The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-01-26
Two Meetings Held At
The Court House
Last Friday

vi IIAudy dlICIuOOu JllOT0 Was
meeting at the court house to dis
cuss the subject of where to locate
the new roads to be built along the
Yellowstone highway with the $685.
900 that is soon to be available of
county, state and federal money.
The Blackfoot Commercial club
and the Shelley Commercial club had
requested the commissioners to give
them hearing before they decided
where the money should be ex-
pended, and this melting was in re-
sponse to the invitation to send their
delegates to make their claims by
laying arguments before the commits
sioners. The Firth Commercial club
was also represented. The meeting
was held at the court house at 4
o'clock in the afternoon and after
some preliminary discussions in an
open meeting with about forty per-
sons present they adjourned at 5.45
to meet again in executive session of
the dozen committeeman and the
commissioners at $50. At the even
ing meeting, which was presided
over by J. R. Williams, commits
sioner, there were present Nelson
Miller, the commissioner from Shell
ley, E. Milton Christensen, county
engineer; Hamilton Wright, county
attorney; and the committee from
the Shelley Commercial club consist
ing of T. J. Bennett, Neil Sage, ].
l.. Moore, l.. Ivan Jensen, and w. s.
Wright. The Firth Commercial club
was represented by H. ]. Slayton,
and the Blackfoot Commercial club
by Mayor Peck, representative P. G..
Johnston, H. D. MacCosham, Byrd |
Trego, James Duckworth, and w. F.
Bergman.
In the preliminary discussion Of
the afternoon it was learned that the !,
total amount of money available was
$86,000 and II Bingham county
wishes to act independently in its
financial and road matters then 1t
would have $4,000 to spend on any
thing 1t pleases, this being the sum
that has Just been received from the
state. If the full $4,000 is to be
expended jointly by county, state
and federal government the contract
will be let by the secretary of the
and construction work must
be Joined to the bitulithic paving
reaching from the sugar factory at
Blackfoot or from the Bonneville
county line southwark and the work
done must be in continuous Sec ,
tion; 1t cannot be broken up and ex-
tended in different places, it can
1ot be expended anywhere excepting {
IN the Yellowstone highway and the
state engineer advises that it may
be expended on hard surface roads
according to the rules of the federal
government, or If our commissioners
make application for cooperation
or road and using all of this
money for making base and finish
ns 1t off as gravel or crushed rock
'oad the federal government may g
Iccept the plan, but that it is not n
ertain. If it is expended in that g
Vay it would make about ten miles c
+ road, or If expended for hard sur c
ace road 1t would make about two Il
niles and half or two miles and n
hree quarters If expended for hard 6
urface road from the sugar factory d
orth 1t would just about fill in the u
oor road extending to the better tt
ravel road extending four or five a
lilies north from the Whitten ranch t.
hat would make very good road IL
rom Blackfoot to Kimball hill.
II expended from the Bonneville ia
ounty line southwark it would make Il
,ss than three miles of hard surface fy
bad or about ten miles of gravel Il
bad which would extend to Kimball
i'll and with the natural roadways T
| a very good condition from there
own to Wapello it would leave
COntinued m napo oipht