Arizona Highways. July, 1921

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ARIZONA HIGHWAYS
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ISSUED BY THE
ARIZONA STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
With the Idea of Furthering the Development of
Good Roads Throughout the State
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EDITORS ARE PRIVD..EGED TO USE ANY OF THE MATTER HEREIN CONTAINED
PHOENIX, ARIZ. JULY 25, 1921 NO 1
CONTENTS
_ 1- WE EXPLAIN THE ',!11YFORE
2- RESm ~E OF STATE HIGHWAY ACTIVITIES
3- FEDERAL LEGISLATION
4- THE VALUE OF FULL C01!PETITlON
5- NEW USE FOR AIRPLANE HANGAR
6. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
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THE WHYFORE
Millions of dollars thru le gislat ive appropri a ­tions,
county a nd city b ond issues are bei ng expended
yearly in Ariz ona in t he cons t ruction of h i ghways
ei the r dir ec t l y or indir ec t l y undel~ t he supervis.i.on
of t he State Hi ehway Department.
The taJq:>a.yers of Arizona have a r i gh t to know
how this mo ne~l is b eing s p ent. They have a right to . .
know all t.b el'e is · to know about this depa rtment f or
our high·way l1rogram is coming to be re garded second­a
r y in i nworta nce only to our public school s ystem.
For the p urpose of keeping all interes t ed per­sons
informed concernin{3' highvray deyelopment in this
s tate it has been de.cided by this departJ:lent to issue
a n ews I e ttor fro r.:l tir:"!o to time under the tit le of
Arizona Hi ghwa.ys. We cla i n no credit for originating
t he id·ea. Thru the AI1erica n Hi ghway Dduca ti on Bureau
this f orm of fa ct-dissemination has been adopted by
the Fedel'<.ll Bureau of Public Roads , a.nd in the iSSU­ance
of regular publications by the highway depa.rt­ments
of Wyoming, Nevada and other western sta.tes. .
It will be the aim of Arizona Highways to give
out accura te a nd complete information', . Heretofore
the publicity f rom" the department has been unsystem­ized
and haphazard', giving rise to misinforma. tion at
times wh ich i s not conducive to the efficient carry­ing
out of any public enter prise.
In the pUblication of an inexpensive pamphle t of
this kind the Department bel leves tha t it is mee t i ng
its obligation to the public. and tha t the slight ex- ·
pense enta iled is a l egitimate one . Arizona Highways
will be ma iled f ree to a ny t~lJo.yer suff ie iently in­tere
s t ed to ma ke t.ho ""~.~ e C! u e st. The· total number of
eOlji es will nec essarily ~be limite cl , however, ahd. i t- .
is for this r eason that we 100 k to the press to ma ke
free use of' the ma.tter conta.ined herein qud count on
t heir COop er ..;;. t ion in J.)lacing t.h ese facts in the hands
of the people.
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WIU~' t S DOIFG ON .AP.I 30HA HIG:H1:!A;YS
'. The foll0l7inr: i s c;iven as a TeSUDe of state higbway
activities in Ari ~ ona by counties:
APA.CHE
No state high rc-y work novi in :)rogrcss. Contractor s
~~nl1er ?Bros . ha ve just cor.r) l etec~3 Ii;liles of road be­~
ween I: ?~broo k c;n c. St.Johns in the vicinity of Hunt ..
1.,he c OunllY boare~ of SU:Jervis oTs nill o· en bic:s on
July 30, for the cons truction of 9 . 6 miles of bisbway
betDeen Runt ~ nd Concho .
COCEISE
Contracto:: D2.n J,aRoe is :1uttil1f, 'line f i nishinc; toucbes
?n a 26- J.tllle c ontra c t fr om Bel'narcl.ino to the New Mex ....
