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Report State Highway Commission: 1917-1918 OR/ ODOT BIENNL 1917-18 C.1 REPORT TATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION ::: Oregon State Highway Technical Library ON THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY IN THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS, JACKSON COUNTY. MACADAMIZED IN 1917 Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 Oregon State Highway Technical Library OREGON STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION / S. Benson, Chairman W. L. Thompson, Commissioner; E. A. Booth, Commissioner Herbert Nunn, State Highway Engineer SALEM, OREGON : STATE PRINTING DEPARTMENT 1919 ODOT LIBRARY LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Salem, Oregon, December 1, 1918. HONORABLE JAMES WITHTCOMBE, Governor of the State of Oregon, Dear Sir: In compliance with Section 5, Article II, Chapter 237, Laws of 1917, we have the honor to submit herewith the report of the State Highway Commission for the period December 1,1916 to November 30,1918. The Commission desires at this time to express its appreciation of the courtesies and assistance rendered to it by the various state officers and county officials in the work of the past two years. Respectfully submitted, OREGON STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, S. Benson, Chairman W. L. Thompson, Commissioner R. A. Booth, Commissioner Attest: Roy A. Klein, Secretary TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Letter of Transmittal to the Governor 4 Table of Contents • 5 Report of the State Highway Commission - 7 General Resume of the Work of the Biennlum 7 Proposals Received on Construction Jobs 9 Bond Sales 10 Financial Statement 11 State Highway Engineer's Report to the Highway Commission 13 Letter of Transmittal 14 Work Accomplished 17 Moneys Available and Expended 17 Paving 18 Macadamizing 18 Grading 19 Bridges 19 Elimination of Grade Crossings 21 Federal Cooperation : 22 Post Road Projects 23 Forest Road Projects 23 The Pacific Highway 27 The Columbia River Highway 28 County Work Supervised by the Highway Department 29 Construction Work by State Forces 29 State Highway Funds 30 Equipment 31 Office Organization 32 Cost Keeping 34 Employes in the Army Service 35 Tabulated Statements of Expenditures and Costs 39 Allotments to Various Highway Funds 40 Summary of Fund Allotments and Fund Expenditures 40 Expenditures Segregated by Counties 41 Expenditures Segregated Under the Heads of General Adminis- trative, Surveys, Construction Engineering, Construction, Equipment, Etc 41 Expenditures for Construction Detailed by Jobs 42 Expenditures for Surveys Detailed by Jobs 45 Expenditures for Equipment, Bond Interest and Overhead 47 Summary of County Funds Expended by the Department 48 General Tabulated Information and Maps 51 Miles of Highway Construction by the Department During 1917 and 1918 52 Tabulation of Bridge Design and Construction 54 Miles of Location Surveys Made by the Department During 1917- and 1918 -. 58 Miles of Different Types of Roads in Each County 59 Motor Vehicle Registration by Counties 60 County Bond Issues 60 Tabulation of Contract Prices 60 Yearly Expenditure of State Funds in Counties 61 TABLE OF CONTENTS—Continued Page General Tabulated Information and Maps—Continued. Mileage Table of Main Travelled Roads 62 Map of Main Travelled Roads 62 Official Designation of State Highways 63 Employes of the Highway Commission 65 Numbers and Mileages of State Highways 66 Map of State Highway System 66 General Description of Work in Various Counties 69 Baker County 69 Benton County 71 Clackamas County 71 Clatsop County 75 Columbia County SO Coos County 89 Crook County 89 Curry County 90 Deschutes County 91 Douglas County 92 Gilliam County 100 Grant County 101 Harney County 104 Hood River County 106 Jackson County 112 Jefferson County 117 Josephine County 117 Klainath County 122 Lake County 122 Lane County 122 Lincoln County 123 Linn County 123 Malheur County 124 Marion County 125 Morrow County 129 Multnomah County 131 Polk County 132 Sherman County 132 Tillamook County 133 Umatilla County 135 Union County 138 Wallowa County 141 Wasco County 142 Washington County 143 Wheeler County 146 Yamhill County 150 Third Biennial Report of the State Highway Commission of the State of Oregon 1917-1918 The law establishing this Commission was approved by Governor Withycombe on February 19, 1917 and on March 1 the following appoint- ments were made: S. Benson, Portland, for the three-year period; W. L. Thompson, Pendleton, two-year period; E. J. Adams, Eugene, one-year period. The first meeting was held on March 6,1917, when this Commission was organized and S. Benson elected Chairman and G. Ed Ross, Secretary. The former Commission, consisting of James Withycombe, Governor, Ben W. Olcott, Secretary of State, and Thos. B. Kay, State Treasurer, held meetings on December 15, 1916 and January 15, 1917 and on the qualifica- tion of the members of the new commission, as provided in Section 14, Article II, Chapter 237, Laws of 1917, transferred all