Road Conditions

NOVEMBER, 1933 ARIZONA HIGHWAYS ROAD CONDITIONS, Arizona State Highway System

These conditions were reported as of November 4, 1933. Changes will occur on roads under construction according to progress of the work. Editor's Note.

U. S. Route 80, Yuma to Rodeo, 506 miles-All paved, oil surfaced or graveled. Condition good.

U. S. Route 66, Topock to Lupton, 396 miles Gravel surfaced, oiled or paved. Condition good.

State Route 88, Apache Trail Junction to Globe, 83 miles-Gravel surface. Condition good.

U. S. Route 180, Florence Junction to state line, -180 miles Paved and oil surfaced, good condition.

State Route 71, Coronado Trail, Clifton Junction to Springerville, 148 miles - Gravel and partly surfaced.

State Route 73, Cutter to McNary, 104 miles Gravel surfaced, Cutter to Forest Highway. This section of the route, commonly referred to as the Strawberry Hill Section, is 6.870 miles in length. The project begins about 3 miles northwest of Pine and extends toward Winslow. The estimated cost of the project is $125,000. The work is now about 5 per cent complete. C. R. Brashears is the resident engineer.

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The contract for grading Section A, length 5.247 miles, of the Payson-Colcord Mountain National Forest Highway was awarded to George Rowland of Los Angeles, Calif. The project is located near Indian Gardens, about 21 miles east of Payson. D. L. Williams is resident engineer on this project. The estimated cost of which is $49,000. Work is now estimated to be 7 per cent complete.

Route 12

Two timber bridges on the Globe-Holbrook National Forest Highway, at crossings of Cherry Creek, are being constructed under contract by Corrigan and Trethewey of Miami, Ariz. The project is located several miles north of Young. The estimated cost of the work is $5,500 and the job is now about 70 per cent complete. Κ. Η. Moody, Resident Engineer.

Paul Michaelson of Globe, Ariz., has the contract for the re-erection of a steel truss bridge across Cherry Creek, on Section I of the Globe-Holbrook National Forest Highway, about 5 miles north of Young. K. H. Moody is resident engineer. The total estimated cost of the project is $5,700 and work is now approximately 30 per cent complete.

Rice and White River to McNary, otherwise unimproved.

State Route 84, Tucson to Gila Bend, 124 miles Oil surfaced Tucson to Casa Grande; gravel surfaced and oil Casa Grande to Gila Bend.

U. S. Route 260, Holbrook to state line, 100 miles Gravel surfaced condition good to excellent.

State Route 79, Prescott to Flagstaff, 91 miles Gravel or oil surfaced to Sedona; Sedona to Flagstaff, graded and drained.

State Route 87, Mesa to Picacho, 59 miles oil surfaced and paved.

State Route 81, Douglas to Safford, 128 miles-Gravel surfaced. Condition good.

U. S. Route 60, Showlow to Ehrenberg, 342 miles. Showlow to Globe under construction; Globe to Wicken-

Route 28

The New Mexico Construction Company of Albuquerque, N. M., are contractors for placing a crushed gravel base course on 28.920 miles of Forest Highway Route 28, Fredonia-Houserock, on the North Rim. The project is estimated to cost $137,000 and work has just been begun. W. J. Nelson, resident engineer.

Route 32

The contract for grading and draining 2.445 miles of the Chiricahua Monument Highway, in Cochise County, has been awarded to W. A. Rawls of El Paso, Tex. This project, Section D, is estimated to cost $129,000. Work on this contract is now being begun. F. J. Dixon is the resident engineer.

Cameron-Desert View Approach to Grand Canyon National Park

Vinson and Pringle of Phoenix, Ariz., who have the contract for the construction of the Dead Indian Canyon Bridge on Section C of the Cameron-Desert View approach to Grand Canyon National Park, are making good progress. The work, estimated to cost $51,000 is now about 18 per cent complete. A. W. Schimberg is resident engineer.

Morrison-Knudsen Company of Boise, Ida., are contractors for the grading and draining of Section D of the Cameron-Desert View approach, between Dead Indian Canyon and Cameron. The total cost of the project is estimated at about $247,000. The height of the project is estimated at about 10.945 miles. E. F. Strickler is resident engineer.

Petrified Forest National Monument Highways

Whiting Brothers of St. Johns, Ariz., Wickenburg oiled and paved; Wickenburg to Ehrenberg gravel surfaced and oiled.

State Route 187, Sacaton Dam to Casa Grande, 13 miles-Gravel surfaced. Condition good.

State Route 83 Vail Junction to Sonoita, 28 miles-Gravel surfaced. Good.

State Route 82, Nogales to Tombstone Junction, 70 miles Gravel surfaced. Good.

U. S. Route 89, Nogales to Fredona -Gravel, oil and paved surface to Flagstaff, graded and drained to 40 miles north of Cameron. Inquire Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce as to condition of U. S. 89 North of Flagstaff.

U. S. Route 91, Nevada State Line to Utah State Line, 91 miles, oil surfaced. Condition good.

State Route 69, Kingman to Boulder Dam, 81 miles-Partially improved and in fair condition.

Have been awarded the contract for the construction of seven multiple span bridges on Routes 1-A and 2 in the Petrified Forest National Monument. Estimated cost of the project is $42,200. Work has only recently been begun and is now about 6 per cent complete. L. G. Watters is resident engineer.

The Del E. Webb Construction Company of Phoenix, is contractor for construction of a railroad overpass in the Petrified Forest National Monument near Adamana. The project is estimated to cost $17,600 and is now approximately 30 per cent completed. L. C. Watters, resident engineer.

Surveys

F. H. Horton is in charge of a location survey party working in Grand Canyon National Park. Their field work on the route between the Abyss and Havasupai Point is nearly completed.

The relocation of the Flagstaff-Clint's Well National Forest Highway, under the direction of F. J. Wade is about 25 per cent complete.

A survey party under the direction of G. E. Nelson is continuing the survey begun earlier this year on the lower section of the Catalina Highway Improvement near Tucson.

