35:!O f ARIZONA HIGHWAYS ISSUED BY THE ARIZONA STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT PHOENIX, ARIZONA

With the Idea of Furthering the Development of Good Roads Throughout the State

EDITORS ARE PRIVILEGED ' TO USE ANY OF THE MATTER HEREIN CONTAINED

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Volume 2. Phoenix. ArIzona. December 30. 1922. Number 3.

',~ . ~m MAR 141923

1923 Funds for Arizona Highways

Equipment Superintendent Lists Supplies

Status of State Road Construction

Department Installs Two Branch Yards

1922 Breaks All Road Building Records f , ARIZONA HIGHWAYS 1 ARIZONA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT 1% SYSTEM f .. " ~ I rnc... f .. 1923 FUNDS FOR ARIZONA HIGHWAYS A. !HI ~ fJl December 30, 1922. ------r------, -. Mr. , Frank· R. . Goodman, Phoenix, Arizona. 1.41923 ~~ i . Dear Sir: I . T T ~ A.V ) I Attached please note a list of funds available for 19 s ~ :f'd construction. ! Items 1 to 9 inclusive, should provide so e lOgO> casl~ the next 60 or 7tl days. Items 10 to 16 ' ~ inclusive, ~h ould provide an additional $600,000 of ready funds. /n~ I During the last 30 days we have cleared up all the old accounts that could possibly be handled 'so that $260,- ,./---- 000 will probably more than cover all of the outstanding accounts at the present time, including payments for -lao ( bor and supplies, and estimates due contractor, etc., including roa d work done during December. I Our monthly expenditures are approximately $250, 000 . The State Imprest Fund is $50,000 but $150,000 is i really needed for this purpose. i We average between $300,000 and $400,000 in Federal vouchers in transit. The temporary carrying of both the state and federal road expenditures is a very difficult fi nancial problem. All Of the Federal Aid alloted to Arizona has been applied for. In addition modified project agreements can be submitted July first, 1923, on Projects 64 to 74, inclusive, raising the federal participation from 25 to 61 per cent, which will take up two-thirds of the Federal Aid already authorized by Congress, which will be avail· alJle on that date. Complete inventories are being submitted of office, laboratory, shops, warehouse, yards, also construction camps, etc. The material, equipment, supplies, etc., assets of the department, are worth approxima tely $3,000,000.

Yours very truly, Thos. Maddock, State Engineer.

Funds Available for State Road Construction 1923

Balance in 75 per cent State Road Tax Fund _.. __.... _...... _...... _.. _...... ___ ...... __ ...... ____ .... ___ .. ____ .... __ .. _...... $ 61,756.23 Balance in 25 per cent State Road Tax Fund ______.. ______.. ______.. _.. ___ .... __ __.. ______.. ______.. _____ ,,_ 108,888.91 Appropriations in Senate Bill 51 ______.. ___ .. _.. _... ______... __ .. ______.... ______58,044.75 Automobile Fees for 1923, approximately ___ . ___ .. ___ . ___ ._ .... _. ______._ ...... _... ______.. ______260,000 Due from Counties, Cities, Salt River Valley Water Users' Association, etc. for equipment _.. ____ .. ______24,100.00 Gasoline Tax, 1923 ______.. __ __ _.. ______. __ .. _.. ___ ..... _. ___ . ______. ______. ___ . __ . _____ ._. ______._ ... ______. ______.______195,000.00 Federal Aid Vouchers submitted __ .. ____ ..... __ .. _. ______.. _... ______...... _____ ..____ .. __ .. ___ . ____ ... ______... ___ ._. __ .... ______.. ___ . _____ .______357,200.00 F ederal Aid work completed vouchers not submitted, approximately ...... ______...... _.. _.. ______.. ______.. ______.. _ 388.000.00 Engineering and Contingency items not yet submitted, approximately ______.. ______.. ______.... 34,000.00 Pledged from Apache County Highway Commission on St. Johns·Springerville, etc. .. ______.. __ .. __ .. _.... ______-' 100,000.00 Pledged from Coconino County Highway Commission on Flagstaff·Winslow ______.... ____ ..... ____ .. ___ .. ___ .. ______15,000.00 Pledged from Graham County Highway Commlss1oll on p wing program ______.... _____ .. __ .. ___ .. ______:.... ___ _:___ 135,000.00 Pledged from Ma!" icopa County Highway Commission on Marinette·Wickenburg .. __ .. _.. ______.. ______.. ______.. 165,000.00 I Balance available in Maricopa County according to Highway Commission and Board of Supervisors t...... • for paving East of Mesa 4 miles, North of Marinette 4 miles, Buckeye to Hassayampa 9 miles, -...... and construction Hassaympa to Yuma Line __ __ .... ______.. _... .. ______.. ____ .. __ .. __ .. ______.. __ .. _____ .. ______375,000.00 Yavapai County on Wickenburg·White Spar, Prescott·Ashfork Agreement ___ .... ___ .. __ .. __ .. ______210,000.00 ---.. .. ___ . I Yuma County Balance for extension of Aztec to County Line 7 miles .. __ .. ___ .. ______.. _.. ___ .. ______, __.. ______8,815.60 LEGEND .__. July 1st 26 per cent $ 87,500 Half this calendar year_.. _.. ___ .. ______.. ______.. __ .. ______.. ____ 43,750.00 H~:) 01'" 7"~Y~TCM . "~ July 1st 75 per cent 262,500 Half this calendar year .. __ .... ____ .. ______.. ______.. ______.. ______.. ______.. _, ______. 131.250.00 = ~~ HIOt1'MY:l _.__ ._ " __ OCT. 19Zz ... ___.. ... TOTAL - $2,660,805,49 --~ F ederal Funds to match above at m ~ ximum ratio of 61 to 39 per cent already authorized and applie.d for 2,016,000.00 .. Fede-al Funds authorized by Congress available July 1st, 1923 ______.. __ .. __ .. __ .. __ __ _.. ____ .. ___ .... ______.. ______~______912,600.00 -- ---.. B. P. · R. Estimate Forest Aid Flagstaff·Angel ______. ______.. ___ .... _.. _. __ __.. _...... __ ... _.. __ ...... __ . ___ ._ ... ______.. , .. _...... ____ 273,701.69 B. P. R. E stimate Forest Aid Prescott·White Spar, approxmately ______.. __ .... _.. ___ .... ___ __ .. _____ .... __ .. _.. __ ... _...... ___ .. _.. _.... __ 450,000.00