records, maps, equipment and property in its possession. The former Commission, in view of proposed legislation providing for a new highway code, made no appro- priations nor were policies outlined, so that when the new Commission entered upon its duties, it was not embarrassed by policies made by its predecessors. At a meeting on April 10, 1917, Herbert Nunn was appointed State Highway Engineer. On April 1, 1918, Robert A. Booth, of Eugene, was appointed by Governor Withycombe to succeed E. J. Adams. On August 6, 1918, Roy A. Klein was appointed Secretary to succeed G. Ed Ross, resigned. The Commission has held fifty-one meetings for the transaction of its business. The State highway system as outlined in the law has been adopted and the work of the biennium confined to the various units of this system. Specifications covering hard surface pavement have been prepared by the State Highway Engineer and adopted by the Commission, as well as specifications for grading and bridge construction which have been acceptable to the United States Office of Public Roads and are used on all Federal Aid Projects in the State. Surveys have been made on State highway routes to determine the best and most economical location, at the request of the counties, and also several important bridges have been designed and constructed under the supervision of the Department Engineers have been furnished at State expense to supervise construction work being done by the counties on State highways in several instances. 8 THIRD BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE The program for 1917 depending upon the passage of the $6,000,000.00 Bonding Act, the working season remaining after ratification by the voters was short, but engineering parties were sent out and the first contract under this act was let on June 30, 1917. All except the smaller contracts entered into were carried over Into the 1918 working season. No new paving or grading contracts of any magnitude have been awarded this year due to the rising costs of material and scarcity of labor. There was early seen the necessity of conserving labor and capital in the national emergency and for that reason the Commission has been unable to give aid to many meritorious projects submitted by various sections of the State. At a meeting held on June 25, the Commission went on record, as a war measure, to devote its resources to the completion of the two trunk line highways, the Columbia River Highway and the Pacific Highway, completing projects under construction, temporary sur- facing to keep trunk highways open or roads to develop resources which are an aid in the prosecution of the war. Notwithstanding the mandatory nature of the State law which created the Commission and provides funds for work under it, the Commission believes this course was warranted and that its action will be supported. Due to the uncertainty of materials, supplies, labor conditions, etc., contractors have been unable to make satisfactory bids and on several occasions no satisfactory bids being received, the Commission undertook to do the work by day labor, in each case effecting a saving under the low bid. In a few cases, either no bids being received or the ones received being considered excessive, work has been let on the cost plus basis with definite cost limit set, beyond which no percentage would be paid. Three of these force account jobs have later been taken over by the Commission, as it was felt that the work could be handled more economically with its own forces. To determine the legality of the State and Federal co-operative bonds for co-operation on post and forest roads, a friendly suit was brought in the Supreme Court which was decided favorable to the issue. The Interpretation placed on the Federal Aid Road Law by the Secretary of Agriculture requiring actual carriage of the mails or a reasonable prospect before approving as eligible for Federal co-operation eliminated from the classification practically all of the Columbia River Highway and especially links in the Pacific Highway in Douglas county on which it was desired to receive Federal aid. Under the post road law seventeen projects have been agreed upon, and to date ten have been approved, three disapproved, two pending and two in preparation. Construction work has been started on two of these projects. Under the forest road law fourteen projects have been approved. Construction has been started on four of these projects. Several will carry over into the 1920 program. A railroad asphalt paving plant was purchased but not used during the 1918 season, since no bituminous pavements were constructed, under new contracts, in that period. Three concrete pavers are owned by the Commission, as well as three road rollers, four rock crushers, and six auto trucks, besides considerable grading construction equipment. A large part of this equipment has been in use this season and not only has saved the cost of rented equipment but has been available at times when it was impossible to get the same elsewhere.
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