Arizona Highways. December, 1922

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ARIZONA HIGHWAYS
Volume 2.
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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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
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1923 FUNDS FOR ARIZONA HIGHWAYS
Mr. , Frank· R. . Goodman,
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Attached please note a list of funds available for 19 s~:f'd construction.
December 30, 1922.
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.
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 road work done during December.
Our monthly expenditures are approximately $250, 000. The State Imprest Fund is $50,000 but $150,000 is
really needed for this purpose.
We average between $300,000 and $400,000 in Federal vouchers in t r ansit. The temporary carrying of both
the state and fede ral 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 fed eral 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
Feder al Aid Vouchers submitted __ .. ____ ..... __ .. . _______ .. _.. . ______ .................. _____ .._ ___ .. __ .. ___ . ___ ... ______ ... ___ ._. __ .... ___________ .. ___ . ____ .______ ___ 357,200.00
Federal 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 pwin g program ______ .... _____ .. __ .. ___ .. _______________________ :. ... ____:_ __ 135,000.00
Pledged from Ma!"icopa County Highway Commission on Marinette·Wickenburg .. __ .. _.. __________ .. _______________ .. ______ .. 165,000.00
Balance available in Maricopa County according to Highway Commission and Board of Supervisors
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
Yuma County Balance for extension of Aztec to County Line 7 miles .. __ .. ___ .. ________ .. _.. ___ .. ____ _____ ____________ , _.. _________ 8,815.60
July 1st 26 per cent $ 87,500 Half this calendar year_.. _.. ___ .. __ _____________ .. ________________________ .. __ .. _______________________________ .. ____ 43,750.00
July 1st 75 per cent 262,500 Half this calendar year .. __ .... ____ .. ________________ .. __________ .. ___________________.. _______ .. _______ .. _, ___________ . 131.250.00
TOTAL - $2,660,805,49
Federal 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
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EQUIPMENT SUPERINTENDENT LISTS SUPPLIES
Some idea of the wide range and huge value of surplus war materials and other equipment pur­chased
by the Arizona Highway department may be had by glancing through the inventory of
property held by J. H. Allen, superintendent of equipment and supplies. A large portion of this was ob­tained
from the federal government at a nominal charge to cover transportation and handling. The fol­lowing
tabuiation shows the more important items of material and equipment in use and reserve:
164 Anvils
83 Bbls. Asphalt
107 Wagon Axles
1164 Single Bit Axes
135 Hand Axes
8 Adding Machines
36 Blasting Machines
19 Concrete Carts
18 Blacksmith Blowers
5 Vertical Boilers
4 Clam-shell Buckets
1 Back-dump Drag Line Bucket
2 Orange Peel Bucke'ts
250 Wrecking Bars
100 Pinch Bars
540 Water Buckets
120 Carpenter Braces
600 Lbs. Carbide
21 Triple Iron Blocks
11 Single Snatch Boxes
1 Universal Crusher
1 Ten-ton Overhead Traveling Crane
1 15-ton Locomotive Crane
3 Railroad Push Cars
30 Railroad Flat Cars
8 Koppel Cars
3 - Rock Crushers
4500 Ft. B. B. Coil Chain
248 Cutters for Milling Machine
20 Tons of Coal
9200 Y ds. 24-in. Canvas
23150 Y ds. 30-in. Canvas
4200 Yds. 42-in. Canvas
8840 Y ds. 72-in. Canvas
50 . Quarter-in. Bolt Cutters
650 Quires Emory Cloth '
28 Cold Chisels
77 Rope Drags