GRAND TOTAL $6,313,107:18 M E x 1 c o 2 ARIZONA HIGHWAYS ARIZONA HIGHWAYS I

119- Vices 1 Marion Gasoline Shovel 1 Vulcanizing Machine ~ \ 1 Portable Paint Sprayer EQUIPMENT SUPERINTENDENT LISTS SUPPLIES 90 Wagons 1 12-in. Shaper • 128 Wheelbarrows 2 Power Hack Saws 22 Emory Wheels 2 Band Saws 108 Head Live Stock 2 Complete Welding Outfits Some idea of the wide range and huge value of surplus war materials and other equipment pur­ 21 Maney 4-Wheel Scrapers 3 Hand Winches chased by the Arizona Highway department may be had by glancing through the inventory of 11 Slip Scrapers 1438 Monkey Wrenches 11680 Shovels property held by J. H. Allen, superintendent of equipment and supplies. A large portion of this was ob­ 60000 Lbs. Assorted Sizes Steel 50 24-in. Emory Stones tained from the federal government at a nominal charge to cover transportation and handling. The fol­ 127 Trailers 46 Jack Hammers lowing tabuiation shows the more important items of material and equipment in use and reserve: 45 Tractors 1 Aeroplane Hangar 1 Steam Hammer 164 Anvils 1 Three-Quarter Yd. Excavator 498 Trucks and Automobiles 1 Hois't and Boiler 83 Bbls. Asphalt 1 Portable Steam Engine $6817 Worth of Mess Equipment 3 Two-Drum Steam Hoists 107 Wagon Axles 119 Fresno Scrapers 506 Kegs of Nails 3 Single-Drum Steam Hoists 1164 Single Bit Axes 2238 Files, Assorted Sizes 36 Hoof Nippers 40 Columbia Hoists 52 Sets Cart Harness 135 Hand Axes 20 Forges 3 Asphalt Pots 97 Sets Artillery Harness 8 Adding Machines 70 Blacksmith Flatters 55 Plows 40 Sets Wheel Harness 36 Blasting Machines 92 Graders 2 Locomotive Plows 92 Claw Hammers 19 Concrete Carts 9 Wagon Running Gears 32 Pumps 300 Ball Pein Hammers 18 Blacksmith Blowers 29 Complete Running Gears KD 6300 Ft. %,-in. Pipe 416 Hatchets 5 Vertical Boilers 1 Metropolis Generator 13292 Ft. 2-in. Pipe 108 Blacksmith Hammers 100 Blacksmith Hardies 4 Clam-shell Buckets 2 Gen. Electric Co. Generators 565 Ft. 11f2-in. Pipe 550 Long Shovel Handles 1 Back-dump Drag Line Bucket 96 Emory Grinders 4752 Ft. 3-in. Pipe 6076 Axe Handles 2 Orange Peel Bucke'ts 4 Barrels Lantern Globes 3360 Ft. 1-in. Pipe 650 Mattock Handles 250 Wrecking Bars 72 Five-lb. Cans Axle Grease 14700 Ft. 4-in. Pipe 5075 Pick Handles 100 Pinch Bars 90 Tent and Bunk Houses 2000 Ft. 8-in. Matthewson Joint 1340 Ft. %,-in. Hose 1700 Ft. 3-in. Hose 540 Water Buckets 3840 Horse Shoes 22 Drill Presses 1184 15-in. Channel Iron 120 Carpenter Braces 152 Kegs Railroad Spikes 3020 Ft. Sheet Piling 75000 Lbs. Reinforcing Steel 600 Lbs. Carbide 134 Nash-Quad Springs 90 Rolls Tar Paper 15 Three-Ton Hydraulic Jacks 21 Triple Iron Blocks 77 Liberty Truck Springs 1 20-Ton Weaver Press 70 Drawer Knives 11 Single Snatch Boxes 32 Heavy Aviation Springs 55 Low-Down Red Jacket Pumps 1 Mogul Loader 2 La Blonde La'thes 1 Universal Crusher 14 Throw-Lever Switches 5 Hand Drill Presses 1 Liberty Lathe 1 Ten-ton Overhead Traveling Crane 1 Revolving Gravel Screen 5160 Picks 2 Steam Locomotives, Narrow Gauge 1 15-ton Locomotive Crane 12 Kegs Wire Staples 2 American Pumps 2 Gasoline Locomotives, Narrow Gauge ' 3 Railroad Push Cars 125 Two-man Cross-Cut Saws 2 Elec'tric Light Plants 46 Spirit Levels 30 Railroad Flat Cars 107 One-man Cross-Cu't Saws 91 Carpenter Planes 1 Wagon Loader 1 Havelock Maintainer 8 Koppel Cars 504 One lb. Cans Harness Soap 48 14-in. Pinchers 18 Concrete Mixers 3 - Rock Crushers 320 Hand Saws 332 Pliers 1 Brown & Sharp Miller 4500 Ft. B. B. Coil Chain 95 Carpenter Squares 36 Harness Punches 1 Milling Machine 248 Cutters for Milling Machine 60 Shears 200 Quires Sand Paper 1 Motor- Driven Sewing Machine 20 Tons of Coal 128 Sets Saw Tools 1 Austin Gasoline Road Roller 1 Cutting and Threading Machine 1 Washing Machine 9200 Y ds. 24-in. Canvas 22 Carborundum Stones 1 Portable Refrigerator Plant 5 15-h. p. Motors 23150 Y ds. 30-in. Canvas 999 Tarpaulins 200 Ton 25-lb. Rail 2 5-h. p. Motors 4200 Yds. 42-in. Canvas 295 Tents 35 Army Field Ranges 1 93-h. p. Motor Mounted 8840 Y ds. 72-in. Canvas 61 Tanks 1186 Rakes 23 Motor Cycles 50 . Quarter-in. Bolt Cutters 10 Dump Trailers 18800 Lbs. Manila Rope 2 Continental Motors 1 Hudson Motor 650 Quires Emory Cloth ' 293 Solid Tires 3 Scarifiers 5 Whi'te Motors 28 Cold Chisels 73 Pneumatic Tires 2 P. and H. Shovels 2 G. M. C. Motors 77 Rope Drags 112 Tubes 1 Steel Sharrener 4 71f2-h. p. Motors 1 Ledger Wood Pile Driver 1 Welding Torch 3 Circular Saws Mounted 1 l%,-h. p. Motor 18 Road Discs 6 N arrow Gage Railroad Turn Tables ' 1 Bucyrus Steam Shovel 4 1-h. p. Motors 11 Hand Trucks . 