The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-12-14
EXTENSIVE PROGRAM
FOR ROAD BUILDING
fourteen Highway Projects In
Southern Idaho Recommend
ed to National Officials.

The local forest office has been notl-
fled that the district forester at Og-
den, Utah, has recently submitted to
the forester and secretary Of agricul-
ture for approval, list of the road
projects in southern Idaho, which IN
the opinion of himself and officers,
should be given first consideration IN
the expenditure of forest service road
funds in cooperation with states and
counties under the Federal Aid Road
Act
The projects, listed in the order
which the district forester believes
they should be taken up and complet-
ed, are: Warm River Yellowstone,
Noble Montana Line, South Fork
Payette River, McCall-Warren, Low
man Clayton, Ketchum Stanley,
Horseshoe Bend Smiths Ferry, Knox
Edwardsburg, Soda Springs-Freedom,
Oakley-Rogerson Paris-Preston, Ket-
chum- Mackay, Mackay-Clyde and
Clyde Gilmore
1t is possible the plan may be
changed, since it must first be ap-
proved by the forester, the secretary
of agriculture and the State Highway
Commission, and the necessary ap-
preparations made by the state or
counties before construction can be-
gin.
No opposition, however, is expected
from the State Highway Commission,
since these projects were practically
all approved last May by this body, as
a part of the general road plan for
the state
While these roads will greatly aid in
the administration and protection of
the national forests, they viii be of
inestimable value to the whole state
in developing inaccessible resources
and as connecting links in through
highways.
Several of these projects will mean
a great deal to the development of this
section of Idaho. A brief description
of the routes and terminals as contem-
plated by the forest service may be of
interest to the public.
The South Fork of the Payette riger
road extends from Banks on the Ore
gon Short Line railroad through Gar
den Valley to Lowman postoffice, a
distance of SO miles. The section
from Garden Valley to Banks was con-
ha rara
service and Garden Valley Highway
district in cooperation. The length
of this section of the road isl4 miles.
From Garden Valley to Lowman post
office, the road, with the exception of
six miles, involved new construction
through a difficult canyon and was
built entirely by the forest service.
1t is now completed to within two
miles of Lowman and will probably be
finished next year. The cost of this
road. including three steel bridges
will be approximately 100000. Of
this amount the forest service will
have contributed $4,000 when the
road is completed.
The Lowman-Clayton road will be
an extension of the South Fork of
the Payette river road, and will pass
through Stanley Basin. This will
make an east and west connection
across the central part of the state
that has long been needed. 1t will
he one of the most scenic routes in
the west and will undoubtedly become
one of the most popular arteries of
travel to and from the Yellowstone
National Park.
The Ketchum- Stanley road will be a
connecting link via Wood River be-
tween this highway and the east and
west state road along Snake river.
There is a very good road existing
along this route at present with the
exception of the Galena Summit.
The Horseshoe Bend-Smith's Ferry
road involves the reconstruction of the
old highway through the North Fork
canyon on the Payette river. 1t will
be a link in the automobile highway
planned from Boise to Payette Lakes.
II will connect with the South Fork
Of the Payette river road at Banks,
making it possible for tourists to go
north or south to connect with any
other of the state highways.
The McCall-Warren road will follow
closely the route of the present state
road between these points, but the
method Of construction will be more
permanent and substantial, making
nossible the use of heavy trucks which |
are needed in hauling supplies and ore
between these terminals.
The Knox-Edwardsburg road is
planned to develop the timber and