1 Ledger Wood Pile Driver
18 Road Discs
4 Five-ton Derricks
28 ' ~osthole Diggers
10 Gasoline Engines with Pumps
1 Three-Quarter Yd. Excavator
1 Portable Steam Engine
119 Fresno Scrapers
2238 Files, Assorted Sizes
20 Forges
70 Blacksmith Flatters
92 Graders
9 Wagon Running Gears
29 Complete Running Gears KD
1 Metropolis Generator
2 Gen. Electric Co. Generators
96 Emory Grinders
4 Barrels Lantern Globes
72 Five-lb. Cans Axle Grease
90 Tent and Bunk Houses
3840 Horse Shoes
152 Kegs Railroad Spikes
134 Nash-Quad Springs
77 Liberty Truck Springs
32 Heavy Aviation Springs
14 Throw-Lever Switches
1 Revolving Gravel Screen
12 Kegs Wire Staples
125 Two-man Cross-Cut Saws
107 One-man Cross-Cu't Saws
504 One lb. Cans Harness Soap
320 Hand Saws
95 Carpenter Squares
60 Shears
128 Sets Saw Tools
22 Carborundum Stones
999 Tarpaulins
295 Tents
61 Tanks
10 Dump Trailers
293 Solid Tires
73 Pneumatic Tires
112 Tubes
1 Welding Torch
6 N arrow Gage Railroad Turn Tables
11 Hand Trucks
210 Blacksmith Tongs
12 Typewriters
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119- Vices
1 Vulcanizing Machine
90 Wagons
128 Wheelbarrows
22 Emory Wheels
2 Complete Welding Outfits
3 Hand Winches
1438 Monkey Wrenches
60000 Lbs. Assorted Sizes Steel
127 Trailers
45 Tractors
498 Trucks and Automobiles
$6817 Worth of Mess Equipment
506 Kegs of Nails
36 Hoof Nippers
3 Asphalt Pots
55 Plows
2 Locomotive Plows
32 Pumps
6300 Ft. %,-in. Pipe
13292 Ft. 2-in. Pipe
565 Ft. 11f2-in. Pipe
4752 Ft. 3-in. Pipe
3360 Ft. 1-in. Pipe
14700 Ft. 4-in. Pipe
2000 Ft. 8-in. Matthewson Joint
22 Drill Presses
3020 Ft. Sheet Piling
90 Rolls Tar Paper
1 20-Ton Weaver Press
55 Low-Down Red Jacket Pumps
5 Hand Drill Presses
5160 Picks
2 American Pumps
2 Elec'tric Light Plants
91 Carpenter Planes
48 14-in. Pinchers
332 Pliers
36 Harness Punches
200 Quires Sand Paper
1 Austin Gasoline Road Roller
1 Portable Refrigerator Plant
200 Ton 25-lb. Rail
35 Army Field Ranges
1186 Rakes
18800 Lbs. Manila Rope
3 Scarifiers
2 P. and H. Shovels
1 Steel Sharrener
3 Circular Saws Mounted
1 Bucyrus Steam Shovel
65 Sets Stocks and Dies
6 Grindstones
1 Austin Gasoline Shovel
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550
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5075
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1184
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Marion Gasoline Shovel
Portable Paint Sprayer
12-in. Shaper
Power Hack Saws
Band Saws
Head Live Stock
Maney 4-Wheel Scrapers
Slip Scrapers
Shovels
24-in. Emory Stones
Jack Hammers
Aeroplane Hangar
Steam Hammer
Hois't and Boiler
Two-Drum Steam Hoists
Single-Drum Steam Hoists
Columbia Hoists
Sets Cart Harness
Sets Artillery Harness
Sets Wheel Harness
Claw Hammers
Ball Pein Hammers
Hatchets
Blacksmith Hammers
Blacksmith Hardies
Long Shovel Handles
Axe Handles
Mattock Handles
Pick Handles
Ft. %,-in. Hose
Ft. 3-in. Hose
15-in. Channel Iron
Lbs. Reinforcing Steel
Three-Ton Hydraulic Jacks
Drawer Knives
Mogul Loader
La Blonde La'thes
Liberty Lathe
Steam Locomotives, Narrow Gauge
Gasoline Locomotives, Narrow Gauge '
Spirit Levels
Wagon Loader
Havelock Maintainer
Concrete Mixers
Brown & Sharp Miller
Milling Machine
Motor- Driven Sewing Machine
Cutting and Threading Machine
Washing Machine
15-h. p. Motors
5-h. p. Motors
93-h. p. Motor Mounted
Motor Cycles
Continental Motors
Hudson Motor
Whi'te Motors
G. M. C. Motors
71f2-h. p. Motors
l%,-h. p. Motor
1-h. p. Motors
10-h. p. Motors
40-h. p. Motors
Micrometers
Pick-Mattocks
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STATUS OF STATE ROAD CONSTRUCTION
APACHE COUNTY
Contractor J. H. Udall has completed the con­struction
for the state of a bridge near Concho.
