted for
e construction of the Idsbo Falls
eilowstone park highway which was
aae part of the state highway sys-
m by formal action of the board.
me highway commission has COM
eted the apportionment Of the $780,
~ bond issue, together with the funds
hand derived from licenses amount
all to $23s,OO to 81 counties in the
ate. A total of 1852 miles of hich.
~ is covered in the apportionment.
:" three counties are not included,
wyhee, Oneida and Custer. Chairman
neodore Turner announced that tenta-
We arrangements have already been
ade to provide fer these 8 counties.
r further stated that those counties
Pcluded in the apportionment are ex.
eeted to get busy and proceed to cover
le amount assigned to them in the
anner provided by law. It is under.
ood that if this is not done within q
'asonaoie time there may be a reap
(ortionment.
Ada county, with 40 miles, leads all
[.ner counties in the apportionment,
wing been given $4,000. Fremont,
'a''on and Jefferson, with 48 miles,
'ared sl5,S00. Bannock has the lar.
e'' total number Of miles or 1O4, and
|eceived $4,000.
Vsgs Forest Service to Act.
me commission adopted two motions