The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-09-23
warden Shook of the State Penitenary, Submits Prac-
teal Plan for the North and South Highway to the
State Highway Commission.
CRANCEVILLE CITIZENS FAVOR THE PLAN
Commercial Club Forwards Resolutions Governor Alexander
the Highway Commission and Warden Snook Endorsing
the Wardens Suggestion.

Az plan for the construction of a state
wagon and automobile road to connect
north and south Idaho was laid bvfore
phe state highway commission at it's
meeting Saturday by Warden Snook
of the state penitentiary.
He proposed that as soon as the work
now being done by convicts on the
Shoshone grade in Lincoln county is
completed, a movable camp be estab-
lished ON the present road between New
Meadows and Grangevilbe and a force
of 30 or more convicts be put to work
making turnouts and otherwise improv-
ing that road. which has already been
designated as the state highway.
Mr.. Shook recently went over the
road in an automobile. He reported
that 1t was in fair shape for wagons
in most places, but had not yet been
sufficiently improved so that 1t was
a good automobile road and that 1t was
dangerous because there were few
turnouts and those prvoided were not
wide enough.
Convlcts Could be Used.
The warden said the situation was
such that number Of convicts could
be worked to excellent advantage He
reported that 1T was now possible to
go from Boise to Spokane over that
road in three days, and that some of
it was like boulevard. with hurn-
outs made sufficiently numerous and
wide enough, he thought 1t would be
but a short time until the road could
be sufficiently improved 10 permit of
the establishment of fast motor stage
service between Boise and GramgevilIe-
He said the residents of the country
fraversed by the road were highly In
favor of Its being improved.
The board was inclined to favor Mr.
Snooks plan, but as nothing could be
done until spring no action was taken.
The route of the road he proposed to
improve Is the same one over which
the governor has planned to build a
radlroad.-Boise Statesman.
Commercial Body Enthusiastically En-
dorses Plan.
At the regular wednesday luncheon
this week the Grangeville Commercial
Club took up the matter of the con-
struction of a great state highway that
would unite the north and south por-
tions of the state in closer bonds of
practical commercial relationship, as
proposed by Warden Shook of the state
pen6tentiary. 1t was the unanimous
opinion of the commercial body that
the plan proposed ds both desirable and
feasible, and that 1t could be made
available for use at very early date,
and a committee was appointed con-
sisting of w. w. Brown. vice presi-
DENT of the Commercial Club, Frank
vandeventer. secretary, ana C. A.
Branscombe. to draft resolutions IN
dorsing the same IN unmistakable Ian
guage and forward copies of the reso-
buttons to Governor Alexander, the chair
man of the state highway commission
and Warden Shook.
This highway would In nowise inter.
fere with the building of the north ant
south railroad, as proposed by tbs
governor, but would on the other hand
facilitate that work should the govern
or succeed in floating the railroad prop.
osttion. While there may be doubts II
the minds OF some regarding the early
construction of the north and 'soutl
railroad 1t is safe to say there arr