Contractors Winsor & Frost have started 13%
miles of highway cons'truction from St. Johns south
toward Springerville and County Engineer J. M.
Shepard is rapidly completing the 44.2 miles of the
St. Johns-Zuni road. The state furnished $15,000
and the county $20,000 of the $35,000 being expend­ed.
Federal Aid has been applied for on 29 miles
of additional road through Springerville toward the
New Mexico line.
On the Holbrook-Gallup highway, state forces
have comple'ted the grading of 40 miles between the
New Mexico line and the Apache-Navajo line. The
contract for the Allentown bridge on this road was
let to the Midland Bridge & Construction Co. for
$5,718 and the contract for. the bridge at Saunders
to the Monarch Engineering Co. for $15,440. The
grading for the entire 52 miles of this road lying in
Apache county should be completed early in 1923.
COCHISE COUNTY
Contractors White & Miller have completed 10
miles of asphaltic paving between Tombstone and
Bisbee.
State forces have completed the improvement of
streets through Tombstone and Benson.
The Cochise county portion of the Fairbanks­Nogales
road has been completed and s'tate forces
are now engaged in laying concrete paving on the
dips between Douglas and Rodeo.
The State Highway department has taken over the
maintenance of all of the Borderland highway in
Cochise county and is improving the county-built
road between Benson and Tombstone.
The Cochise Coun'ty Board of Supervisors re­quested
the State Engineer to call for bids for two
miles more of paving near Tombstone but after
bids were received for 89 cents 'per square yard
north and 95 cents per square yard south of Tomb­stone
the board decided to hold the Seventy-five
per cent fund for maintenance. There is some
suggestion that the board will request the State
Engineer to call for bids on six and a half miles of
this two and a half inch paving between Tombstone
and Bisbee early in January. Local paving com­panies
~re interested as White & Miller, the con­tractors
on the other work have moved their plant
to Yuma.
COCONINO COUNTY
Forest Aid has been applied, fot between Flag­staff
and the Canyon Padre bridge and Federal
Aid has been requested between Winslow and Can­yon
Diablo. On both of these roads better locations
have elimina'ted nearly 10 miles of distance. The
location west from Winslow is nearly on the old
original road closely parallel to the railroad in or­der
to shorten distance, take advantage of the rail­road's
concentration of drainage and for conven­ience
in importing surfacing as the local material
is very poor.
State forces have comple'ted the Williams-Ash­fork
highway and were fortunate in finishing the
cinder surfacing of three miles of the William:=;­Flagstaff
section before the first heavy snow storm.
From Flagstaff west the National Old Trails
highway in Coconino county is a boulevard; from
Flagstaff east everything with the exception of 12
miles lying between Canyon Padre and Canyon Di­ablo
should be under construction in the next 90
days.
GILA COUNTY
No state road construction is in progress in Gila
county at present but it is anticipated tha't state
forces will early start the construction of a road
from Livingstone via Wheatfields to Globe, there­by
providing a new rou'te between Globe and Roose­velt.
County forces under County Engineer Julius Mil­ton
are continuing the steam shovel work on the
reconstruction of the road between Roosevelt and
Payson. An excellent highway is being built with
lit'tle expenditure for labor. The State Highway
department recently secured a carload of govern­ment
powder for this work.
GRAHAM COUNTY
The contract for six miles of paving between Saf­ford
and Central has been let to the Lee Moor Con­tracting
Co. Fifteen per cent of the grading and
structures and two per cent of the paving are com­plete.
Federal Aid for an additional seven and a
half miles of paving between Central and Matthews'
Wash has been approved by the Secretary of Agri­culture
and bids have been called for this work.
Federal Aid has also been requested for seven more
miles of paving between Safford and Solomonville.
Funds for these three projects will be provided out
of the Graham county bond issue and Federal Aid.
