Road Projects Under Construction

Road Projects Under Construction in Arizona DISTRICT NO. 1

Packard and Tanner have the surfacing and oiling of N.R.H. 80-B on U. S. Route 66, beginning near Crookton and extending west 8.96 miles, 40% complete. R. C. Bond, Resident Engineer.

Packard & Tanner have completed the grading and draining of 18.7 miles, N.R.H. 98-D, beginning a short distance west of Salome and extending northeast on U. S. 60. C. S. Benson, Resident Engineer.

Phoenix Tempe Stone Co. have the contract for grading, draining and placing of base course and oil processing of N.R.H. 72-A, 10½ miles, beginning 23% miles south of Prescott on U. S. 89 and extending southwest, 44% complete. M. Kisselberg, resident engineer.

Pearson and Dickerson have completed the contract for grading, draining and base course of N.R.H. 80-J, U. S. 66, beginning approximately 74 miles west of Peach Springs and extending 6.2 miles southwest. J. M. Parker, resident engineer.

Lee Moor Contracting Co. has the contract for grading, draining, placing of base course and oil surfacing of approximately 224 miles on the Prescott-Ashfork Highway, U. S. 89, N.R.H. 61, beginning at Jerome highway junction and extending northerly, 33% complete. R. D. Canfield Resident Engineer.

State forces have completed construction of 3.10 miles on the Ashfork-Kingman Highway, U. S. 66, N.R.H. 80-F, consisting of placing base course and oil surfacing. Percy Jones, Sr., resident engineer.

State forces have completed the construction of 3.41 miles on the Ashfork-Kingman Highway, U. S. 66, N.R.H., 80 E., consisting of placing of base course and oil surfacing. Percy Jones, Sr., Resident Engineer.

Strong and Grant and O. A. Thorn have the contract, N.R.H. 80-G for the grading, draining and placing of base course on 23.6 miles of U. S. Route 66, beginning at Kingman and extending east 55% complete. L. W. Foster, resident engineer.

Vinson and Pringle have the contract for the construction of a railroad over-pass on State Route 84, about one mile east of Gila Bend, N.R.S. Project No. 100-B, 76% complete. Geo. E. Lang, Resident Engineer.

Lee Moor Contracting Co. has the contract for the construction of curbs and gutters, placing base course and mineral aggregate and oil processing by the road mix method, of approximately one-half mile within the city limits of Prescott on U. S. 89, N.R.M. 72-D 68% complete. R. D. Canfield, Resident Engineer.

Rogers Bros. and Del E. Webb Construction Co. have the contract for the construction of two concrete bridges, located 16 and 18 miles east of Yuma on the Phoenix-Yuma Highway, U. S. Route 80, N.R.H. 82-B 5% complete. Jack Dunne, Resident Engineer.

Vinson and Pringle have construction 63% complete on three concrete box culverts and approaches, located about 2½ miles west of Gila Bend on U. S. 80, N. R. H. 56. Merle Brock, Resident Engineer.

Pearson and Dickerson have construction 1% complete on approximately 15½ miles of U. S. 89, beginning at the south city limits of Prescott and extending south. N. R. H. 72-C. Work consists of surfacing and oiling. R. E. Lawrence, resident engineer.

W. E. Hall and Co. have construction 12% complete on three concrete box culverts, located 54 miles southeast of Hot Springs Jct., on U. S. 89, N.R.H. 76. George Bange, resident engineer.

Wm. Peper Construction Co. have the construction 30% complete of two concrete box culverts located about 114 miles southeast of Hot Springs Jct., N. R. H. 84-A., U. S. 89. Geo. Bange, resident engineer.

All Arizona Engineering and Construction Co. has been awarded a contract for the construction of one timber bridge and approximately one mile of approaches on the Kingman-Boulder Dam Highway, located approximately 40 miles northwest of Kingman, N.R.S. 102-A. Percy Jones, Sr., resident engineer.

Martin Bros. Trucking Co. has been awarded a contract for the furnishing and placing of base course, and oil mix on approximately 10 8/10 miles of highway, extending from the Yuma-Marico-pa county line easterly to the town of Aguila on Highway 60, N.R.H. 98-C. C. S. Benson, resident engineer.

