Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-12-01
ASKING BIDS
ON ROAD WORK
PLAN TO EXTEND STATE HIGH
WAY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
THE KOOTENAI RIVER
SELLS 100000 COUNTY BONDS
Bond Market Better and Premium
Offered for County Bonds.

The Idaho state highway commits
sion has issued a notice to contractors
calling for sealed bids for the con-
struction of 2.0S miles of graveled
road, on the North and South high
way. The proposed section of gray
eled road begins at the city limits on
the Northside and extends north
towards Porthill.
Bids will be opened on December IL,
1921, at 200 p. M, at the courthouse,
Plans, specifications, forms of con-
tracts and proposal forms and other
information may be had at the office
of G. j. Chaffins, acting district en-
gineer.
The county commissioners of Bound
airy county are making every effort to
interest the state and federal authori-
ties in extending financial aid for road
building projects and if state and fed
eral aid can be secured it is likely
that within another year or two there
will be hard-surfaced roads leading
from Bonners Ferry to Copeland and
Porthill, to Eastport and to the Mon
tana state line.
The amount of state aid for road
purposes is limited and in past years
the counties of the southern part of
the state have had the lions share
of road appropriations. Boundary
county officials have succeeded in in
teresting the state director of high
ways, ID. p. Olson in Boundary county
projects and it is more than likely that
considerable work will be done this
winter and this spring, depending, of
course, upon whether or not satisfact-
ory bids can be obtained
The commissioners have assurance
that state engineers will proceed this
winter with a survey of the state high
way from Bonners Ferry to the Mon
tana state line. The survey of the
highway to Porthill and to Eastport
has been made.
Under the present plan of state ami
federal cooperation in the construc-
tion of good roads Boundary county
must put up $1.00 for every $500 ex-
pended by the state and federal gov
ernments but before any project is
approved the federal government must
be assured that the county has money
on hand with which to fulfill its part
of any contract made.
1t is not expected that any federal
aid will be received on the two mile
project on the Bonners Ferry-Port-
hill road, which it is expected will be
constructed this winter, owing to the
fact that the road will contain curves
which do not conform to the federal
road building specifications. The
new road will start at the J. l.. Leach
place on the Northside and will fol-
low five percent grade beginning at
the w. B. Hawkins property. Con-
nection with the present county road
will be made at the Polzin Bros. place
at the top of the north bench. The
county officials are taking up the mat
ter of right-of-ways for the new road
today.
On account of this fact and in view
of the probability that the state high
way commission will soon be ready to
continue road work in this county
the county commissioners are now ad-
vertising the sale of 100000 worth of
Boundary county road and bridge
bonds. part of the S35OO00 road and
bridge bond issue voted at the last
general election. Sealed bids for the
purchase of these bonds will be re-
ceived at the county courthouse uI
until II 80 a. M, of December "a, 1921
and will be opened at the same hour
The county officials state that the
bond market is improving rapidly A
few months ago the bond houses
would not consider the purchase Of
bonds unless at a discount Today
these same houses are offering 6
premium of $50 per thousand OF
Boundary county bonds. A number o.
bond house representatives have beer
in the city the past few weeks trying
! to buy county bonds. city bonds anC
bonds of Independent School Distric
No. 4.