Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-04-01
MOSCOW WANTS BETTER
HIGHWAY TO PULLMAN
Moscow Chamber of Commerce VIII
Assist in Building Road on Any
Route Pullman Selects

| not after an improved highway con-
Meeting Moscow and Pullman, and
! the Moscow chamber of commerce
to assist in the construction of any
| highway between the two towns
which Pullman might select. The
| following story of the discussion APP
peared in the Moscow Star-Mirror:
ut is the sense of the Moscow
chamber of commerce that Moscow
wants a good highway between this
town and Pullman and will assist in
building such a highway on any
route Pullman citizens may select to
connect the two towns"
This resolution was unanimously
adopted by the Moscow chamber of
commerce at largely attended
meeting Wednesday, when a large
number of farmers living between
Pullman and Moscow and one mem
Der of the Pullman chamber of COM
merce who lives in Pullman, attend
/ ed and discussed the road question.
| Much interest was shown and some
good addresses made. DR.. Reid, liv-
Whitman county, advocated the high
way between Pullman and Moscow
running through the University of
! Idaho grounds and the farm and
grounds of Washington State Col
! lege, at Pullman, and spoke at length
on the scenic beauties of the route.
w. j. Leonard, farmer living be-
! tween Pullman and Moscow a mem
| Der of the Pullman chamber of COM
merce, created much amusement by
| telling of the attitude of the Pull
man chamber of commerce which he
said never takes a stand on anything
unless it is unanimous and never
| favors anything that anybody OPP
poses. He said that Pullman would
! favor any road that would not help
Moscow or hurt Pullman and would
oppose any highway that hurts Pull
man and helps Moscow. He predict
ed that Pullman would oppose either
of the middle" roads but would ia
vor either the north or south road
and would help build either of them.
Dean E. ]. Iddings made a strong
plea for closer connection for mutual
benefit between Pullman and Mos
cow and the University of Idaho and
Washington State College, which he
said are and always will be the chief
assets of the two towns.
James Divine, of Garrison station,
! favored the road down the O.-W. r.
& n. tracks, which runs through his
farm and said it would be much less
expensive to build, would not have
the scenic beauties of the other road
but would be more practical Scott
| Getchel, who has a farm on the same
road, but closer to Pullman, urged
that this route be selected. Josh NJ.
Palmerton, of Pullman, urged tina,
the O.W. r. & n. route be accepted,
and said he had travelled over the
route when it was just a trail, 40
! years ago, and declared it the most
practical.
Guy Wolfe of Moscow said he was
| born in Whitman county and had
travelled over every road in this Sec
ton and favored appointing a COM
mittee to go to Pullman and confer
with the chamber of commerce there
and agree to build any of these roads
from Moscow to the state line if Pull
man will build from Pullman to the
state line.
He though the O.-W. r. & N. line
the most practical but it should run
on the same side of the creek all the
way down instead of crossing the
creek so often William Lee advised
going slow and not disturbing the
Pullman chamber of commences
siesta.
G. p. Mix, chairman of the board
of highway commissioners of Mos
cow highway district, said that the
commissioners have notified Pull
man that they will hard-surface any
one or all of the four highways be-
tween the two towns to the state line
if Pullman citizens of the farmers or
/ anyone will build the highway to the
state line from Pullman. He thought
all of the highways will be main
tanned but thought one should be
selected for immediate improvement.
c. B. Green also talked on the sub
ject and then the motion mentioned
above was put and carried unani-
mously.