lCO line . This me2.ns the cOID3)letiol1 of the FordeI'land
r oute. t tlTOurj'l Coch ise county. Feo,eral Aid 1"1"0 ject #49
embracing' the i m:-.)rovement· of the road betr,'ee:i1 'Fairbal1k
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"".J. , 1I 1e :)a n'ca vTUZ county line has bG-'<'Jn c>ubmi tted t o
the RUl~e3.U 0:[ J: u 'olic ROd.l!.b emu \ J O~c }'; ' raIl be starte~ as
soon a s federal. 8.~9~) roval has been grante d . ' Uaint·,mance
.c ~'etl$ ::lye being organizec. by I. :::? .. Praizer ; Ida i.Q.tena.71c Q
,~:r:!Gineel~ n i th the S'cate Hi [j"Jr.' 3., - ])e'-.13.rtl~1ent , to" ta br
over ,.t he, maintenal1c e of· 2~ 1 st.? te :ligh "ays iP COCl1 iS e
c ou.nty. C oi-.u:? l e ti on of the 13en5011- Vail road 11a,B been
de l ayee, j :'lS·C out of ~ens o n b~T £2.·i l u.re to seCure a right
01 nay from ' the Southern Pac i £ i c rC!.ilw:J.3T.
co C'O NINO
Warren Bra,:; • . ba·~.re completed. the pavi.IJf of 1.1 miles
thru. the t orn1 of Flagstaff as a 'oart of the Na.tional
Old.. Trails Hi ghnay. This~aving is 18 feet wide with
a fout indl bi-c·uminous base and two inch surface of
bitulithic • . The construction was financed from city'
funcl8 su:nlemented rJitb fet.eral a i d at a tota.l cost of
$48 , 000. 00 The state Gra~i n.G· can~ .locate ~ three 'miles
. west of r lags ta.·ff hus b een movec'c to .AshFork Hill. The
surfacing crew is ma.ki.:ng good ;>r o gl~cs s on the neVI grade
bet'r/een 1!'lags Jcaff 3.:11(1. yrilliams . Volcanic cinders a.re
. being ' uSe e.... as 3urfac ing mterial and the 1-"Jork should be
cortl1le ted 'by Se))"Gf;;mLe:&.' . · ~he ne1,7 .sl~ae. e is c onsiderably
s .h o::cter t .han the Old , is ::;rade& hisher , ' ana, with heavy
timbej,' , D.h icb s hadoy.rc c1 the road Iem01~e d , the )ossibil­ity
of bloc l~ad.e froL1 winter snops ; nh.ich has al -Jays" een
a seTiOus n~c :na.nce in t~'~ is Ge cJcion , has been .materi~lly
l essenee. . .
In compli.::mce Hi 'en. "Lihe re'J,ucst o£ 'che Wi l liams Chamber
of COIDf:.1CrCe , the :)25 . 000 a;rpro? riatec1 f or the construc­-
Cion of u :roa{l, be t rJeen Willi.3.LlS and Clarkdale has been
a-J-JlieEl t 'o 'ehe im:1TOYOmCl1t o:f the road between 11!illiams ~ 3.1Jd O.larl:dalc via ~~shFo:rk 3.S xOI'rling a more practical
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Coconino ConId.
The grade- outfit west of williams has nearly cOIDl')leted
-_ its work east of SlX)3.i and -is now working its way to- _ - -
ward AshFork assisting iJ+ the -task o~ rec1:LlCing the -
heavy gl~acte of AshPork Rill_ to a. ina.ximl.tm -of six :per'-- ,,­cent
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~~\ Con:~:-(:;T1;!,cti on Engineer,' Jas. A. Parker is reorganizing
the L1aintenance crews -on the ,Glaneto San Carlos and
Glo~)e -:Roosevel t highways which (".isband~d. last year on
account of lac l-:: of fU:..L"1.ds. On the Gila COlUlty :;.}ortion
,of- the SU:)er'ior-l.Iiami Righw~y, Contrac tOT S. Y. Faucett
is DB.king sa tis:factory llTogress on a one mile contract
aroune. the head. of Pinto cree k, and J~rle same a:!;Jlies
~o t£-le Gila. county forces which contlnacteCL another sec­tiO~
of this route.
GRA1L4l!
State foroes are now at worlr in the vicinity of Geronimo.
