Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-11-12
COMMITTEE WORKS
| FOR BRIDGE over
SALMON RIVER
CLUB APPOINTS
.,SrN TO GATHER NECESSARILY
INFORMATION.
Of COMMITTEE
|rpposed CSts Of Construction Near
Mouth Of Whitebird Creek-The
cost Approximately $4,000.

The Grangeville Commercial Club has
appointed a committee to act with re.
|fere4ce to building bridge across Sal
|mon river and to gather the essential
|fscts and statistics which win be Of AID
land assistance in making the effort
successful. The probable site Of the
bride will be, near the mouth Of White.
bird creek and this site is used as q
working point in pushing the project to
|eomf fletion and as basis Of estimation,
There has always been pressing
need of the bridge for years and un.
doubtedly the state can be induced to
afford the necessary financial appro.
|priation to procure the construction of
the bridge, as it will connect with q
rich country which has great agricul-
urd possibilities now in the early
stages of development and has also a
large number Of resident citizens who
will be greatly benefited by the
bridge.
The country which would be served
the Joseph and Doumecq plains, up to
the present time has devoted it's atten-
tion to stock raising and is one of the
most enterprising and prosperous stock
raising sections of the state. Further
more the state has large holdings of
property in the section SO that the
benefit of new means of crossing the
river would be as much to the interest
of the state as to the people of the sec.
tion now residing there.
The ferries afford a method of cross.
ing the river but are unsatisfactory for
several reasons among which are that
on account the high water season and
the ice, crossing is rendered unsafe and
even impossible. furthermore the resi-.
dents are forced to pay ferriage tolls
which would be abolished by bridge
Among the data and statistics to be
gathered are the number Of residents
land values, the amount of state land
And the present condition Of ranch i'm
provements in the section. A benefit
% the section, in the way of better
iacilities for communication will raise
land valuations and. increase the popu
lation which all points to the great
benefits to result from the bridge wher
n spans the river. Mr.. A. F. Parker
states that he already has data which
10 has collected with reference to lani
values in the section and which covers
nearly all of the land. As soon as thu
committee has collected the information
sought for, the matter will be presented
70 the board Of county commissioner
with request that an appropriation b,
made and then the matter will be pu'
up to the state. Estimations have de
'efmined that the bridge will cost ap
proximately $2O,OOO.OO.
The following is a statement which
comes from the committee and sums u,
the results of their work to date:
The committee having the matte
VI the construction Of a bridge across
oaimon river at the mouth of White
oird =. creek find, on investigation, tina
the county commissioners under tn
.a", cannot appropriate more thar
'looo for any purpose whatsoever with
~, vu' rirst taking q vote Of the people
ne committee have therefore decide,
20 authorize the introduction of a bill
"nen the legislature meets to appro
pirate the entire cost Of construction
winch is estimated at $4,000. This es
innate was made by F. w. Straw, man
reer Of the Security Bridge Co., o
lewiston, who visited the site Of tn
proposed bridge and estimated it's cos
- 'ne instance of the Grnageville Com
0'',ai Club two years ago. A bill
s introduced into the Legislature a
mat time, but failed to be reported
Anu II Is the. intention Of the CONNER
10. 'iuo to press the matter to finis
ing the coming session. The stat
o"ns $4,000 acres Of land on the wes
e ue OF the river, every acre Of whic
80 - pe benefited by the constructio
~ the bridge and it is the intention o
-' commercial clue to put it M to th