Bids Opened

Bids were opened on October 26 in San Francisco, for the grading and draining of 2,983 miles (Section A) of the Kingman-Boulder Dam Federal Lands Highway. The low bid was submitted by Weymouth-Crowell Company of Los Angeles, Calif. The total amount of their bid was $176,345.58 and award to them was recommended.

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Marmon Herrington Truck, that the truck be shipped over either the Santa Fe or the Southern Pacific Railroads inasmuch as these companies are large taxpayers within the state of Arizona and should be given the preference of the haul.

Mr. Folsom Moore, of Bisbee, Arizona, appeared before the Commission and after advising that Fort Huachuca had received a large appropriation for repairs, replacements and upkeep of roads in and around the Fort, stated that Captain Timmons, the Construction Quartermaster, who is anxious to spend as much of the appropriation for labor as possible, would like to have State Engineer O'Connell, Deputy State Engineer Smyth and District Engineer Hutchins confer with him concerning the work to be done. Also, he would like the assistance of a Locating Engineer, and the loan of any available equipment the Department could furn ish him to be used on the work. It was regularly moved by Commissioner Addams, seconded by Commissioner Mansfield, and unanimously carried, that every assistance be given to Captain Timmons by the Engineers, and the Department rent him any requested equipment they may have available.

Mr. S. McN. Johnston, City Manager, and Mr. W. C. Lefebvre, City Engineer, headed a delegation representing the City of Phoenix, who appeared before the Arizona Highway Commission, concerning the improvement of certain highways within the City Limits of Phoenix under the National Recovery Act. After some discussion a motion was made by Commissioner Addams that with the permission of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, $23,000 be transferred from U. S. 80, Phoenix, as set up in our Highway Program approved and submitted to the Commissioner of Public Works, allocating Arizona's apportionment of National Recovery Highway funds to National Recovery Municipal Projects, to a project on Van Buren Street from Central Avenue to Seventh Avenue in the City of Phoenix, providing, the City finds the necessary right-of-way, and moves back the buildings and spends this money only on the widening of the Street. The Commission went into executive session.

After meeting again in open session, Commissioner Addams withdrew his motion and moved that with the permission of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, $23,000 be transferred from U. S. 80, Phoenix, as set up in our Highway Program approved and submitted to the Commissioner of Public Works, allocating Arizona's apportionment of National Recovery Highway Funds to National Recovery Municipal Projects, to a project extending from Six Points along Grand Avenue to Van Buren Street and then East on Van Buren Street to 16th Street in the City of Phoenix, and from Seventh Avenue to Fifteenth Avenue on Van Buren Street in the City of Phoenix, and that sufficient funds be transferred to items set up in the Highway Program approved and submitted to the Commissioner of Public Works, from the Wickenburg Bridge on U. S. Route No. 89, to complete the project referred to for the City of Phoenix, provided, the total amount to be applied to this project and to be expended shall not exceed $217,000 and that all remaining funds be left for the Wickenburg Bridge; and, providing further, that the City of Phoenix in no way attempt to change, or interfere with, the amount of funds set up in the Highway Program approved and submitted to the Commissioner of Public Works for Municipal Projects. The motion was lost for lack of a second.

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After further discussion, Commissioner Addams made a motion that with the permission of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, $23,000 be transferred from U. S. 80, Phoenix, as set up in the Highway Program approved and submitted to the Commissioner of Public Works allocating Arizona's apportionment of National Recovery Highway Funds to National Recovery Municipal Projects, to a project extending from Fifteenth Avenue on Van Buren Street to Sixteenth Street on Van Buren Street in the City of Phoenix, and that sufficient funds over and above the $23,000 information be transferred from the item set up, in the aforementioned tentative budget, for the Wickenburg Bridge on U. S. Route No. 89, to complete the proposed project in the City of Phoenix, provided, that the City of Phoenix, or any one connected therewith, will not attempt to change the amount of money allocated by the United States Government to National Recovery Municipal Projects under the highway budget aforementioned. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Mansfield, and, on the call of the roll Commissioner Barth voted "yes", Commissioner Mansfield "yes", Commissioner Addams "yes", and Commissioner Vyne "yes".

Commissioner Addams made a motion that inasmuch as $40,000 is set up on Grand Avenue under the highway program approved and submitted to the Commissioner of Public Works allocating Arizona's apportionment of National Recovery Highway funds to National Recovery Municipal Projects, and with the permission of the Bureau of Public Roads, that sufficient funds be transferred from the item set up in the aforementioned highway program for the Wickenburg Bridge on U. S. Route No. 89 to complete the project extending along Grand Avenue from Six Points to Van Buren Street in the City of Phoenix, provided, that the City of Phoenix, or any one connected therewith, will not attempt to change the amount of money allocated by the United States Government to National Recovery Municipal Projects under the highway program aforementioned. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Mansfield, and, on the call of the roll, Commissioner Barth voted "no", Commissioner Mansfield "yes", Commissioner Addams "yes", and Commissioner Vyne "no". The motion was lost.

The City of Phoenix was requested to write the Commission acknowledging their acceptance of the provisions set forth in the motion passed setting up sufficient funds to complete the Van Buren Street Project from Fifteenth Avenue on Van Buren Street to Sixteenth Street in the City of Phoenix.

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presented a copy of a letter addressed to the Chairman and Members of the Greenlee County Board of Supervisors from the Greenlee County Taxpayers Association, protesting the fact that the Highway Commission took no action on the request made by the delegation from Greenlee County appearing during the morning session.

The Commission adjourned at 5:25 P. M., October 16, 1933, to reconvene again at 10:00 A. M., October 17, 1933.

October 17, 1933

The Commission reconvened at 10:00 A. M., October 17, 1933, all members present except Commissioner Dowell. Deputy State Engineer Smyth acted in the absence of State Engineer O'Connell.

