The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-05-10
ACTIVITY seen
IN ROAD WORK
PROGRESS BEING MADE ON
ALL PROJECTS-NEW
CONTRACT SOON
Expect to Spend 100000 on SPRING
dale Chewelah Stretch-AIaddin
Road Soon to be Ready

Road work in the county is pro-
crossing rapidly, and it is of inter-
est to know just where the scenes
of activity are. The county COM
missioners have reported good ad-
vancement on the road projects now
in hand, the state road from Clay
ton to Springdale, the Columbia
river road and the repairing of the
Aladdin road.
Good progress is being made on
the Clayton-Springdale road" said
Commissioner Newhouse Thursday.
"The right have been prac-
tically all secured and between now
and winter we hope to have the
road completed to Chewelah."
1t is expected that a new con-
tract will be let for work between
Springdale and Chewelah, where ap-
proximately 100000 is to be spent.
Work on the highway from Clay
ton to Springdale was begun about
the first of April and has not lag
ged since activities started. All
parts of the road have been re-
ceiving attention and it is considered
advisable at the present time for
traffic to go over the TumTum or
Walkers Prairie road to avoid de-
lay. These latter roads are in
good condition for travel
Three tracts of land held by east
ern parties, have been the chief diff
ficulties in securing the right-of-
ways for work along the Columbia,
states Commissioner Hughes. The
balance has been almost secured.
But $4,000 of the permanent high
way fund is to be spent on state
road No. %, this year. This will
carry the road to the old John
Hickey place south of Kettle Falls.
Next year about $4,000 of state
and federal money is to be spent
on this road, which should construct
it as far as Daisy. 1t is the in
tention of the county commissioners
to have the contract for the piece of
road one and one-fourth miles north
of Rice completed very soon. Paul
LaPlant has the contract
Commissioner Hughes stated that
in a few days Acorn & Son, who
have the contract for the Addy-Gif-
ford permanent highway, would be
at work to complete their contract,
bringing it up to specifications.
Aladdin Road Open Soon
Repairs on the Aladdin road have
been completed as far as Three
forks and it is expected that the
road will be open for traffic by the
end of the month. The work now
done on this road is of permanent
character and has progressed very
rapidly, owing chiefly to the skill
of Paul LaPlant, who has the work
in charge. Because of the short
season for hauling and lack of funds,
the repairs from Threeforks to AL
addin will not be the same kind as
those made to Threeforks. The
road has been widened as far as
Threeforks, an item of much inter-
est to those who travel it.
Truck Men Help
"The contribution Of trucks for
gravelling has made possible the
gravelling of portions of the road
which were swampy and SOFT" said
Commissioner Hunt in speaking of
the Aladdin road work. The truck
men generously offered the use of
their trucks for this purpose without
charge. Fred Draper, Dan Cor
bett, A. F. Enzler, L. A. Connolly,
w. H. Stevens, Walter DeLand and
Mr.. Nelson are among the truck
owners who have helped in this
way. The truck men who will use
the Aladdin road have entered into
written agreement to pay twenty
five cents per load for each load
hauled over the road this summer,
the fund to be used for maintenance
of the road.
1t is said that the amount Of
hauling done on this road last sum-
mer ran as high as sixty. truckloads
of cedar poles in twenty-four hours.
At present there are 10000 poles
ready to haul and $4,000 more will
be cut and hauled this season. One
of the mills has two and a half
million feet of lumber to be hauled.
The timber area of Aladdin district
has been barely touched and there
will be an increasing traffic in cedar
poles and lumber in this territory
for years to come.
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