The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-20
Commissioners
Look Over Road
NO CHANGE IN THE ROUTE PROBABLE
Get AeIeement With Property Owners For Right
OF Way In Several Eases.

The hoard of county commission-
ers including commissioners Downie
Esgate and Libby aud County road |
supervisor Modliu we're visitors 10
the ciiy last F. lday evening and
portion Of the day Saturday IAN
effort Of trying to make s"me settle
ment 7ith the property owners
against whom condemnation suits
we're filed, regarding the new county
highway on the opposite side Of the
river, Costillo's ranch TO this city.
A atronR petition containing as
names, including the signatures Of
practically all of the land owners
affected by the new road aud also a
num Der of the business men Of this
city, bad been fled against the road
as surveyed by the county surveyor
last summer. The survey followed
the general policy adopted ry the
county commissioners, namely that OF
building wherever possible so
called side hill roads, roads upon
which a good grade may easily be 90
talned by means of shifting up or
down the hill aud roads which the
board considers the cheaper, both In
construction aud maintainanoe, in
that the cut on the one half of the
road width makes the fill on the
other, and in maintinsne on account
Of It's excellent drainage Is always
tirm aud hard.
The petition as presented against
the present location of the road
stated that a far better grade could
be oblqiued by following the river
bank-and by this route. over mile
could be gained In the length OF
the road The early plan which
these settlers desired adopted Was
that Of making the road on the big
dyke which It is proposed to be con-
struoted opposite the city, on the
drainage project of reclaiming q
large number of acres of land Ia
Meadowhurst addition
As the matter now stands It Il
very indeflnlte as to just when this
dyking work can be done. and, al
under the present conditions the
entire river bank Is overflowed eaot
spring, the plan Of having the roas
along the top of the dyke has beer
fnally abandoned
The county commissioners on thei
"trip here got off the boat at Cosmo
Landing, the one end Of the road Il
o te Constructed and in company Will
Surveyor Modlin walked over tn
entire route to this city
In an Interview with a Record rep
resentative. Saturday, the count,
surveyor informed US that In fou
out Of five cases where damages wer
z asked by the land owners, agree
L nents have been made as to tn
& amount of damages and that the rOaI
1lds fair to be in shape for construc
tiou early In the spring lie state
u that the board had been 10 confer
IL enoe with Messrs Castillo Selig
u Butler aud Haas, all owners Of righ
= Of way along the route and that
d satisfactory agreement would an
y ioubtedly he reached as to the dam
II age to be paid for right of way
e The other land owner Virgi
IL strioker had not as yet been seen b
y the members of the board, with relt
tion to the amount of damages b
l. would claim
'e Surveyor Mcdlin in bril- mappe
'p out the st MarIes terminal of Il
road saying that according to preset
ID ulans the road would follow the sic
II nil until It arrived at the Fa
10 grounds aud frSm there would follC
ut me of the streets through Mesdo'
30 hurst addition, the street chosen
" be one upou which the least amou
TX Of nlling would have to be done
as insure a passable road at all tin
ne turing the year
al Mr. Modlln stated that while /
no road probably did not exceed thr
quarters of a mile longer than {
ne river route, in his estimation Il v
10 by far the better route both
oil cheap construction and also cost
7'e maintainance
The board left for Occur dale
'ea saturday afternoon, we'll pleas
ell with the work they aad accomplish
the Ia the settlement OF this road rll
of way question, and as they real
me the extreme Importance Of the rc
as Tor both the residents along the P
ent posed route and to the entire city
ose st Maries as we'll. they will proba
the place men at its construction
ielr early in the spring as the conditi
will warrant for rapid progress