Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-11-05
PROPOSE PAVED ROAD
FOR PULLMAN-MOSCOW
Moscow and Pullman Chambers OF
Commerce To Cooperate in Sc
curing Improved Connecting
Highway

Cooperation between the Moscow,
Idaho, and Pullman chambers OF
commerce is expected TO result in the
construction of a hard surface road
between the two towns to connect
the Inland Empire highway of Wash
ington with the North and South
highway of Idaho The local cham
Der of commerce is in receipt of a
communication from the Moscow
booster organization in which CO.
operation in the matter of securing
the paving of the nine-mile stretch
is suggested, and the hearty support
of the Moscow chamber to the plan
pledged
The Pullman chamber voted its en-
Idorsement to the plan and delegated
to the roads committee full power to
proceed with negotiations with the
Moscow chamber The committee
will take the matter up with the
board of county commissioners of
Whitman county in an effort to Sc
cure surveys on three or four pro-
posed routes to the Idaho line. 1t is
believed that the property owners
along the route found most feasible
will then be willing to petition for
the improvement under the Donahue
plan.
In his letter to the Pullman cham
Der of commerce, which stirred the
local boosters to immediate action,
the president of the Moscow CONNER
cial organization said:
Moscow Idaho
October 20, 1920.
Pullman Commercial Club, Pullman,
| Wash
Gentlemen:
The Moscow chamber of commerce
is very much interested in the build
ing of a hard surface road between
your city and ours. Each town hav-
ing large educational institution
and the relationship between the two
being very close in athletics, we be-
lieve that such a road would be mu-
tually advantageous.
am writing this letter the day be-
fore the Montana-W. S. c. football
game. large number of our citi-
zens would like to visit your city to-
morrow to take in this game, but
the roads are hardly passable for au-
tomobile traffic.
Another matter which should in
terest the Pullman chamber of COM
merce and Whitman county as a
whole, should be a connecting link
| between Moscow and Pullman in or
der that the traffic of the citizens
of Latah county in going to and from
| Spokane should pass through Pull
man, ColfaX and other towns to the
north. If the Pullman Moscow road
is neglected we will soon have anoth-
er avenue between our city and SpO-
kane, by way of Palouse and then
north, as our north and south high
way will reach into the northern
part of the county and a connecting
! link will be made at Palouse which
will allow the main portion of the
traffic from Latah county to travel
to Spokane by the way of Potlatch,
Palouse and Garfield. We would
!
! ColfaX road
| Our highway commissioners have
been before the chamber of COM
merce on several occasions and have
agreed TO connect the north and
south highway with the Pullman
Moscow road at any point satisfact-
ory to Pullman and Whitman
county
We want to cooperate with you
Ill constructing this road and any
thing that the Moscow chamber of
commerce can do to assist in any
way, we shall be glad to have you
call on us for such assistance.
Thanking you in advance for the
serious consideration which | am
sure you will give this matter. We
remain
Yours very truly,
Moscow Chamber of Commerce. /
By A. II. Oversmith,