The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-06-16
WORK ON HIGHWAYS
IS GOING FORWARD
CITY WILL BE ASKED TO BUILD
CONCRETE BRIDGE ON SOUTH
MAIN STREET.

MOSCOW highway district has agreed
to build the connecting link between
the pavement on South Main street
and the end of the highway being
constructed by Thorn Creek highway
district which reaches the city limits
on South Main street, but does not
connect with the paving. AS Moscow
pays IS per cent of the taxes in this
district the commissioners are allow
ed to expend 25 per cent within the
city limits, although but very small
portion of that per cent will be ex-
pended in making connections with
highway district roads and the paved
streets of Moscow.
When this work is completed it will
give a good, hard-surfaced road from
Moscow to the state line between
Genesee and the top Of the Lewiston
hill There is strip Of half mile
lying in Washington to get around
deep canyon, that is "bone of con-
tention" between the two states, as
Washington and Whitman county are
not interested in building half mile
link to connect with highway that
lies wholly in Idaho. Genesee citizens
are endeavoring to have this link
from Moscow to Lewiston.
G.. P. Mix, chairman of the Moscow
highway commission board, says that
the road will be completed to Viola
this year, thus giving that town con-
nection with Moscow and points south
of here. This is the north and south"
state highway and will only be built
to Viola this year as Potlatch high
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and the commissioners felt there
would not be any need Of
building the remaining two miles in
this district beyond Viola until Pot
latch district is ready to build.
Three trucks are being used in
hauling crushed rock for the highways
in this district in which the grading
has been completed. Two shifts, Of
eight hours each keep the trucks
going 16 hours day. Each truck
hauls three yards of crushed rock at
= load, and from so to 70 yards are
being hauled daily. The commission
sers are having 2700 yards Of rock
laid on each mile, which is about 35
per cent more than is being used on
most roads Of this character.
Moscow is to be asked to put in
a concrete bridge on South Main
street where the railroads cross the
street at Paradise creek, to replace
the old wooden bridge that is con-
demned. The state requires concrete
brid1es and culvertA exclusively on
.state highways and Is Main street 4
to be portion Of the north and
SOUTH state highway which win con-
nect Boise with every town Of I'M
portance in the north part Of the
state, the city will be asked to COM
ply with the state regulations on this
bridge.
The grading on D street to connec-
tioa With the hard surfaced highway
at tAe corner east Of Robbins' ice
heaso, has been completed and the
first layer Of crushed rock has beea
'Dut on almost to the corner. The
sessad layer is but few rods behind
ths first. This will be completed this
week and give fine, hard surfaced
Highway connection with the pave
asnt on North Polk street, where it
connects with D.
Rock is being laid on the Linnville
highway, which was graded over
Paradise mountain last year and this |
is to be one of the finest roads in this
section It will be Of inestimable
benefit to the farmers of that section.
Grading of the highway between
Moscow and Viola is progressing
satisfactorily. The work started at