Show I i I I BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSS ROADS ROA 0 ADS OS Idaho Highway Director Among Speakers at Convention Idaho Idaho Jan 6 6 By The Associated An Prese-An Press address by by J R of BIng ham Ilam county on How Bingham 4 County Builds and Maintains Roads and and a talk on on Better Road a and d Taxes by Mayor C lien Jen R floss Hoea ss were outstanding fea- fea features features fea features tures of o the the second mornings morning's see ses- tilon of the tile eighteenth annual con convention of ot the Idaho County Com Com- Commissioners Commissioners Commissioners missioners association 11 If W Y Gregory director of ot high highways WB ways of the tho state ado ad- addressed ad addressed drel dressed ed the afternoon meeting on Federal Aid and end State Highways SYSTEM J n R Williams lams commissioner of Bingham county said that when the tho present commissioners took office the county treasury was waa de depleted de- de depleted and the plan llan of ot a fifty fifty-fifty fifty basis was adopted The budged bridges lire ero built principally of o steel of standard width and the culvert are of iron lie He said the district is divided into three parts each with an overseer who takes charge and presents a monthly r re- re report re report port to tho commissioners In speaking of roads Mr Ross RoS'S said 1 the manne manner in which many t fc the roads are constructed by putting on six or seven inches of f gravel makes any degree of travel com om comfort comfort fort ort Impossible for tor two or three years Should three Inches ot of gravel be he placed on the road and then after atter a time three more Inches the road would become packed and travel would b be poe poe- pos Ible during the time of construe lon Ion The present form torm of ot taxing discourages building said Mr Ross Roes Should a form orm ot of th the Pittsburg plan of ot taxing be adopted In which idle land bears bean more of the burden of taxing and Improvements less according to Mr Ross Rosa opinion considerable of the taxing problems would be solved HEAVY EAVY BLOW Mr Gregory emphasized the Im- Im Importance Im hn Importance of the continuance of fed fed- federal fed federal eral Hal aid for tor without it the high high- highwaY highway highway way system in the these so western states would be delayed through Inadequate Inadequate quate financial resources In Idaho the withdrawal of ot thu tho federal aid would mean at least 20 or or- or 30 years longer In completing the program he said In closing his addre address s Mr Greg Greg- Gregory Gregory Gregory ory said Idaho had a great re- re responsibility re responsibility In the tho matter of high high- highway highway highway way construction and maintenance Idaho Is now on the upward curve and pr progress and development de Is marked he hc said Let the stats not retrograde but go on In build build- buildIng buildIng building ing for the community and nd state Ile He advocated that If It need be the progress should be slow Blow In con con- construction con construction but b by all means to pro pro- provide pro pro- provide provide vide adequate funds for tor 1 tince once and betterment |