Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-07-27
Immense Highway Work.

Halls report dealt with the work of
the bureau of highways. Two highway
bulletins, autographed in the last few
days, were made a part of the report,
They show in detail the status of all
the highway work done in the state up
to the present date. The grand sum-
mary of this tabulation shows a total
of $9,704.29S05 expended in road work
by the department and its predecessor.
the old highway commission Sixty
and two-thirds per cent of this work
has been done or contracted for in
1920, and ia per cent was undertaken
in 1919
Contracts for highways whose esti-
mated cost will be $2,951,11S.S6 and
bridges to cost SIP, 49636 had been
made during 1920 at the time the re-
port was prepared. Bids had been
asked (some of them have been re
ceived and acted upon since) for high
way contracts totaling s1,972,43S.25,
and bridges to cost $90,06S.1S.
Big Contracts Pending.
Contracts pending at the time of the
report comprised a total of $500, 534 So
in highways and 1925 ,363.64 in bridges.
Highway bulletin Nos. and s. in
corporated in the commissioners re-
port, contain comprehensive cad ex-
haustive descriptions of the states
highway organization, and much data
on the status of all the projects in the
departments hands.
Commissioner Hall further reported
on the states administration of Hey
ri 1rfc f,~of hQnn
delayed by the backward season, he
said, but is now increasing. Proper
boat landings are needed but funds for
their construction are not available.
$4,000 Autos VIII Register.
Commissioner Robert o. Jones of the
department of law enforcement sub
mitted report dealing with the fl
nances and operation of the several
bureaus Featuring his report was the
showing that automobile license fees
received in the current calendar year
will reach in excess of $4,000 cars, and
place Idaho in the rank of the million
dollar states in collection of such fees
During the first half of 1920 the total
revenues from this source totaled
S824.273.25. In 1918 the same period
brought in a little over half million
dollars. and in the first six months OF
1919 the total was 653,991.44
Collections Hurried.
Mr.. Jones gave further figures show
ing the beneficial results of extra eff
forts made by the department to Sc
cure earlier collections of the automo
bile license fees. The license law was
stressed during the convention o.
peace officers of the state and prose
cutions were urged against drivers
who used the highways without IL
censes.
The average fee paid by car owners
in the six months period was Sits
"This would indicate" says Mr.. Jones
s'that the humble Ford and the othei
lower priced cars are rambling ovel
the Idaho roads in large numbers this
year"
Completion of the fish ladder a
Sunbeam dam at cost of $4,000; re
ceipts from license sales, fines ant
confiscations in June aggregatint
S2994.S5 and disbursements of Sll,
734.O1. we're shown in the fish and
game Jul eau.
The state constabularv was respon
sible for 1876 arrests in June Money!
derived from fines and confiscation'
totaled S12,4S5.
Renewal fees and application fees 0
the bureau of license passed their higl
water mark in June with total o
S3.153.5O. Disbursements for the montl
were $2.33S.2S.
Revenues Much Larger.
Commissioner Jay Gibson of the de
partment of commerce and industr.
confined his report to a showing o
the finances for administration durin
the 1S-month period ending June 30
In this period the department enioye
an increase of revenues of S33S,613.5
over those for a like period precedin
of the several departments which wer
combined in the creation of the pres
ent department. The increased ex
pense for the same period amounts
to s2,146.02
In other words, the commissions
pointed out. the new department or
ganized under Senate Bill No. 10 in
CURED an increased expense of 3.3 pc
cent. but secured an increase in reve
nue. of 65.1 per cent. The growth i
expenses, he averred, was due almos
exclusively to increases in costs O
supplies.
| Tabulations of receipts and expendi