The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-03-16


mcnt program which now seems
assured and which will result in
the building Of approximately
II miles of standard graded.
gravrlcd and drained highway
to be known as the Starr School
road, and 20 miles of the same
type of construction on the Mcri
wcthcr road. was completed last
week at a meeting of all mem
bcrs of the board of County Com.
misSioncrS. with l.. W. Brown.
state secondary road engineer
from Helena. Engineer Van Al.
Stinr. district engineer for Indian
services. and Mr. Ticrncy. Black
feet road engineer. Browning.
The final adoption of the road
building program. and the pro.
vision for the necessary funds TO
finance the system. is the result
of months of planning by the
Board of County commissioners
and others interested.
The overall program. also
agreed upon and finances ar.
ranged for. includes the com
plction and black topping of the
Chalk Butte road. from near the
Radar station south of Del
Bonita. to a junction of the i'm.
proved. black,top road running
south into Cut Bank.
The Starr School route leaves
the improved road to the Cut
Bank boarding school at a point
about one mile north Of Brown
ing. and extends for distance
0' about ~ miles Ia junction
with Highway No 70. ON the
north fork of Cut Bank Creek.
Thus an a!i,wca,hrr hi .hway will
be- provided from Browning to
the top Of Hudson Fay divide.
ON No. b.. and on INTO Canada
by way u! the Babb CardSton
road. and the "alcrton Park
hlgi way !, wi! also provide a
short Gu, from Brown. IL To the
Logan pass highway 10 the west
over the moun'riu>.
Tnc Park service has pro.
graz !mcd a plan To rebuild that
>cciIon Of No. 80 from y point
tbu. | four miles north of the
Junction where ,"c Starr shea.
route inicrSrciS 30 80 on the
north fork of {. u. creek To the
top of the Hudson Bay divide
and this work will be done dur.
ing the coming season. |, has
been suggested that the Brown.
ing Chamber Of Commerce re-.
quest the inclusion OF the four
mile section between the pro.
pos, d junction and the newly
improved road. he included in
the rebuilding program Il, an
early date.
The total cost of the ~ mile
Starr school route Is estimated at
S5OO.OOO. bu, il.r program has
been so worked out that the cost
to the State secondary fund will
be only around S26.0O0 This
is because only about 10 per cent
Of the land through which the
road passes is decided. the bal
anrr being lr,is. or allotted land.
for which the Federal govern.
mcnt will pay the cost. The
state has u large surplus credit
in the Federal secondary. as we'll
rs tho primary fund. because
the state has not been able To
match the funds allOra;cd to this
state SiXty.,wo thousand dol.
lars Of the needed money Is
available now. and each year
thereafter $65. 900 additional will
be available. II is expected that
work on the bridge across Cut
Bank Greek will be- started this
fall. and all Of the necessary CT.
ginccring and Surveying viii be-
completed In 1858. 50 that actual
construction work can be- com.
plricd IN 1857
The same arrangements have
been worked out for the Mcri.
wcther road. except on that
route there Is more decided land.
and II will take u slightly great.
or proportion Of state secondary
road money. Special Federal
funds for building the Chalk
Butte road have been promised,
due to the fact the road leads
To the radar station.
The NlcriWrthrr road IL OK.
pertcd to cost approximately
S30O. 600. and will br built up Ia
standard specifications. Money
for Otling this section will not
10 available until such time o.
traffic reaches nj least 100 vc
hirlrS per day. Both routes will
h" iaycd out and built as all
winter roads. NJ free from snow
as possible.
Many benefits Ia the western
end Of the county will result
from these road improvements
Browning will likcwi" benefit
~ Il will make q shorter and