Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-02-28
HIGHWAY EXPENDITURE
ARRANGED

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- ena on Saturday projects were
selected upon which will be ex-
pended in the state $4,000 during
1922. This Is the allotment for
Montana out Of an appropriation OF
SO, 100000 for the whole country.
Under the governing statute the
designation Of where these funds
shall be expended is left jointly
to the forestry service, the bureau
of public roads and the state high
way commission. There is some
doubt az to just how the authority
for designation Of this work and
the construction is apportioned to
each of these organizations by the
law. and an Interpretation Of the
recent statute has not yet been
given by the secretary OF agrlcul-
ture. Fortunately the three de-
,partments confering at Helena were
able to reach an amicable agree
ment as to how the budget should
be handled. There being no dis
agreement it can probably be taken
for granted that the stipulations en-
tered into at Helena will be ap-
proved by the department OF agrl-
culture without change.
We think that Great Falls and
this section Of Montana should be
highly pleased with.the funds which
were secured for projects in which
they are more especially interested.
A total sum Of $345,ooo was as
signed for roads that our people
have been advocating. This Is all
federal money and does not have
to be matched up with other funds.
There was secured for the Bel
ton to Glacier park road 100000.
This is the much talked OF road
from Bolton through Roosevelt pass
to the eastern entrance of Glacier
park. 1t is called by the forestry
service the Middle Fork OF the
Flathead project. The amount ap-
propriated at this time it is esti-
mated will carry the construction
forward from Bolton to about
lava. The whole highway will
cost about S475.ooo. Another ap-
preparation will be required for
completion but this 100000 makes
a fine start upon a thoroughfare
in which all central and northern
Montana east Of the mountains
has been intensely interested for 2
number Of years.
Under the money appropriated
for the Mountaineering Creek
road a forestry service highway will
be built this year which ultimately
will become a link in the Y. G. b.
line as soon as it can be extended
from Logging Greek down through
the sluice boxes to Riceville. At
present it will connect with the
forestry service road which last
wear was built down Lick creek and
down Logging creek to its junction
with Eelt creek. The project to
be constructed this year will be
from Monarch down to Logging
Creek. For this work $4,000 has
been assigned. It is entirely pos
sible that further forestry funds
NAV be secured later to bring this
road down as far as Albright at
the edge of the national forest.
This would be feasible whenever
state, county or federal funds may
be available to build the remain
ing seven miles or SO from Albright
down to Riceville. Then the Y,
@. B. line will go from Aiming
ton to Riceville and on all the way
10 Belt creek to Monarch. The
goal of the Y. G. B. line in Cas-
cade county will then have been
reached. The present appropria-
ton is, therefore, one OF much i'm
portance in this development.
For the road to bring about a
direct highway from Great Falls
to Missoula through Lewis and
Clark pass the conference awarded
$4,000. This is ample to build the
road through the national forest.
It was a little difficult to secure
immediate funds for the work be-
cause it is a recent enterprise and
arrangements have not been made
to connect up with the road sys-
TENS upon each end of the forestry
construction now provided for.
This money was made available
the work to start as soon as pro-
vision for connecting up upon the
Great Falls side and upon the Mis-
soula side has been arranged.
It is worthy Of note when repre-
sentatives of three different exc
ecutive departments come together
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