Mr. R. C. Perkins, District Engineer, appeared before the Commission concerning the expenditure of funds set up in our 1933-1934 budget under A.F.E. No. 3601, Route No. 180, in the amount of $18,700, in conjunction with labor furnished by the Greenlee County Welfare Association, this money to be used for items such as small tools, powder, supplies, transportation, supervision and engineering. After discussing the matter with Mr. Perkins, it was regularly moved by Commissioner Addams, seconded by Commissioner Mansfield, and unanimously carried, that the funds set up under A.F.E. No. 3601, Route No. 180, in the amount of $18,700 be used for materials, supplies, supervision and engineering, in conjunction with work to be done on the Clifton-Duncan Highway by labor furnished by the Greenlee County Welfare Association, provided, only persons who are citizens of the United States and citizens of Arizona are employed by the Welfare Association on the project.

The Commission was advised by Deputy State Engineer Smyth that the Bureau of Public Roads had given permission to do the work on the CliftonSpringerville Highway, N.R.S. 101, by force account. It was regularly moved by Commissioner Addams, seconded by Commissioner Mansfield, and unanimously carried, that the Greenlee County board of Supervisors be advised by wire of this information.

Mr. W. L. Carpenter, Superintendent of Equipment, appeared before the Commission and requested the Commission to give him authority, in the absence of State Engineer O'Connell, to purchase, through requisition, six new pick-ups. Mr. Carpenter advised the Commission that he intended transferring to warmer climates some of those on hand in the northern part of the state, which are not in very good condition and he intended placing the new pick-ups, or coupes, with Maintenance Foremen in the Northern districts. No objection was raised to Mr. Carpenter's request.

It was regularly moved by Commissioner Addams, seconded by Commissioner Barth, and carried, that a resolution transferring funds in the amount of $1,597.44, from F.A.P. 84 C., Phoenix-Prescott Highway to F.A.P. 84B, Benson-Vail Highway be adopted.

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Tried, that a resolution granting Mr. R. E. Canion permission to sue Mr. H. L. Royden on his bond, in the name of the state, for labor, materials and supplies used in the construction of the Flag-staff-Williams Highway, F.A. 24, 1st Reo., Unit A, be adopted. State Engineer O'Connell took up the matter of bids received on six automo-biles, one of which, due to an emerg-ency, was purchased. He also submit-ted bids on a car within the $1,200 range to be purchased for Mr. W. L. Carpenter, Superintendent of Equip-ment. Action on the matter was de-ferred until the afternoon session.

State Engineer O'Connell read a communication from the American Road Builders' Association giving the number of N. R. Federal Aid Projects approved and awarded, the estimated employment, and the accumulative total of N.R.H. funds obligated, to October 16, 1935. Governor Moeur addressed the Commission and advised that on his trip to Washington, he learned, with gratification, of the high esteem with which the Public Works Administration holds the Arizona Highway Commission and the State Engineer. He advised that he had been received there with courteous consideration and had been given an advance of thirty per cent on relief for the State. He urged the Highway Commission and the State Engineer to give very careful consideration to creating further road work in Gila County in an effort to relieve the unemployment situation there.

Chairman Dowell reported that Senator Ashurst, with Senator Dill of Washington, Senator Kary of Wyoming, and Mr. Stanford, Assistant Chief Engineer of the Reclamation Service, visited Cochise County, where they met Mr. Swan Erickson, Engineer of Dams, in connection with the Charleston Dam Project. Mr. Dowell further stated that these gentlemen are interested in the flood control of the Gila, the San Pedro and Santa Cruz rivers and they spoke of inspecting other projects in the state, including the Verde River Project. Mrs. C. Osborne Botzun, Parker, and Mr. L. C. McCullough, Phoenix, appeared before the Commission in connection with the construction of a suspension bridge over the Colorado river in the vicinity of Parker, Arizona. A great deal of discussion was entered into and many delegates were heard. State Engineer O'Connell advised he had been working, in conjunction with the Indian Department, trying to get something done in regard to the construction of a bridge at Parker, but Mr. J. C. Collier, Commissioner of Indian Affairs stated there is nothing to gain from an Indian Point of view by building the bridge at Parker. Mr. O'Connell further stated the idea of the state of Arizona and the state of California building the bridge has not been thoroughly gone into, however, in considering his Oddie Colton program he left some $30,000 unallotted with the Parker Bridge in mind, and that California also receives Oddie Colton funds, some of which could be used for this purpose. It was regularly moved by Commissioner Vyne, seconded by Commissioner Mansfield, and carried, that the Assistant Attorney General, Mr. J. R. McDougall, draw up a resolution requesting the co-operation of the Governor of California, the Director of Public Works of the State of California, and the California Highway Commission in the construction of a temporary suspension bridge over the Colorado river in the vicinity of Parker to the extent of $35,000 to be allotted from their Oddie Colton funds, provided, this construction met with the approval of the Bureau of Public Roads.

It was regularly moved by Commissioner Vyne, seconded by Commissioner Addams, and carried, that a resolution regarding the establishment, location or relocation, and specific designation of the Prescott-Ashfork Highway, N.R.A. 61, be adopted. The Secretary read a letter from the Mine and Smelter Equipment Company concerning the uses and advantages of cable guard rail. The communication was referred to the Engineering Department.

A wire was read from Mr. H. В. Harding of the Southern Pacific Railway Company, El Paso, Texas, asking for a bid on the right-of-way fence on the Douglass Cochise branch. Mr. Hutchins, District Engineer, was called in and it was regularly moved by Commissioner Addams, seconded by Commissioners Mansfield and Vyne, and unanimously carried, that the matter be turned over to the State Engineer and he be empowered to offer one dollar a mile for that part of the fence which is coincident with our right-of-way. Commissioner Mansfield brought out that in January 1932, an agreement was entered into between the Highway Department and the County of Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors for an easement for a location for a state maintenance house nine miles out of Nogales on the Patagonia road, wherein the State Highway Department agreed to put down a well. He advised that up to the present date no well has been put down, and the State is hauling water a distance of six miles. State Engineer O'Connell recommended that the Commission authorize the Department to put down a well and pay for it out of maintenance by a transfer of funds. It was regularly moved by Commissioner Mansfield, seconded by Commissioner Addams, and unanimously carried, that the well be put down and the necessary resolution transferring the funds be drawn up.

