The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-05-03

tracks running between the two it
should be clear to anyone study
ing the above map that the most
convenient as well as the most
economical and safe road arrange
ment is one leading to the bridge
from the northwest and another
leading to the bridge from the
northeast. Mileage under the Z
per cent system being nearly *
hausted the government could not
consider more than one connec-
ton to the north. So it is up to
the county to supply about three
miles of county or local road to
furnish the connection from the
northeast. The mile of road from
the T. r. highway to the Great
Northern track just east of the
Macon elevator is now graded al
though the sketch does not make
it appears so, the elevator com
pany making a liberal contribu-
ton to the expense. The rest of
the road from there to the nearest
point where the new federal high
way may be reached will be a
matter of perhaps a little more
than two miles over level country
where a grade will not be a great
expense.
Fears of heavy expense for this
short piece of road are entirely
%unfounded. Considering the fact
that this 1927 900 bridge is not
costing Roosevelt county a single
dollar, it seems as though the
county might built a few miles of
good passable road to aid it's citi-
zens in getting from the highway
to the bridge. 1t is understood
that some have suggested that the
road to Scobey should have come
from the north on a line that
would take it directly to the
bridge. 1t might be we'll for those
harboring this idea to know that
the Scobey road was laid out and
partly built long before a bridge
was dreamed of and even before
the T. r. highway was construct
ed. During the last few years the
Scobey road has been greatly inn
proved and partly surfaced by
cash contributions amounting to
$4,000 by the farmers along the
road. Naturally they wanted the
road built where it could be built
with the least cost and in the
direction that would take them to
their natural market place.
McCone county is putting $4,000
into their end of the bridge and
its county board intends to build
roads that will aid farmers in
reaching the bridge by the most
direct routes that are feasible.
The citizens of Wolf Point con-
tributed funds amounting to a
burdensome total to meet the
legitimate expense incurred by
sending representatives to Wash
ington and Helena and to pay the
numerous incidental expenses of
carrying on an active campaign for
over two years in order that this
part of Montana might have the
benefits of a free traffic bridge
the Missouri. /,
Anyone who will give thought
to the whole situation and view !
the matter from a fair minded at !
titude will find difficulty in point
ing out anything about the whole
scheme of the bridge and the ?
roads that is not in the interest T
of economy to Montana people and \
travellers, and in the interest OF o
safety, which has become a large
consideration. Anyway, it is be-
that every official from
Chief Macdonald at Washington
the county commissioners of
Roosevelt county has acted in
every step with caution and Wis
dom, and that the benefits OF
their good service will long out
live the hasty objections which
may see fit to i%nterpose.