7 10-h. p. Motors 4 Five-ton Derricks 65 Sets Stocks and Dies 2 40-h. p. Motors 28 ' ~osthole Diggers 210 Blacksmith Tongs 6 Grindstones 17 Micrometers 10 Gasoline Engines with Pumps 12 Typewriters 1 Austin Gasoline Shovel 980 Pick-Mattocks H ARIZONA HIGHWAYS ARIZONA HIGHWAYS • , ; The state has paid Graham county $3,000 for its State forces have recovered most of . the steel from the washed-ou't span of the bridge across the ~ share of the cost of 10 miles of road from the STATUS OF STATE ROAD CONSTRUCTION Greenlee county line toward Solomonville. This Hassayampa and the reconstruction is completed .... work was done by county road forces . with the exception of one piece of steel which was • lost in the flood. Replacement parts h~ve been or­ ~ ..:. dered from Los Angeles. At present the bridge GREENLEE COUNTY contains one wooden member which will be re­ APACHE COUNTY Aid has been requested between Winslow and Can­ .. ~ placed as soon as the new material arrives. The Contractor J. H. Udall has completed the con­ yon Diablo. On both of these roads better locations The Mule Creek highway is complete and the contractors' bondsmen are financing the work. struction for the state of a bridge near Concho. have elimina'ted nearly 10 miles of distance. The forces engaged on this job have been transferred Of the total of 200 miles between Phoenix and Contractors Winsor & Frost have started 13% location west from Winslow is nearly on the old to other work. Highway forces of Grant county, Yuma, 110 miles of highway have been completed, miles of highway cons'truction from St. Johns south original road closely parallel to the railroad in or­ N. M., are progressing with the work on the Ne'.v 60 miles are under construction and the remaining toward Springerville and County Engineer J. M. der to shorten distance, take advantage of the rail­ Mexico portion of this highway which will provide portions are embraced in projects that will be Shepard is rapidly completing the 44.2 miles of the road's concentration of drainage and for conven­ a short route between Clifton, Ariz., and Silver started as soon as Federal Aid already reques'ted is St. Johns-Zuni road. The state furnished $15,000 ience in importing surfacing as the local material City, N. M., and form an important link in the secured. and the county $20,000 of the $35,000 being expend­ is very poor. new Elephant Butte-Roosevelt dam route. This The reconstruction of the Apache trail has been ed. State forces have comple'ted the Williams-Ash­ road, while buil't for utilitarian purposes, is one of completed with the exception of the river road near Federal Aid has been applied for on 29 miles fork highway and were fortunate in finishing the the most scenic in Arizona, resembling somewhat the Roosevelt dam and the change of line at Mor­ of additional road through Springerville toward the cinder surfacing of three miles of the William:=;­ the Prescott-Jerome highway. mon Flats. State forces under Engineer Harry New Mexico line. Flagstaff section before the first heavy snow storm. Hagen are now working on 'this latter construction. On the Holbrook-Gallup highway, state forces From Flagstaff west the National Old Trails The contract for supplying structural steel for two have comple'ted the grading of 40 miles between the highway in Coconino county is a boulevard; from MARICOPA COUNTY bridges has been let to the Missouri Valley Bridge New Mexico line and the Apache-Navajo line. The Flagstaff east everything with the exception of 12 Three rock crews, a team outfit and bridge crew & Iron Co. These new bridges will replace the old contract for the Allentown bridge on this road was miles lying between Canyon Padre and Canyon Di­ have been organized and are now working on the wooden structures whose many years' service has let to the Midland Bridge & Construction Co. for ablo should be under construction in the next 90 Wickenburg-Hot Springs road. The construction threatened their safety. $5,718 and the contract for. the bridge at Saunders days. of this 10% miles of highway is a substitute for the The Pacific Construction Co. has comple'ted the to the Monarch Engineering Co. for $15,440. The old 19-mile road between these points. Approxi­ half-mile stretch of 18-foot concrete paving on grading for the entire 52 miles of this road lying in mately three and a half miles have been completed. Grand avenue, the work being put through -in Apache county should be completed early in 1923. GILA COUNTY Three cars of government powder have been re­ record time, enabling the route to be open to traf­ fic during State Fair week. No state road construction is in progress in Gila ceived and arrangements made to secure the addi­ county at present but it is anticipated tha't state tional amount necessary to complete this work. Work on the New River bridge being erec'ted by COCHISE COUNTY forces will early start the construction of a road On the Phoenix-Yuma route a surfacing crew the Northern Construction Co. between Peoria and Contractors White & Miller have completed 10 from Livingstone via Wheatfields to Globe, there­ working with the aid of gasoline shovel and trucks Marinette is 60 per cent completed. The Glendale­ miles of asphaltic paving between Tombstone and by providing a new rou'te between Globe and Roose­ has nearly completed the graveling of the road be­ Marinette paving is 99 per cent complete. Bisbee. velt. tween Gila Bend and Gillespie Dam