Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-03-11
DISCUSS COUNTY
ROAD MATTERS
COMMISSIONERS SPEND DAY IN A
CONFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL
OF FOREST RESERVE
WEST SIDE HIGHWAY WANTED
New Road From Bonners Ferry To
Porthill Under Consideration

The county commissioners are in
regular session and spent yesterday
morning examining and allowing the
usual grist of bills against the county
In the afternoon the commissioners
discussed road matters with j. A. Fitz-
water, supervisor of the Pend Oreille
Forest Reserve, who came here from
Standpoint at the request of the coun-
ty officials.
AS announced some time ago in the
Herald Mr.. Fitzwater will have avail
able this summer $4,000 for work on
the Copeland-Addie road. This money
will have to be spent within the CON
fines of the forest reserve. The
county commissioners have decided
that all the road between Copeland
and Addie will have to. be put in good
shape and will share equally with the
forestry department in the expense.
The expenditure of the 10000 on the
Copeland-Addie road will give that dis
trict one of the best roads in the en-
tire county.
There is a bad rock cut near the
Jorgenson place on the Boomers Ferry
-Eastport road and Supervisor Fitz-
water stated that he would try to get
an appropriation for this stretch OF
road if the county would pay its pro-
portion. 1t would cost about $4,000
approximately. Mr.. Fitzwater told
the commissioners that the forestry
service stood ready to assist in every
possible. way all endeavors to build
good roads and the commissioners are
planning to avail themselves of this
cooperation whenever it is possible as
such a course is economy and money
saved to the taxpayers.
One of the most important roaC
matters discussed yesterday was The
proposition to build a road on the
west side of the Kootenai river aloni
the foothills to Porthill. The commits
sioners do not know that such a roat
would be feasible and have no defnit,
plans in regard to the project. How
ever, Mr.. Fitzwater has agreed to taxi
the proposition up with the chief engi
neer of the forestry service and see /
the government will make road sur
vey beginning at a point near thu
Brooks place at Moravia and following
the foothills to Porthill.
A road on the west side of the Koot
enai river to Porthill would open III
a great deal of timbered country tina
is in the forest reserve and give tn
department a good opportunity to dis
pose of its timber. The road woul'
also open up some fine agriculture
land and prove great benefit to tn
many farmers living on the west sid
of the river 1t may be possible tina
the proposed survey will be made thi
summer. The proposed survey is t
be made without any expense to thi
county and if the survey is made tn
county will be under no obligations il
the matter.
The commissioners have been meet
ing the representatives of many roa
machinery houses and are getting
number of pointers about road machin
cry. The commissioners plan to g
slow in the way of buying any new ma
chinery and are determined that wha
, is bought will be serviceable and wi
give the county good returns on tn
investment The commissioners S
far have purchased road finisher a
,$175 which is really drag on wheel
and which does away with the use {
grader on roads already crowne
properly. The machine is operate
by one man.