Arizona Sand & Rock Co. have been awarded a contract for the grading, draining, placing aggregate base course and mineral aggregate and oil processing by the road mix method of about 5 2/10 miles of highway, beginning four miles north of Gillespie Dam Bridge and extending northwesterly on U. S. 80, N.R.H. 64-A. Sam C. Redd, resident engineer.

Lee Moor Construction Co. has been awarded a contract for the grading, draining, placing base course and road mix on approximately 94 miles of roadway, beginning at the Ashfork-Jerome highway junction and extending north-easterly towards Jerome on State Highway 79, N.R.S. 19-A and B. Jas. A. Parker, resident engineer.

DISTRICT NO. 2

The New Mexico Construction Co. has construction 49% complete on the surfacing and oiling of approximately 15 miles of highway, beginning at the west end of the pavement and extending west, U. S. 66, N. R. H. 24-A and N. R. м. 24-A, A. J. Gilbert, resident engineer.

Hodgman and MacVicar and Packard and Tanner have construction approximately 87% complete on the grading and draining of nine miles of highway, beginning nine miles southwest of Grand Canyon Bridge and extending southwest, N.R.H. 95-E and N.R.P.L. 4-B, on U. S. 89. H. B. Wright, resident engineer.

The Southern California Roads Co. has the contract 51% complete for the surfacing and oiling of 141½ miles beginning at Holbrook and extending east on U. S. 66, N.R.H. 83-F, Floyd J. Beeghly, resident engineer.

Hodgman and MacVicar and Royden have the contract for grading, draining and surfacing approximately 18.2 miles, U. S. 66, N. R. H. 83-D, beginning at the Navajo-Apache Co. line and extending east, 63% complete. Floyd J. Beeghly, resident engineer.

Heuser, Garnett & Fleming have the contract for grading, draining and placing of base course on 13 2-3 miles, beginning at the east end of 83-D, and extending east, U. S. 66 N. R. H. 82-E, 51% complete. Floyd J. Beeghly, resident engineer.

Pleasant-Hassler Construction Co. has the contract for the placing of base course and road mix and other minor items of approximately 14½ miles, beginning at Concho and extending to the town of St. Johns, N.R.H. 78-A and 78-C, on U. S. Route 260.54% complete, H. Pinney, Resident Engineer.

William Peper Construction Co. and Leo Frost have a contract for grading, draining and placing aggregate base course over one mile of roadway, located approximately 16½ miles south-east of Holbrook near the Petrified For-est on U. S. 260, N.R.H. 42. H. Pinney, County line on U. S. Route 80 and exmiles, adjoining Section H and extendresident engineer. tends west 12 miles. J. R. Van Horn, ing south to the top of Oak Creek Hill. resident engineer. Work on this contract is about 80% complete. E. J. McCracken, resident engineer.

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DISTRICT NO. 3

R. C. Perkins, District Engineer Lee Moor Construction Co. has the construction of a steel bridge across the Salt River on U. S. Route 60 E. 99-E., approximately 43 miles north of Globe, 99% complete, A. F. Rath, resident engineer.

Geo. K. Thompson has the contract for the grading and draining of approximately three miles of the Globe-Showlow Highway 99F on U. S. Route 60, just north of the Salt River, 23% complete. A. F. Rath, Resident Engineer.

N. G. Hill & Co. have the contract for the construction of approximately two miles of cutback asphalt by the road mix method, N.R.H. and N.R.M. 8-A, beginning at 10th St. and Mill Avenue in the town of Tempe and extending easterly, 77% complete. B. M. Atwood, Resident Engineer.

All Arizona Engineering and Construction Co. has a contract for the construction of a timber bridge, located about 1½ miles S. E. of the town of Duncan on U. S. 180, N.R.H. 88-C. A. W. Newhall, Resident Engineer.

Phoenix Tempe Stone Co. has the contract for the widening and extending of the present pavement on Grand Avenue, mostly within the city limits of Phoenix on U. S. Route 60 and 89., N.R.M. Project 33A, 68% complete. Jack Gilbert, Resident Engineer.

Arizona Sand and Rock Co. have construction 80% complete of 0.961 miles of widening on the main streets of Mesa, N. R. M. 8-B. W. R. Stevens, Resident Engineer.

R. E. Martin & Co., have the widening of 0.86 miles of Miami Streets 14% complete, N.R.M. 91-A. Harry Jones, Resident Engineer.

W. E. Hall Co. has been awarded a contract for the widening and re-surfacing of the present pavement located within the city limits of Phoenix on East Van Buren St. between Central Ave. and 16th St., N.R.M. 30-A. A. J. Gilbert, resident engineer.

