The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-03-05
the South Fork road. says in part:

the south Fork road, says in part:
Il am very glad to know that vo,
people in Elk City are not only inter-
esteo and alive to the needs of the coun
Try but by your actions have demon
s'ra'eo that you are willing to put your
shoulder to the wheel. OF course Won
are aware of the amount of money that
Is available at the present time and as
you Know this amount of money will no.
build any great distance of this charac
ter OF road. However. it is a beginning
and they say that "a good beginning is
half the battle
The county and citizens at this end
nave shown disposition to help this
work along and this with the 1000
from the forest service will, l believe.
be acknowledged as a start toward a
completion OF an all year route on a
practical and easy grade from Grange
vile to Elk City.
1T is believed that if you people can
possibly push that road down the river
a reasonable distance and by the work
on this end. If proper influences are
brought to bear, it will be possible to
get either state or national all Per-
sonally. l am under the impression that
we will have to depend principally on
local funds and the money derived from
the Forest Service, through what is
known as the 10 per cent road and
trail fund. You probably understand
that this 10 per cent road fund IS spent
by the secretary of Agriculture any
where in the state from which this
money is derived through receipts from
forest products
zone of the requirements in the con-
struction of a road from the funds men
toned, is that they must be standard
roads. At least as good a road as the
tions of this road up the South Fork
for 10 feet in rock and IL feet in dirt.
The bank must have slope of l to
in dirt, and 1 to A, in rock. All bridges
must be constructed of peeled substan-
tial material and should be about IA
feet wide. This allows an opportunity
| for teams to pass on the bridge, when
| it would be rather expensive to make
! passing place in the rock. OF course
4 hrtd will q nlnQa
enough together for turn outs. but the
idea is to use them If possible. A
ditch for draining purposes next to the
bank is required. Logs and other per-
ishable fill is not allowed. This adds
to the original cost Of a road, but is
more than offset In the future main
| tenance.
There has been some talk at the
Commercial club meetings, that a sur
vey be extended from Elk City the en-
tire length of the South Fork road
Should this survey be undertaken by
some of your very competent civil engi-
neers, 1 would like to suggest at thai
time the information be taken SO thai
the survey would be of equal value t'
the forest service over the portion O
the road that will be built by represent
atives Of the government We hope t.
secure another allotment for the roat
about July l.
LAS stated above, We appreciate th'
efforts of the Elk City community ant
l will at all times try to meet then
half way in anything that 1 can a
supervisor of this forest. We all know
the great need for better transportation
facilities and my aim has been durini
my administration of this Forest to i'm
prove the transportation and communi
cation facilities and make the resource
of the mountainous country more ac
cessible