and this sec'tion Federal Aid has been requested for an addition­ should be completed in January. State forces have completed the improvement of County forces under County Engineer Julius Mil­ al four miles of paving northwestward from Marin­ streets through Tombstone and Benson. An additional state crew has been placed on the e'tte. Arrangements have been made with the ton are continuing the steam shovel work on the work just north of the dam, building a pilot road The Cochise county portion of the Fairbanks­ reconstruction of the road between Roosevelt and Maricopa County Highway Commission to furnish Nogales road has been completed and s'tate forces across the lowlands submerged by the backwaters $165,000, which being supplemented with $205,000 Payson. An excellent highway is being built with of the dam, with the idea of making this road a are now engaged in laying concrete paving on the lit'tle expenditure for labor. The State Highway Federal Aid, will insure the improvement of the re­ dips between Douglas and Rodeo. core for permanen't construction. It is expected maining distance between Phoenix and Wickenburg. department recently secured a carload of govern­ that the shovel now used in surfacing work south The State Highway department has taken over the ment powder for this work. Federal Aid has been requested for an additional maintenance of all of the Borderland highway in of the dam will be moved to the new pilot road as four miles of paving from the Eastern canal, east Cochise county and is improving the county-built soon as the present work is completed. Shovel and of Mesa, toward the Apchae Trail junction. A new road between Benson and Tombstone. trucks will then be utilized for raising and widen­ grade on the sec'tion line has already been com­ The Cochise Coun'ty Board of Supervisors re­ GRAHAM COUNTY ing the core. Traffic will be able to use the pilot pleted. quested the State Engineer to call for bids for two The contract for six miles of paving between Saf­ road, cutting off a lengthy detour, during the main A survey crew has completed the location of a miles more of paving near Tombstone but after ford and Central has been let to the Lee Moor Con­ , . construction. new road between Chandler and Casa Grande. A bids were received for 89 cents 'per square yard tracting Co. Fifteen per cent of the grading and Bob McKay, sub-contractor on the 15-mile sec­ caterpillar blade outfit has been started on this north and 95 cents per square yard south of Tomb­ structures and two per cent of the paving are com­ tion between Gila Bend and Piedra, has completed construction although not all of the right of way stone the board decided to hold the Seventy-five plete. Federal Aid for an additional seven and a , r 60 per cent of the grading and 50 per cent of the has been secured. The new rou'te will use the Sac­ per cent fund for maintenance. There is some half miles of paving between Central and Matthews' surfacing on this cons'truction. aton dam and bridge as a crossing over the Gila suggestion that the board will request the State Wash has been approved by the Secretary of Agri­ State forces under Foreman Al Lillard have been river. The new location shortens the distance and Engineer to call for bids on six and a half miles of culture and bids have been called for this work. grading the road betwen Hassayampa river and keeps on good material most of the way, eliminating this two and a half inch paving between Tombstone Federal Aid has also been requested for seven more Buckeye in order to prepare the sub-grade for nine long hauls for surfacing. and Bisbee early in January. Local paving com­ miles of paving between Safford and Solomonville. miles of paving. In a number of instances irriga­ panies ~re interested as White & Miller, the con­ Funds for these three projects will be provided out tion ditches have been moved and trees grubbed out wherever they interferred with the new lo­ tractors on the other work have moved their plant of the Graham county bond issue and Federal Aid. MOHAVE COUNTY to Yuma. The prices secured for the paving of the firs't 6- cation. mile section are the lowest for this class of cons­ A caterpillar 'tractor and blade are being used Work on two miles of the new s'tate highway truction in Arizona since the war. This is due to on a new line from the Hassayampa westward, eastward out of Kingman is 75 per cent completed. COCONINO COUNTY the fact that asphaltic and cement. types, of paving which will eliminate one mile of distance between This road shortens the distance one-fourth mile as Forest Aid has been applied, fot between Flag­ have been held in-open .competi'tion.