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Highway Patrol Superintendent McDowell submitted a magazine report setting forth, in detail, happenings which occur at the Border Stations and which cannot be put out in any other way. He estimated he would need approximately fifty copies to supply the Highway Commissioners and the Highway Patrolmen and the cost would be about $4.50 a month. It was regularly moved by Commissioner Addams, seconded by Commissioner Barth, and carried, that the magazine, which is very worthy, be put out by the Highway Patrol Division.

It was regularly moved, seconded, and carried, that the Commission recess at 12:30 P. M., October 28, 1933, to reconvene again at 2:00 P. M., the same date.

Afternoon Session

A communication transmitted by Mr. H. O. Ramsey protesting the sale of bonds for the damages on West Van Buren from Central Avenue to Seventh Avenue, and stating that there are two actions pending to enjoin the carrying out of the street widening, was presented to the Commission. A delegation representing the City of Phoenix was present and Mr. S. McN. Johnston, City Manager, asked to be furnished with copies of the communication in order that he might look into the matter. It was regularly moved by Commissioner Addams, seconded by Com-missioner Vyne, and carried, that the communication be referred to our Attorney for investigation and action on the matter be deferred until the next meeting of the Commission.

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tion of funds for a recreational area in the Basin, and then call for a bond election to be passed by the City of Phoenix. He stated that investigation showed the road by way of Canyon to Horse Thief Basin to be the most economical route and he requested the Highway Commission to pledge their co-operation towards getting the road into Horse Thief Basin. Mr. McDougall stated he was not ready to give his opinion on the legal phase of it as he wanted to first investigate any proposals or plans, which may be submitted by the City Officials or their attorneys, before coming to any conclusion.

A resolution forwarded by the Yavapai County Chamber of Commerce and adopted by the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors was read. The resolution was in respect to the Horse Thief Basin Project and brought out the possibility that taxable property, which is now on the rolls of Yavapai County for recreational purposes, may be greatly jeopardized through this proposed new development. Mr. Johnston stated they did not propose or have any idea of standing in the way of the future development of that property. Commissioner Vyne stated he felt that Maricopa County, with its large number of people, is entitled to its Summer resort, however, he was against the Highway Commission obligating future revenues for two reasons.

First, on account of the large amount of money the project will take, and, second, the payment for the project will have to be made from state funds, which funds, will have to be kept intact in order to match future federal aid. After further discussion the matter was tabled pending legal opinions until the next meeting of the Commission. The improvement of Grand Avenue, in the City of Phoenix, was next discussed by the Commission with the delegation from the City of Phoenix. State Engineer O'Connell recommended a curb to curb pavement, with 56 feet, on Grand Avenue. It was regularly moved by Commissioner Addams, seconded by Commissioner Mansfield, and carried, that with the approval of the Bureau of Public Roads, the State Engineer's recommendation be accepted and the width of the pavement of Grand Avenue from curb to curb be 56 feet wide. On the call of the roll, Commissioner Addams voted "yes", Commissioner Mansfield "yes", Commissioner Vyne "yes", Commissioner Barth "yes", and Commissioner Dowell "yes".

A motion was made by Commissioner Addams that with the permission of the Bureau of Public Roads and inasmuch as the Commission has gone on record accepting the recommendation of the State Engineer and voting for a curb to curb pavement 56 feet wide on Grand Avenue, in the City of Phoenix, that sufficient funds be transferred from the item set up for the Wickenburg Bridge on U. S. Route No. 89, in the highway program approved and submitted to the Commissioner of Public Works allocating Arizona's apportionment of National Recovery Highway funds to National Recovery Municipal Projects to complete the project extending along Grand Avenue from Six Points to Van Buren Street in the City of Phoenix with a curb to curb pavement 56 feet wide, provided, the City of Phoenix, or any one connected therewith will not attempt to change the amount of money allocated by the U. S. Government to National Recovery Municipal Projects under the highway program aforementioned. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Mansfield.

Commissioner Vyne stated that he felt the Commission are premature in its action as the project will take more funds than those set up for Grand Avenue and, since the Commission had passed a resolution agreeing to transfer funds to Highway 60 East of Globe, he felt they would not be acting in good faith with that resolution if all the funds set up on the Wickenburg Bridge were absorbed on this project.

The roll was called on Commissioner Addams' motion and Commissioner Addams voted "yes", Commissioner Mansfield "yes", Commissioner Barth "no", Commissioner Vyne "no", and Commissioner Dowell "no". The motion was lost.

It was regularly moved by Commissioner Mansfield, seconded by Commissioner Vyne, and carried, that a resolution drawn up by the Attorney General concerning the construction of a temporary suspension bridge over the Colorado river in the vicinity of Parker, Arizona, be adopted.

A motion was made by Commissioner Vyne that the Commission reconsider their motion concerning the width of the pavement of Grand Avenue being 56 feet from curb to curb, and substitute a plan considering the expenditure of $40,000 on the Grand Avenue Project, which amount is set up in the highway program submitted and approved by the Commissioner of Public Works. There was no second to the motion.

A motion was again made by Commissioner Addams that inasmuch as the State Engineer's recommendation has been accepted and the Commission has gone on record voting for a curb to curb pavement 56 feet wide on Grand Avenue, that sufficient funds be transferred with the permission of the Bureau of Public Roads, from the item set up for the Wickenburg Bridge on U. S. Route No. 89, in the highway program approved and submitted to the Commissioner of Public Works allocating Arizona's apportionment of National Recovery Highway funds to National Recovery Municipal Projects to complete the project extending along Grand Avenue from Six Points to Van Buren Street in the City of Phoenix with a curb to curb pavement 56 feet wide, provided, the City of Phoenix, or any one connected therewith, will not attempt to change the amount of money allocated by the U. S. Government to National Recovery Municipal Projects under the highway program aforementioned. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Mansfield. On the call of the roll, Commissioner Addams voted "yes", Commissioner Barth "no", Commissioner Mansfield "yes", Commissioner Vyne "no", and Commissioner Dowell "no". The motion was lost.

