The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-11-20

consideration the hands the highway commission
The two favored and roads are those by
way of Tennessee Pass and Genwood Springs by way
Of Monarch Pass. Gunnison and Montrose it the
claim of the State Highway Department that during the
the past for automobile going by
nessee Pass there six going by way
and Gunnson. Naturally, it would be the proper thing
for the State Highway Department to give much
tion to the improvement of the Monarch Mesa
route On this route Gunnson county is the i'm
portant link in the road and the within which the
State Highway Department would should make the
largest expenditure of highway its effort to es-
tablish good and permanent road this route
Gunnison county is appreciative of the work done by
the highway department her roads. but considering
the amount of money spent within this district have
not received than just share the expendi
lures by this department The budget of year pro-
vded for the expenditure of $4,000 the
Gunnson and $4,000 the Blue Mesa road together with
$4,000 for maintenance member of the State High
Advisory Board advises that the budget 1926
probably provide for expenditure of $4,000 the road
west of Gunnison beginning the the pres
ent project five miles west and extending west far
the will also for $4,000 be spent the
Mountain ditch bank Somerset and $4,000 main
tenance which must be by $4,000 maintenance
by Gunnison county SIS meet the expenditure
on the ditch bank road 1t is also necessary for Gunni
son county to provide for the expense any change
the right of way roads built by the State Highway
Department
As have said Gunnison county is a necessary link
in the most favored route the Continental Divide
and is for this and this alone that the
State Highway Department and the Federal Bureau of
roads expending money for the improvement of the
main thoroughfare the country. In far it
improves this road thereby Increasing transconti
mental travel through county, this county greatly
benefited, but this money does the county in
any manner in improving other roads The Commission
ers OF Gunnson county have in the expenditure
the appropriated for highway purposes 1t
expended exclusively by the highway department
In article last week touching upon the action of
the board of commissioners in reducing the levy
year. showed that the incoming board would
have approximately S3400 in the Road Bridge Fund
careful examination of the county records dis
the fact that after expenditures provided by
this board have been made very little anything will be
left for general by the incoming board In the
tce referred showed that of the $4,000 probably
available, approximately $4,000 is owing the State
Highway Department from old account leaving about
$4,000 Of this S26OOO $4,000 be taken to meet
like amount from the State Highway Department for
maintenance highways. leaving only $4,000 and of
this amount S5 900 must be taken replace $1,000 di
verted by the commissioners from the Blue Mesa
road to the Somerset ditch bank road leaving only
that the incoming Board of County Commissioners will
the board has by resolution provided
mova of the old bridge Lake Fork near Sapi
to the Blue the Half Way House. and for its
installation the latter They have also
tered into contract with the State Highway Department
to purchase the right of the proposed
project Road of town.
Again residents of Gunnison county are warned that
funds will be available for expenditures upon the
roads in the remoer sections of the county year on
account of the reduction the levy by present
Board of County Commissioners