Jliye niles of the new road 1<7est of Geronimo have been
thro'\7"u O:;)e11 :for traffiC-; ~nc. constrnction work is now in
yrogress east of Geronimo, paralleling the ..ArizOna. East-ern
railway. The state recently C0TI11}leted tbe extension
of the Gila river bridGe above San Carlos and the improve­ment
of 12 mi l es of road between the San Carlos and Gila
river 'bridges. The :tnc.i.2.n agent at San Carios is- looking
after the l~ econs truc tion of several wooden cul yerts on
that j;lortiol1 of the roadlying in the Indian reservation.
GRr1ENLEE ... . : .
The S~a ~G0, l~ecently cOlrr) leted the sur-{re~7 - of ' the Mule Creek
road fromCl,l f ton towarcl Silver Oi ty) N. Jr. O~Niflg to a ­shortage
of fUl1ds a l1p.rrOV! gauge road is pla:rmecl. Seven­teen
l11iles of road. nill be requirect to connect up with
the Nev! lIexico ene.. of the ToaCl. and funGs will be 'Provided
from the Stateis ?5 :per cent road fund supplemented by So
;>ortion of the Greenlee county bond issue. The boaro. of
su)etYisors, the county high-Fay connission and the cham­per
of comr.aerce in Greenlee county have ret:!.ue:::.:teG. the
St~te HighI7,J.Y De:;,;artment t o start this cons truc tion in p re­fel~
enco to the iLnrOV8Qent o'f the route betv:Jeen Clifton
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state forces have cor£l1.}leted the road between Topock and
Oatman and between OatL1an and Gola. Roads on the Nation-al
Old. Trails :tli3'h\7ay. A fe1.-7 men a.re repail'ing tbe equi-p­ment
usee. on th:Ls cons trtJ.C tion. state forces a.re at work
on the Indian res ery;?tion between Nelson ance :Peach Springs .
-The ne:::t i.york to 'Je undertaken vlill be o"he im~) rovement of
{;he 1 Y mile hill betueen Ki112:1nan ana. Oatman with the :proba.­ble
elinina tiol1 of tho lu1dergrounc_ railroad crossing on
the Tru::ton 17C1Sh near Cr-ozier. This \70r1: together with
gravel surfacil¥.; ont of T01)OC k lHill :place tbe entire route'
of t.ho Ola Tl'ails h i ghvlay tIll~U M'ohaye county in first class
conca tion.
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MARICOPA.
The Allied Contra c t ors wbo have t he cont:ract for the
cons t ruction of the ~'j i cl:c!lbu:cg b ricl.[:;o a Cl~OS S t he
Hassayarn,a 3iver, have c OIrrf, l etec1 ' a.ll ' of t.be f ounda­tions
a nd t wo of t he three s "Pans. B.H. Lee was award­ed
the contract for the gra di ng of t he apJroa ches es­timated
at 5,000 cubic yards, on July 15. There were
three "other bidde r s . The new state h i Gh'rray department
offic e building is 3.1so nearing c oIrr,)le-cion. This build­i
ng will a l s 0 li kely house the State La ne. Department.
The basement YJill be used for labo l~atory and storage
:.n.1..T3l os es , anc, the aecond story as a dT~fting room. The
offices of t t- c;;;i Ghvray Depa rtment will 'b-e moved to i:ts
new' quarteTs ,a h ou: t ' August 1, fr OT.J the main floor of tJtc
Warehouse ac~j oi n ing , thus a f fo rdi nG mox'e l~ oom for t.h..e
sto l~a ge of r,,1acIline :;;>arts . ' As a r esult of a cha nge of
:po l icy on t he :)art of the "7ar del)artment a lars e amount
of a ~La i ti onal sUTl)lus war r.Jateria l s will noVi be ava il­aole.
a nd wany swa.ll to ols and :}arts al~ e now b eing ~r e­ceive
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days include ei ght cars of TNT and t hree miles of indus­trial
r a ilwa y . The bridge department recently erected
an airplane hanga r received f rom the government and this
will ' be used f Ol- the storage of true ks a nt. othel' equi:;?­ment
e The mechanic:U. f orces of t he del'a:r trJent, are now
enga g ed in t he construc t ion of 30 coo k and bunk wagons
for ' t he us e of maintenanc e crews. Federal Aid Pro ject
#46 .. PhoeniX to Cas hion, lwl1 ich i s b eing b uilt in con­june
tion with the ~.'Ta. rie o:;,?a Highvlay Cormniss ion is ;>r a c­tica.
