White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-08-08
ALL MAIN HIGHWAYS
TO Be IMPROVED


legations from here have visited
the county seats of no less than
three counties during the weel
in the interests of better roads
And in every instance the re
suits have been satisfactory.
On Monday ID. s. Wilkinson
F. A. English and Fred Gilhuly
of White Bluffs and Charles Nj
Sanford and q. a. Stevens OF
| Hanford drove over to Yakima
to urge the commissioners of
that county to do something in
a permanent way on the road
between this valley and Yakima.
This visit was Il follow-up of
500 circular letters mailed by
the White Bluffs Community
Club during the last two or
three weeks to business men and
residents of Yakima. The result
of this conference with the Yak
ina commissioners is best told in
the following news item taken
from Monday evenings Yakima
Republic
Establishment of a permanent To-
cation to eliminate many curves and
kinks with grading of the White
Bluffs road as far as the Yakima coun-
ty line was assured by the county
commissioners this afternoon to a de-
legation of business men from White
Bluffs and Hanford, accompanied by
Secretary o. c. Scots and r. D. Ro-
Wig, representing the Yakima Com
mercial club.
Benton County to Aid
The commissioners went even fur
ther. They agreed to proposal adj
vanced by Commissioner George AL
exander, that the county would, up to
a certain PREDETERMINED limit, put in
two dollars to every one raised by
the citizens of Yakima for permanent
improvement of the road on the loca-
tion to be established.
II think we can do business on that
basis" Secretary Scots replied at once
when the proposal was made.
The White Bluffs and Hanford
boosters, on their part, gave assur-
ance that Benton county would at
least match any improvement made by
Yakima county in constructing good
road between here and the river.
Improvement is Planned
They pointed out that two years
ago Hanford and White Bluffs, con-
stituting a road district, put practical
ly all of their road fund, about $2,50o,
into the White Bluffs road in grading
and graveling. Further Improvement
is now proposed by Benton county,
including the widening of the grade
over the divide just beyond the Yaki-
ma county line. so that cars can pass
on the hill, and doing away with the
double road now in existence there. A
cut-of graded this year from the foot
of the hill north of the divide near
the schoolhousc is to be gravelled, and
number Of points along the Priest
Rapids portion of the road are to be
improved.
The Yakima county work will con-
sist of rough survey, calculated to
eliminate the continual short curves,
to cut out one or two bad grades, and
establish lines on which crew with
tractor and grader can work this fall.
Road in Fair Shape
The road is now in better condition
than ever before, due to the chuck
hole maintenance work done by Yaki-
ma county during the past two years,
in spite of the unusual dryness of the
season, was the opinion of the Col
umbia river men. The delegation was
headed by D. S. Wilkinson, secretary
of the White Bluffs Community club,
and Charles M. Sanford, secretary of
the Hanford Community club, with F.
A. English and Fred Gilhuly of White
Bluffs and C. A. Stevens of Hanford.
On Tuesday another delega-
tion made up of M. M. Wiehl,
H, r. Thumm, d. S. Wilkinson,
f. A. English and f. j. Bonn
met with the commissioners of
Franklin County, in Tasco, to-
urge that this years budget pro-
vide for some work to be done
on the road leading from the
White Bluffs ferry toward 9th
clio. The first II miles of this
road, starting from the ferry,
goes through the counties OF
Franklin, Grant and Adams with
about an equal milagc in each
county. The Franklin commits
sioners suggested that the best
results probably could be had by
the three counties working in
cooperation in the laying out
of the permanent road. They pro
missed to make an appropriation
to take care of the work this
year. The Adams county com
missioners will he reached thru
the residents Of Othello. The
Grant county commissioners are
already agreeable to improving
this road.
On Wednesday, Fred Gilhuly.
Henry Chairman and E. J. O'Larey
accompanied by William Switzler.
ferryman at Plymouth. drove up to
Ephrata to confer with the Grant
county commissioners in regard to
further Improvement of the road
between Wshluke and Vantage
ferry. They found that the COM
missioners had provided for this
road in their budget and that tht y
plan to do quite a little work on it
during the next year.