The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-01-12

country. The people of the towns
generally have the advantage in
management of public affairs and
there was feeling of distrust that
made farmers think that the bulk
of this bond money might be spent
making pavements leading into
Blackfoot, Shelley and Aberdeen,
with the big lump of it spent at
Blackfoot.
Was Against Blackfoot
Leading men at Blackfoot cited
the fact that while Blackfoot pays
40 per cent of the taxes and would
be entitled to 40 per cent of the road
work under the plan of 'apportion-
ment named by the farmers, yet
Blackfoot did not want to misplace
the road construction and thereby
handicap the development of the
country and the county-they said
they wanted it to do the greatest
good for agriculture for that was
the basis of our community wealth.
Bridge Street Road
Blackfoot's quota of this bond
money would be $240,O0O, and her
leading men said they did not want
any such amount as this expended
on the roads at the entrances of the
town, and since the town was unit
by itself and could not properly use
any of this money within the cor
porate limits, it was really making
the town pay for building country
roads and then have to build its
city streets besides. In the final
analysis they said that if they could
have the three entrances to the town
paved, first to Snake river bridge on
the west, which was rs of a mile;
second, from the pavement on North
Main street to the spur above the
sugar factory, which was .93 of a
mile; and third, an extension from
the pavement on South Broadway to
the Blackfoot river, about a mile, or
even a substantial part of this Sec
tion, they would use up probably
100000 in those jobs and allow all
the rest to go for construction of
country roads where the farmers
wanted them. That would be giving
the country something like $40, 900
the best of it, and If this were done
Blackfoot would be willing to wait
till some other time for other ex-
tensions. ~ - f
The way it turned out, Blackfoot
got the road to Snake river bridge,
it got part of the extension on North |
Main street, reaching S3 of mile,
and it got nothing at all on South !
Broadway. The south end of the |
county received its whole quota and |
$4,000 more, and the north end got
its share, tho Basalt townsite had |
short section that was not sur
laced with the crushed rock as
because the money gave
)ut.
The south entrance to Blackfoot
IT'LL remains in bad condition, as
S also the 2.7S miles just north of
own, and Blackfoot suffers loss of
ravel and trade accordingly. It is
lad the country has what it wants;
t is glad that Aberdeen has it's
hare and then some, but it accepted
he short end in the original plans
or itself and then it received only
little more than half of what was !
tanned. )
The Sticking Point
In the series of road and tax 7
rticles being published in this paper
e have explained how state and
'deral money due us to match our 7
ond money was withheld from us,
Id how the application of Bonnie z
lie county for the same aid was
ed long after our and that it was
'livered to them, and that the pres
ice of a Bonneville county man
'lding the position of director of G
ghways on the state board was
e basis for suspicion that we had D
EN- taken advantage of.
Damage to County Seat
Bonneville county built six miles