lly comple t e d. ' Pl a ns a na s :Je cif i ca.tiOns fo r an a dd­itional
Seven miles of cement conc rete paving nest and
s outh from t he Agua Fria l~ i ver have b een se.nt to the
district eng i neer of the Bur eau of Puolic Roads at Al­buquerque
for approval. Contractor LaRoe has started
insta lling the drail'lage s tructure f or t he' paving between
PhoeniJ:: and Glendal e . ' This i s a fe teral a id :)TO ject
seven miles in length. On August 8, t he Department
will 01)en bid s f or the construction of t hree miles of
:paving between the eastern o i ty limi t s of PhoeniX and
the e nc of the concrete highway t o Tempe.
NAVAJO
PIllA
The Bur eau of Public Roa ds has refused Federa l Aid f or
the Winslow :;laving on account of l a c k of competj.tion
in bidding. Bids for both a spha l t a nd cement concrete'
p aving Hill be' olJened by the State Engineer on July 25.
The work between Wi nslow and Holb roo k is b eing held in
abe~nce until it can b e learne ~ wha. t action will be
ta ken by Congress rela t ive to t he Phi:;rps-Dowell bill.
contractor John Hoo:,Js has conlpleted the construction at
the drainag e s tructures on t he nine miles covered by
his contract' all the 'rUC s olJ- lITng,J.lN~ T-Ti ghlvay and ha.s start-'
ed pavine oper atiol:s . D(: W ).0.:~:c\ (!:; Cob:nw ha.ve nearly fin­ished
their contract c :l.J.JL'l'; f'o.c tLe 30l':!structiol'l of
five bridGes ort the Tuc3cn-rJ,ogal"3(.· Ei 3hv,TJ.Y . The Va.il-
Benson Hi ghYl:J.Y . includ i ng the Cienega GYeek Bridge is
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"Pima conld.
cOM)leted and in first c las s condition. Aaditional
maintenance forces ha.ye been org8.nized for this road' .
as well as the oi1e leaiting south flnom Tuc s on to Ora-cle
and Florence.
PINAI.
On \the SU)erior-Miami Highway, Superintendent of Con­stlnuction,
Ran Bone is moving his cann f rom the head
of Queen Cree k to IranI S Canyon, for the ":)ur)ose of
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con-c~nuD1C; the .be3-vy constr ue tio}'1 work i n T:-.~ o:Yl And
Devil l s Can~TOn. S:he PriSon CcJ.L1lJ Ioea t e d. one milA a ­bove
Sl.r.J e:c i 01 l~as 1) een reo;')ened a nd these forc eS ·wi1l
be utilized in :putting the ~ finishing' touches on the
IOr!er ~) or tioD of the road.. Contrac tor Ma.urice 'Ryan
has co~)lete o. Sectio'n D of the Florence-Su:;,)erior High­way.
A sta t e TI1aintemnce c amp will be Lnstallcd at
the i~) orta nt june t ion of t he Flor enc e-Su~pc rior and the
JIesa-Su"') erioT roa(-s . Prisoners from t h e sta te . :)1'1son
are con:GillUinS t!'le s urfacine of t t.e Toact north out of
Flo1'enc e tO WS yct Eesa , and are 3.l s o engagec"c in the man­u
f ac t ure of conclnete cuIvGlrt :pipes to be used between
FloI' enc e amI Tucson_.
SANTlY CRUZ
state forces have recently coml'lleteCl sections A and B.,
embracing 14 miles of highway betweel! Nogal es and Fair­b~
nks and will begin the const~uc~ion at the req~es!,, __ "
ox- the Sant.a Cruz Highway ~omm~ss~on~ of t he roa.d be-ween
Sonoita and Pata.oc 'onia , a distance of 13-1/ 2 miles.
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The state has r' eo~)ened its cons truc tion camp on the
Prescott-Jerome Highway and work is being?rosecuted
thru the Granite Dells country. E.J. Harrineton is
completing his contract c c:'J.lling for t h e construction
of a conc:cete oricl .9;e across Granite Creek • . Plans and
s~ecific a tions for- foul' miles north from Prescott have
been submitted to the Bureau of PubliC Roads. The con­struction
will be hanclled by the state Highvlay Depart­ment
in conjunc tion with the Yavapai County Highway Com­mission.
state forces have conmleted a new road from
Pica to PeachSprii1gs, elimina tinG an e s?ecially bad.
