Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-02-10
SPENT ON STATE HIGHWAYS.
Report of Highway Commission Shows
expenditure of $592 1880.


The report of the state highway com
mission for the year has been com
pleted and submitted to the governor
In addition to showing the receipts
and expenditures of the department for
the year, 1t also shows the physical
work accomplished, the money expend.
ed on each state highway, the original
estimated cost of constructing the same,
and what it will cost, approximately.
to complete roads already commenced.
1t also shows work done in dlrfereus
counties.
The total receipts from all sources
for the highway department for the
year amounted to 1851 ,233.1S. This
included auto license fees, bond issues,
receipts from counties and refunds on
warrants.
The total expenditures for all pur-
poses amounted to 1892, ALSO, which
represents the total claims paid or APP
proved for payment. The November
claims unpaid for lack of funds
amounted to $36,7S9.37 The Deem
Der claims unpaid were s25,Sl046, max
ing the total claims unpaid $62, 60S,-
50. The balance in the highway fund
at the close of the year was 81, 424.51
The ldaho-Pacific highway is 400
miles in length l57 of which have been
completed, POS miles are under con
struction or party completed, and there
are 125 miles on which no work has
been done by the department. There
has been expended on the highway
$399,900, and the estimated cost to
complete the work under contract is
4126,000 Estimated cost on which no
work has yet been done by the state is
1924 900.
This road begins at Pocatello and ex-
tends northeasterly through Bingham,
Bonneville, jefferson, Madison and
Fremont counties to Ashton. 1t will
eventually be constructed from tbs
latter place through the Targhee forest
to the Yellowstone park. Sixteen miles
of this road have been completed, 81
miles are under contract and partly
completed, and the remaining "a miles
have had practically no work done on
them. On this road $4,000 has been
expended, and the estimated cost to
complete the work between Ashton
and Pocatello is ,e32, 200.
There are about 36 miles of this high
way completed, and GA miles yet to be
completed. The amount spent was
$50, 1899, and the estimated cost to com
plete the work. including bridge
across Snake river at Shoshone Falls,
is $4,000.
No work has been done on this
highway with the exception of 10 miles
between McCammon and Downey.- Six
miles of this have been completed and
four miles are partially completed. The
other AZ miles have had no work done
on them There was spent 0,450 on
the work, and estimated cost of com
pleting the work under contract is
1925
To date no construction work has
been done in the north, but it is ex-
pected that during the coming year
sufficient funds will be available to
construct 10 miles of the North Pacific
highway in Fourth Of July canyon.
/ The highway department also expects
| to pay one-half the cost of work on
the north and south highway, which
will be done by convict labor The
estimated cost of this work is $4,000
for the states proportion. Of this
amount $4,000 will be spent in Koote-
mai county and $4,000 on the convict
work.
The report says that while the coun-
ties of north Idaho are spending and
have spent a great deal of money on
their roads, the topography is such that
the roads in this section are expensive
ner mile, and until state aid is avail
able it will be impossible to do much
toward a general highway system in
this part of the state.