The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-01-08
STATE WAGON
ROAD ROUTES
Settled by State Commission,
Idaho County Gets $l5,-
600 of Fund.

Miles Cannon returned home to
Weiser from Boise Tuesday where
Monday he attended an important
meeting of the state highways COM
mission of which he Is a member.
This meeting resulted in much being
done Of a definite character and set
tied for all time the mooted question
concerning the position of Weiser in
the chain Of state highways. 1t is
not known that Weiser will be the
western point In the state and also
the turning point toward the north,
since the road will start north from
here and will be part of the regular
route to Lewiston. From Weiser
another link will be constructed on
west to whatever point is selected
by Oregon In building her section
of the transcontinental line across
that stae. 1t may be that the Ore
gon road will come to the bridge now
spanning Snake river or that anoth-
or place will be selected, such as
Olds Ferry or nearer Huntington.
The state system of highways as
agreed upon by the commission con-
meets 23 of the county seats with
each other and with the state capi-
tai. One of the trunk lines, the
the main one, in fact, to be known
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state just north of Evanston, Utah,
near Bear lakes. 1t will follow the
shores of the lakes to a point known
as Yale postoffice, then to Burley
and along, as near as possible, the
famous Oregon trail passing through
the following towns: Burley, Miner,
Twin Falls, Bliss via Hagerman, to
Mountain Home. From Mountain
Home to Boise along the old stage
road and continuing on to New Ply
mouth and thence down the Payette
river. to New Bridge and Payette.
The commonly known hill road from
Payette to Weiser will be the route.
From Weiser the highway will be
built north through Midvale, Cam
bridge, Council, New Meadows, down
the Salmon river to Grangeville and
on to Lewiston, This main road will
be known as the Idaho-Pacific high
way. From Lewiston it will cross
the river ON free bridge to Clarks-
ton and from there to Walla Walla,
The Dalles and Portland.
The commission named all the high
ways that will cross the state at
various points. That one through
the panhandle between Montana and
Washington will be known as the
Northern Pacific, the trunk line to
McCammon will be known as the
Idaho Utah, from Boise to the Saw
tOoths and thence to the Yellowstone
has been designated as the Idaho
Central and the other branch to Spo-
kane will be known as the Idaho
Montana. Hereafter when one par
ticular road Is mentioned it will have
its official name. This for the reason
that the public will soon become ac-
customed to the designation and in
that way the various routes will be
better known.
The Idaho Central commencing at
Gibbonsville, thence to Arco and then
4 to Boise via HALEY Is almost a nat
ural highway. 1t is one that has
long been traversed and therefore in
n excellent condition. 1t Is one of
4 the best in the state and will be con-
4 verted into q state road at very
small expense. The most costly
1 section of the line will be over the
4 summit and here there Is less than a
4 Is mile section to cross although the
& road will be several hundred miles
long.
4 When completed every highway
y will be used by every kind of travel
The lowest possible grades will al
ways prevail and In bad weather it
will be possible to haul heavy loads
over them at a minimum cost.
Maximum Per Cent Grade North
and South.
While making q statement relative
to the state roads In general commits
sioner Cannon dwelt at length on the
4 line that will run from Weiser to
Lewiston. Reports have now been
received concerning this work. En-
gineer French who Is surveying the
route down the Salmon states that
the maximum grade will vary from
! $4,000 to $4,000 a mile except fol
q distance OF 6 or 8 miles In the can
yon OF the Big Salmon where 1t will
xcost $25O0.00 q mile to build. The
N road viii be practically straight from