Copper City's Lime and Stone Construction Co. has been awarded a contract for the widening of the present pavement and lengthening one culvert within the town limits of Pima on U. S. 180, N.R.M. 63-A. Dan J. Lyons, resident engineer.

DISTRICT NO. 4

W. R. Hutchins, District Engineer Phoenix-Tempe Stone Co. has completed the contract for the surfacing and oiling of N.R.H. 18-B, and N.R.H. 18-C, which begins at the Cochise-Pima Orr, Rawls & Lashmet have completed the grading, draining, surfacing and oiling of 2.1 miles of N.R.H. 79-B, beginning 16 miles south of Tombstone and extending south 2.1 miles. R. D. Canfield, resident engineer.

Heafey, Moore & Jack Casson have the contract for the construction of approximately 26 miles on the Casa Grande-Gila Bend Highway, N.R.S. 100-A, consisting of grading, draining, placing of base course and oil surfacing, 33% complete. Work begins at the Maricopa-Pinal County line and extends easterly. Geo. Lang, resident engineer.

O. F. Fisher has the contract for the widening of the existing pavement in the city of Chandler, N.R.M. 97-D, on State Route 84, 99% complete. E. A. Bickley, Resident-Engineer.

Pleasant-Hasler Construction Co. has been awarded a contract for the placing of cut-back armor coat over existing pavement and cut-back plant mix oil cake over a new alignment located within city limits of Tombstone on U. S. 80, N.R.M. 79-C. Oscar Maupin, resident engineer.

BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS PROJECTS IN ARIZONA

G. L. McLane, Highway Engineer in Charge.

W. R. F. Wallace, Assoc. Highway Engineer, Supervising Engineer.

F. W. Flittner, Assoc. Const. Engineer, Supervising Engineer.

W. P. Wesch, Assoc. Highway Bridge Engineer, Bridge Engineer.

J. H. Brannan, Assoc. Highway Engineer, Locating Engineer.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Route 10, the Pine-Winslow National Forest Highway: H. J. Hagen has completed about 84% of the work under his contract for grading and draining the Strawberry Hill Section of this route, length 6.9 miles. This section of the route begins 3 miles north of Pine and extends toward Winslow. C. R. Brashears is resident engineer.

Route 11, the Payson-Colcord Mountain National Forest Highway: George Rowland has completed about 98% of the work under his contract for grading Section A, length 5.3 miles, of this route. Section A begins at Indian Gardens and extends eastward. D. L. Williams, resident engineer.

Route 12, the Globe-Holbrook National Forest Highway: Porter, Shelley and Shelley have completed their contract for grading the approaches to a small timber bridge on this route about 16 miles north of Young. D. L. Williams was resident engineer.

Leo Frost has completed his contract for placing subgrade reinforcement material on portions of a 7.6 mile stretch of Section L of this route, just north of Heber. L. G. Watters was the resident engineer.

Porter and Shelley have a contract for placing subgrade reinforcement material on portions of an 8.3 mile stretch of Sections K and L of this route, near Heber. The work is approximately 10% complete. L. G. Watters is resident engineer.

Route 20, the Springerville-AlpineState Line National Forest Highway: O. F. Fisher has completed about 50% of the work under his contract for grading 6.8 miles of this route between Alpine and the New Mexico State Line.

Nelson and Nelson have two small contracts for grading the Springerville Spur on this route just north of Sprinverville. The work is about 95% complete.

R. S. Black has two small contracts for grading on the Eagar Spur of this route and work is about 55% complete.

Rogers Brothers have the work about 50% complete on their grading contract, on the Eagar Spur, adjoining Black's contracts.

F. A. Bonnell is resident engineer on Route 20 projects.

Route 28, the Fredonia-Houserock Valley National Forest Highway: The New Mexico Construction Company is about 46% complete on their Route 4, The Ashfork-Flagstaff-Angell National Forest Highway: Skousen Brothers and Arizona Sand and Rock Company have completed about 40% of the work under their contract for oil surfacing 1.5 miles of this route, designated as the Ashfork Hill Section, on U. S. 66, between Ashfork and Williams. V. G. Watson is resident engineer.