-,: "The square the. river and Arlington. The new route is also on well as cutting out one grade crossing. staff and the Canyon Padre bridge and Federal yard price is $1.10 plus the cost of cement; 'good surfacing material most of the way. State forces under Foreman William Smith have I ARIZONA HIGHWAYS ARIZONA HIGHWAYS 7 moved from Del Rio, Yavapai county, to Seven'teen The S'tate Highway department has awarded the yon bridge was recently awarded to L. C. Lash­ Mile hill between Oatman and Kingman, preli:nin­ White Spar will be 50 miles shorter than the pres­ contract for five miles of paving to the Pacific Con­ met and Upper Hell's Canyon bridge to The Mon­ ent route and eliminate 11 railroad grade crossings. ary to biulding four miles of new highway. When struction Co. This construction will start at the arch Engineering Co. The rock grading in the vi­ this work is completed this crew is expected to re­ Superior junction and continue toward Mesa. The cinity of Lower Hell's Canyon has been le't to Con­ construct the road in the vicinity of Crozier, a part paving will average two and a half inches thick­ tractor Lashment. of which work has already been done by the Santa ness, being laid on a gravel surface already in place, Foreman J. B. Bristol has completed the surfac­ YUMA COUNTY Fe railway in conjunc'tion with its double tracking 'the construction being similar to t.he 10 miles of ing of four miles of the Prescott-Jerome highway, A contract for the construction of 42 miles of work. This latter includes two under-grade rail­ paving south from Tombstone. a gasoline shovel and 14 dump trucks being used on road crossings. highway from Wellton eastward to Aztec was re­ Engineer Ross Allison has completed the location the job. This crew will be ready to begin surfacing cently let to Kisselberg & Smith. Six and a half of the new highway from Casa Grande to' the Sac­ on Federal Aid Project 61 by February 1. miles of grading and bridging and three miles of aton dam being erected by the Indian department Engineers of the Federal Bureau of Public Roads NA V AJO COUNTY surfacing have been completed. An amended pro­ across the Gila river. The government will build a have completed the survey, plans, etc., for a road ject statement has been requested of 'the federal Contractors Warren Bros. will complete the state bridge on top of the dam s'tructure. from Presco'tt to White Spar and this project is government calling for an extension of the original highway paving 'through Winslow by January 15. slated for first consideration by the Forestry de­ project some seven miles to the Maricopa county Four contracts for the improvement of the road partment. Engineer Grant of the Arizona High­ line. Federal approval is expected in the near fu­ between Holbrook and Winslow let some time ago SANTA CRUZ COUNTY way department has a location crew working on the ture. are 95 per cent complete. Cashion & Caldwell on Contractor B. 1. Pearce has completed the con­ route between White Spar and Congress Junction. The Yuma County Highway Commission has Schedule 3 have completed their contract. Sche­ struction of two and a half miles of 18-foot, 6-inch This road in conjunction with the Forest Aid road agreed to furnish the addi'tional funds to match dule 4 will be completed by January 15. On sche­ Portland cement paving from the city limits of will complete the Yavapai portion of the new Pres­ Federal Aid on this road, so the entire Yuma coun­ dules 1 and 2 the grading and concrete work is all Nogales northward. Several improvements in cott-Wickenburg-Phoenix highway. The new road ty portion of the Yuma-Phoenix highway should done and 80 per cent of 'the surfacing placed. alignment were made in the sub-grade before laying from Phoenix to Ashfork via Wickenburg and be completed by next summer. Contractors Udall & Co. have completed 30 per the pavement. cent of 11 miles of construction between Holbrook Contractors Lown & Wood of Nogales have com­ and the Petrified Forest. County Engineer West pleted 33 per cen't of the construction of the Pata­ and Supervisor Owen were in Phoenix recently and gonia bridge. Department Installs Two Branch Yards secured a carload of state equipment for mainten­ Federal Aid has been requested on several addi­ ance use on Navajo coun'ty highways. tional bridges on the Nogales-Tucson highway. The Arizona Highway department has purchased the various counties. a lot in Tucson for the purpose of storing mainten­ Shop forces have been kept busy converting F. PIMA COUNTY YAV APAI COUNTY ance and emergency construction equipment. The W. D. ordnance bodies into state standard dump Federal Aid has been requested for several Traffic is now using the new Granite Creek department has also secured a lease at Ashfork for trucks. Sixty-four of these have already been bridges to be constructed between Tucson and N 0- bridge and all of the new road four miles north the same purpose. Sufficient 9-foot corruga'ted changed. gales. from Prescott with the excep'tion of the under­ iron sheeting has been requested from the stock of About 90 portable maintenance huts have been the Federal Bureau of Public Roads at Albuquer­ Engineer A. W. Jenkins and Foreman M. E. Tay­ ground crossing which is yet to be installed. The buil't and placed in use. project is 97 per cent