,.. :piec e of highvlay t hyu Nels on I s Canyon and are noV! engag­ed
,in im:proving the rout e b etween Peach Springs and the
Mohave County line.
The state has completed the 900 foot extension of the
Antelo::..)e Hill ' Bridge damaged in the Thanksgiving day
flood of 1919, together VIi th ap:?roaches to the samee'
The gravel crushing outfit r.tas been movect f rom the quar ...
ry near Yuma to. gravel pits near Blaisdell and tho SUT­facing
' of the T03.G. has been start2~ westward to connect
wi th -the 1'02,C". on tte mesa running Bast from
Yuma. About two miles of road is a1rbduy surfaced and
good progress is being made on the remainder.
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FDDDRIJJ LEGISLATION
The eyes of the high -laY world i3.r'e now focuset on Congj,~ ess
which has undel" cons it.eration t1tVO measures ca lling f or a con-tinuance
of the fe(~ er ·3. 1 a. i d progl-am. One of these is known
tas the Townsend bill after Senator Townsenc."' .. ..1nd the other is
entitled the Phip}s-Dowell-Robinson bill.
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The Townsel1C~ bill ca.lls f or the aj,1) ointment · of a nation­a
l highv{ay comll1is s ion orig inally of five members but by vir­tue
of a recent amendment to be coriIposed of thre~ only.. This
bill was fayorably reported out of the'senate committee 011
::Jos t off i c es a nd }ost roads on June 13, and eyer sinc{) Selm T O:C
Townsend has been awaiting an opportune moment to' call up hiS
measure for :;?assa~e , at wh i ch; time the minorl ty repol't on t he
same measure iHill "be heard and debated. Thls. bill has the en­dorsement
of the Amer ic ~n Automobile A8soc i ation-
The 2hi lJ1Js "'Dowell-Robinson bill would continue feder~l
aid under the Bureau of Public 3 0ads of the Agricultural de­?
artment ~ under a single executive. Its' chief featUl"e is one
which cornrnen~s it especially to the west, an& is known ~s the
graduated scale formula . Under this formula~ the govP.I'nment
pays a greater share of the e)~ens e of ro~( building in public
land states than under the :;:>rescnt fifty- fifty aJ:rs.ngement ~
the payment being in -p ro:Jortion to the tota l acre~Ge of :public
l ands. . The allotment of f edel'al aic1 to sll,ch st.:l ces , however,
is not increased. The effect would bc to , less~n the burden
of ex,ense to the state on :ill r oads which a .re"built coopera­tively
by the state and the federal g overnment,
The f oll owing tabl~ indicates ' the a}')pr.oximateseale ra.tio
of state expenditures on each ~~IOO.OO reqnired of the eleven
Western States:
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PDR CTINT OF
FUELI C J,AND8
TO TOT.d.L .A::i::JA
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49~9
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3l~7
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PDR. CDNT
OF COOP­ERATION
RLQUIRED
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3'7;'1
35~O
32:5
36~8
8;·5
30~6
35~8
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45.7
20.
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~h1s bi1l.l..has the endorsement of the American Farm
Bureau and of lIhe America.n Righnay _issociation made u"')
o~ the higI1way organizations of' t£-~ e 17<1:;:-ious Gtates . The
b~ll was passec: b3T the house on June 27 by a vote of 266
t? 77 and it is ~OVJ befor'e the senate. Now that the ag­r~
cul tural bloc ~n the senate has j}reventecl a recess ' the
eX-)ec~ed delays on highnay legislation nay not <levelo-)
and vnth both houses remaining in session thel-e is ho:)e
of securing c1efinite action of some sort within the n;xt
30 days.
During the debate on the Pbip~s-Dowell bill in the
house a few days ago, Representative }i!;t:l:rilQOYl n..[J ,T~""O'':''':ia
drew a contrast of governmont ex:wni1.i tures in which the
highwa:T is referrect to as follows:
ll~he am1ual expel1di ture for Army and' UaYY a.nd mili­tary
:,')re]?arations now aggregate nearly ~~l ',OOO ',ooq 'JOOO a.n­nually.