Further discussion took place and Commissioner Vyne stated he could see no possibility of making the resolution on 60 good without using the funds from the Wickenburg Bridge. Mr. Lefebvre, objecting strongly to transferring the funds set up on the Wickenburg project out of the County, stated the City Commission had not appeared before the Highway Commission in behalf of Highway 60, and they are not interested in Highway 60, but the City Commission is interested in the construction of projects within the City of Phoenix. Mr. Johnston, City Manager, made the statement that when Grand Avenue was considered at the last meeting, he understood no action was taken because Commissioner Vyne thought the estimate too high. However, he would recommend to the City Commission that they withdraw the approval given to his letter agreeing to the stipulations set forth in the resolution passed setting up sufficient funds for the improvement of Van Buren Street extending from Fifthteenth Avenue to Sixteenth Street in the City of Phoenix.

ferring the funds set up on the Wickenburg project out of the County, stated the City Commission had not appeared before the Highway Commission in behalf of Highway 60, and they are not interested in Highway 60, but the City Commission is interested in the construction of projects within the City of Phoenix. Mr. Johnston, City Manager, made the statement that when Grand Avenue was considered at the last meeting, he understood no action was taken because Commissioner Vyne thought the estimate too high. However, he would recommend to the City Commission that they withdraw the approval given to his letter agreeing to the stipulations set forth in the resolution passed setting up sufficient funds for the improvement of Van Buren Street extending from Fifthteenth Avenue to Sixteenth Street in the City of Phoenix.

It was unanimously agreed by the Commission that this matter be tabled and brought up again at the next Commission meeting.

State Engineer O'Connell advised that the Globe-Cutter project would cost approximately $100,000 rather than the $40,000 set up in the budget and that the Bureau of Public Roads would not participate in the new oil cake. He recommended that inasmuch as this item involves some $50,000 which would have to be expended out of state funds, that the $40,000 on the Globe-Cutter Project be transferred to the Globe-Showlow Highway, F.A.P. 99-F. It was regularly moved by Commissioner Vyne, seconded by Commissioner Barth, and unanimously carried, that the recommendation of the State Engineer be accepted and a resolution be drawn up making the transfer of funds.

Commissioner Vyne stated that inasmuch as the last order of cars purchased were Fords, he felt this order should be split up as much as possible between Plymouths and Chevrolets, provided the prices are right. Mr. W. L. Carpenter, Superintendent of Equipment, recommended that in the purchase of Chevrolets, the Master be considered as it is a little heavier than the other type.

It was regularly moved by Commissioner Addams, seconded by Commissioner Vyne, and carried, Commissioner Mansfield not voting, that one Chevrolet Master Coupe be purchased from the Misenhimer Chevrolet Company, Safford, in the amount of $649.35.

It was regularly moved by Commissioner Addams, seconded by Commissioner Barth and carried, Commissioner Vyne and Commissioner Mansfield not voting, that one Ford Coupe, 8 cylinder car, be purchased from the E. D. Babbitt Motor Company, Flagstaff, in the amount of $666.25.

It was regularly moved by Commissioner Addams, seconded by Commissioner Barth and carried, Commissioner Vyne and Commissioner Mansfield not voting, that one Plymouth Coupe, 6 cylinder car, be purchased from the R. P. Doane Motor Company, Douglas, Arizona, in the amount of $650.00.

It was regularly moved by Commissioner Addams, seconded by Commissioner Barth and carried, Commissioner Vyne and Commissioner Mansfield not voting, that two Ford Coupes, 8 cylinder cars, be purchased from the E.

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D. Babbitt Motor Company, Flagstaff, in the amount of $616.65 each.

Bids on cars within the $1,200 range were next considered. Mr. O'Connell explained to the Commission that Mr. McDowell, Highway Patrol Superintendent, found his coupe car to be inadequate for his needs and therefore wanted a sedan, preferring an Oldsmobile Eight Sedan; that Mr. Carpenter had agreed if the car purchased for him were a sedan, he would trade with Mr. McDowell. Commissioner Vyne advised that he thought the $1,200 car was a little too big for that work. After some discussion, it was regularly moved by Commissioner Addams, seconded by Commissioner Mansfield, and carried, Commissioner Vyne voting "no", Commissioner Barth voting "no", that one Studebaker, five-wheel Sedan, eight cylinder car, Commander DeLuxe, listed as $1185, less the trade in of $195, be purchased from the Bowen Maxwell Company, Phoenix, in the amount of $990.00.

An opinion from the Attorney General relative to the application of the provisions of Chapter 100 to contractors constructing highways for the state, was ordered placed on file for future reference.

A wire was read from the Greenlee County Chamber of Commerce asking that men employed under Maintenance Foreman Brooks Scott be given at least fifteen days employment per month instead of one week, as they are now receiving. The wire was ordered referred to District Engineer Perkins for his recommendation.

A letter was read from the Principal of the Murphy School asking the Department to set up proper signs within their school zone. The Communication was referred to the State Engineer.

A wire was read from Grace M. Sparkes, Secretary to the Yavapai County Chamber of Commerce, protesting contractors purchasing and using New Mexico cedar posts produced at low cost, as against Arizona cedar posts produced under the N.R.A., and requesting the Commission to stop this objectionable practice and see that Arizona posts are used. The wire was referred to the District Engineer for investigation.

It was regularly moved, seconded, and carried, that the Commission adjourn at 5:30 P. M., October 28, 1933, to meet again at 10:00 A. M., November 6, 1933.

RESOLUTION OF RESPECT WHEREAS, Almighty God, in the infiniteness of His wisdom, has called to eternal rest and reward Mr. W. B. Addams and Mr. Thomas O. Roberts, the father and father-in-law respectively of our Commissioner, Mr. C. E. Addams, and WHEREAS, their passing was a shock and untimely loss to Mr. C. E. Addams and family and to all those who had known them, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that in fitting recognition of the honor and esteem of the Arizona Highway Commission for Mr. W. B. Addams and

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Mr. Thomas O. Roberts, we hereby extend our heartfelt sympathy and condolence to Commissioner C. E. Addams and family in this hour of their bereavement, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be spread upon the minutes of this Commission, and the Secretary instructed to send copies of the same to Commissioner C. E. Addams and his family.

