Road Projects Under Construction in Arizona.

JANUARY, 1937 ARIZONA HIGHWAYS 27 Road Projects Under Construction in Arizona DISTRICT NO. 1.

G. B. Shaffer, District Engineer.

Geo. W. Orr has contract 79% complete for the grading, draining and surfacing of 2.1 miles of highway 35 miles northeast of Kingman, Ashfork-Kingman Highway, W. P. G. H. 118-A. Percy Jones, Sr., resident engineer.

Phoenix-Tempe Stone Co. have contract 85% complete on the Wickenburg underpass, W. P. G. M. 98-1. The work is located in the town of Wickenburg and consists of the construction of a reinforced concrete underpass and approaches. Joe De Arozena, resident engineer.

State Forces are grading, draining and surfacing 1-2 mile of roadway on Prescott-Jerome Highway, A. F. E. 8968, Non-F. A., between Whipple Junction and U. S. 89. H. Pinney, resident engineer.

Geo. W. Orr has contract 54% complete for grading, draining and placing Aggregate Base Course on 5½ miles of the Prescott-Jerome Highway, F. A. 96-C, beginning at the National Forest Boundary and extending toward Jerome. H. Pinney, resident engineer.

Geo. W. Orr has contract 59% complete for grading, draining and placing base course material on 1.7 miles of the Ashfork-Kingman Highway, F. A. 118-B, beginning at the southwest end of N. R. H. 80-J and extending southwesterly. Percy Jones, Sr., resident engineer.

Phoenix Tempe Stone Company has contract 59% complete for grading, draining, placing Aggregate Base Course and oiling 0.4 mile of roadway immediately west of the Wickenburg Underpass, F. A. 98-I (1937), Blythe-Wickenburg Highway. Joe DeArozena, resident engineer.

Tanner Construction Company has contract 3% complete for the grading, draining, placing of Aggregate Base Course and Oiling 1.9 miles of roadway south of Wickenburg, F. A. 52-2nd Reo. (1937), Wickenburg - Morristown Highway. Joe DeArozena, resident engineer.

Pearson and Dickerson have contract 45% complete for the placing of Aggregate Base Course and Oil on approximately 6 miles of roadway near Jerome on the Prescott-Jerome Highway, F. A. 12Reo (1937) and F. A. 17 Reo (1937). J. A. Quigley, resident engineer.

State Forces have roadside improvement 94% complete on Prescott-Jerome Highway, F.A. 36. H. Pinney, resident engineer.

State Forces have laying of Dust Palliative 50% complete on 17.1 miles of roadway between Bouse and Parker, Hope-Parker Highway, A.F.E. 7209. D. L. Henderson, foreman.

N. G. Hill Company has been awarded a contract for the widening and resurfacing of one and two-third miles of roadway near Stoval on the Yuma-Phoenix Highway, F. A. P. 55-3rd Reopening (1937).

Lee Moor Contracting Company has been awarded a contract for the grading, draining, placing aggregate base course and Asphaltic Surface Treatment on about 10 miles of roadway beginning about 16 miles northwest of Kingman and extending northeasterly, on the Kingman-Boulder Dam Highway, F.A.P. 123 (1937). C. S. Benson, resident engineer.

DISTRICT NO. 2.

F. N. Grant, District Engineer.

Packard Contracting Company has contract 98% complete for grading, draining and placing aggregate base course on 10 miles of highway beginning 17 miles east of Showlow and extending easterly, Showlow-Springerville Highway, W.P.H. 105-B. H. B. Wright, resident engineer.

O. F. Fisher has contract 85% complete to grade, drain and place aggregate base course on 15.5 miles of roadway on the Showlow-Springerville Highway, W.P.H. 105-C. J. M. Hobbs, resident engineer.

Tanner Construction Co. has contract 100% complete for the construction of a reinforced concrete subway at Winslow on the Winslow-Pine Highway, W.P.G.M. 107. A. J. Kerr, resident engineer.

Ken Hodgman has contract 85% complete for the grading, draining and placing of base course on 5½ miles of the Flagstaff-Fredonia Highway, F.A. 95-J, beginning 22½ miles northeast of Flagstaff and extending toward Cameron. Oscar A. Maupin, resident engineer.

W. E. Hall Company has contract 74% complete for placing Aggregate Base Course and Oiling 8.5 miles of roadway south of Cameron, F. A. 95-Η (1937), Flagstaff-Fredonia Highway. Sam C. Redd, resident engineer.

W. E. Hall Company has contract 65% complete for grading and draining 4 miles of roadway between Showlow and Navajo County Line, F. A. 105-Η (1937), Globe-Springerville Highway. H. B. Wright, resident engineer.

Phoenix-Tempe Stone Company has been awarded a contract for the construction of a steel arch bridge over Canyon Padre, 24 miles east of Flagstaff, and new road mix oil surface approaches forming a line change of about one mile on the Winslow-Flagstaff Highway, F. A. P. 81-2nd Reopening (1937). A. J. Kerr, resident engineer.

DISTRICT NO. 3.

R. C. Perkins, District Engineer.

Lee Moor Contracting Co. have contract 100% complete, F.A. 105-F and F. L. H. 6-A, Unit 3, beginning 7 miles N. E. of Navajo county line about 70 miles N. E. of Globe and extending northeasterly approximately 10.8 miles, work consisting of grading and draining roadway. A. F. Rath, resident engineer.

