Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-18
NOW WORK ON
STATE HIGHWAY
Surveying Crews Getting Busy
and Adams County Votes
Bond--Idaho and Lewis Yet
to Hear From.

Although pursuant to a plan to
release all energies for the state
food production campaign, actual
state highway. construction under
the million dollar appropriation
will be limited to completing ex-
listing contracts, yet in the long
run the providing of the great
system of roads planned will not
be materially delayed as neces-
sary preliminary work will stead
lily receive attention, and espe-
cially applying to the north and
south highway.
That is the information brought
to Lewiston by State Highway
Engineer Eugene Booth, who is
now in the north in connection
with his duties. Mr.. Booth ex-
: plains that this preliminary aid
necessary engineering work can
be carried forward without en-
barrassment to any phase of the
food production campaign, and
when the period arrives for a.
warding the contracts all will be
in readiness. In the meantime
prospective bidders can be secur-
ing necessary data so that con-
tracts can be promptly awarded
when the labor situation will have
been relieved.
Mr.. Booth states that at this time
a large party of engineers on the
north and south road is now work.
ing out of Weiser north. Another
is working from Whitebird south,
and within a week or ten days a
third party will be placed in the
field to work from New Meadows
toward Whitebird. Engineers
will also be put at work changing
the survey out of Whitebird so
that Grangeville will be reached.
A telegram received yesterday
by Mr.. Booth stated the Adams
county bond issue at an election
held Saturday carried by a vote
in the ratio of 10 to l.
Engineer Booth states that
with Adams county voting a bond
issue of 100000. of which sum
$4,000 will be devoted to the
north and south road, it remains
only for Idaho county to provide
a fund of $50, 900 to complete the
amount necessary to finish the
north and south highway from
Weiser to Grangeville. In this
connection he explains that the
estimated cost of that 8 reich of
the north and south road is $780,
000. There is now available the
sum of $500, 900 from the follow
ing sources:
State, $3.50. 900; United States,
$3.50, 900; Washington county,
$50, 600; total, $500, 900.
1t will thus be noted that by
Idaho county providing $50, 900
the complete fund will be avail
able for t h e construction o
Grangeville.
Mr.. Booth further explains that
the time has now been reached
for the interested communities to
arrange to do their part for the
construction of the road from
Grangeville through the prairie
country of Idaho county and
through Lewis aud Nez Perce
counties to a connection with the
Lewiston Hill link. The Lewis
ton good highway district is pre-
pairing to start construction up
the Clearwater on the state road
toward Spalding and Arrow. The
Lapwai Valley good highway dis
trict is financed for carrying the
state road through the Lapwai
valley. 1t is now up to the 10
calities of Lewis and Idaho coun-
ties to act, either through county
or good roads districts move
ments.
Mr.. Booth desires to emphasize
the fact that although il will be