Gunnison news-champion., 1917-01-26
DIG PLANS FOR
OUR COUNTY ROADS
Comm;ss;ooer Miller Outlines
Present Outlook for North
FOX Highway and Rain
bow Route improvements.

Cunnisoa county b 70 b treated we'll
u both federal and state highway
boards in tie appoetioameot Of 1917
rosds funds. 10 the report broaaht back
BY Commissioner Geo. L Miller. who
seesopanied By Coomissioosr Whalen,
Road Oyerseer Wiley and ]. B. Mash.
county attorney. spsnt several days Of
the week in CONSULTATION with these
authorities aad in attsoding the various
road aaA eommissianers meetings sched-
uled.
I'VE received cordial support in our
requests from the representatives Of
surrounding countries, - said Mr.. Miller,
''and the officials listened we'll, and
seemed to consider We bad made our
points. No one will know positively
until the apportionment 10 made about
March first, but the outlook 10 favor
able for getting q good appropriation
from the state for the Crested Butte
Somerset ruad. We insisted on this
road as connecting the North Fork road
system up with the rest Of Gunnison
county. The commissioners of Delta
said it was fair and supported our
elaims. The State Highway commits
sion said it IVES fair ahd promised .
reasonable appropriation. II We get
what I think We will get the road goss
thru in 1917.
Then We in turn exerted ourselves
A. - x~R MI l.
and Garfield counties for the Mcclure
pass Somerset to Marble. This
b all part OF the same road - far - we
ere concerned for Il means opening Of
Gunnison county, but you would b
sstoaished at the big men and the diff.
ferent counties pulling for this Mcclure
pass road which ID routsd out - 6 con-
Meeting link for the lndspsndeuce Pass
Highway asd ~ sWsetnggs 6Aeps. l
don't think there 10 . parflcSo oE doubt
but thai ths Mcclure pass rod is also
go
outlined for 1917. The State Highway
commission 10 gong 70 insist on many
improvements on the Rainbow Route
west Of Gunnison. improvements we
are only too glsd to make, and little
state help will piece out the county
finances wonderfully. II Road Over
seer Wiley gets the results we figure
on ana securese dollars worth of work
for every dollars pay 1t IL going to make
= surprising showing
''On the east end Of the Rainbow Route
the big work will be on Mvnarch pass,
especially the Chaffee county side.
Here is evidently where the forest re-
serve and federal money il going to be
spent in 1917. OF course we asked for
some on the North Fork project, but
from information in our possession It
appears that the government will put
mp about SIS, 900 the state SO. 900 and
the county OF Chaffee s., 900 on Monarch
pass. This will make brand new road
from below Monarch and will hit new
Monarch pass two miles south and 900
et,lower than the present crossing.
Only little work TO make the connec-
tion will b. done in Gunnisou county,
but, IL Will all be . direct improvement
for the east end Of the county.
The commissioners were much inter
eeted In two bills which were prepared
and introduced in The legislature. One
u to have the state pay for water COM
missioner fees. Az We are tied 40
With Delta, Mesa and M0utroee In Vs.
ter District No. II, this would save tbs
county 81 800 to e, 400 . year, which
We now have to pay without any returns
20 speak Of. Failing iu this, the second
bin prvvides that each cnunty shall pay
for work actually done In handling wa
ter il the county bitches. That would
save ~ about - much. All the county
eommissioners Of Colorado were induced
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