The prices secured for the paving of the firs't 6-
mile section are the lowest for this class of cons­truction
in Arizona since the war. This is due to
the fact that asphaltic and cement . types, of paving
have been held in-open .competi'tion.-,: "The square
yard price is $1.10 plus the cost of cement;
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The state has paid Graham county $3,000 for its
share of the cost of 10 miles of road from the
Greenlee county line toward Solomonville. This
work was done by county road forces .
GREENLEE COUNTY
The Mule Creek highway is complete and the
forces engaged on this job have been transferred
to other work. Highway forces of Grant county,
N. M., are progressing with the work on the Ne'.v
Mexico portion of this highway which will provide
a short route between Clifton, Ariz., and Silver
City, N. M., and form an important link in the
new Elephant Butte-Roosevelt dam route. This
road, while buil't for utilitarian purposes, is one of
the most scenic in Arizona, resembling somewhat
the Prescott-Jerome highway.
MARICOPA COUNTY
Three rock crews, a team outfit and bridge crew
have been organized and are now working on the
Wickenburg-Hot Springs road. The construction
of this 10% miles of highway is a substitute for the
old 19-mile road between these points. Approxi­mately
three and a half miles have been completed.
Three cars of government powder have been re­ceived
and arrangements made to secure the addi­tional
amount necessary to complete this work.
On the Phoenix-Yuma route a surfacing crew
working with the aid of gasoline shovel and trucks
has nearly completed the graveling of the road be­tween
Gila Bend and Gillespie Dam and this sec'tion
should be completed in January.
An additional state crew has been placed on the
work just north of the dam, building a pilot road
across the lowlands submerged by the backwaters
of the dam, with the idea of making this road a
core for permanen't construction. It is expected
that the shovel now used in surfacing work south
of the dam will be moved to the new pilot road as
soon as the present work is completed. Shovel and
trucks will then be utilized for raising and widen­ing
the core. Traffic will be able to use the pilot
road, cutting off a lengthy detour, during the main
construction.
Bob McKay, sub-contractor on the 15-mile sec­tion
between Gila Bend and Piedra, has completed
60 per cent of the grading and 50 per cent of the
surfacing on this cons'truction.
State forces under Foreman Al Lillard have been
grading the road betwen Hassayampa river and
Buckeye in order to prepare the sub-grade for nine
miles of paving. In a number of instances irriga­tion
ditches have been moved and trees grubbed
out wherever they interferred with the new lo­cation.
A caterpillar 'tractor and blade are being used
on a new line from the Hassayampa westward,
which will eliminate one mile of distance between
the. river and Arlington. The new route is also on
'good surfacing material most of the way.
State forces have recovered most of . the steel
from the washed-ou't span of the bridge across the
Hassayampa and the reconstruction is completed
with the exception of one piece of steel which was
lost in the flood. Replacement parts h~ve been or­dered
from Los Angeles. At present the bridge
contains one wooden member which will be re­placed
as soon as the new material arrives. The
contractors' bondsmen are financing the work.
Of the total of 200 miles between Phoenix and
Yuma, 110 miles of highway have been completed,
60 miles are under construction and the remaining
portions are embraced in projects that will be
started as soon as Federal Aid already reques'ted is
secured.
The reconstruction of the Apache trail has been
completed with the exception of the river road near
the Roosevelt dam and the change of line at Mor­mon
Flats. State forces under Engineer Harry
Hagen are now working on 'this latter construction.
The contract for supplying structural steel for two
bridges has been let to the Missouri Valley Bridge
& Iron Co. These new bridges will replace the old
wooden structures whose many years' service has
threatened their safety.
The Pacific Construction Co. has comple'ted the
half-mile stretch of 18-foot concrete paving on
Grand avenue, the work being put through -in
record time, enabling the route to be open to traf­fic
during State Fair week.
Work on the New River bridge being erec'ted by
the Northern Construction Co. between Peoria and
Marinette is 60 per cent completed. The Glendale­Marinette
paving is 99 per cent complete.
Federal Aid has been requested for an addition­al
four miles of paving northwestward from Marin­e'tte.
