The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-12
PAS(,O meeting
c. L. F. kellogg Tells Of Plans
Of Interstate Highway
Association.

=. i. L. helIOg. delegate represent
ing the Missoula Chamber of Com
merce at the Interstate Highway as
ISOLATION meeting in Pasco, Febru-
airy and 3. has returned with an en-
thusiastic account Of the proceedings of
the delegates.
one OF the principal things on which
stress was laid by those delegates at
the meeting is the building Of the Mis-
Lewiston road, through the Lolo
pass. General interest throughout
western Montana has been manifest
in this project and because of the
start made it Is believed that it will
be completed at the end of two years,
This project came well within the
purposes of the meeting. which were
the coordination Of highway construc-
ton of Montana, Idaho and Washing
ton. so as to procure the most practi-
cable and servicable interstate trunk
lines, to produce the construction of
such highways within the state as may
be practicable and necessary cdhnec-
tons with such a trunk line and, gen.
orally to cooperate with federal, state
and local officials and with other high
way organizations in the adoption of
a wisely planned and broadly con-
ceived interstate highway policy.
Eugene A. Cox, of Lewiston made
an excellent talk on the highways OF
Idaho" said Mr.. kellogg. 1.-The road
from Lewiston to Missoula has been Of
fically designated the Lewis and Clark
Highway This road traverses four
counties of Idaho. viz, Clearwater,
Idaho and Lewis and Nez Perez coun-
ties; a distance of LAG miles.
THE Idaho State Highway COM
mission, by cooperation with the
federal authorities, has allotted to the
Lewis and Clark highway $4,000. In
Clearwater county plans are now well
under way for the issuance of 100000
of bonds, which will complete the Lewis
and Clark highway in that county.
Sampson Snyder, from that county
said that there is nothing that would
prevent their having their part of the
work done in less than q year.
I'm Idaho county they are preparing
to issue bonds in the sum of $500, 900.
Their organization has been perfected
for some time, sentiment of the people
is all in favor of it, but they decided
to defer action until after legislature
adjourned.
In Lewis county there is only II
miles to build. They have organized a
road district and will be ready to do
their part as soon as the work COM
mences in the other counties.
"Nez Perez county people have their
plans perfected to do their part at
once.
Everett Wheeler,e division engineer
of the office of public roads informed
me they had $4,000 available to make
preliminary survey Of the entire dis
lance from koskia to Missoula this
coming summer and definite location
for part over near koskia.
80 now" said Mr.. kellogg, it seems
necessary to begin again to make plans
in Missoula county, but the state
should pay at least a part of the cost
in Montana. This highway will be the
connecting link between the highways
Of Idaho and the trunk lines of Mon
tana. 1t will be, all the way from Mis-
soula to Portland, one of the most at
tractive tourist routes in America and
will draw thousands of tourists tc
this section and all Montana will be
benefited thereby
George Cotterell, chief engineer OF
the state highway commission OF
Washington, gave very interesting
talk on the highways of Washington
In the state of Washington the work
is all done under the supervision of the
state highway commission. He de.
scribed in detail the 25 different state
highways, most of which have beer
completed and the others will be soon
They have built 5000 miles of state
highways and have spent in the last
four years 100000 and during the
last six years, $l2,OO0.0O0.
The following officers were elected:
President, y. F.. Hill of Walla Walla
vice president, Frank A. Fem, of Mis-
soula county; treasurer. r. w. Rigsby
of Walla Walla; chairman executive
committee, c. L. f. kellogg. of Missoula
"A committee was elected consisting
of one from each county represented
to promote the planting of trees along
highways. S. G. Swigart, division en-
gineer of Montana state highway COM
mission was elected from Missoula
county. The Northwestern MotOrist
was made the official organ of the as
ISOLATION. The next meeting will be
held at Lewiston in october, 1917"