Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-11-16
OFFER TO SELL
COUNTY BONDS
NEED 100000 TO COMPLETE
COUNTY'S SHARE OF PROJECTS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
WORK IS NOW BEING DONE
Government Is Cooperating To Extent
of $4,000.

Members of the county board of
commissioners have been in regular
session this week transacting routine
business and canvassing the returns
of the general election held on Tues
day of last week. The canvassing of
the returns will be completed this
evening.
Today the board of commissioners
passed resolutions providing for the
calling for bids for the sale of 100000
worth of Boundary county road and
bridge bonds voted at the general
election held two years ago Bids will
be received by the board of commits
sioners up until l 80 p. m. on Decem-
Der and will be considered on the
same day
The money derived from this sale
of bonds will be used in completing
road projects now under way, $4,000
of the amount is 10 be used in match
ing federal aid money on Project GO.
providing for ten miles of hardsur-
faced road north of Bonners Ferry
on the North and South Highway lead
ing to Copeland. The remainder of
the bond money is to be used on a
seyen-miie road project on the Roose-
welt highway between Bonners Ferry
and the Montana state line.
]. A. Welch. chairman of the hoard
of county commissioners, stated to-
day that of the $780, GOO road and
bridge bond issue voted two years
ago there will be approximately $780,
600 left when The present board goes
out of office the first of the year. He
stated that the 100000 which the
county has and will spend on road
construction has been used where
heaviest construction work was needed
and that there is now but little more
heavy road work to be done in the
county which is not already provided
for. The money spent so far was ap-
piled on the Roosevelt Highway. the
North and South Highway. both to
the south and to the north of Bonners
Ferry, to purchase of right-of-w ways,
and to bridge construction at Leonia
and Bonners Ferry
Contractors are now al work on two
road projects in Boundary county and
plan to continue the work through the
winter months. Mr. Welch states that
the present commissioners will make
no plans for any further road work
of any kind.
The Pacific Coast Paving Company,
having the contract for the construc-
r ton of road in the Moyie district on
the Roosevelt Highway, have estab-
ished camp near Moyie Springs
On this project the federal Bureau
of Public Roads is cooperating to the
extent of S56 900 and the county in
the sum of $4,000.
The state highway department re-
f1ty 1of Ln O..
struction of ten miles of road between
Bonners Ferry and Copeland to the
Morrison-Knutson Construction Co.
of Boise, and this firm has sub-let the
grading work to j. e. Edwards of Spo-
kane who arrived here Wednesday
and who is establishing camp al
Rock Creek. The entire contract is
to be finished by September 1 1923
On this work the federal government
is spending $4,000. The original
agreement was for the expenditure OF
only $25,000 but through the efforts
of the county commissioners and the
state highway department an addi-
tional appropriation of 900 was
secured
Mr.. Edwards had the contract some
three years ago for the grading work
on the North and South highway be-
tween BOnners Ferry and the Bon
ner-Boundary county line. He has q
crew of men at work now clearing the
right-ofway and says he will have
so head of horses on the gradins
work within ten days. He plans tC
work all winter and will employ from
% to 80 men. He will do all tn,
work except the surfacing and state.
that he has located an excellent de
posit of road gravel just off the pro
posed new road and at a point in abou
the center of the ten-mile stretch.
There is no rock work on this roa,
project and Mr.. Edwards states tina
it is the largest contract he has hear,
of in long time on state roads il
1doha where there has been no rocl
to contend with.
The county commissioners feel tina
they have accomplished large result
with the money spent in Boundar.
county for road and bridge work tn
past two years and state that they ar
going out of office with the count
well supplied with sufficient road ma
chinery so that future road work ma
be handled by the county
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