The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-01-23
BOOSTING FOR
,FIVE-MILE DAM
Pasco and Walla WaIIa Business
Men to Ask Legislature to
Consider Project

/ Walla Walla and Pasco yesterda,
formally Joined forces in fighting fol
the Five-Mile project when seventeen
of Pasco's most prominent busines.
and professional men, headed by Ro
bert Janke, banker. of that city, met
with the Walla Walla Commercial
club in an afternoon session, says the
Walla Walla Union. The conference
closed by an informal dinner served
at the Dacres, hotel, with the Walla
Walla club acting as host.
The net result of yesterday after
moons meeting was the adoption of a
resolution, placed as motion by Mr..
Janke, that committee Of two be
appointed, one from Walla Walla and
one from Pasco, to Immediately OBJ
tain and prepare for presentation to
the state legislature, all available data
on Five-Mile project. This resolu-
tion was unanimously adopted and
President Falkenberg Immediately ap-
pointed j. w. Langdon of this city and
Mr.. Janke, from Pasco, with Alex
Mcpherson acting as q sort of war
horse" for the committee.
Immediately following the adoption
of that resolution C. w. johnson, of
Pasco, made the following motion,
which was also unanimously adopted.
'That bill be drawn carrying the
credit of the state for the construc-
ton of Five-Mile project, if found
feasible"
The sense of yesterdays meeting
was that immediate action is neces-
sary if any headway is made during
the present session of the legislature
and the appointment of Messrs. Lang
don and Janke was for the purpose of
securing, as far as possible, the esti-
mated cost of making soundings of the
Snake riverbed to ascertain if bedrock
,an be reached as foundation to the
dam across the river.
Mr.. Janke stated that in various
,alks with government engineers he
"a. . ".
estimated that it would require at
east $4,000 to $25, 1000 to make sur
yey of the proposed dam-site which
would include the necessary borings
n the Snake riverbed to ascertain if
bed rock can be reached. He stated
hat Captain Winslow, who had charge
# the dredging operations at Five
Nile rapids, had to blast channel out
# the rock formation, which led to
he belief that the whole river bed at
Eive-Mile runs thru bedrock. !.
1t was also voted to enter into
ontract with Huber & Johnson, bridge
to make preliminary esti-
mates and plans for bridge over the
make river between Bubank and Pas
o, and if possible to present them to
he joint meeting of the commission
rs of Walla Walla and Franklin
ounties, to be held January 20. This
rm offers to make preliminary plans
or such bridge and accompany the
lans with the o. X. of the state high
ray engineer and the war department
or 5000. These preliminary plans will
e presented to a joint meeting of
ne county commissioners of the two {
ounties and if approved it is planned {
0 have the counties call elections t
Or the purpose of voting bonds to
uild the bridge. The preliminary i
lans will be accompanied by bond {
guaranteeing that there will be bid c
least as low as the estimate. If il
lie preliminary plans are accepted an Z
lie bonds voted the company will pre- i
are detail plans and specifications | c
nder which BIDS would be advertised v
n. IF Huber & Johnson get the con- t
act there will be no charge for the a
ans and specifications. If some I
her company gets the contract then a
ie counties would pay two per cent h
the cost of the bridge for the plans "
i'd specifications. Io