Highway Commission Notes

The Engineer's Log F. N. GRANT DISTRICT ENGINEER

Regular maintenance work in entire district, divided into 13 sections.

Prescott-Jerome: 2 sections. W. T. Singleton is caretaker on Prescott end and Sid Simpson on the Jerome end.

Ash Fork-Prescott: 2 sections. Melvin Hoopes is caretaker on the Ash Fork end, and W. B. Wren on the Chino Valley end.

Ash Fork-Peach Springs: 2 sections. W. T. Matheny is caretaker from Ash Fork to Seligman, and B. P. Davis from Seligman to Peach Springs.

Peach Springs-Topock: 4 sections. J. P. Hayes is caretaker from Peach Springs to Hackberry, and Ben Garrett from Hackberry to Kingman. Henry Sharp, caretaker from Kingman to Oatman, and H. L. Wilson from Oatman to Topock.

Flagstaff-Ash Fork: 3 sections. W. S. Davis is caretaker from Flagstaff to Maine, and Bert L. Brown from Maine to Williams. Wm. Smith is caretaker from Williams to Ash Fork.

A survey party headed by Karl Brannen has begun an eighteen mile survey near Peach Springs with a view to bringing this section of U. S. Route 66 across the Hualpai Indian Reservation up to Federal Aid standards.

Surfacing has been completed with gas shovel and trucks on F. A. No. 36A and F. A. No. 19B, from Prescott north to Granite Dells.

GEORGE B. SHAFFER DISTRICT ENGINEER

Regular maintenance work is being carried on over entire district, which is divided into twelve sections with as many caretakers.

PHOENIX-PRESCOTT: from Phoenix to four miles beyond Marinette is paved, the maintenance work being in charge of L. W. Stetler. From the end of pavement to Hot Springs Jet. is maintained by Chas. Carpenter. Ed Weldon is in charge of the next section from Hot Springs Jet. to the Maricopa-Yavapai line, three miles north of Wickenburg. From the county line to the beginning of the Forest section, 16 miles from Prescott, the remaining forty miles is split into two sections with A. J. Henderson on the south end and R. L. Mitchell on the north. They meet at Yarnell.

PHOENIX-YUMA: from Phoenix to Hassayampa is a part of L. W. Statler's paved section. From Hassayampa to twelve miles north of Gila Bend is in charge of Ed Ruppers. C. S. Harrington takes over at above point and carries on to Piedra. Tom Storey is caretaker from Piedra to Yuma County line, where C. O. Elkins takes charge and maintains as far as Mohawk. From Mohawk to Yuma city limits is divided between A. Renner on the Mohawk end and F. O. Deberry on the Yuma end. They meet at Welton.

Section from Casa Grande to the the Pima County line, a distance of 38 miles, which has been recently improved by prison labor, is now being maintained by regular state caretaker, Ed Ulrich.

PHOENIX-DESERT WELLS. This paved section is in charge of L. W. STATLER in addition to the paved sections on the Phoenix-Yuma and the Phoenix-Prescott Highways.

Extra Gang Working on Repairs The work of widening the road and improving the alignment on the Wickenburg-Hot Springs Jet. Highway near Allah, where a washout occurred last spring, is proceeding favorably, and is nearing completion. This work is in charge of E. D. King, General Foreman.

The washouts on the Phoenix-Yuma road near Sentinel are being repaired by an extra gang under M. L. Earnhart. To prevent further washouts at this point surface ditches have been constructed. This work was completed with an elevating grader and caterpillar.

New Construction The Sacaton-Picacho Highway Sec. No. 1 is completed to mile 6 and the rough grading is in place as far as mile 11.

W. D. Moss, general foreman, is in charge of this work.

Reconstruction The work of improving the drainage on the Casa Grande-Red Rock Highway is proceeding favorably. The short fords on the project are being replaced by longer ones which will greatly improve the riding qualities. Jess. B. Hedgpeth, general foreman, is in charge of this job.

W. R. HUTCHINS DISTRICT ENGINEER

An extra crew repairing bridges on Rice-Springerville highway.

Cutter to Coolidge Dam under construction.

Extra crew starting from Miami to Bylas. Survey on Miami-Globe highway completed.

88 B. Contract awarded to Dudley & Amesberry; work started Nov. 25th. Job beginning at Duncan running 8 miles west. Progress good.

The Apache Trail was opened for traffic Dec. 1st; it was completed Dec. 12th, 1927.

A contract has been awarded to Atkinson, Kier Bros., Suicer Co., for the construction of four hundred feet of the Coolidge Dam-Bylas road; this work is located directly above the dam and is being done now to avoid damage to the dam at some later date. Work started.

U. S. ROUTE No. 180. The maintenance in District No. 3 is divided into 18 maintenance camps. The section from Superior to Miami is in charge of Tom Reed as caretaker. From Globe to Rice is in charge of J. M. Collins as caretaker. From Rice to Safford is divided into two sections in carge of J. J. N. Holyoak and J. N. Fine respectively as caretakers. Safford to the Arizona-New Mexico state line east of Duncan is divided into two sections, with Wm. Bingham and S. W. Dunegan as caretakers.

STATE ROUTE No. 71. From the Duncan-Clifton Junction west of Solomonville to Clifton is in charge of Chas. Perry as caretaker.

STATE ROUTE No. 81. - From Safford to junction with east and west road Bowie-Wilcox is in charge of J. M. Scarlett as caretaker.

STATE ROUTE No. 88. Apache Trail. - The Apache Trail is divided into three sections, Globe to Roosevelt Dam is in charge of J. M. Sanders as caretaker. From Roosevelt Dam to Apache Junction is in charge of J. L. Brimhall and Henry Mitchell.