Route 7, the Oak Creek National Forest Highway: Haddock and Lindberg have the contract for grading Section G, length 9.7

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contract for a crushed gravel base course on 28.9 miles of this route, between Houserock and the west boundary of the Kaibab National Forest. W. J. Nelson, resident engineer.

Route 32, The Chiricahua Monument Highway:

W. A. Rawls has the contract for grading and draining 2.5 miles of this route. This section terminates on Masai Point in the Chiricahua National Monument. Work is about 55% complete. F. J. Dixon, resident engineer.

Cameron-Desert View Approach to Grand Canyon National Park:

Vinson and Pringle have completed approximately 90% of the work under their contract for constructing the Dead Indian Canyon bridge. A. W. Schimberg, resident engineer.

The Morrison-Knudsen Company has completed about 89% of the work under its contract for grading and draining 10.9 miles of this route between Dead Indian Canyon and Cameron. J. H. Brannan is the resident engineer.

Skousen Brothers have completed the work under their contract for subgrade reinforcement on 17.1 miles of this route. J. H. Brannan was resident engineer.

Petrified Forest National Monument Highways:

Whiting Brothers have completed the contract for constructing seven multimultispan concrete bridges on Routes 1-A and 2.

The Del E. Webb Construction Company has completed about 95% of the work under its contract for constructing a railroad overpass on Route 1, near Adamana.

Beverly & Allison, contractors for grading 5.3 miles of Routes 1-B1 and 2 and miscellaneous construction on Route 1-A, have the work approximately 80% completed.

Everly & Allison also have the contract for base course surfacing on a portion of Route 1 and all of Route 2; total length, 21.8 miles. Work is about 50% complete.

Leo Frost has completed the contract for grading Petrified Forest Project 1-B2, length 3.5 miles.

L. G. Watters is resident engineer on the contracts in the Petrified Forest.

Kingman-Boulder Dam Highway:

The Weymouth Crowell Company has completed about 75% of the work under its contract for grading miles of this route, near Boulder Dam.

The grading of 10.8 miles of this route, just south of the above section, is under contract to M. J. Bevanda. Work is approximately 5% complete.

H. L. Lyon is resident engineer on the Kingman-Boulder Dam Projects.

SURVEYS:

The survey of the Catalina Highway near Tucson is being continued under the direction of G. E. Nelson, and is now about 85% complete.

F. J. Wade is in charge of a survey party running about 22 miles of Arizona Forest Route 9, from Payson to Strawberry Valley. Work is about 80% complete.

BIDS OPENED:

Leo Frost of Joseph City, Arizona submitted the low bid, on April 7th, for placing subgrade reinforcement on 11.6 miles of Section J of Route 12, the Globe-Holbrook National Forest Highway, between Young and Heber. Award to him has been recommended.

Erastus Skousen was low bidder for placing subgrade reinforcement on 1.6 miles, a portion of the Springerville Spur of the Springerville-Alpine-State Line National Forest Highway, and award to him was recommended. Bids were opened in Phoenix on May 3rd.

The New Mexico Construction Company submitted the low bid for a bituminous treated crushed rock surfacing on 17.546 miles of the Cameron-Desert View Route, between Desert View and Dead Indian Canyon. Bids were open ed in Phoenix on May 8th.

BIDS TO BE OPENED:

Bids will be opened in the Phoenix office of the Bureau of Public Roads, on the following jobs, on the dates indicated: On May 17th, for placing subgrade reinforcement on 24.5 miles of the Oak Creek National Forest Highway, between Flagstaff and Sedona. The job is designated as Arizona Forest Project NR 7-C2, D1, E1, F1, G1, H1, and the principal items of work are 45,500 cubic yards of crusher run subgrade reinforcement material and 107,000 cubic yard-miles hauling subgrade reinforcement material.

On May 22nd, for placing subgrade reinforcement on 10.9 miles of the Cameron-Desert View Approach to the Grand Canyon National Park, desig nated as Section D of the route. The project is located between Dead Indian Canyon and Cameron. Principal items of work are 26,000 cubic yards of crusher run subgrade reinforcement material, and 75,000 cubic yard-miles of haul.

On May 24th, for placing subgrade reinforcement material on 1.9 miles of the Springerville and Eagar Spurs of the Springerville-Alpine-State Line National Forest Highway. Principal items of work are 2,950 cubic yards of sub-grade reinforcement material and 8,400 cubic yard-miles of haul.

