LETTER TO EDITOR
D ear Sir,
On F rid a y evening a t 8 p.m. a t
th e school, bids will be opened for
th e new H igh School building.
Y our school board invites any
resid en t to a tte n d this im p o rtan t
event. W e expect a t least eight
bids from co n tra cto rs. O ur a rc h
itect and o th e r building ex p e rts
tell us th a t they expect some sus-
p risin g ly low bids. T his pleases
us im m ensely of course as we
have felt some trep id a tio n on a c
count of th e am o u n t of floor
space in th e new s tru c tu re and
som etim es w ondered if we w ere
try in g to get m ore for our m oney
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BY CURREY COUNTY LUMBER CO
'Maybe we ought to build •
bathroom!”
than we w ere e n title d to.
loOO. 1 he job had s ta rte d and we
The p lan n in g phase of this new didn’t d a re stop so w ith approval
building began tw o y ea rs ago and of th e city council we kept on
reached its crescendo this w in te r going. About th a t tim e o u r luck
a fte r approval of a $373,500 bond gave out. One day th e ditching
issue by the voters. W e are now m achine which w as laying w a te r
about to e n te r th e co n stru ctio n lines brow n down. T hen it rained
phase of th e pro ject. We do so for a few days. Then it began to
w ith th e g re atest en th u siasm and pour. Alxiut th at tim e the body of
w ith a g re at sp irit of ca m a rad ie w a te r known as P io n eer Lake
which is shared by o u r arch itect
am e into existence. T he job got
and o th e rs associated w ith the m udded down. You know the rest.
work. W ith good luck we m ay have Instead of building th e road we
the new s tru c tu re ready for occu- spent m oney m ain tain in g tra ffic
pany thi^ fall. E ven if we ru n into on the old one. Som e people claim
troubles w e should not be on ,« the school hoard did no th in g to aid
double - shift basis m ore than a the flow of traffic. If those people
m onth o r so.
| will k ndlv step fo rw ard we will
V ISIT IN G C H E H A L IS
Mrs. W arren S m ith left S a tu r Brcxikings-Harbor Pilot
day m orning to spend tw o w eeks THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1954
in C hehalis visiting h er son an d
d a u g h te r who live th ere.
tnn t h s week. They w ere e x p e c t
ed to a rriv e last we* k. but w e re
SON AND FAM ILY H E R I
delayed u n til S un d ay d ue to ill
Mr. and Mrs. J a c k M orton and ness of one of th e children.
fam ily a re visiting Mr. M o rto n ’s
paren ts. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. M or-
Buy V. S. Savings Bonds!
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AUTO REPAIRING
One fly in o u r o intm ent has be glad to present them w ith some
been th e P ioneer Road — E asy bills w hich include 380 cubic y ard s
S tre e t situ atio n . W e s ta rte d out of rock to ballast E asy stre e t.
to reg rad e a road and in N ovem Som e of the rock w ere tw o feet
ber ended up w ith an artific ia l in d iam eter.
lake w hich the w ags have nam ed
The scapegoats of course have
P ioneer Lake, H am p to n Pool, The been road-buil ie r E arl Brow n and
School B o ard ’s Folly, etc.
C ity E ngineer Chas. Echols. W hen
It w as recognized early in th e delegations of ira te citizens visited
planning phase of th e school d e th e C ity Hall, these m en stood b e
s ig n in g job th a t th e road in fro n t fore th e C ity Council, hung th e ir
of the school would need to b<> j heads and said "it w as all th e ir
rebuilt in o rd e r to provide a j fa u lt” in an a tte m p t to soothe
proper s e ttin g for th e new build ruffled tem p ers and p r e v e n t
ing and cu t down building con bloodshed. O ccasionally y o u r
stru ctio n costs. Y our school board school board felt th e repercussion,
could not legally s ta r t th e w ork but usually we stayed out of sight
until th e bond issue w as approved when
it rained h eavily and
on S ep tem b er 16 by the voters. 1 ion< e r L ake got deeper. We d o n ’t
Road re co n stru ctio n s ta rte d a like to see o th e r people tak in g all
week later. It involved m oving th e blam e anti if it m ak es anyone
about 1500 cubic y a rd s of e a rth happier we will be glad to have
from th e s tre e t to th e school o u r ch airm an w alk up P io n eer
grounds w here it w as needed for road in chains o r ru n th e g a u n t-
fill. S im u ltan eo u sly th e B rookings k t on E asy S tre e t.
W a te r C om pany replaced th e
O ur objective w as to get the
w a te r m ains. O ne job som etim es road finished before building con
held up th e o th e r but in g eneral stru c tio n sta rte d . We probably
the w ork pro g ressed nicely. It w as shall accom plish th a t objective,
nearly com pleted w hen o u r a rc h i i he w a te r m ain is now in place
tect ap p eared on th e scene. We and from now on the road job will
learned w ith som e em b a rra ssm e n t be e a s k r. R oad-builder E a r l
th a t we w ere w orking w ith an e r Brown says he can finish the job
roneous set of specifications. T he if he gets a week of good w eath er.
specifications of o u r a rch itect
1 he school board has no plans
called for a 3-foot cut at th e junc- I to u n d e rta k e fu r th e r road p ro j
tion of E asy S tre e t and P io n eer ects. We do have a piece of road
Road and th e r m oval of 3300 adjoining th e school gro u n d s th at
cubic y ard s of e a rth instead of we feel should be reb u ilt in the
very n e a r fu tu re by the C ity of
V B rookings. T he section we r ter
>o is tn at section ol E asy S tre e t
w hich lies betw een to.
ix im
Supply C om pany and the ju n ctio n
ol a loneer R oad and E asy S tre e t.
T his portio n is a s e n e s oi u »..a*
and bum ps w hich should be
bi ought to a uniform g ra u e an d
excess e a rth used lo r m i on m
• k , . o o i grounds wh re o u r a th le tic
field wnl be.
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