complete. Arrangements have que to enclose these yards. Maintenance houses In planning additional warehousing at the yards lor have nearly comple'ted the reconstruction of all and small warehouses are being erected, a consid­ of the Tucson- Florence highway in Pima county. been made with the Santa Fe whereby the railroad it has been learned that there is a sufficient quan­ will drive the piling for the under pass false work, erable quantity of old bridge lumber and federal tity of 9 and 12-foot corrugated iron sheeting -on The alignment of this road has been greatly im­ material being utilized for 'the purpose. proved, eliminating short curves and greatly wid­ make all track al'terations and furnish the steel for hand at the Albuquerque headquarters of the Bu­ ening the road bed. Recent rains have consolidated the superstructure, the state to furnish the road A new locomotive crane from the federal govern­ reau of Public Roads to erect an additional ware- grading and concrete substructure. The State ment has been received at the main highway yards house. . most of the new work and the road is in excellent at Phoenix. condition. Highway department is endeavoring to make some Two carloads of reinforcement steel for the similar arrangement wi'th regard to the elimination In an endeavor to provide work for as many me­ Prescott-Ashfork and Tucson-Nogales bridges have of the grade crossing on the Prescott-Jerome high­ chanics as possible shop forces of late have been been received and will be cut up into correct engaged in placing a large amount of equipment re­ PINAL COUNTY way. lengths and distributed as needed. State forces have completed the grading on Fed­ cently received from the federal government in The Arizona Highway department at the request Goodman & Merrill have completed 90 per cent eral Aid Project 61 from the lower Granite Creek first class condition, 'though not desired for immed­ of the Federal Bureau of Public Roads, which wi'th of the grading on the five miles of highway west bridge 22 miles northward to the Tusayan National iate use. All of the old state boilers and those re­ the forestry and reclamation bureaus constitutes from Superior and report the finishing 75 per cent forest with 'the exception of backfilling the bridges. ceived from the federal government have been re­ the largest part of the Department of Agriculture, complete and the bridge work all in. About 7,000 The surfacing will follow. Seventy per cent of the cently re-fIued and re-fitted with flue material has assisted the Salt River Valley Water Users' as­ feet of new road are open to traffic. project is open to traffic. which was also army equipment. socia'tion to secure some equipment needed in the Engineer W. W. Van Frank and Foreman Lee The main arch of the Willow Creek bridge has Tent frames have been constructed for prac'tic­ construction and maintenance of roads within its Burdwell have completed 34 miles of 'the Pinal por­ been poured and this structure should be completed ally all of the state road camps. These have been project. ' tion of the Florence-Tucson highway and their ad­ in the next 30 days. The bridge across the Little built to utilize a large number of truck covers re­ The traveling crane located in the machine shop vance work has met that of state forces working Chino being cons'tructed by Contractor H. J. Mann ceived from the federal government. This new has been extended so as to operate 30 feet into the north from Tucson. The reconstruction of the en­ is 40 per cent complete and the Verde River bridge tentage was necessary as some $15,000 worth of yard and a jib crane recently received from the tire distance between Florence and Tucson will be being buil't by Contractor L. C. Lashmet is 25 per pyramidal tents received three years ago had been federal government has been erec'ted in the black­ completed a't an early date. cent complete. Contractor S. B. Shumway has worn ou't in service. smith shop. Engineer Julius Irion has resurfaced 12 miles of completed 40 per cent of the remaining structures To facilitate the handling of machinery and sup­ the Mesa-Florence highway and will complete the on this 22 miles of highway. plies inside the highway yard a 9-foot paving has GROWTH OF STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM remaining 3 miles in the next two weeks, at which Sta'te forces under Foreman Bill Oliver have be­ been laid. During the last two years the state highway time it is expected his shovel and crew will be mov­ gun the grading on Federal Aid Project 62 which A total of 17 Dodge three-quarter-ton trucks maintenance mileage has increased from 335 to ed onto the Goodman & Merrill contract for the runs from the end of Project 61 to Ashfork. The were recently received from the federal authorities. 1013. By July 15, 1923 it will reach about 1500 I>urpose of surfacing this road. contract for the construction of Lower Hell's Can- Several of these have already been distributed to miles. 8 ARIZONA HIGHWAYS