This annual eXlJenditure for the 'vast ar~ments
aggrega te as much as were eX:Jended in two years for t .ne
entire maintel1a~ce of the Government a few years a.go.. If
there ever vIas a time v/hen the world Vlould listen to pro­;>
ositions lil':1iting these enormous eJ.."Pendi tur e ~ ', it seoms
_ to Lle the present Doment :')resents the most favorable oI'por­tUl1it~
T. The iilorld er.lor ges from a horrible war, banlITup t
and devastated. As the people struggle to their feet in
an endeavor to recuperate they are met with these appall­ing
burdens in the way of ;>re:mration for future wars"
A?propriations within the revenues cannot"be made to the '
great armies of tradG in a world at }Jeace ', because all the
revenues must be a:pplied to the pre:;>arations of VIal'. If ·
but a snaIl fraction for war €}.:pendi tures should be a.p:plied
to the construction of the hie-hways of the country', l' be­lieve
far greater practica.l bene:at would rosul t to the
lJeople of this c01U1try than has ever resulted. from all of
the appropriations for armanents that have ever been made
Since the world beGan. The pe ople of tbis country will be
sadly disaJ;lpoi:uted if tho slrproJ'riations for :public h:i.gh­ways
are eliJ:.1inatec. while ' the enormous appropriations for
destruction ~re increased."
On June 19th the daily pa~er carried the news that
the 1920-21 fiscal deficit was 380.';000.'9 000 instead of
99,000 ,000 in the o]eration of the shi~~ing board. The
states are only asking for about Oi1.S tl"lird of t Lis little
difference of ctefici ts in the $1.00';000',000 Federal Aid
Roaa. Bill.
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, In a s ta tement jus t issued Thomas H. !,facDonald Cbie f
of the United States Bureau of ,ublic roa cs; d e~lore~ the ten­dency
t.ha t has been develol)ing in, ·some Sta t es to :la ss legisla­tion
Governing conditions of bond issues a nd s p ecifying one
t~~e of materia~ to be 'used in highway constr uction. Such a
course, he says, is unfortunate a ni1 cos tly. !.Ir. ITa-cDonald ' ,
ur3"es o:;.)en comll e t i tion for all mte:ci .J.l s .3.nd more c..1reful con­sidera
tion of cO o t ~n d local conditions affecting construotion
before the t~e of pavement is determined uJ)on.
"Granting that the :)r~para t10n. of the roadbed has been
-pro,erly done t 1f sJ.ys lir. Ha cDon.J.ld, "many kinds of road surfaces
will give exoellent service. The element of time is import~.nt"
There are so many miles of roads to be constructed and their
cos t will be so enormous that the most careful and ' de~iled
study of each r~ad :,lroject must be made to l)rovide, a.t the low­est
possible cost, roads which will giye satisfactory service
3.nd w.r...ich can be maintained without undue del)recia t ion under
"cbe t r a.ffic rrh ic h is t o use them. lb ny times tJ16 ( uestion has
b een asked the bureau: rrha t type of rO.3.d is best? The answer
i s a l ways the ~ ame: 'J.'he r e is not one bast k.i.11d of t Yl)e of road
surf.J.ce."
NDW USE FOR HANGAR
The Department has just completed s~tting up at the state
Yard. an aero})lane hangar 'receiyed from the U. s. Government.
I t is :la r tof t he surplus ' wa r material and r!as sold to the
St ate f or a nominal ~)ric e.
The ha n53.r i s 48 r x "721 in size am'!- 'will be used for truc k
a nd 3.utomobile storage. The oriGin::11 ca nva.s cove r ing ta.s 'been
:lUt on but this i s oyer the Hooden trusses. At some future
da -G ET it will be j.l ossible to substitute eorruga.ted iron and thus
make a ~erma nent building.
The hangar cost a:;>:proY.:ima. tely ~~ 300~OO to s ~t up. -A build­.
ing of this size woulc1ordil1a rily cost a.bout ~~2,OOO.OO.
