The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-05-22
Commissioners Start
Work on Highway
THREE CREWS ON CHERRY CREEK ROAD
Forty Men To Be Put To Work Within The
Nexi Few Days.

Commissioned Downie aud Esgate
have been here for the past few days
looking over the Cherry Greek end
of the st Maries Tekoa trunk line
highway aud making arrangements to
start work on IL.
They are planning to complete
the road from this city rs tar rs Ben
wah creek this summer at least,
ani will start three crews at work on
it at once. Two of these crews Will
do grading work and the other will
he rock crew. There Is consider.
able rock work to be done and this
part. OF the work will be in charge of
Mr.. Shay, who will, have crew Of
fifteen men at work under him.
Each Of the two grading GRE rs
will be composed of from fifteen
to twenty men. One under the
charge of j. Shafer will start at Ben
wah creek and work this way. IL is
expected that this crew viii start
work within a day or two.
The second crew will lie lnder the
charge of f.. S. James and will start
In at the Gem etery, west ct the city.
and work vest until 1t meets the
other Grew. Mr. James is now 10
charge of a crew at work on what Ia
known as the OonklinR Park road
This Is nearly comple'ed and he
expects to be able to get away from
there aud start work neIe In fifteen
or twenty days.
The right Of way was cleared he
tween here aud 8enwAh last fall and
everything is In readiness for the
grading.
The commissioners have planned
to continue the Rad from henwHh
creek up through Lolo lass to con
meet with the TekoR road on the
other side
The sur 7eyors have just completed
the laying out of the road and lefl
Tuesday.
It WAS hoped also to have this
road built this summer 80 as to open
direct communication hetweer
this city and Tekus and through
there to Spokane hut the commission
ers and that there is not money
enough available to do It, They
hope, however. to be able to do som'
@ork on this end this summer.
They, at least. will have the righ
II way cleared and IL possible will
do some grading.
Speaking Of other work that is be
ing done MI EsgRte said:
"WOrk on the road OF the nortl
side of the river Is progressing yer!
favorably. The road is completed
up this way as Tar rs Butler's rancl
and 1t will soon be finished into lh
city.
Considerable work is teing don
on the roads in the reservation AM
the settlers themselves are assisting
iD the work. The right of way for
road between Sanders aud TekUa ha
nearly ell heen secured The whit'
settlers, with the exception of IN
woman have all signed releases, ant
an agreement for right OF way ha
also been reached with the Indian
and ls now Ia Washington to be rail-
fed by the department
"The settlers uot only gave thei
right of way free of charge hut the!
have raised twenty five hundred dol
lars to help build the road II tn
settlers around here had cooperate
with US the Cherry Greek roR
would have neen built last summe
Why even your city council held u
up We we're trying al summer
get right of way through the oem'
terry and lt was the fret Of Octob'
before 1t Was signed mp
1--WE we're ready TO have starte
work on the road the first Of Jun
II your council would have slgne
the right Of way papers aud v
started within five days after The
we're signed but 1t WAS too late
get anything more than the right {
way cleared last fall -