Condition of Roads on Arizona State Highway System
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 CONSTRUCTION SOUTHERN DISTRICT
R. C. Perkins, Const. Engr.
S. Y. Faucett had Schedule No. 2, F. A. Project No. 14 Reo. of the Douglas-Rodeo Highway 92 per cent complete Mar. 23, W. J. Tavernor, Resident Engineer.
O. C. McElrath had F. A. Project No. 55 Reo., Overpass over the Southern Pacific near Wellton 98 per cent complete Mar. 23, A. F. Rath, resident engineer.
Charles and F. W. Steffgen have the St. David Bridge, F. A. 79 D. Schedule No. 1 56 per cent complete, Mar. 23, C. E. Le Bart, resident engineer.
H. H. Johnson had Schedule No. 2, F. A. 79D 85 per cent complete March 23, J. R. Van Horn, resident engineer.
Levy Construction Co. had F. A. Project 84-C, Phoenix-Prescott Highway, West of Wickenburg 99 per cent complete March 23, A. W. Newhall, resident engineer..
Ware Co. had the Fairbank bridge, & non F. A. Project on State Route 82, 99 per cent complete Mar. 23, C. E. Le Bart, resident engineer.
Levy Construction Co. has the Dome Bridge, No. F. A. Project, 70 per cent complete, A. F. Rath, resident engineer.
Ken Hodgman had his contract on the Ehrenberg-Wickenburg Highway 97 per cent complete Mar. 23, Julius Irion, resident engineer.
W. M. Tenney, Jr., had his Casa Grande-Gila Bend project 57 per cent complete Mar. 16, 1929, N. G. Hill, resident engineer.
Strong and Grant had the Hassayampa Bridge 30 per cent complete Mar. 23, J. DeArozena, resident engineer.
Williams and Janson have the school overpass on East Van Buren, 61 per cent complete, Mar. 23, J. DeArozena, resident engineer.
CONSTRUCTIONNORTHERN DISTRICT
T. S. O'Connell, Construction Engnieer The Levy Construction Co., contractors on the Le Roux and Cottonwood Wash projects, Schedules Nos. 1 and 2 of the Holbrook-Winslow Highway, F. A. 40, Third Reopening, had the project46 per cent complete Mar. 23, Chas. E. Perkins, resident engineer.
John Mulligan, Contractor on Schedule No. 3, F. A. 87-B of the Globe-Safford Highway, had the project 99 per cent complete Mar. 23, Percy Jones, resident engineer.
Lee Moore Construction Co., contractors on F. A. Project No. 87-C of the Globe-Safford Highway, had the project 96 per cent complete Mar. 23, Floyd Beegly, resident engineer.
Ken Hodgman had the Cooley-White River Project 43 per cent complete Mar. 23, J. F. Ellis, resident engineer.
John Turley, contractor on Sec. "B", Schedule No. 2, Holbrook-Winslow Highway, F. A. No. 40, third reopening, had the project 15½ per cent complete Mar. 23, Chas. E. Perkins, resident engineer.
Rogers Bros. had Sec. A of Schedule No. 2, Holbrook-Winslow Highway, F. A. No. 40, third reopening, 34 per cent Mar. 23, Charles E. Perkins, resident engineer.
R. H. Martin has the bridge on the Superior-Miami Highway 50 per cent complete, Floyd Beeghly, resident engineer.
R. H. Martin has the bridge widening contract on the Superior-Miami Highway 100 per cent complete. Floyd Beeghly, resident engineer.
MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION SHOWS NEARLY 6 PER CENT GAIN
The total registration of motor vehicles in the United States during 1928 was 24,493,124, a gain of 1,359,883, or 5.9 per cent over the number registered in 1927, according to reports received by the Bureau of Public Roads, United State Department of Agriculture, from State registration authorities. The figures include passenger automobiles, taxis, busses, motor trucks and road tractors. In addition 148,169 trailers and 117,946 motorcycles were registered.
New York heads the list for 1928 with 2,083,942 vehicles registered. California is second with 1,799,890; Ohio is third with 1,649,699; Pennsylvania is fourth with 1,642,207; Illinois is fifth with 1,504,359; Michigan is sixth with 1,249,221; Texas seventh with 1,214,297; Indiana eighth with 823,806; New Jersey ninth with 758,430; and Wisconsin tenth with 742,135. In percentage gain, Arizona ranks first with 16 per cent. The District of Columbia is second with 13 per cent. Mississippi and South Dakota each report a gain of 12 per cent; New Mexico, Alabama and Connecticut report 10 per cent; Tennessee and Texas report 9 per cent; and South Carolina, Vermont,
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