Arrangements have been made with the
Maricopa County Highway Commission to furnish
$165,000, which being supplemented with $205,000
Federal Aid, will insure the improvement of the re­maining
distance between Phoenix and Wickenburg.
Federal Aid has been requested for an additional
four miles of paving from the Eastern canal, east
of Mesa, toward the Apchae Trail junction. A new
grade on the sec'tion line has already been com­pleted.
A survey crew has completed the location of a
new road between Chandler and Casa Grande. A
caterpillar blade outfit has been started on this
construction although not all of the right of way
has been secured. The new rou'te will use the Sac­aton
dam and bridge as a crossing over the Gila
river. The new location shortens the distance and
keeps on good material most of the way, eliminating
long hauls for surfacing.
MOHAVE COUNTY
Work on two miles of the new s'tate highway
eastward out of Kingman is 75 per cent completed.
This road shortens the distance one-fourth mile as
well as cutting out one grade crossing.
State forces under Foreman William Smith have
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moved from Del Rio, Yavapai county, to Seven'teen
Mile hill between Oatman and Kingman, preli:nin­ary
to biulding four miles of new highway. When
this work is completed this crew is expected to re­construct
the road in the vicinity of Crozier, a part
of which work has already been done by the Santa
Fe railway in conjunc'tion with its double tracking
work. This latter includes two under-grade rail­road
crossings.
NA V AJO COUNTY
Contractors Warren Bros. will complete the state
highway paving 'through Winslow by January 15.
Four contracts for the improvement of the road
between Holbrook and Winslow let some time ago
are 95 per cent complete. Cashion & Caldwell on
Schedule 3 have completed their contract. Sche­dule
4 will be completed by January 15. On sche­dules
1 and 2 the grading and concrete work is all
done and 80 per cent of 'the surfacing placed.
Contractors Udall & Co. have completed 30 per
cent of 11 miles of construction between Holbrook
and the Petrified Forest. County Engineer West
and Supervisor Owen were in Phoenix recently and
secured a carload of state equipment for mainten­ance
use on Navajo coun'ty highways.
PIMA COUNTY
Federal Aid has been requested for several
bridges to be constructed between Tucson and N 0-
gales.
Engineer A. W. Jenkins and Foreman M. E. Tay­lor
have nearly comple'ted the reconstruction of all
of the Tucson- Florence highway in Pima county.
The alignment of this road has been greatly im­proved,
eliminating short curves and greatly wid­ening
the road bed. Recent rains have consolidated
most of the new work and the road is in excellent
condition.
PINAL COUNTY
Goodman & Merrill have completed 90 per cent
of the grading on the five miles of highway west
from Superior and report the finishing 75 per cent
complete and the bridge work all in. About 7,000
feet of new road are open to traffic.
Engineer W. W. Van Frank and Foreman Lee
Burdwell have completed 34 miles of 'the Pinal por­tion
of the Florence-Tucson highway and their ad­vance
work has met that of state forces working
north from Tucson. The reconstruction of the en­tire
distance between Florence and Tucson will be
completed a't an early date.
Engineer Julius Irion has resurfaced 12 miles of
the Mesa-Florence highway and will complete the
remaining 3 miles in the next two weeks, at which
time it is expected his shovel and crew will be mov­ed
onto the Goodman & Merrill contract for the
I>urpose of surfacing this road.
The S'tate Highway department has awarded the
contract for five miles of paving to the Pacific Con­struction
Co. This construction will start at the
Superior junction and continue toward Mesa. The
paving will average two and a half inches thick­ness,
being laid on a gravel surface already in place,
'the construction being similar to t.he 10 miles of
paving south from Tombstone.
Engineer Ross Allison has completed the location
of the new highway from Casa Grande to' the Sac­aton
dam being erected by the Indian department
across the Gila river. The government will build a
bridge on top of the dam s'tructure.
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
Contractor B. 1. Pearce has completed the con­struction
of two and a half miles of 18-foot, 6-inch
Portland cement paving from the city limits of
Nogales northward. Several improvements in
alignment were made in the sub-grade before laying
the pavement.
