The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-04-07

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ing the speed of the water. The
county hesitates and wonders why
these turns need concrete when the
water has to get around other turns
exposed to other materials than ce.
ment. The matter is said to be agi-
Eating the good roads people or Mr.
Williams or the canal people, but
this writer was not present at the
negotiations and does not know the
exact conditions.
A great deal has been said about
the expense of grading the road be-
tween Blackfoot and Riverside, for,
the people say, there was much haul
ing of clay one way and gravel the
other way, and they went around
Robin Hoods barn all the time in
stead Of taking the shortest way to
destination with the materials in
transit. Bill says they should have
graded some road and followed right
up with gravel and clay and the
steam roller. Bob says they should
not have done that at all that they
should have begun at the other end
Of the line and graded and followed
up with clay and gravel, rolling the
gravel into the clay instead of roll
ing the clay into the gravel. Then
they argue the question whether it
would be cheaper to haul the gravel
and clay or the clay and gravel. And
whether it would be more economi-
cal to build the grade from River
side eastward toward the bridge or
to build it westward toward River
side. Authorities differed, so long
as Bill and Bob had the floor.
A Hot Argument
Then came Jack and Jim and one
said they should have graded the
whole thing and then hauled the
gravel eastward over the fresh, dry
dirt to a middle point, and dumped
it and then loaded back with clay
to put on top of it, building east
ward from the middle, using the
steam roller to pack it hard, and as
the work progressed they would trav-
lei all the time on more of the fin
ished road instead of driving around
the section on road that had not been
graded 1t was disputed whether
building from the middle eastward
was better than building from the
middle westward, SO some fifth par
ty to the controversy on road eff
cheney said the gravel ought to be
hauled from the Riverside crusher
plant to the Snake river bridge and
dumped, and then load back with
clay taken from the clay bank near
the city limits. All of the other
men punctured that plan by saying
they would have to run back empty
most of the way without clay, for
was not the road long one going
back for crushed gravel? And the
fifth party admitted it, but said that |
section of the run would get shorter
every day as the road was covered |
farther westward. But the other man
observed that the trucks hauling
gravel would run farther empty as
the trucks loaded with clay ran
longer sections loaded. 1t was ter
ribly knotty bunch of problems to
figure out, and all summer there was
more or less dispute about it, and I
the trucks continued to
go back and forth more or less load
ed to the brim, and throwing dust
in peoples way. Everybody "cussed"
Mr.. Stone for his lack of cunning in
the trucks, and all sum-
mer long Stone went back and to,
cheering the men and telling them
to go to it faithfully and he would
see that they got their money. He
also promised them in the most off
hand manner that every sun-of-a-
gun that wanted county money with
out working for it would be dis
charged if he made his wants stick
out enough so that person could
notice it.