1922 Breaks All Road Building Records HIGHW A Y ORGANIZATION OF ARIZONA (From Highway News Digest) STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, PHOENIX All records for road construction in the U. S. toward 'the goal of a completed highway system. were broken during the fiscal year 1922, according A number of smaller states, such as Louisiana, Gov. THOS. E. CAMPBELL, Chief Executive to 'the annual report of the Bureau of Public Roads. Maryland, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, made THOS. MADDOCK, State Enlrineer During that period 10,000 miles of federal aid very substantial increases in proposition to their roads and more than an equal mileage of highways size. The largest payment of federal aid during 'without Federal assistance were constructed. From the year also went to Texas, which received from Enlrineerinlr Department the government $5,915,046 and earned nearly $2,- the viewpoint of federal aid progress the year di­ F. N. HOLMQUIST ...... Asst. State Engineer vides itself in'to two periods, one before and the 500,000 more. O'ther large payments were made C. C. SMALL...... •...... Chief Locating Engineer other after the passage of the federal highway act. to Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, each of E. A. WOLFE ...... Chief Construction Engineer The first period was a season of great construction which received from $4,000,000 to $5,000,000 or FLOYD ALLEN ...... Assistant Construction Engineer more during the year. MERRILL BUTLER...... •..••...... Bridge Engineer activity during the which the greater part of the 1. P. FRAIZER...... Maintenance Engineer, Southern Division work of completing 'the 10,000 miles was done. It Tests and Research W. C. GOETZ ...... Maintenance Engineer. Central Division was also one of'almost complete stagnation with re­ The activity in research and the promIsmg re­ SHEPARD HISCOX ...... Maintenance Engineer, Northern Division spect to the initiation of projects. sults that have been obtained have been outstanding W. J. JAMIESON...... Office Engineer When the year opened there was an unobligated developments of the past fiscal year, says the re­ R. K. HANSON...... _ •• _ ...... •.•...... •...... Testing Engineer balance of $18,793,544 of the federal aid appropri­ port. To some extent the bureau has been associat­ Accountinlr Department ations and the projec'ts initiated since the begin­ ed with practically all the major investigations that ning of the work aggregated 35,402 miles. By the have been in progress. The research carried on by W. R. INGHRAM ...... Chief Clerk C. F. PRICE ...... _ ... _ .._ ... _ ...... •...Purchasing Agent end of October 1921 the unobligated balance had the division of tests at the department experimental S. R. STANIFORTH...... Traveling Auditor been reduced to $11,714,328, the lowest it had been farm at Arlington, Va., is regarded not only as J. H. ALLEN...... Supt. Equipment and Supplies since 1918. Only two states at that 'time had a bal­ the most important function of the division, but as ance of more than $1,000,000 to draw upon for one of the most valuable services the bureau is per­ COUNTIES new projects, and a number were so reduced that forming. their balance was not sufficient to pay for another To 'the State Highway Department of Illinois and APACHE- mile of road. Just before the passage of 'the fed­ the Highway Commission of California, cooperating GUSTAV BECKER, County Engineer...... Springerville eral highway act the mileage submitted by the with the Columbia Steel Co. of Pittsburg, California, J. M. SHEPHERD, County Highway Engineer...... SpringerviIle COCHISE- states had not grown during the fiscal year but the country is indebted for two researches, conduct­ SID SMYTH, County Engineer...... Tombstone had actually diminished as a result of the with­ ed at Bates, Ill., and Pittsburg, Calif., on a scale COCONINO- drawal and substitu'tion Of projects. The total mile­ never before attemp'ted. Both of these investig8- FRANK R. GOODMAN, County Engineer...... Flagstaff age proposed was only 35.379 miles as compared tions had for their purpose the testing of actual GILA- with the 35.402 miles of four months before. Im­ road surfaces of various designs under actual traf­ JULIUS MILTON, County