Contractors Lown & Wood of Nogales have com­pleted
33 per cen't of the construction of the Pata­gonia
bridge.
Federal Aid has been requested on several addi­tional
bridges on the Nogales-Tucson highway.
YA V AP AI COUNTY
Traffic is now using the new Granite Creek
bridge and all of the new road four miles north
from Prescott with the excep'tion of the under­ground
crossing which is yet to be installed. The
project is 97 per cent complete. Arrangements have
been made with the Santa Fe whereby the railroad
will drive the piling for the under pass false work,
make all track al'terations and furnish the steel for
the superstructure, the state to furnish the road
grading and concrete substructure. The State
Highway department is endeavoring to make some
similar arrangement wi'th regard to the elimination
of the grade crossing on the Prescott-Jerome high­way.
State forces have completed the grading on Fed­eral
Aid Project 61 from the lower Granite Creek
bridge 22 miles northward to the Tusayan National
forest with 'the exception of backfilling the bridges.
The surfacing will follow. Seventy per cent of the
project is open to traffic.
The main arch of the Willow Creek bridge has
been poured and this structure should be completed
in the next 30 days. The bridge across the Little
Chino being cons'tructed by Contractor H. J. Mann
is 40 per cent complete and the Verde River bridge
being buil't by Contractor L. C. Lashmet is 25 per
cent complete. Contractor S. B. Shumway has
completed 40 per cent of the remaining structures
on this 22 miles of highway.
Sta'te forces under Foreman Bill Oliver have be­gun
the grading on Federal Aid Project 62 which
runs from the end of Project 61 to Ashfork. The
contract for the construction of Lower Hell's Can-
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yon bridge was recently awarded to L. C. Lash­met
and Upper Hell's Canyon bridge to The Mon­arch
Engineering Co. The rock grading in the vi­cinity
of Lower Hell's Canyon has been le't to Con­tractor
Lashment.
Foreman J. B. Bristol has completed the surfac­ing
of four miles of the Prescott-Jerome highway,
a gasoline shovel and 14 dump trucks being used on
the job. This crew will be ready to begin surfacing
on Federal Aid Project 61 by February 1.
Engineers of the Federal Bureau of Public Roads
have completed the survey, plans, etc., for a road
from Presco'tt to White Spar and this project is
slated for first consideration by the Forestry de­partment.
Engineer Grant of the Arizona High­way
department has a location crew working on the
route between White Spar and Congress Junction.
This road in conjunction with the Forest Aid road
will complete the Yavapai portion of the new Pres­cott-
Wickenburg-Phoenix highway. The new road
from Phoenix to Ashfork via Wickenburg and
White Spar will be 50 miles shorter than the pres­ent
route and eliminate 11 railroad grade crossings.
YUMA COUNTY
A contract for the construction of 42 miles of
highway from Wellton eastward to Aztec was re­cently
let to Kisselberg & Smith. Six and a half
miles of grading and bridging and three miles of
surfacing have been completed. An amended pro­ject
statement has been requested of 'the federal
government calling for an extension of the original
project some seven miles to the Maricopa county
line. Federal approval is expected in the near fu­ture.
The Yuma County Highway Commission has
agreed to furnish the addi'tional funds to match
Federal Aid on this road, so the entire Yuma coun­ty
portion of the Yuma-Phoenix highway should
be completed by next summer.
Department Installs Two Branch Yards
The Arizona Highway department has purchased
a lot in Tucson for the purpose of storing mainten­ance
and emergency construction equipment. The
department has also secured a lease at Ashfork for
the same purpose. Sufficient 9-foot corruga'ted
iron sheeting has been requested from the stock of
the Federal Bureau of Public Roads at Albuquer­que
to enclose these yards. Maintenance houses
and small warehouses are being erected, a consid­erable
quantity of old bridge lumber and federal
material being utilized for 'the purpose.
A new locomotive crane from the federal govern­ment
has been received at the main highway yards
at Phoenix.
In an endeavor to provide work for as many me­chanics
as possible shop forces of late have been
engaged in placing a large amount of equipment re­cently
received from the federal government in
first class condition, 'though not desired for immed­iate
use. All of the old state boilers and those re­ceived
from the federal government have been re­cently
re-fIued and re-fitted with flue material
which was also army equipment.
