The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-03-29
AWAKENING INTEREST IN
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
$1000OOoO0 FOR ROAD BUILDING IN THE SOFTLY


West Virginia and Maryland to Texas Oklahoma it is s
mated by experts that at least $000000 will spent there
900 wor curing the current year. or an average of $3.50
OO to the state This is the sixteen states will raise
and does include the aid fund which will
De contributed to those states California surpassed this
large average in road construction and increasing the
and nothing that invested in has repaid
1T such large and usurous returns Idaho we have
appropriated but 100000 for good roads for the next two
years. and we stand amazed at ourselves to think
avagance that is people do there seems to be
some hestancy and backwardness the part Of the
county authorities about voting bonds taking other
essay steps for cooperation with the nation in this
good roads Idaho has far more
than large number of those sixteen furnishing the
machinery Tor proper good roads construction in the way of
State Highway commission which they coming rapidly
but they have furnished the millions necessary
the work. where been far less liberal However Ida
no has started right in getting the machinery ready first
fore starting the expenditure of funds is
to fully complete the job is continued beray sup
plying the pay for the road building Captain Will
chief engineer Of the u s. Office Of Public Roads, says the
counties in the south which furnish greater part OF
the road funds usually employ bonds provide funds
sucton work. and there has been Capitalization of
ties head to extent There has also
Captain Wilson strong sentiment in favor of coord
mating road beerment population
by improved roads, regardless county lines through this
centralized power" which considered the logical
teal way This is what the Idaho state highway commission
has finally decided to do Judging from it's statements
regarding the lines along which the important North South
highway will be built This view held by the first high
way commission and then there seemed to be disposition
make short outs regardless Of ceners Of population
modated 1t pleasing note the change of purpose this
respect the part of the commission county cooperation
would be out of the question other plan adopted
National Road.
There section of the federal aid road law Of 1916 which
authorizes the Department of Agriculture take charge
bodybuilding in the National Forests and under this authority
the preliminary work has begun the Apache Nat
iona Forest in Greenlee County Arizona As this the first
road of this nature be undertaken it has general
particularly respects the for spending federal funds
a>hghway remote from settled districts These
have been outneds follows by the u Service
The construction of the will possible norh-and
south trunk line through region inaccessible and viii
connect with existing eastandwest state highways 1t will
make possible the sale of large bodies of timber for the
copper mines in southern Arizona and will afford
for settlers cheapenng the protecting
administering the National Forest The development of
power the region will be assisted and beautiful
will be opened up for tourist travel and for the residents
of the desert cities during the MONTHS The surveys
which have authorized will miles of road
which about $34250 build 20 miles road
ing 500 must be built to complete the highway Halt
of the money viii be furnished by the counties
the route and half by the federal but the road will
be built the direction of the q S. Office of Public Roads
instead Of by the State authorities the usual fed
eral aid work.
"A Prize Earth Road
Parma township has $00 prize offered by the Ceve
land Automobile Club for the best maintained earth road in
Cuyahoga County Ohio The money has been given to the
township road officials and has been the of arousng
than local interest in the maintenance of earth roads
The township prize by organizing
efficiency basis 1t invested 81 300
with which to haul grader it already owned and during
the year the grader used in shaping the whenever
necessary Road ags also used after rains in the
way except that the tractor hauled two of them
mile in about forty minutes instead of hauling them by
horses Special attention given the roasde the brush
kept cut the banks trimmed and in places shrubs
and Towering plants set out.
--
Senator Brady doing good work for Lewiston in
matter Of bringing about harbor improvements at this point
but had few boosters here when he running
for Office Even his party leaders knitted him. but Brady
is too big to permit such things to interfere With
thing that much for the people of this locality
whole Unlike could