BY: Leonard M. Cowley

ARIZONA HIGHWAYS Road Projects Under Construction in Arizona DISTRICT NO. 1

Geo. B. Shaffer, District Engineer Lee Moor Contracting Co. has the contract for grading, draining, placing of base course and oil surfacing of approximately 224 miles on the PrescottAshfork Highway, U. S. 89, N.R.H. 61, beginning at Jerome highway junction and extending north, 94% complete. R. D. Canfield Resident Engineer.

Pearson and Dickerson have construction 88% 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. Ε. Lawrence, resident engineer.

Martin Bros. Trucking Co. has completed the contract for the furnishing and placing of base course, and oil mix on approximately 108 miles of highway, extending from the Yuma-Maricopa 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 the contract for the grading, draining, placing aggregate base course and mineral aggregate and oil processing by the road mix method of about 5.2 miles of highway, beginning four miles north of Gillespie Dam Bridge and extending northwesterly on U. S. 80, N.R.H. 64-A, 81% complete. Sam C. Redd, resident engineer.

Lee Moor Construction Co. has 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 northeasterly towards Jerome on State Highway 79, N.R.H. 19-A and B, 86% complete. Jas. A. Parker, resident engineer.

Pleasant Hasler Construction Co. have contract for placing base course and mineral aggregate and oil processing by the road mix method on 18.7 miles on U. S. Highway 60, BlytheWickenburg Highway, N.R.H. 98-D, 50% complete. C. S. Benson, resident engineer.

N. G. Hill & Co. have been awarded a contract for the placing of aggregate and oil processing by the road mix method of approximately 6.5 miles of roadway, beginning about 74 miles west of Peach Springs and extending southwest on U. S. 66, N.R.H. 80 J.

DISTRICT NO. 2

F. N. Grant, District Engineer Hodgman and MacVicar and Royden have completed the contract for grading, draining and surfacing approximately 18.2 miles, U. S. 66, N.R.H. 83-D, beginning at the Navajo-Apache county line, and extending east. Floyd J. Beeghly, resident engineer.

W. E Hall Co has contract for the grading, draining and placing of select material on approximately 7.4 miles on U. S. Route 260, N.R.H. 78-E, beginning about 25 miles southeast of Holbrook and extending southeasterly, 76% complete. H. B. Wright, resident engineer.

Lee Moor Contracting Co. have contract 32% complete for grading, draining, placing select material, base course and mineral aggregate and oil processing approximately 10% miles on the St. Johns-Springerville Highway, U. S. 260, beginning at the highway junction about 1-3 mile south of the town of St. Johns and entending southerly. N.R.H. 60.

New Mexico Construction Co. have construction 99% complete on contract on the Flagstaff - Fredonia Highway, N.R.H. 95-C, consisting of grading and draining approximately 20 miles on U. S. Highway 89, beginning at the Grand Canyon Bridge and extending south. Joe De Arozena, resident engineer.

Tanner & Hall have been awarded a contract for the surfacing and oiling of approximately 6½ miles of roadway on U. S. 66, beginning about 14% miles northeast of Holbrook and extending easterly. The work consists of placing base course and three inches of Laykold, constructing shoulders and stock pile aggregate, N.R.H. 83-C and N.R.H. 83-G.

Arizona Sand & Rock Co. has been awarded a contract for the surfacing and oiling of about 14 miles of roadway on U. S. 66, N.R.H. 83-E.

DISTRICT NO. 3

R. C. Perkins, District Engineer Geo. K. Thompson has the contract for the grading and draining of approximately three miles of the Globe-Showlow Highway 99-F on U. S. Riute 60, just north of the Salt River, 87% complete. A. F. Rath, resident engineer.

Geo. W. Orr has been awarded a contract for grading and draining of approximately four miles of roadway on U. S. 60, located about 46 miles northeast of Globe, N.R.H. 99-G.

DISTRICT NO. 4

W. R. Hutchins, District 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 99% complete. Work begins at the Maricopa-Pinal County line and extends easterly. Geo. Lang, resident engineer.

H. L. Rowden has contract completed for the widening of the existing pavement and placing curbs for a distance of approximately 0.6 miles on "A" Avenue, in the city of Douglas on U. S. 80, N.R.M. 79-H. Oscar Maupin, resident engineer.

Wm. Peper Const. Co. and Leo Frost have completed the contract for the widening and lengthening of a concrete arch bridge and the grading, draining and concrete paving of about 0.6 miles of roadway, located about 6 miles east of Bisbee on U. S. Route 80. N.R.H. 11-A. Oscar Maupin, resident engineer.

Clinton Campbell has been awarded a contract for the widening of a concrete pavement located in the town of Chandler on State Route 87, N.R.M. 97-E.

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. Construction Engineer, Supervising Engineer.

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

W. J. Ward, Assoc. Highway Engineer, Locating Engineer.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Route 3, the Flagstaff-Clint's Well National Forest Highway: Hodgman & MacVicar have the contract for grading and draining of 8.017 miles of the Flagstaff-Clint's Well Route. The project begins at Clint's Well, joining with the Pine-Winslow route, and extends north. Work is 45% complete. C. R. Brashears, resident engineer.

Route 7, the Oak Creek National Forest Highway: George W. Orr has completed his contract for placing of subgrade reinforcement material on sections of the(Continued on Page 16)