The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-15

A T y CONFERENCE held in
~ Boise on January and 10 be-
tween representatives of the
United States forest service
and w. }. Hall. commissioner of pub
lie works for the purpose of discuss
ing the distribution of forestry funds
for road building and improvements
in Idaho, action was taken of great
interest to the people of Shoshone
county affecting road work in this
and KOotenai county. 1t developed at
the meeting that all forestry highway
funds available for northern Idaho
had been allotted except $4,000, and
that this is being retained to meet
finishing expenses in connection with
road construction now under con-
tract. This will apply to the Wolf
Lodge and Bennett Bay projects, part
of the north and south highway, and
also to Mission Flat. Construction
of these three projects is now under
way and all are expected to be COM
pleted early this spring, when this
reserve fund will be drawn upon to
put on the finishing touches.
Surface and Widen Canyon Road.
or great interest to the people of
Shoshone county. though outside the
county lines. is the improvements
that viii be carried out on the high
way through Fourth Of July canyon
When the allotment was made by the
forest service in 1922 for building the
Mission Flat section it was agreed
that surfacing this section would pro-
coed out of the first available funds
1t is found that there win be $4,000
available for this work after June 80.
and most Of this will therefore be
used in surfacins the road with crush
ed rock from Cataldo to Burns now
Mullan, Summit. a distance of IA
miles. This work viii also include
widening the road at places between
the canyon school house and the
summit. There are several places
whore the road is dangerously narrow
and these places viii be made to
conform to the government standard.
Wallace, Burke and Mullan Roads.
At the Boise conference Commits
siOner Hall submitted TO the govern
ment representatives a proposal to
place the road between Wallace and
Burke, between Wallace and Mullan
and between Occur d'Alene and Ben
nett bay in the list of highways to be
allotted financial support under the
forest aid fund No a. which covers
all roads adjacent to national forests
This proposition will be submitted to
the secretary of agriculture. who has
over the forestry service.
for approval If this receives favor
able action at the hands of the sec
ietarY and it is believed it will road
Improvement projects in this county
and others in KoOtenai county in
which this county is directly interest
ed will receive approximately $780,
300 from the forestry service begin
ming with the fiscal year For this
gratifying outlook for better roads, as
well as for notable past achievements
in the same line, the people of this
section of the state will not overlook
that it has been largely through the
effort of "Bin" Hall. com
missioner of public works. that these
gratifying results have been accom-
Dlished What he is doing for this
section is not materially different
from what he is doing in all other
sections of the state, and the people
generally recognize his excellent
work. in spite of the crouch recently
by a bunch of late high
way bureau engineers.
Wallace and Avery.
Another matter that received con-
sideration at the Boise conference
was the desirability of a road con-
Meeting Wallace and the St Joe, and
1t was agreed that a forest develop
nent road should be built between
This city and Avery. This is an en-
terprise that has long been discussed
BY the people Of this county. and
now that the forestry service has
given it the stamp of its approval it
is probable that it may be carried
out at no distant date