Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-06-10
GOOD ROADS DELEGATION TO
MOSCOW ASSURED OF LARGE sum
FOR BOUNDARY COUNTY ROADS
May Be Able Get $4,000 Altogether with Which I'm
State Highway from Porthl to the Boundary
Bonner County Line
DISCUSSED MATTERS WITH STATE COMMISSION AND ENGINEER
Commissioner Hall Tells of State and Federal Highway
Funds and How o Secure Them

ton of the state should have what was
coming to IL from the state highway
commission. They wasted no time or
words in getting down to business
and were able to give the local COM
mssioners advice concerning how to
proceed with road plans in clear and
concise manner Ii was not matter
of doing as little as possible for Boun-
Diary county but how much they could
do Commissioner Hall and Engineer
Olson impressed the Boundary county
folks as being men who know how to
and do accomplish results and it was
the general thought that If these are
samples of the men Governor Davis
has selected for the heads of the var
ious state departments we can look
forward to less extravaganza and a
more efficient state government.
The Bonner county delegation asked
Commissioner Hall if the money APP
propriated by the state for use in
Bonner county could be used on the
Clarksfork highway and were informed
that il could not but must be used on
what has been designated as the Pan
handle highway running north and
south. 1t is expected that later on
the Clarksfork highway will be termed
through Boundary and Bonner coun-
ties to the Kootenai county line will be
called the North and South highway.
The trip to Moscow was made in
the automobiles of c. W. Megquier,
j. Bert Cowen, F. A. Shultis and j. b.
Brody. The weather was ideal and
after reaching K6otenai county the
roads were in fine shape. Stops were
made at most of the towns along the
way and some of the autos went one
route going and another on the return
trip in order to see more of the coun
try. In nearly every section road
work was being done and nearly all
the way it was possible to travel over
paved or hard surfaced roads. About
the only dirt road travelled was for
ten miles between Pullman, Wash. and
Moscow, Idaho.
In his address before the North Ida
no Chamber of Commerce, Commits
sioner Hall gave an outline of the
work of the state highway commission
and Col Olson spoke of his experiences
with the good roads of France and
the experience he had gained during
the war in the upkeep and repair Of
roads.
The following paragraphs contain a
part of the information along road
matters in the address of Commission
er Hall;
1.-The government does not allow
[ credit for road work done on a post
: road when such work is done before
the application for a post road is
= made"
Federal aid is given only on des-
1 ignated state highways and then on
I $3.50 basis. The county in which
state and federal money is used for
I the building of roads will be required
l to maintain the road constructed; the
federal government requires the state
10 to maintain roads after constructed
s and when roads are not maintained In
e proper manner the government may
f refuse all further road aid"
e 1.-The matter of how much federal
= money is available for Idaho is not
e definitely known: this money is to be
e distributed to the various states or
S the basis of area, population and the
d total post roads mileage. Idaho's
e population is relatively small but il
: area and number of post roads she
o may make up what she loses in popu
a lation. 1t has been estimated tina
n Idaho's share of the government gooC
d roads money would be about $3,OOO,OOO
o OF late il has been thought that thii
n amount would be increased but at thu
l. present time there is no definite knowl
l. edge"
n "All government money is distri
.e buted to the counties or highway dis
y tricts through the state highway com
If mission. do not believe there will
be any lack of government money 10
ID road construction work"
1t 1.-The government has defined pos
10 roads under four classifications OF
rather has determined that federal al
n for roads may be given to roads com
IN ing under one of the four followin
n classes: Roads over which ma
is carried. Roads over which ma
* can be carried. 3.-Roads formin
as link between mail routes and sepai
r ated by not more than ten miles. A.
sc Roads which may be used to connet
ut mail routes either on the same roa
t or across country providing there
TX not more than ten miles between tn
ms mail routes to be connected"
~ AS near as possible the road none
of of the state has been divided betwee
Oh the north and south districts of Il
state on the basis used by the govern
n ment in appropriating road money
,s- 60 percent to south Idaho and 40 pc
all cent to north Idaho"
ed "The government requires that a
ed roads built with part of federal a
ey preparations be hard surfaced at Il
as time of grading. The governme
in has set standard to which all futu
roads in this state built by state al
las federal money, must conform"
Ter 1.-THE North and South highwa
en- when completed win cover 500 mil
mt through the state from the Canals
&C. line to the Nevada state line"