G. L. McLANE, Highway Engineer. By E. F. STRICKLER, Asst. Highway Engineer.

TABLET TO COCHISE

(Continued from Page 5) child and of cattle taken from the Ward ranch was demanded. Cochise made inquiry and reported that none of his followers had been implicated in the affair. Bascom declined to accept his word, and ordered the arrest of Cochise and his warriors.

The chief and his followers were confined in an army tent, guarded by soldiers. Indian pride flared. Cochise drew a knife from under his gee-string, slashed a hole in the tent and fled. Wounded by a bayonet thrust and beset by infantry men, he escaped into the mountains, taking with him two Americans whom he offered in exchange for his imprisoned followers. Bascom refused to treat with him.

The stage station keeper, a man named Wallace, relying for his safety upon his previous friendliness with the Indians, went to Cochise's camp to mediate. He was taken prisoner by the chieftain, who then took his captives to within sight and hearing of the soldiers' camp, where they plead with Bascom to make the exchange. The officer ignored them, and Cochise ordered Wallace tortured and dragged to death behind a galloping horse before the eyes of the soldiers. The following day, as the detachment of troops began a retreat to Fort Buchanan, Bascom and his men came upon the bodies of the two other Americans, who had been tortured and hanged. In retaliation, the captive followers of Cochise were hanged on order of the officer, and the Indian chieftain promptly declared a war of extermination against the whites in the territory. Followed twelve years of murder and pillage and reprisals which cost the lives of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of American citizens and hundreds of thousands of dollars in destroyed property and herds.

An attempt was made in the Infantry Journal in 1928, Dean Lockwood relates, to discredit this version of Cochise's history and lift the blame from Bascom, but the new account, he says, seems far from convincing.

Cochise and his tribesmen withdrew into the numerous strongholds of the Chiracahua, Dragoon and Graham mountains, from which they could make forays and pillage at will. There were never sufficient troops stationed in the territory to cope with them.

It was in the year of Cochise's defection from the white man's cause that there came to Arizona the man who was eventually to be more instrumental than any other in bringing about the peace of 1872. His name was T. J. Jeffords, a young fellow who had been a steam-ship captain on the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. Jeffords was engaged by the federal government as supervisor of the mail service between Fort Bowie and Tucson and for a while was a driver on the old Butterfield route. While thus engaged he was wounded from ambush by Apache arrows, and twenty-two of his men were slain in sixteen months by the Indians. He finally resolved to make a personal appeal to Cochise, and rode alone to the Graham Mountains where the chieftain at that time was encamped. Jeffords was a brave man, and the very audacity of his approach probably saved his life.

He rode into the encampment, handed his weapons and cartridge belt to the squaws, walked into the chief's wickiup and sat down beside Cochise. The conversation is not recorded, but it is assumed that Jeffords appealed to the chieftain's sense of fairness and straight-dealing, and that Cochise was impressed by the white man's courage. For Jeffords remained there twenty-four hours, and when he left Cochise had his arms restored to him and gave him safe conduct through the Indian outposts. War and pillage continued, but Jeffords was never again molested. He afterwards met Cochise many times, and they became fast friends and "blood brothers" through the Indian ritual of blood mingling.

In the early 70's, President Grant's peace policy in dealing with hostile tribes had been accepted by nearly all the Indian nations, but the Arizona Apaches had not been satisfied. General Grant sent a personal envoy, Gen. O. O. Howard, to treat with Cochise. This emissary, after months of endeavor to make contact with the Chiracahua chieftain, met Jeffords in an army camp in New Mexico, and Captain Jeffords, upon specific conditions, agreed to lead the general to Cochise in his stronghold in the Dragoons. With two friendly Apache chiefs, relatives of Cochise, Howard and Jeffords and one other army officer, penetrated the Indian country, making signal fires as they travelled, to inform the Redmen that they were upon a peaceful mission. After several weeks on the trail they came into the heart of the Dragoon mountains, to Cochise's Stronghold. There, with numerous hidden canyons, caves, vertical ledges and bluffs, the old chief and his followers were safe from surprise attack, and there they had been living through most of the years of warfare save for the occasional sorties which sent terror into the hearts of white settlers.

