BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS PROJECTS

ARIZONA HIGHWAYS

NOVEMBER, 1931 Bureau Of Public Roads Projects In Arizona UNDER CONSTRUCTION

C. G. Willis and Sons completed October 24, the grading of Forest Highway-Oak Creek Hill Section 7-C. The project begins at the top of the Oak Creek Canyon, 13 miles south of Flagstaff, and extends to the bottom of the hill, a length of 2.8 miles. Cost of construction was approximately $187,000. E. J. Mc-Cracken, resident engineer of construction was $227,000. V. G. Wat-son, resident engineer.

Portions of Sections "A" and "C" of the Payson-Holbrook Forest Highway Route 11 are under betterment and improvement work by day labor. Portions to be so improved total ten miles in length and will cost approximately $12,000. D. L. Williams, resident engineer.

Harry Hagen completed on October 28 the contract for the grading of 5.6 miles of Section 2-D, Swift Trail Major Forest Development Road, in Crook National Forest, Graham county. The total cost was approximately $7,200. L. G. Watters, resident engineer.

Jack Casson completed the first week in November his contract for the surfacing by the plant method of 35 miles, Sections "A," and "B" and "C" of the Grand Canyon-South Approach Road in Coconino county. Total approximate cost Everly & Allison of Des Moines, New Mexico, have the grading and draining of 16 miles through the Petrified Forest National Monument in Apache and Navajo counties. Estimated cost of construction is $115,000 and work is now 70% complete. E. F. Strickler, resident engineer.

Hodgman & MacVicar have the contract for the grading and drainage of 20 miles of the Pine-Winslow Forest Highway Route 10, beginning approximately seven miles north of Clint's Well and extending to the North Forest Boundary 30 miles southwest of Winslow. Contract time began June 27th and work is now 70% complete. Estimated cost of project is $112,000. C. R. Dalton, resident engineer.

R. S. Black has the contract for the construction of 6.3 miles of the PineWinslow Forest Highway in Coconino county. The project begins at Clint's Well and extends northeast to a connection with the south end of the 20 mile project under construction by Hodgman & MacVicar. Estimated cost of construction is $48,000 and contract is now 60% complete. C. R. Dalton, resident engineer.

Heitsch & Bitten have the contract for placing a seal coat on 19 miles of the Grand Canyon-Desert View Route within the Grand Canyon National Park. Estimated cost is $14,000 and work is now 20 per cent complete. V. G. Watson, resident engineer.

Bids were opened August 20 for grading and draining two sections, Units 4 and 5, of the Payson-Holbrook Forest Highway. Lengths of the units are 0.5 mile and 1 mile respectively. Rogers Bros. were low bidders of Unit 4 and H. I. Turley was low bidder on Unit 5. Award has been made. Estimated cost of construction for the two Units is $5400, and work is now 95 per cent complete.

Glenn Shumway has the contract for four Station Contract Units south of Heber on Section B of the Payson-Holbrook Forest Highway. The estimated cost is $8,000 and work is now 75 per cent complete. D. L. Williams, resident engineer.

Bids were opened at the Grand Canyon on September 24 for sub-grade reinforcing and oil surfacing by the plant mix method 17.199 miles of the Grand Canyon-South Approach Road. Geo. Η. Oswald was the successful bidder and

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Award has been made to him on the basis of his proposal. The total estimated cost is $135,000. Work began on October 22 and is now 20 per cent complete. V. G. Watson, resident engineer. Howard Smith et al of Thatcher, Arizona, has the contract for grading two station contract units of the Swift Trail, 26 miles southwest of Safford. The combined lengths of the projects are 0.8 mile, estimated cost $2700 and work is now 25 per cent complete. L. G. Watters, resident engineer.

Charles Ballard of Snowflake has the contract for moving and re-erecting an 80-foot steel span bridge from Leroux Wash near Holbrook to Buckskin Wash near Heber. Work began November 2. D. L. Williams, resident engineer.

R. L. Sharp of Nutrioso submitted the low bid on October 27 for placing 2300 cubic yards of subgrade reinforcing material on 2.2 miles of the Clifton-Springerville Highway near Springerville. Award has been recommended to Sharp.

Surveys

Payson-Indian Garden-Colcord Survey, Forest Highway Route 11, beginning at Payson and extending eastward for an approximate distance of 40 miles, to a connection with the Young-Holbrook Highway near the Gila-Coconino county line. Survey began March 15th and was completed the first week in November. J. H. Brannan, locating engineer.

Hermit Rest Survey and Hermit Rest to a connection with Bass Camp Survey. Located on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in the Grand Canyon National Park. Approximately 12 miles in length. F. H. Horton, locating engineer.

A resurvey has begun of the line between Grand Canyon Village and Bass Camp and Mannikaja Spur to the west. J. H. Brannan, locating engineer.

Bids to Be Opened

Bids will be opened at the Grand Canyon November 17 for grading and draining 7.1 miles of the Cameron-Desert View Approach Road to the Grand Canyon National Park.

Bids will be opened at the Petrified Forest National Monument November 19 for placing subgrade reinforcement, by three station contracts, on a portion of the Petrified Forest National Monument Highway, now under construction.

Plans and Specifications have been prepared for the grading and draining of 6.3 miles of the Lower Canyon Section of the Oak Creek Highway. Bids will probably be opened the latter part of November, although at this time a definite date has not been established.

Our Famous Ghost Cities

(Continued from Page Nine) of gold just as in the days of '49. It is estimated that over $400,000,000 in gold alone, have been produced in this area. Nuggets are still found. Within a few hundred feet of the road, near the Gon-zales Well, was found the record nugget of the camp, worth nearly $1,200.

Aside from gold, there are many other interesting attractions for the vacationist. In the S-H mountain range, undoubtedly named by some godless mule skinner, close to Tyson's Well, the remains of many ancient Indian villages are found. The matates with which they ground their corn are still in place and the near-by smooth rocks are covered with hieroglyphics telling the story of a departed race. These picture rocks, as the hieroglyphics are called by the natives, are found by the dozen.

A few miles to the north of Quartzite is found a petrified forest about ten miles square in size. It differs greatly from the petrified forests of northeastern Arizona. It is believed that some convulsion of nature made this old forest the bed of the Colorado river and later movements raised it again.

We should, as a state, take measures to preserve and maintain such places as the Ehrenberg cemetery, Fort Tyson, this petrified forest and the picture rocks. Once destroyed, they can never be re-placed and surely they deserve a better fate than that. We must take care of them for future generations before it is too late. At all events, a trip over this part of Highway 60 should prove both interesting and instructive to all students of Arizona history. The road is good, gas stations abound, water is available every-where and good hotels or camping places are plentiful. It is a trip worth while.

What is said to be the only bridge of its kind in the world-a huge petrified tree-was recently reinforced with a concrete girder because it had been weakened by people crawling over it.

We do not know how many years a highway of Gilmore Asphaltic Road Oils and Binders will serve.

We have been laying them for only 25 years.

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