The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-08-01
MORE WORK TO
BE DONE ON n.
B. EXTENSION
Road Boosters Form Or
ganization to Push Con-
structiOn of River Highway
as Relief Measure ,c. 90,

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After years OF effort on the part
of the local chamber Of commerce.
and other organizations Of q sim
FLAIR nature up and down the river,
IL begins to look as If there would
be some activity In the matter OF
construction Of the upper end OF
the North Bank or Evergreen high
way. d -....
A meeting Of representatives from
all the towns from Vancouver to
Pasco was called at Bingen Tues
day evening. About seventy roads
boosters were present and formed
permanent organization to furth-
er the plans. Inasmuch as the or
iginal plans calling for highway
on the north bank Of the Columbia
were altered some years ago by the
legislature which diverted the ter
minal Of the road from Kennewick
to Yakima over the Status pass, the
upper end of the road from Mary
hill to Kennewick has been left an,
orphan, insofar as the state is con-
cerned. 1t is neither a state nor
county highway, hence no state
highway funds can be appropriated
for its construction. ~ .a atra-
AS a relief measure, however,
prospects are quite encouraging for
considerable portion Of, the work
to be undertaken this winter, es-
pecially since its construction lends
itself readily to inexpensive pro-
visions. 'en
After the relief measures had
been explained the group was made
into permanent organization by
the election of G. s. Mccoy Of Van
couver as president. Geo. d. Peters
of Rennewick was elected execuL
tive secretary and the presidents Of
the various commercial clubs were
elected as a board Of directors. The
group, all intensely interested in
this road extension, promises to be-
come militantly active and every
possible pressure win be brought to
bear to have as much Of the road
constructed as possible this year,
Lacy Murrow, state highway di-
rector, was unable to attend this
meeting, but sent as his personal
representative, Mr.. Dinsnuir, chief
office deputy. Mr.. Dinsmuir told
the gathering that he had been au-
thorized to make the statement that
the department had definitely de-
terTnined to do a certain amount OF
work on the road In addition 70 the
completion Of the Underwood cut
off, contracts for which. will be LET
in the near future. ae. ~
Mr.. Stimson, district engineer,
was also present and he indicated
that his office was strongly in favor
of continuing the highway to It's
junction at Kennewick and would
give every aid possible TO the or
ganization's efforts e
Claude Moran, district head of
the national works progress admin
istration, which will administer the
relief funds for this section Of the
state this year, stated that funds
were available for all kinds of pro-
jects which would take men from
the relief rolls. That a large por-
ton Of this road. could be SO built
was brought to his attention and he
indicated that there could be- con-
siderable portion ofthe job done,in
that manner, providing cooperation
could be secured from county COM
missioners, planning councils, etc.
in the district affected.
He also stated that funds for
many other public activities could
also be obtained after the project
had been properly approved.
President H. g. Schmidt of the
local chamber Of commerce, Geo.
ID. Peters, secretary, County Com
missioner Jay Perry. M. M. MouI-
ton, H. e. Oliver, H. s. Hughes
Glen Utz and r. E. Reed attended
as representatives from the local
organization.