The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-10-02

~ board of trade last Monday
n matter of interest to the peo-
pie of the city, and In
broader view, of Importance to the
people of the county, was taken up
for consideration and investigation.
This matter was the proposal to con-
struct an automobile road between
this city and Avery, a division point
Of the Milwaukee railroad on the ST.
Joe river. Lack of definite informa-
tion regarding the route to be select
ed for such road, it's cost and the
cost of repairing the present road to
Slate creek which would be utilized,
prevented an extended discussion, but
the matter was regarded of sufficient
importance to authorize the president
of the board of trade to appoint COM
mittee to investigate the subject and
obtain an expression from the county
commissioners on the project. The
town of Avery Is without an outlet ex-
cept the railroad, and the cost of con-
structing a road west to a connec-
ton with the road to st. Mares or
east to connection with the road at
the Montana line would involve cost
that is prohibitive, considering the
population to be served and advant-
ages to be gained The people of Av-
cry very properly feel that they are en-
titled to consideration in the matter
Of road construction, particularly in
view of the large amount of taxes that
come from the southern section of the
county. The county commissioners
are understood to be fully in accord
with this view, and have given much
earnest attention to the solution of
the problem of road construction on
the south side.
Proposed Slate Creek Road.
1t is hardly to be expected that
the county could undertake the con-
struction of road into that section
at this time in view of the large
amount of road work now In hand,
but the board of trade has done we'll
5 in starting a investigation which will
+ doubtless result in gathering much
; valuable information to be used at
} a later date Since the meeting of
the board of trade the Miner has OBJ
} tanned considerable information re-
) garding the section that would be
! traversed by the proposed road and
PTS approximate length from julius
, p, Hall, county surveyor, who, while
| he has never made a survey in that
| section, nevertheless has a very clear
!, general knowledge of the country
!, The present Slate creek road, while
not in good condition. is open to trav-
/ ell down to the mouth of Cedar creek,
/ a tributary of Slate creek, a distance
of about twelve miles. Automobiles
, Travelled the full length of this road
during the summer Mr.. Hall Is of
the opinion that this road could be
placed in fairly good condition with
/ the expenditure of $4,000 or $4,000.
/ This road was originally constructed
/ to the st. Joe river at the mouth of
Slate creek, but the lower end Of 1t
below Cedar creek has long been
closed to traffic, and if it was open
it would be no practical use so far
e as the road to Avery is concerned
Y From the mouth Of Slate creek to
] Avery is about seven miles The
= north side of the river is occupied by
= the Milwaukee railroad and the ex-
! pense of building a road on the south
: side would be too great to be con-
!, sidered.
t Go UP Cedar Creek.
Mr.. Halls idea, without having
made any investigation with road
building in view, is to leave the Slate
creek road at point a short dis
{ tance above the mouth OF Cedar creek
u and follow along the sidehill up to the
l. ,ow divide at the head Of that stream.
{ thence follow another stream down
u cally at Avery. He is confident that
an easy grade would be found along
both streams and that very little rock
: work would be encountered. The
Inmates would be about twelve miles,
u making the entire distance from Wal
g lace to Avery approximately twenty
U four miles. Of course to construct
s way standards would be avery costly
e enterprise probably running up to
u 100000 or at rate of $4,000 per mile
I but it is not likely that any one