Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-10-12
favor WEST
COLUMBIA ROUTE
The Good Roads Convention al
Weuatchee a Very Profitable
Session Last Tuesday

IQere was gOOQ representation
of good roads men who met at the
commercial club hall in Wenatchee at
1870 Tuesday afternoon to consider
road matters affecting the six coun-
ties of North Central Washington, in
Guiding Kittitas, Douglas, Grant, Ok
anogan, Lincoln and Chelan. The
meeting was called at the instance of
B. F. Reed, vice president Of the FL
lensburg chamber of commerce and
chairman of the good roads commit
tee. 1t was called particularly to
define the attitude of the six coun-
ties on the Vantage ferry and West
Columbia roads. It is likely that
the sessions will be extended until
late this evening. Delegates regis.
tering are as follows:
Kittitas county-B. F. Reed, vice
president of the chamber of commerce
and chairman of the good roads COM
mittee; John Faust, trustees of the
chamber of commerce; J. G. Kaynor,
trustee of the chamber of commerce.;
Arthur Mcclure, former state sena-
tor; Jack Kelleher, auto dealer; G. r..
Hervey, lawyer and former president
of the chamber of commerce, all of
Ellensburg.
Gle Ellum delegates-H. B. Averill,
editor of the Gle Ellum Echo and
Cascade Miner; DR.. Nearby, nominee
for state representative; County Com
missioner M. c. Ballard and N. P. Kay
all of Gle Ellum.
Waterville-E. W. Fawley, DR.. j.
H. Winstanley, A. l.. Rogers, George
P. Wiley, G. A. GRAMS, F.. Alexander,
W. J. Stanley, John Mckay, T. G..
Roberts, r. F. Foster, J. NJ Stoddard,
A. B. Cunningham, M. B. Howe, S. E..
Jordon, J. B. Jones, VIM. Dunn, Fred
Carpenter, J. w. Hanna, Waterville
and Jim Abe Cross, Mansfield.
Coulee City-D. D. Ray, C. A. Slap
Teton, James Howell, Tom Perry, Tom
Twining, w. J. Smith, Claude Gilbert,
AL Pierpont.
Other delegates included Messrs.
Brown, Harper, Campbell, Van Slyke,
Hendricks, Millham and Easley of
Chelan, ]. C. Kennedy of Entiat, E. G.
Davis, w. G.. Mathews of Ephrata,
Claude Bennett of Wilson Creek, e. l..
Farnsworth, of Davenport, W. D. Van
Slyke of Vantage and Professor Mil
Ter of the state university.
Cashmere, Leavenworth and We
natchee all had a good representa-
ton.
Schultz Named Presiding Officer
The meeting was called to order
by H. w. Soldering, secretary of the
Wenatchee commercial club and B. F.
Reed of the Ellensburg chamber Of
commerce was made temporary chair
man. Arthur Gum gave an address
of welcome
r. w. Shu1tz was named president
and A. B. Cunningham of Withrow
secretary of the permanent organiza-
ton.
Following a short talk by Arthur
Mcclure, of Ellensburg, Professor Mil
Ter of the University of Washington
who surveyed the proposed West Co
lumbia road gave detailed descrip-
ton of the route using a map.
The counties Of Kittitas, Douglas,
Okanogan, Chelan and the north half of
Grant county are unanimous that the
Sunset Highway shall be built on the
west side of the Columbia river between
EIlensburg and Wenatchee along the
route surveyed by the University of
Washington civil engineering students of
this summer under the direction of Pro-
lessor ]. w. Miller, judging from the
enthusiasm of their delegates.
u. w. Mathews and Ex-senator T., G.,
Davis, of Ephrata, attended the meeting
but not as delegates OF the Grant
County good roads association, but repres-
senting only that small portion bounded
on the north by the G. N. Ry. Mr..
Matthews was the spokesman for the
Ephrata delegation. His only conten-
ton was that Grant County. or that part
represented by himself and colleague,
would be content with $4,000 to COM
plete the Vantage road from the river to
the top of the HILL a distance of five
miles. He also stated the fact that
Grant county had never received a cent
OF road money from the state. Mr..