Tiffany Construction Company have contract 100% complete for the grading and draining of 3.9 miles of the Mesa Superior Highway, A.F.E. 8077, NonF. A., near Florence Junction. Frank A. Berg, resident engineer.

State Forces have the LaBarge Creek Bridge 95% complete on the Apache Trail, A.F.E. 8801, Non-F. A. R. J. Holland, resident engineer.

Pleasant-Hasler has contract 20% complete for construction of arch design bridges over Cedar Canyon and Corduroy Creek on Globe-Springerville Highway, F.A. 105-E, about 70 miles northeast of Globe. F. A. Rath, resident engineer.

Arizona Sand & Rock Company has contract 63% complete for the widening of pavement between 15th and 17th Avenues on Van Buren Street, and between Van Buren and Jefferson Streets on 17th Avenue, Phoenix-Yuma Highway, F.A. 30-E. Geo. E. Lang, resident engineer.

ARIZONA HIGHWAYS JANUARY, 1937

Arizona Sand and Rock Company has contract 25% complete for widening of pavement between Six Points and Glendale and between Glendale and Peoria, a total of 4.35 miles, F. A. 33-Reo (1937), Phoenix-Glendale Highway and F. A. 48-A Reo. (1937), Phoenix - Prescott Highway. R. D. Canfield, resident engineer.

W. E. Hall Company has contract 100% complete for placing Select Material and Oiling 1.6 miles of roadway between Tempe and Scottsdale, W.P.S.O. Tempe-Scottsdale Highway. Jas. A. Parker, resident engineer.

Vinson and Pringle have contract 30% complete to construct a concrete and steel overpass and earthwork approach on McClintock Avenue, 1 mile east and ¼ mile south of Tempe, W.P.G.S. 126, Tempe-Chandler Highway. Geo. E. Lang, resident engineer.

Harry Hagen has contract 24% complete for bridge construction on the Globe-Springville Highway, A.F.E. 6059, Non-Federal Aid. A. F. Rath, resident engineer.

DISTRICT NO. 4.

William R. Hutchins, District Engineer.

Tanner Construction Co. has contract 92% complete for the construction of a concrete and steel overpass structure and approaches, Tombstone - Nogales Highway, W.P.G.S. 49, at Fairbanks. D. A. Flickinger, resident engineer.

State Forces are doing Roadside Improvement on Mesa-Ruins Highway, F.A. 97-B. Mark Layn, resident engineer.

State Forces are grading, draining and surfacing 3.5 miles of roadway between Pima County Line and Oracle Junction, A. F. E. 8016, Tucson-Florence Highway, Dan J. Lyons, resident engineer.

State Forces are doing Roadside Improvement work between Picacho and Red Rock, F. A. 94-C, R. I., Florence-Tucson Highway. Mark Layn, resident engineer.

J. A. Casson has contract 14% complete for the grading, draining and placing of cutback plant mix on 1.5 miles of roadway near Douglas on the Benson-Douglas Highway, F.A. 79-J, Schedule 3 (1937). A. J. Gilbert, resident engineer.

Phoenix-Tempe Stone Company has been awarded a contract for the resur-facing and widening of about one-third mile of existing pavement with Cutback Asphaltic Plant Mix within the City Limits of Bisbee, Benson-Douglas High-way, F. A. P. 11-B (1937). D. A. Flick-inger, resident engineer.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS

G. L. McLane, Senior Highway Engineer in Charge.

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

R. Thirion, Associate Highway Engineer, Highway Planning Engineer.

J. H. Brannan, Associate Highway Engineer, Supervising Engineer.

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

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

E. F. Strickler, Assistant Highway Engineer, Supervising Engineer.

R. M. Rutledge, Assistant Highway Engineer, Office Engineer.

Route 3, Flagstaff-Clints Well National Forest Highway

The grading and drainage of Section D, 4.280 miles in length, beginning approximately 20 miles north of Clints Well and extending toward Flagstaff, was completed by Ernest W. Everly, Albuquerque, New Mexico on December 9, 1936. F. A. Bonnell was Resident Engineer.

Route 7, Oak Creek National Forest Highway

The grading of Section K of this route is under contract to Lee Moor Contract-ing Company. Length of project 1.872 miles. Work is just getting started. C. R. Brashears, resident engineer.

Route 19, Clifton-Alpine National Forest Highway

H. J. Hagen has contract for grading and installation of drainage structures on a portion of Section B of this route. Length of project is 1.854 miles. Work is about 80% complete. C. H. Clark, resident engineer.

Route 30, Globe-Showlow National Forest Highway

Packard Contracting Company, Phoenix, Arizona, has contract for construction of a bridge across Showlow Creek on Section B of Arizona Forest Highway Route 30, Globe-Showlow, and grading and placing subgrade reinforcement on Section C of the same route. Work is about 98% complete. V. G. Watson, resident engineer.

California-Arizona Federal Lands Route 8

Wickes Engineering and Construction Company, Des Moines, Ia., has contract for construction of Parker Bridge and approaches. Length of project 0.84 miles. Project is just getting underway. W. K. Bertken, resident engineer.

Bids Opened

Bids were opened on December 8, 1936 for installation of metal plate guard rail on section of the Cameron-Desert View Approach to Grand Canyon National Park. G. Clay Gates, Thermopolis, Wy., submitting low bid of $18,122.40.

Bids were opened on December 22, 1936 for placing bituminous surfacing on Grand Canyon Route 8, extending from Grand Canyon Village 8.639 miles westerly. J. A. Cason, Phoenix, Arizona submitted low bid of $68,678.50.

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