S. G. DOWELL, Chairman

RAY N. VYNE, Vice-Chairman

JACOB BARTH, Member

MONTE MANSFIELD, Member

November 6, 1933.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS N.R.S. 100-A; (A.F.E. 8406) CASA GRANDE-GILA BEND HIGHWAY BIDS OPENED NOVEMBER 24, 1933 SEALED BIDS will be received until 2:00 P. M. on the above date, and then publicly opened and read at the office of the Arizona State Highway Commission, Phoenix, Arizona. No bids will be received after the time specified. All bids must be marked upon the outside of the envelope "State Highway Contract, Casa Grande-Gila Bend Highway, N.R.S. 100-A", and MUST CLEARLY SHOW THE NAME OF THE BIDDER ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ENVELOPE. THE ATTENTION OF BIDDERS IS CALLED TO STATE STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS 1-2-7, "DELIVERY OF PROPOSALS". ENVELOPES MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE OFFICE OF THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. The work which is to begin at the Maricopa-Pinal County Line and extend easterly approximately twenty-five and eight-tenths (25.8) miles to the town of Casa Grande, consists of Grading, Draining, Placing Base Course and Mineral Aggregate, and Oil Processing by the Road Mix Method, and is to be completed on or before October 31, 1934.

PRINCIPAL ITEMS 325,000 C. Y. Grading 458,000 C. Y. Mi. Haul on Grading 500 C. Y. Concrete 3,800 Lin. Ft. C.M.P. (Various Sizes) 65 M.B.M. Timber (Various Kinds) 33,300 C. Y. Mineral Aggregate 21 308,500 C. Y. Mi. Mineral Aggregate Haul 665,000 Gal. Asphaltic Road Oil 1 Ton Cutback Asphalt 25.8 Miles Processing Road Mix. AND OTHER INCIDENTAL ITEMS THE COLORADO BUILDERS SUPPLY CO. Specialists on Reinforcing Steel Mesh Guard, Fence Stays 1534 Blake Street, Denver Plants at Denver and Pueblo No Contractor shall be eligible to submit a bid until duly licensed as a Contractor in the State of Arizona and until his certified statements of Financial Resources, Construction Experience and Equipment, made on forms supplied by the Arizona Highway Department have been approved.

A Proposal Guarantee in an endorsed Certified or Cashier's check of not less than 5% of the gross amount of the bid is required.

A copy of the Standard Specifications, Issue of October 1930, with REVISED AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS is required.

The right is reserved to reject for cause, any and all bids.

The attention of bidders is directed to the Special Provisions covering subletting or assigning the contract and the use of Domestic Materials.

Labor lists shall be obtained from the Pinal County Re-employment Committee Chairman, Mr. J. M. Sawtelle, Casa Grande, Arizona.

The minimum wage paid skilled labor employed on this project shall be in accordance with the classified rates attached to the Specifications, of which the minimum is sixty-two and one-half (62%) cents per hour. The minimum wage paid unskilled labor shall be fifty (50) cents per hour.

T. S. O'CONNELL, State Highway Engineer. Phoenix, Arizona. November 6, 1933.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS PRESCOTT ASHFORK HIGHWAY N.R.H. 61 (A.F.E. 8914) BIDS OPENED NOVEMBER 28, 1933 SEALED BIDS will be received until 2:00 P. M. on the above date, and then publicly opened and read at the office of the Arizona State Highway Commission, Phoenix, Arizona. No bids will be received after the time specified.

All bids must be marked upon the outside of the envelope "State Highway Contract, Prescott-Ashfork Highway, N.R.H. 61", and MUST CLEARLY SHOW THE NAME OF THE BIDDER ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ENVELOPE. THE ATTENTION OF BIDDERS IS CALLED TO STATE STANDARD SPECIFICATION 1-2-7, "DELIVERY OF PROPOSALS". ENVELOPES MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE OFFICE OF THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.

The work, which is to extend from Jerome highway junction northerly for about twenty-two and one-quarter (224) miles, consists of grading and draining the roadway and placing base course and plant mix, using either cutback or emulsified asphalt, and is to be completed on or before November 30, 1934.

PRINCIPAL ITEMS 255,000 C. Y. Grading 140,000 C. Y. Mi. Haul on Grading 50,700 C. Y. Base Course 55,000 C. Y. Mi. Base Course Haul 1,713 C. Y. Concrete (Continued on Page 23)

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highway. Through forest and glade, past canyon and rugged peak, the road swoops and climbs in dizzying magnificence through virgin forest and mountainous country to join the national Old Trails Highway at Springerville. But we will enjoy the Coronado Trail more next spring. Let's turn back now to the verdant valleys, where the Arizona sun warms and fills us with the joy of living in a land where winter never comes.

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(Continued from Page 12) Investment in its highway system. All but about 15 per cent of the power they distribute is hydro-electric, so that the capital set up is more or less comparable with that of the Highway System. The revenues collected from the people of the state for electric service, however, are more than double the amount necessary to maintain and operate the state highway system and to pay all interest and amortization charges on account of the highway investment. Actually the amount allocated by the electric companies as fixed charges exceeds the entire cost burden on the public incident to the state highway system. From the service point of view, furthermore, the number of motor vehicles registered in the state is more than double the number of subscribers to the electric service.

Now, I am not arguing the question of whether government should own and operate all public utilities, and certainly I have no disposition to discount the hazard of political degeneracy that attends all public undertakings. In passing, however, it may be well to remember that in the past, no small part of the corruption in our political life has been closely associated with public service corporations, and comparatively very little of it with the highway departments.

Comparisons of this kind, of course, have no special significance as establishing anything. The question that each of us must answer for himself is:can we be counted upon to do our utmost in making the highway work economically helpful to the maximum extent possible? Right now at the beginning of what we all hope will be a new era of applied character and intelligence in government, may we not dedicate ourselves whole-heartedly to the task of fitting public works properly into our national economic structure with strength and skill?