Engineer...... Globe mediately upon the approval of the act the initia­ fic. By the boldness with which these tests were GRAHAM- tion of nroiects took on new life and in the mon'ths conceived and the thoroughness with which they W. R. HUTCHINS, County Highway Engineer...... Safford of March and June reached the unprecedented total were conducted the two state departments and GREENLEE- of 1,250 miles a month. At the close of the year flteel company have made 'the outstanding contri­ MARICOPA- the submitted mileage is 39.940 miles, 4.538 miles butions of the year to the advancement of the A. F. HARTER, County Engineer...... Phoenix .In'eater 'than at the close of the preceding fiscal science of highway engineering. R. C. PERKINS, County Highway Engineer...... Phoenix year. The researches completed last year at Arlington, MOHAVE- At the close of the preceding year projects com­ and those at the Bates road in Illinois and a't Pitts­ R. H. HAYWARD, County Engineer and County Highway Engineer.... Kingman nJpted aggregated 7,469 miles and there were 17,- burg, Calif., in which the bureau cooperated, have NAVAJO- 978 miles under construction, which were estimated thrown considerable light on the traffic-resisting J. T. WEST, County Highway Engineer...... Holbrook aR 50 per cent complete. In one year the complet­ qualities of road surfaces of different designs laid PIMA- on various subgrade materials, and have led to cer­ W. C. LEFEBVRE, County Engineer ...... Tucson pd mileage has grown to 17,716 miles, an increase PINAL-- of more than 10,000 miles, and 'there still remain tain tenta'tive conclusions as to the proper thickness W. W. LANE, County Engineer...... Florence under construction 14,513 miles which are estimat­ of slab for different weights of vehicle. Immedi­ SANTA CRUZ- p.d at 56 per cent complete. The federal aid earned ate results are apparent in the altered standards of J. W. LARIMORE, County Engineer...... Nogales bv the states on completed and uncompleted pro­ design in some states, and as the information is YAVAPAI- iects amounts to $194.5')0.1 R5. of wl,irh ~166.911.- gradually dissseminated other sta'tes will no doubt JOSEPH McCARTHY, County Highway Engineer...... Prescott 552 have actually been paid. The to'tal length of follow. Results of the motor-truck impact tests YUMA- are being used as the basis for the amendment of W. L. ELLISON. County Engineer...... Yuma nroiects in all stages, including those which have NORMAN B. CONWAY, County Highway Engineer...... Yuma been compl.eted and those which are in the stages laws governing the weight of motor vehicles. preliminar:v to construction, is 39,940 miles. There is still need, however, for much more inves­ The roads brought to completion during the year tiga'tion. Information is badly needed as to the FEDERAL BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS average over 200 miles for each state. The great­ physical characteristics of subgrade materials est increase in completed mileage is in Texas, which which are causing certain roads to give short ser­ THOMAS H. MacDONALD, Chief of BurealL ...... Washington. D. C. vice, the proper manner of draining soils of differ­ P. ST. J. WILSON, Chief Engineer...... Washington, D. C. has added during the year 933 miles to its com­ DR. L. 1. HEWES, Regional Director...... San Francisco pleted highwa:v. Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Minne­ ent types or their possible treatment with admix­ J. S. BRIGHT, Assistant Regional Director...... San Francisco sota, and North Carolina, each with an increase of tures of stabilizing materials, and 'the relative E. S. WHEELER, District Engineer...... Phoenix, Ariz. more than 500 miles, and Montana and Wisconsin, strength of bi'tuminous surfaces on concrete baRes P. H. EVERETT, Senior Highway Engineer...... Phoenix, Ariz. with more than 400 miles, made notable advances as compared with concrete slab surfaces. Arizona Highways Will be issued from time to time by the Arizona State Highway Department for the benefit of Highway officiala C. P .Cronin,state Librarian, and the general public to keep Phoe nix, Ari z . then1 informed regarding fed­ eral, state and county highway activities. It will be mailed without coat to any taxpayer upon application.