Jeffords and Howard were met by Cochise and his counsellors. Cochise said that he desired peace. Pledges were exchanged. Howard told the warrior that he wanted to create a reservation for the Apaches on the Rio Grande, but Cochise demanded Apache Pass and the region adjacent thereto. He also demanded that Jeffords should be the first Indian agent, and to this Jeffords added the stipulation that he should have absolute authority in his dealings with the tribe. Word was sent to Fort Bowie that an agreement had been reached and Cochise summoned all his sub-chiefs and his councilmen. After a ceremonial, the whites and the Indians met at Dragoon Springs, and peace was made. But not for long. Cochise died two years later, and shortly afterward Apache warfare flared anew. But Cochise kept his word during the remainder of his lifetime.

Jeffords was with him the day before his death. The white "brother" left him that evening to ride to Fort Bowie in search of an army surgeon. When he returned the next day, the great chieftain was dead.

He was buried by his followers somewhere on the mesa near the entrance to the Stronghold. No white man, except Jeffords, knew the location of the grave, and Jeffords wouldn't tell. Cochise was afraid his resting place might be desecrated by the whites and his bones carried away as relics. He had told his followers to bury him beside a stream bed, where the rising sun would touch his grave every morning. He was laid to rest and the Indians rode their horses over the burial place until the last identifying mark was obliterated from the spot. The new monument does not mark the place, but it is somewhere in the neighborhood.

The Stronghold can be plainly seen from Tombstone and from all other directions over a radius of forty miles. It is a granite intrusion and the side hill slopes rise to an elevation a thousand feet higher than the valley floor. It is only seven miles from State Highway 81 and the road into the park is in good condition. At the end of the park road is a recreational area, with conveniences for campers and picknickers. The area has good water and excellent trails lead to various points of interest.

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Geronimo, who had grown old, was earnestly desirous of peace. He knew Gatewood, who had been the most relentless pur-surer of the renegades, and had confi-dence in his word.

"Gatewood volunteered practically alone, and unarmed, to go to the camp of Geronimo and urge his surrender. The part of General Miles in that episode was to accept it.

"The comparatively few Arizonians of that period, 1886, now living will recall that at that time Arizona was divided into two more or less hostile camps in respect of the merits of General Miles and his predecessor in the Apache campaign, General Geo. A. Crook. The latter had recently subjugated two Sioux and other northern hostiles, and was sent into the South. His campaign against Geronimo was not crowned with success, and General Miles was sent to succeed him. After the surrender, the city of Tucson presented the General a sword, which Prescott, the center of Crook sentiment, regarded as a geographical affront."

Geronimo, as we have said, was not a chieftain; he was purely a medicine man. The chiefs with whom he was associated, and apparently whom he dominated, were Chihuahua, Mangus, Natchez and a few others. Though not himself of the royal Apache blood, he controlled them all.

As we have said before, there is no need here to go into Geronimo's exploits. To cover them properly would require an extensive volume. We are concerned only with his surrender, and with the cause of that capitulation. Crook and Miles and their underlings had worked, scouted the mountain fastnesses and the greasewood desert for many months in search of trace of the wily Apache leader and his band of followers. They had found none. Then the day came when signs pointed to the trail to Sonora. Gatewood and his little group of followers moved that way. Gatewood knew the lore of the Indians. Additionally, he was a brave man. When he came within sight of the Apache encampment he shed his arms and went in. He told Geronimo that the ways of the Indian were not the white ways-that if he were to live in amity with his white brethren he must quit the trail and stop marauding. He was told that the Great White Father would send him with his tribesmen to a great reservation in Florida; that he would care for

MAY, 1934 per cent of sand and 10 per cent of boulders too large for crusher, thus largely increasing cost and time for producing same. A very uniform product between was obtained, which showed to advantage later, when mixed with oil. After mineral aggregate was obtained, about 650 cubic yards of aggregate from ¼ to 3.8 in size and with no silt or sand, was required for seal coat. To produce this with the plant and from the materials available required that the material first be reduced to standard mineral aggregate and stock piled, then ½ inch circular screen be substituted for 1 inch screen in plant and 14 inch square screens placed across bin at a 2 to 1 slope, so that reject material would drop into bin and clean chat go across bin into truck. The stock piled aggregate was then put through the rearranged plant and the desired material obtained and stock piled until needed. To obtain the desired chat required a reject of 70 per-cent, but the material was very uniform and gave good results with emulsified asphalt.

After all aggregate was obtained, the placing of road oil, mixing and lay-ing down was proceeded with in the usual manner, power blades from ad-joining maintenance sections being used for mixing and laying down run by local bladesmen from same, who, though mostly unused to handling oil, gave good results with some training, the desire being to use only Mohave County men, skilled and unskilled, for the work.