In conclusion, may I summarize the thoughts that I want to leave with you. They are: First The net measure of our depression losses is idleness. We cannot hope to attain economic stability except by assuring to all of our people the right to work and earn. Intelligent effort must be our reliance for producing and distributing goods and services as well as for balancing budgets.

Second The most effective means open to democratic government for regulating employment is through public works. A continuing rational public works policy adapted at all times to our community aspirations, as well as to the availability of labor, must be a part of any intelligent plan for controlled economy.

Third-The national and state highway organizations have demonstrated their ability to function honestly and effectively, and the extension of improved highways is needed and demanded everywhere. The highway officials, therefore, have an opportunity and a duty to broaden the guiding vision that inspires them so as to keep it commensurate with the full economic possibilities.

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(Continued from Page 21) 1,880 Sq. Yd. Concrete in Concrete Fords 111,000 Lbs. Reinforcing Steel 116,000 Lbs. Structural Steel 2,670 Lin. Ft. C.M.P. (Various Sizes) 11,300 Lin. Ft. Cable Road Guard 218,000 Lin. Ft. Line Fence 40,000 Tons Cutback Plant Mix 1,600 Tons Cutback Asphalt 219 Tons Emulsified Asphalt 22.1 miles placing Plant Mix 2,360 C. Y. Screenings 259 Μ.Β.Μ. Treated Timber 14 M.B.M. Untreated Timber 5,300 Lin. Ft. Treated Timber Piles

ALTERNATE ITEMS

11,300 Lin. Ft. Steel Plate Road Guard 41,300 Tons Emulsified Plant Mix 2,900 Tons Emulsified Asphalt AND OTHER INCIDENTAL ITEMS No Contractor shall be eligible to submit a bid until duly licensed as a Contractor in the State of Arizona and until his certified Statements of Financial Resources, Construction Experience and Equipment, made on forms supplied by the Arizona Highway Department have been approved.

A Proposal Guarantee in an unendorsed Certified or Cashier's check of not less than 5% of the gross amount of the bid is required.

A copy of the Standard Specifications, Issue of October 1930, with REVISED AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS is required.

The right is reserved to reject for cause, any and all bids.

The attention of bidders is directed to the Special Provisions covering subletting or assigning the contract and the use of Domestic Material.

Labor lists shall be obtained from the Yavapai County Re-employment Committee Chairman, Mr. Ben B. Shimonowski, Prescott, Arizona.

The minimum wage paid skilled labor employed on this project shall be in accordance with the classified rates attached to the Specifications, of which the minimum is sixty-two and one-half (622) cents per hour. The minimum wage paid unskilled labor shall be fifty (50) cents per hour.

T. S. O'CONNELL, State Highway Engineer.

Phoenix, Arizona, November 8, 1933.

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UNSUNG PIONEERS OF THE SOUTHWEST

(Continued from Page 8) Wens were born under the scant shade of desert growth or beside a friendly rise which gave denser if less private protection from the desert sun. Neither doctor nor nurse accompanied the party. These parts were played by other women, schooled by circumstance to do their bit.

But even this was not the worst they had to bear. At Concepcion and San Pedro y San Pablo on July 17, 1781, a revolt among the Indians all but wiped out the male population before the very eyes of the women. The padres were all slain so that even spiritual solace was not theirs. They were taken into captivity, made little better than slaves before they were finally ransomed by the Mexican government. Not only physical hardship and privation, but mental torture was their lot.

Next in the parade of pioneering women comes many years later, for with the revolt at Concepcion and San Pedro y San Pablo de Bicumer colonization of the territory was abandoned by the Spanish. For nearly a hundred years the desert lay fallow with only an ocсаsional trapper or hunter to leave his mark.

But with the opening of the Pacific territory, caravans of wagons began making their ways across the southern portion, particularly. The Mormon Battalion, and the boundary surveys followed close upon each other.

Added to the ever present menace of thirst, across the desert, was that of the war-like Indians whose chief delight was to carry off the women into cарtivity. What these women suffered for following their men can never be recounted, can only be re-lived in imagination. Inez Gonzales, a Mexican girl rescued from the Apaches by Bartlett's survey party, was an excellent example. She was nearly starved and all but naked when found, and so frightened it was some time before she could relate her story or tell her name. Nor was she alone in her fate. Families who are Arizona's own, number among them women who were killed or taken captive by the Indians during this first migratory period.

Little fact is known of what these women actually had to endure. Only in old and yellowed diaries are there even hints of their hardships.

About the first real pictures of life in the territory which comes down to posterity is an account of living conditions in Tubac, a settlement in the southern part of the state. The account is written by Charles Poston, often called the "Father of Arizona". Some of the incidents are humorous, today, but they were of another color in his time. He says:

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"We had no law but love, and no occupation but labor. No government, no taxes, no public debt, no politics. It was a community in a perfect state of nature. As 'sybdic' under New Mexico I opened a book of records, performed the marriage ceremony, baptized children and granted divorces.

"Sonora has always been famous for the beauty and gracefulness of its senoritas. The civil wars in Mexico, and the exodus of the male population from Northern Mexico to California had disturbed the equilibrium of population, till in some pueblos the disproportion was as great as a dozen females to one male; and in the genial climate of Sonora, this anomalous condition of society was unendurable. Consequently the senoritas and grass widows sought the American camp on the Santa Cruz river. When they could get transportation in wagons hauling provisions, they came in state; others came in on the hurricane decks of burros, and many came on foot. All were provided for.

"The Mexican senoritas really had a refining influence on the frontier population. Many of them had been educated at convents, and all of them were good Catholics. They called the American men 'Los God-dammes' and the American women 'Las Camisas-Colorados'. If there is anything that a Mexican woman despises it is a red petticoat. Presently a priest came to Tubac, for there was none there regularly. He heard confessional and attended to other religious duties. But he pronounced all the marriage contracts invalid which Poston had performed. Poston continues: "At last I arranged with Father Mashboef to give the sanction of the Church to the marriages and legitimize the little Carloses and Carlottas with holy water, and it cost the company about $700 to rectify the matrimonial situation on the Santa Cruz."

