Table of Distances As Shown Over Arizona Highways

U S. ROUTE 70-109 Miles-Holbrook to State Line

STATE ROUTE 79-91 Miles-Prescott to Flagstaff

STATE ROUTE 83-83 Miles-Apache Junction to Globe

STATE ROUTE 81-128 Miles-Douglas to Safford

STATE ROUTE 74-121 Miles-Wickenburg to Ehrenberg

Note: All travel going by Bouse due to rough, rock road from Vicksburg to Quartzite.

STATE ROUTE 73-104 Miles-Cutter to McNary

STATE ROUTE 187-13 Miles Sacaton Dam to Casa Grande

STATE ROUTE 71-26 Miles-Solomonville to Clifton

STATE ROUTE 83-28 Miles-Vail to Sonoita

STATE ROUTE 82-70 Miles-Nogales to Tombstone Junction

STATE ROUTE 84-66 Miles-Tucson to Casa Grande

STATE ROUTE 87-60 Miles-Mesa to Picacho

The Engineer's Log PAVING

Geo. B. Shaffer, Paving Engineer V. R. Dennis, contractor, has completed the Prescott-Granite Dells paving, F. A. Projects 19-B Reo. and 36 A., C. E. Perkins, Res. Engineer.

Ben Dupuy, contractor on the oil surfacing job between Hassayampa and Gila Bend has the job approximately 50 per cent complete, N. G. Hill, ResEngr.

CONSTRUCTION NORTHERN DISTRICT

W. R. Hutchins, Const, Engr.

Levy Construction Company, contractors on the Le Roux and Cottonwood Wash jobs, Schedule Nos. 1 and 2 of the Holbrook-Winslow Highway (F. A. 40 Reo.) had jobs 4 per cent complete Dec. 1st, C. E. Perkins, Res. Engr.

John Mulligan, contractor on Schedule No. 3, F. A. 87-B of the Globe-Safford Highway, had the job 84 per cent complete Nov. 24th, Percy Jones, Res. Engr.

Orr, Rawls & Wright, contractors on Schedule No. 2, F. A. No. 87-B, GlobeSafford Highway, had the project 77 per cent complete Nov. 24th, V. C. Shrigley, Res. Engr.

Lee Moore Construction Co., contractors on Schedule No. 5, Globe-Safford Highway, F. A. Project 87-B, had the project 62 per cent complete Nov. 24th, Percy Jones, Res. Engr.

Lee Moore Construction Co., contractors on F. A. Project No. 87-C. of the Globe-Safford Highway, had the project 70 per cent complete Dec. 1st, Floyd J. Beegbly, Res. Engr.

Whiting Bros. Tanner & Packard, contractors on F. A. Project No. 89 B. Ashfork-Flagstaff Highway, had the project (exclusive of surfacing) 98 per cent complete Nov. 24th, J. W. Macfarlane, Res. Engr State forces engaged in constructing the approaches to the Grand Canyon bridge had work 63 per cent complete Nov. 25, H. O. Norville, Res. Engr.

The Kansas City Structural Steel Co., contractors on the Grand Canyon Bridge had the project 96 per cent complete Nov. 24, R. C. Bond, Res. Engr.

Ken Hodgman had the Cooley-White River job 37 per cent complete Nov. 24, Don Reed, Res. Engr.

Guard fence is being constructed on the Phoenix-Prescott, Prescott-Jerome and the Ashfork-Flagstaff highways, J. T. Whalen, foreman.

CONSTRUCTIONSOUTHERN DISTRICT

T. S. O'Connell, Construction Engineer Ken Hodgman, contractor, has completed the Wickenburg Bridge, F. A. Project 31 Reo., A. W. Newhall, Res. Engr.

S. Y. Faucette, contractor, has Schedule No. 2, F. A. Project No. 14 Reo. of the Douglas-Rodeo highway, 77 per cent complete Nov. 24th, W. J. Tavernor, Res. Engr.

O. C. McElrath, contractor on F. A. Project No. 55 Reo., Overpass over the S. P. near Wellton, had the total job ject 31 per cent complete Dec. 1st, A. F. Rath, Res. Engr.

Ken Hodgman, contractor on Ehrenberg-Wickenburg Highway, a non-F. A. Project, had the job 17 per cent complete Nov. 24th, Julius Irion, Res. Engr.

Canion & Francis, contractors on the San Tan Sec. of the Chandler-Casa Grande Highway, have the project 50 per cent complete Dec. 1st, C. S. Benson ,Res. Engr.

There is some betterment work being done on theTucson-Nogales Highway, C. H. Lewis, foreman, and the Bisbee Hill is being re-surfaced and fenced, M. E. Taylor, foreman.

A concrete-box is being constructed near the Arizona Packing Plant on the Phoenix-Tempe Highway by H. A. Hazard, Contractor, Harry Duberstein, Res. Engr.

80 per cent complete Dec. 1st, A. F. Rath, Res. Engr.

Chas. and F. W. Steffgen, contractors on the St. David bridge, (F. A. No. 79 D. Sch. No. 1) had the project 23 per cent complete Dec. 1st, C. E. LeBart Res. Engr.

H. H. Johnson, contractor on the Benson-Douglas highway, (Schedule No. 2, F. A. 79 D.) had the project 39 comLevy Construction Co., contractors on F. A. Project 84-C, Phoenix-Prescott highway west of Wickenburg, had the project 85 per cent complete Dec. 1st, A. W. Newhall, Res. Engr.

S. Y. Faucette, contractor on the Douglas-Rodeo highway, Non-Federal Aid Schedule No. 1, had the project one per cent complete Dec. 1st, W. J. TavBart, Res. Engr.