Immediately after each section of about one mile was laid down it was dragged by timber drag 8x20, once on each side and once in center, and then rolled with five ton roller from sides toward center and from two to three times.

Road oil cake was three inches thick, twenty feet wide, using one and one-half gallons, 65 per cent road oil per square yard of surface. No re-oiling was found necessary to obtain an even color.

Oil cake was laid continuously from length of project from east to west and traffic turned on new road from detours as soon as convenient section was laid.

As soon as oil cake was finished seal coat at east end was begun. This consisted of from 32/100 gallons to one-half a gallon of emulsified asphalt per square yard of surface (the lesser amount being preferable) covered with from eighteen to twenty pounds of chat per square yard.

In order that public and construction traffic could use the road without com-ing

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ing on the fresh seal coat it was found advisable to first lay one side of road throughout.

The emulsified asphalt was put in by means of the usual oil spreader truck and followed closely by five yard trucks of chat, backing up and provided with a nine foot spreader box, worked by two men. On the return trip as the oil cake was twenty feet wide, the nine foot spreader box was used on the shoulder side and the remaining two foot space in center covered from truck whose tail gate was raised sufficiently, and blocked to the required width. This left no ridges in the center.

From three to four hours after chat was placed it was thoroughly rolled. Traffic was kept off where possible a minimum of forty-eight hours, with good results.

The work on the entire project followed exactly the labor rules laid down for N.R.H. projects and was done at a total cost which compared favorably with the bids submitted by contractors and was acceptable to the State High-way Deparment and the Bureau of Public Roads.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

N. R. H. 60 (A. F. E. NO. 2624) ST. JOHNS-SPRINGERVILLE HIGHWAY BIDS OPENED JUNE 1, 1934 SEALED BIDS will be received until 10:00 A. M. on the above date, and then publicly opened and read at the office of the Arizona State Highway Com-mission, 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, St. Johns-Springerville High-way, N. R. H. 60", and MUST CLEAR-LY SHOW THE NAME OF THE BID-DER ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE EN-VELOPE. THE ATTENTION OF BID-DERS IS CALLED TO STATE STAND-ARD SPECIFICATION 1-2-7, "DELIV-ERY OF PROPOSALS". ENVELOPES MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE OFFICE OF THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPART-MENT.

The work, which is to begin at the highway junction about 1/8 of a mile south of the town of St. Johns and is to extend southerly about 10 3/4 miles, consists of grading and draining, placing Select Material, Aggregate Base Course, and Mineral Aggregate, oil processing by the Road Mix Method and is to be completed on or before November 30, 1934.

PRINCIPAL ITEMS AND APPROXI-MATE QUANTITIES

8,500 C. Y. Roadway Excavation 26,600 C. Y. Select Material 51,100 C. Y. Mi. Select Material Haul 2,000 Lin. Ft. Road Guard (Cable or Steel Plate 164,000 Sq. Yd. Scarifying and Reshaping Road Surface 14,700 C. Y. Aggregate Base Course 50,000 C. Y. Mi. Aggregate Base Course Haul

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11,700 C. Y. Mineral Aggregate 39,900 C. Y. Mi. Mineral Aggregate Haul 221,300 Gal. Road Oil 130 Tons Cutback Asphalt 10.7 Miles Processing Road Mix 920 C. Y. Screenings

AND OTHER ITEMS

No Contractor shall be eligible to submit a bid until duly licensed as a Con-tractor 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 certificate of compliance on the prescribed form which will be furnished for that purpose shall be signed and submitted by all bidders, in accordance with Executive Order No. 6646, issued by the President on March 14, 1934. Only bids accompanied by such certificate shall be considered or accepted. The contractor to whom award is made shall require subcontractors and dealers furnishing equipment, materials, and supplies to sign similar certificates before making awards to or purchases from such contractors or dealers, copies of which shall be funished to the contracting officer.

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

Labor lists shall be obtained from the Apache County Re-employment Committee Chairman, Mr. Rex E. Lee, St. Johns, 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.

Funds have been programmed for the construction of this project in the amount of $98,873.91. In the event contract unit prices indicate a total cost of the project as planned in excess of the amount of funds programmed for the project, the length of the project will be shortened, if necessary to keep the cost of the work within the funds allotted thereto.