Present day thought is so far removed from Tubac that the situation is a bit ludicrous, but what those poor women must have thought, how they must have felt! Dobe houses were the rule, but there was no modern plumbing, no gas or electric stoves to use for cooking or heating, no telephones, no telegraph, no automobiles. Food was cooked over an open fire, or in a rude iron stove, or, if there was great affluence, in a regular cook stove. Sewing machines were

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Rare, and of the most antiquated design.

But Mr. Poston declares in his narrative that the food was plentiful and rich. Venison, antelope, turkeys, bear, quail, wild ducks, and other game were washed down with French wine which was packed in through Guaymas, but this only on Sundays and feast days.

However, there were often long waits for supplies, and sometimes the stocks of clothing ran low so that makeshifts had to be resorted to.

Methods of travel at this time were of the crudest. The roads were poorly made, or did not exist at all, and the chief mode of locomotion was the ox cart or the mule drawn wagon.

One thing Tubac did have, and that was the first newspaper in Arizona. What a boon that must have been to the women, to know what was going on without having to travel miles to find out!

Tucson was the second community to have a newspaper. Conditions in the Old Pueblo were not so grand as at Tubac though. There was a motley population and discomfort, dirt and inconvenience went hand in hand to make life unhappy there.

In 1864, J. Ross Browne, a writer of some repute, passed through Arizona, and has left us an unusually descriptive paragraph on the Old Pueblo. He called it "the most wonderful scatteration of human habitations ever beheld by the eye of a jaded and dust covered traveler expecting to enjoy all the luxuries of civilization which an ardent imagination might lead him to expect in the metropolis of Arizona a city of mud boxes, dingy and dilapidated, cracked and baked into a composite of dust and filth."

He continues: "Littered about with broken corrals, sheds, bake-ovens, carcases of dead animals and broken pottery; barren of verdure, parched, naked and grimly desolate in the glare of the southern sun. Adobe walls without whitewash inside or out, hard earth floors, baked and dried Mexicans, sorebacked burros, coyote dogs, and terracotta children; soldiers, teamsters and honest miners lounging about the mescal shops, soaked with the fiery poison; a noisy band of Sonoranian buffoons, dressed in theatrical costume, cutting their antics in the public place to the most diabolical din of fiddles and guitars ever heard; a long train of government wagons preparing to start for Fort Yuma or the Rio Grande these are what the traveler sees, and a great many things more, as in vain he looks for a hotel or lodging house. The best

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To contend with and then for only as long as they wish, for nearly all these homesteaders have their cars to skim quickly over the highways back to civilization. But had it not been for those immortal women who, with their men fought the elements and even fate itself, the story which Arizona writes today might have been exceedingly different.

Truly these women have earned the right to take their places beside their men in the ranks of the Pioneers!

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(Continued from Page 3) Construction of a 45 mile section, thence he again returned to New Mexico and Arizona, working as engineer in charge of various projects, including the location of 200 miles of proposed railroad in New Mexico, location of 100 miles of the Arizona Eastern, a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific, and the construction of 15 miles of the Belin cut-off.

In 1906 Mr. Small joined the staff of the Santa Fe company, locating 125 miles of railroad in West Texas. Having finished this work in 1907 he had an consulting engineer on various investigations and reports in Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico.

In the spring of 1919, Mr. Small did some consulting work for the Arizona State Highway Department, and later that year was made chief locating engineer of the department, a permanent berth which he held until December, 1928, when he was elevated to the position of deputy state highway engineer, under W. W. Lane, state highway engineer, the position which he still held when death took him.

It is in those latter two positions that Mr. Small is probably best known; for it is there, in the culmination of his life's work, devoted to the building up of Arizona's system of highways, that a lasting monument has been created -a monument to the achievement of a self-made engineer, one who was held in high easteem by his associates in the profssion.

Mr. Small had a host of friends, chiefly among his associates, and although he seldom visited socially he enjoyed meeting his friends and was a genial companion. His kindness and consideration of others promoted friendships of lasting quality, and he was always opportunity to go to South America, ready to assist his friends or associates. He was never married.

In 1908 he returned to the United States and accepted a position with the Douglas interests as locating and resi dent engineer in the construction of 28 miles of railroad at Douglas, Ariz., and other residencies near Tucson, Ariz., for the El Paso and Southwestern.

ern.

He devoted most of his spare time to reading and study, principally on engineering subjects. He disliked publicity and public gatherings, and never spoke before meetings, seldom even taking part in assemblages of his profession.

Mr. Small was elected as a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers a number of years ago and was also a member of the American Railway Engineers' Association of long standing.

With his passing, Arizona suffered the loss of a wealth of experience and knowledge that cannot be valued.

BY HIGHWAY OFFICIALS

Continuation of short sections of numbered routes now existing into long connected routes, the discontinuance of alternate routes bearing alternate numbers so far as this may be practicable, the assignment of new numbers to such alternate routes, and the disapproval of requests for new designations except when the roads are actually in condition for travel, and then only when the routes are interstate in character or important connections to interstate routes; and be it further RESOLVED, That this Association strongly recommends to all the States that no support be officially given to any proposal to identify by an historic, local, personal, or other name, any high-way whatsoever; and be it further RESOLVED, That the standard signs, signals, and markers as promulgated by this Association are hereby recommended to all the States for use in all public highways, to the exclusion of all other official signs, signals, and markers.

REGULATION OF BUS AND TRUCK

WHEREAS the improvement of the automobile, the increasing operation of the common carrier bus and truck engaged in interstate and other transport, and the certainty that the competing railroads will soon be operating new and more rapidly moving equipment are developing a situation that will require much new legislation on the part of the National Government as well as by the States: Therefore be it RESOLVED, That the ideal situation will prevail if and when each sort of transport enjoys the traffic it can secure on merit, and when each bears a just and fairly reckoned burden of taxation. National legislation governing the operation of the bus and the truck should be perfected and enacted into laws in the approaching session of the Congress. The States also will soon largely add to the volume of their legis-