The Levy Construction Co., contractors on the Dome Bridge, had the proHighway bond issues totaling $240,000,000 were passed in four states on election day, while two bond issues amounting to $110,000,000 were defeated.

Highway Bond Issues Are Approved In Four States

This statement was issued today by National Headquarters of the American Automobile Association, along with the announcement that in every instance, with the exception of one, the attitude of the voters was in strict accord with that of affiliated A.A.A. motor clubs in the states where the bond issues were up.

The national motoring body declares that decisive victories were registered for a bond issue of $30,000,000 in Louisiana; $100,000,000 in Iowa: $75,000,000 in Missouri and $35,000,000 in West Virginia. A bond issue of $75,000,000 in Pennsylvania, which was opposed by the Pennsylvania Motor Federatoin, A. A. A. affiliation, on the grounds that the state already had ample funds for construction, was defeated, while a $60,000,000 bond issue in Colorado, favored by the Rocky Mountain Motorists, Inc., another A.A.A. unit, also went down to defeat.

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California had a $10,000,000 bond issue up for the elimination of grade crossings, but this was defeated. On the other hand, says the A.Α.Α., a $6, 000,000 bond issue for state parks, which was favored by the California State Automobile Association, A.A.A. affiliation, was carried by a vote of three to one.

The national motoring body says that perhaps the most significant of the bond issues before the voters was the $75,000,000 issue in Missouri, which was originated by and put over largely through the efforts of the Automobile Club of Missouri, of which Mayor Roy F. Britton is President. A previous bond issue of $60,000,000 authorized in Missouri 1920 has been exhausted.

It was pointed out that this issue provides for the completion of the highway system in a state with a strategic location in the nation's network; assures widening of roads in the congested areas around St. Louis and Kansas City, and even more significant, limits the gas tax of 2 cents and motor vehicle license fees, through Constitutional amendment, to the present rate for a period of ten years.

"Protection of the car-owner from an increasing tax burden, through a law written into the constitution of a state, establishes a precedent in motordom's fight for fair taxation," says A.A.A. "Except for the aggressive stand taken by the Automobile Club of Missouri and the vigorous campaign of education it conducted throughout the state, the bond' issue would have most certainly gone down to defeat and retarded progress in Missouri."

The Missouri bond issue, it is stated, allows $25,000,000 for each of three years to be used in building highways and toll-free bridges. It also means the completion of the state's system of 7,640 miles of improved roads, and the construction of farm-to-market roads with the proceeds of the bond issue and the current annual revenue.

Iowa's $100,000,000 bond issue will mean the improving of the 6,600 miles in the state's primary system, and $60,000,000 indebtedness voted by 61 counties will be taken over, the Iowa State Automobile Association has advised National Headquarters.

The national motoring body says the Louisiana issue, which raises the gas tax to four cents per gallon, was sponsored by the Motor League of Louisi-

ARIZONA HIGHWAYS

ana from the outset and put over by this A.A.A. unit against almost unsurmountable odds. "This is a striking example of the motor club's part in the civic life of a commonwealth," says the statement.

The West Virginia issue sponsored by A.A.A. units in that state, was carried by approximately four to one, and indications point to an even larger favorable vote.

Commenting on the various bond issues, the A.A. A. said they form striking instances of the willingness of the people to vote bonds to supplement Federal-Aid and make the nation's highway system the finest in the world.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed bids for the fabrication and delivery of Portable Houses will be received at 2:00 P.M., December 17th, 1928, and publicly opened and read thereafter at the office of the Arizona State Highway Commission, Phoenix, Arizona.

All bids must be marked upon the outside of the envelope "State Highway Contract, Portable Houses."

The work consists of fabricating a number of portable frame houses, ranging from twenty-five (25' to forty (40) or more and delivering same in various numbers to the places designated in the Proposal.

All bids must be accompanied by an unendorsed cashier's, or certified check, or bidder's bond, not less than 5% of the gross amount of the bid, payable to the State Treasurer of Arizona.

The Arizona State Highway Commission reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Copies of the plans and specifications may be seen at the office of the State Engineer, Phoenix, Arizona, or may be obtained from the State Engineer upon the payment of Five ($5.00) Dollars, which will be returned to the contractor should the plans and specifications be returned within ten (10) days after the opening of bids.

The bidder will be required to comply with the provisions of the specifications and contract in the viiding and the award and execution of the con tract.

It is to be noted that the contractor is required to furnish all materials complete and ready for erection at the points noted.

W. C. LEFEBVRE, State Engineer. Phoenix, Arizona, November 24, 1928.

DECEMBER, 1928 ROAD BULLETIN

(Continued from page 25) Nogales to Tombstone 75 miles. Nogales to Patagonio 23 miles, gravel surfaced. To Sonoita, 12 miles, gravel surfaced. Fairbanks 31 miles. To Tombstone Junction 4 miles, U.S. 80, excellent highway. Fairbanks bridge closed for repairs. Detour at Tombstone via Charleston.

VAIL JUNCTION TO SONOITA, 28 MILES. Gravel surfaced, excellent.

CORONADO TRAIL, S. 71. Solomonville to Clifton, 26 miles, gravel surfaced, very good. Clifton to Springerville 126 miles, narrow mountain road, sharp curves and steep grades, very scenic highway.

BENSON-WILLCOX AND STEINS, 97 MILES. Cross tracks at depot, surfaced road 1.5 miles. Graded dirt road one mile to San Pedro river. Rough, partly graded road to top of Mesa, followed by 10 miles good road through Texas Canyon. To Dragoon 18 miles; Cochise 10 miles, Willcox 11 miles (4 miles rough, poor condition. Balance in good condition).

CASE GRANDE-GILA BEND, S. 84, 63 MILES. Partially improved, rough. Passable except in wet weather.

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