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ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
One of the nost important pieces of construction of the state
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Hir;hway department 'is the neW administration buildinG, now nearine;
completion, located at the state hi~hv.'ay yards, Phoenix. '.I.his
buildinG embraces 18,000 square feet of floor space, the same as
that contained in the .five floors of the state capitol wine. '.I.he
latter construction cost $155,000, while the estimated cost of
the hiGhway administration building is '$42,535.91, or less .than
one third.
f I No le gislc~t iv e appropriation was made for this bUild.in g, funds
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for the construction bcin~taken from the 25 per cent, road tax
fund 0'n. the prin ciple tha t sui table quarters for admini s tra tion and
storage purposes are as important as the construction of hiGhways.
As a matter of fact the road funds have not suf.fered materially, by
virtue of the fact tha t the ori~inal source of the' funds was 'in­come
from the rental of federal equipment. Such revenue was placed
in the 25 per cent fun d :for l ack of any speci·al fund to t ake care
cif sucb procedds.
The buildinG is a reinforced concrete floor and frame struc­ture,
60 by 100 feet, and isbein ~ erected to comply -rv1th the
buildin~ restrictions of the City of Pho enix. The exterior walls
are of 8-inch concrete blo cks and the interior walls 0 f 4-inch
b1oc~s.
The basement floor will be used for labo-ratory, lavatory and
stora::e purposes, the second floor for the administration offices,
of the State Hi f":hway department , with a portion reserved for the
State Land department, and the upper floor will be utilized as a
draftinr; room,
A report on the present status of the buildinG shows 835
cubic yards of Class A construction in place and 74 yards of Class
B. A total of 104,670 pounds of reinforcine steel .has been placed
and the roaf framin~ is 40 per cent complete. Sub-contract's for
wirin r~ , plumbinG. ecterior walls and partitions are under way and _.
the sub- contracts for plastcrin ~ and chimney have been awarded, Tre
window frames are set and >the windows delivered.
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Administration Bld ~ . Con.
The' labor costs to date total C14 , 901. 46, and the m8.terial
costs, $14 ,2,6.50, brin~inr, the total expenditures to dat~ to
~29 ,157.96. lhe sub~contract estimates yet to be paid amount to
~4 ,122.95, and the \'lark yet to be done is estimated to cost
$9,255, brinGinG the total estimated cost to $42 ,535.91.
The construction of this buildinG is desiGned to meet the
GrowinG needs of the department, and is in line wi th the. poli cy
to provide proper housinG facilities for surplus war materials
distributed by the Federal Bureau of public Roads. To date up­~
mrds of $3,000.000 of such equipMent has been received, and owi~
to the reduction of the army, shi:£l!l1ents are now increasinc in .
number and si ze, makin.j impe ra ti ve the full use 0 f the w.s.rehouse
buildinG, the lower floor of which has been used by the adminis­tra
tion, cle ri cal and en:-;ineering fa rees.
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When the initial offer came from the federal Government
to send free road equipment for the payment of frei Ght charGes
it became apparent that the state 'would have to install a cen­tral
yards suitable for its storaGe and repir. The land was pur­chased
in May, 1919, at a cost of $12,324.10. Since then shops
sheds and othe~ buildinGS have been added as required.
Wo rk on the administration buildinG was started in 1920. ~he
baSement and first floor were completed and then construction .
was stopped on account of shortar;e of funds. In April con'structdl
tion was resumed by an association of workmen , mostly men with
families, )Nho agreed to wzcit for their pay until July 1. Funds
ca'le in f rom the ren tal o '~ equipMe!1t , however, and the.y .we.rf :~ ,: .ic.
off in June .
This work as well as hiGhway construction. throughout the
state was · starte~ at as early a date as poasible this year, with
the idea 0 f providinr; emp10yment for a larr:;e number of men fo rced"
out of employment by the closing of the mines and the general fin­ancial
depression.
Economy in construction has been aided by the fact that the
reinforced steel was taken from stocks on hand received from ~he
federal ~overnm ent , while the lumber used for the concrete forms
and elsewhere in the construction was used material taken from
the }~arinette bridr;e job.