T. S. O'CONNELL, State Highway Engineer. Phoenix, Arizona, May 14, 1934.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

N. R. H. 78-E (A. F. E. NO. 2623) HOLBROOK-ST. JOHNS HIGHWAY BIDS OPENED JUNE 1, 1934 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

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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

(Continued from Page 18) 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 certificate of compliance on the prescribed form which will be furnished for that purpose shall be signed and submitted by all bidders, in accordance with Executive Order No. 6646, issued by the President on March 14, 1934. Only bids accompanied by such certificate shall be considered or accepted. The contractor to whom award is made shall require subcontractors and dealers furnishing equipment, materials, and supplies to sign similar certificates before making awards to or purchases from such contractors or dealers, copies of which shall be furnished to the contracting officer.

The attention of bidders is directed to the Special Provisions covering subletting or assigning the contract and the use of Domestic Materials. 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. Labor lists shall be obtained from the Cochise County Re-employ-ment Committee Chairman, Mr. George Hirst, Bisbee, 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 (62½) cents per hour. The minimum wage paid unskilled labor shall be fifty (50) cents per hour.Funds have been programmed for the construction of this project in the amount of $3,600.00. In the event contract unit prices indicate a total cost of the project as planned in excess of

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the amount of funds programmed for the project, the length of the project will be shortened, if necessary, to keep the cost of the work within the funds allotted thereto.

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

Phoenix, Arizona.

May 2, 1934.

WATCH CAR BATTERY WHILE ON VACATION

Many motorists who drive their cars into recreational areas during the vacation period seem to be unaware that the capacity of the storage battery is limited. Overloading is a frequent cause of delays due to battery failure. When a battery is subjected to service for radio, camp lights, and other purposes, its energy is often drained to a point where there is not enough left to start the motor.

FIRST U. S. TRUCK RAN ONLY SEVEN MILES

Joseph R. Brown of Minnesota invented America's first truck and John A. Reed of New York built it. On its maiden trip, from Nebraska City to Denver, July 22, 1862, it ran seven miles and then passed permanently out of commission. But this was a record in that early day, and it is commemorated by a memorial tablet on the spot where it "died". The first gasoline truck marketed commercially in the country was the Winton delivery wagon in 1898.

RESTRICT TAKING PETS INTO NATIONAL PARKS

National park rules for 1934 prohibit dogs or cats in the areas, except that they may be transported into and out of parks under leash and on through roads when owners have secured written permission of park superintendents. New regulations adopted by the national park service follow: Upon written permission of the park superintendent secured upon entering government lands, visitors may transport dogs or cats on through roads in the park providing the animals are either on leash, crated, or under the restricted control of their owners at all times. If an overnight stop in the park is necessary to complete the journey through the government land, permission may be secured on entrance to take the pets through the park and remain therein as long as may be necessary. Due to local conditions, Yellowstone Park also prohibits dogs and cats, except that upon written permission secured upon entrance, they may be taken over any of the roads in the park provided they are kept under leash, crated, or otherwise under the restrictive control of the owner at all times. It is the policy of the park service to keep dogs and cats out of the parks as much as possible because of the possibility of their frightening the wild life in the parks and also because of the barking of the dogs at night which might tend to disturb persons at camp grounds or other points of concentration.

JAPANESE TRAFFIC RULES FOR ENGLISH MOTORISTS

Those Japanese who have learned English by studying books and dictionaries sometimes employ very quaint forms of expression. However, if we undertook to learn Japanese we would make far worse mistakes. Here are some traffic rules reported to have been issued for the guidance of Englishspeaking people when touring Japan, as printed in an American paper. They would not be bad rules even for this country.

"At the rise of the hand of the honorable policeman stop with rapidness greatly. Do not pass him or otherwise disrespect him.

"When a passenger of the foot hove in sight tootle the horn trumpet to him melodiously at first. If he still obstacles your passage tootle him with large vigor, and express by word of the mouth a warning, 'Hi, hi!' "Beware of the wandering cow that he shall not take fright as you pass him. Do not explode the exhaust noise box at him. Go smoothly by.

"Give space to the festive dog that makes play-sport by the roadway. Avoid entanglement of the dog with your wheel spokes.

"Go smoothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skiddy demon. Press the brake smoothly as you roll around the corners and save collapse and tipup.

"Thank you honorably."

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