Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04
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BUILDING PROGRAM |NHERH|S7ORY, To
EXPHND S6,602,0 Millennium 1880

highway-Blaine and Custer counties.
grading. 10.2 miles, $52,6T0.
Fourth OF July rod No. / North Pa
cific highway-Kootenai county, grad
ing, 1912 miles, s52,67O.
Fourth OF July road, No. North
Pacific highway-Kootenai county.
grading, IL miles, $4,000.
Warm River Yellowstone road. yell
lowstone park highway - Fremont
county, grading, 47.3 miles, $1S5,4OO.
The foregoing figures show that
there has been let and is now under
construction post road aid projects
totaling $1.654,479.43; and forest road
aid projects totaling $555,370, or a to-
tai of $2,209,S49.43. The respective
mileages are: Post road, 129.41; forest
roads. 95.5.
The 1920 portion of the big road pro-
gram will be started this month by
the letting of contracts for 1891 miles
OF road, which it Is estimated will cost
s6s5.2So.44 Included in this mileage
is bridge about a of a mile long to
be built across the Snake river on
the Idaho Pacific highway route be-
tween Twin Falls and Gooding coun-
ties. 1t Is estimated this structure
will cost s66.6OS.50.
THREE Up PROJECTS
Other projects TO be let this month
are; No. 10, No. II and No. IL Idaho
Pacific highway, Elmore county; to-
falling 47.9 miles. Estimated cost.
s437, 1929. No. 20. Yellowstone park
highway, Bingham county, miles,
$60,SS1.70. Clearwater highway, Clear
water county, Greer grade, earth, 3
miles, 100000.
In February, March and April the
state highway bureau and the depart
ment OF public works plan to let the
followingSprojects:
Pickle Butte bridge, Canyon and
owyhee counties, $4,000.
NO. IA, Yellowstone park highway
Bonneville county. concrete and blum
nous pavement. miles, $1S4,633.6S.
No. 15, Idaho-Pacific highway -
Bannock county, crushed rock, $50
miles. $4,000
No. IS, Yellowstone park highway
Jefferson county, crushed rock, 7.51
miles, 100000.
No. 17--Idaho. Utah highway-Pan-
mock county, crushed rock, 3 miles.
67,999.62.
SOUTH IDAHO WORK
No 81, Roosevelt highway-Bonne-
290.
vile county. hard surface. 10 miles.
$2SO,200.
No. %, Idaho Central highway -
Bonneville county, hard surface. 3
miles, s93,150.
No. %, Idaho Central-Twins Falls
county, bituminous, 81 miles, $664,
29O.
No. "a, Idaho Pacific-Twin Falls
county, bituminous. $50 miles, $279.-
62176.
No. 2s, Idaho Pacific-Twin Falls
county, gravel, 14.7 miles, $136,079.5l.
Panifin-pq q
county, concrete, rs miles, $204,s36.92.
No. 32, Idaho Montana highway
CLARK county, gravel, 1913 miles, $780,
900,
No. SO Lewis and Clark highway
Nez Perez county gravel, miles, $751;
005.15.
Idaho Pacific highway-Washingto
county, gravel, miles. $4,000.
The following contracts are sched-
uled to be let sometime during May:
North and south highway--Latah
county, crushed rock, ga miles, $780,
SIS; Bonner county, crushed rock, 22.5
miles, $254,9S0 Boundary county, gray
ell, IS miles, s1S46 COS; Kootenai COUNT,
gravel, 125 miles. 800; Benewah
county, gravel, 1913 miles, $197,S
Washington county, gravel, Is miles
$4,000
Idaho Pacific-Power county, gravel.
1872 miles, $751; 1858.
Some time during June a contract is
scheduled to be let on the Greer grade
to Bungalow, in Clearwater county
which ii is estimated will cost s25S.00o.
Cooperative surveys on forest pro-
jects ON which construction and finan
cling is not completed are as follows:
Noble Montana line highway, Lemhi
county, PAP miles. $780, Lolo pass,
Lewis e. Clark highway Idaho county,
"a miles, $4,000; Lookout pass North
Pacific highway, Shoshene county. 4
miles, $1,000; Ketchum pass. Sawtooth
park highway, Blaine county, 26.2 miles
$4,000.