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HIGHWAY ORGANIZATION OF ARIZONA
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, PHOENIX
Gov. THOS. E. CAMPBEll., Chief Executive
THOS. MADDOCK, State Engineer
Engineering Department Accounting Department
F. N. HOLMQUIST .................... Asst. State Engineer
C. C. SMALL ........................ Chief Locating Engineer
W. R. INGHRAM ______ . ______ ._ .... _.. _._. ____ . __ _.. __C hief Clerk
E. A. WOLFE. ............... Chief Construction Engineer E. C. MOORE. ... __ ._. ___ .... _. __ . __._ .... __ ._.Purchasing Agent
1. P. FRAIZER. ....................... Maintenance Engineer
W. J. JAMIESON ................................ Office Engineer
MERRILL BUTLER.. _____ .. __ . ___ ._. ________ .Bridge Engineer
S. R. STANIFORTH. .. ______ . _ _.. __ . _ . ___ Traveling Auditor
J. H. ALLEN ........ __ .... Supt . Equipment and Supplies
R. M. HANSON. ___.. ___ ._ .. ___ .... _. _____ ... __ Testing Engineer C. W. HARTMAN._. __ _. __ ._. ______ . ________ Master Mechanic
FEDERAL BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS
E. S. WHEERER, District Engineer . ___ _. __ . __ . __________________ . __ . __ ._. ___ _. ______ . __ ..... ____ ... __ . __ ........ __ .Albuquerque, N. M.
C. E. PERKINS, Highway Engineer. __ . _ . ____________ . ____________ ._ ....... ___ . __ . _ ......... _.. ............ Albuquerque and Phoenix
COUNTIES
APACHE-GUST
A V BECKER ............. _.. \ County E~gineer .... --.: ........ -.. -.............. t
I County HIghway Engmeer .--.--.... , ... -... f Springerville
COCHISE-SID
SMLTH __ __.. _. __ ...... _.. ... __ ... County Engineer ._ ............ _. ...... _.. ... _. ........ . Tombstone
COCONINO-J.
B. WRIGHT_. .... ___ ._ ......... _. j County Engineer ... -.. -........... -.. -............ t ... _... ......... _... .............. Flagstaff
GILA- 1 County Highway Engineer .-.--.-........... f
JULIUS MILTON _. .. _._._ ....... County Engineer ....................................... . __ ..................................... Globe
GRAHAM-
(MARTIN LAYTON, Clerk, Board of Supervisors) --- -.. --.-. .................... . ................. _. ................. _ Safford
GREENLEE- -
H. C. McILVEEN .................. County Engineer .............. ............................................................... Clifton
S. C. REDD ..... ..................... _ County Highway Engineer .. ..................... ...................................... Clifton
MARICOPA-HARRY
E. VERNON ............ County Engineer .............. ......................... ........... ......................... Phoenix
R. C. PERKINS ...................... County Highway Engineer ........................ .................................... Phqenix
MOHAVE-R.
H. HAyWARD ................ j County Engineer .................................. t Kingman
NAVAJO- ( County Highway Engineer .................. f··································
G. T. WEST .......................... j County Engineer ............... ................... t Holbrook
PIMA- ( County Highway Engineer .................. f ··································
w. C. LEFEBRE. ................... County Engineer .............. ............................................................... Tucson
L. E. BARKER ...................... County Highway Engineer ........................ ...................................... Tucson
PINAL-SAN!
~U~ANE. ....................... {g~~~!~ ~~:~~:; E~~i~~~;'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~~ } .................................... Florence
J. W. LARIMORE ................ County Engineer ............................................................................. Nogales
YAVAPAI-H.
L. FISHEL ........................ County Engineer ............................................................................. Prescott
OLMSTEAD & GJIJEJ.EN .. County Highway Engineers ... --................ . ...... ___ .... __ ....... ___ ..... .Los Angeles
YUMA-
~ • NOMAN B. CONWAy ......... County Engineer ....................................... ......... _.. ............................ Yuma
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Will be issued from time to
time by the Arizona State
Highway Department for the
benefit of highway officials
and the general public to keep
them informed regarding fed­eral,
state and county highway
a ctivities. It will be mailed
without cost to any taxpayer
upon application.
Ar i zona Tax payers' Ass'n.,
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