Tent frames have been constructed for prac'tic­ally
all of the state road camps. These have been
built to utilize a large number of truck covers re­ceived
from the federal government. This new
tentage was necessary as some $15,000 worth of
pyramidal tents received three years ago had been
worn ou't in service.
To facilitate the handling of machinery and sup­plies
inside the highway yard a 9-foot paving has
been laid.
A total of 17 Dodge three-quarter-ton trucks
were recently received from the federal authorities.
Several of these have already been distributed to
the various counties.
Shop forces have been kept busy converting F.
W. D. ordnance bodies into state standard dump
trucks. Sixty-four of these have already been
changed.
About 90 portable maintenance huts have been
buil't and placed in use.
In planning additional warehousing at the yards
it has been learned that there is a sufficient quan­tity
of 9 and 12-foot corrugated iron sheeting -on
hand at the Albuquerque headquarters of the Bu­reau
of Public Roads to erect an additional ware-house.
.
Two carloads of reinforcement steel for the
Prescott-Ash fork and Tucson-Nogales bridges have
been received and will be cut up into correct
lengths and distributed as needed.
The Arizona Highway department at the request
of the Federal Bureau of Public Roads, which wi'th
the forestry and reclamation bureaus constitutes
the largest part of the Department of Agriculture,
has assisted the Salt River Valley Water Users' as­socia'tion
to secure some equipment needed in the
construction and maintenance of roads within its
project. '
The traveling crane located in the machine shop
has been extended so as to operate 30 feet into the
yard and a jib crane recently received from the
federal government has been erec'ted in the black­smith
shop.
GROWTH OF STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
During the last two years the state highway
maintenance mileage has increased from 335 to
1013. By July 15, 1923 it will reach about 1500
miles.
8 ARIZONA HIGHWAYS
1922 Breaks All Road Building Records
(From Highway News Digest)
All records for road construction in the U. S.
were broken during the fiscal year 1922, according
to 'the annual report of the Bureau of Public Roads.
During that period 10,000 miles of federal aid
roads and more than an equal mileage of highways
'without Federal assistance were constructed. From
the viewpoint of federal aid progress the year di­vides
itself in'to two periods, one before and the
other after the passage of the federal highway act.
The first period was a season of great construction
activity during the which the greater part of the
work of completing 'the 10,000 miles was done. It
was also one of'almost complete stagnation with re­spect
to the initiation of projects.
When the year opened there was an unobligated
balance of $18,793,544 of the federal aid appropri­ations
and the projec'ts initiated since the begin­ning
of the work aggregated 35,402 miles. By the
end of October 1921 the unobligated balance had
been reduced to $11,714,328, the lowest it had been
since 1918. Only two states at that 'time had a bal­ance
of more than $1,000,000 to draw upon for
new projects, and a number were so reduced that
their balance was not sufficient to pay for another
mile of road. Just before the passage of 'the fed­eral
highway act the mileage submitted by the
states had not grown during the fiscal year but
had actually diminished as a result of the with­drawal
and substitu'tion Of projects. The total mile­age
proposed was only 35.379 miles as compared
with the 35.402 miles of four months before. Im­mediately
upon the approval of the act the initia­tion
of nroiects took on new life and in the mon'ths
of March and June reached the unprecedented total
of 1,250 miles a month. At the close of the year
the submitted mileage is 39.940 miles, 4.538 miles
.In'eater 'than at the close of the preceding fiscal
year.
At the close of the preceding year projects com­nJpted
aggregated 7,469 miles and there were 17,-
978 miles under construction, which were estimated
aR 50 per cent complete. In one year the complet­pd
mileage has grown to 17,716 miles, an increase
of more than 10,000 miles, and 'there still remain
under construction 14,513 miles which are estimat­p.
d at 56 per cent complete. The federal aid earned
bv the states on completed and uncompleted pro­iects
amounts to $194.5')0.1 R5. of wl,irh ~166.911.-
552 have actually been paid. The to'tal length of
nroiects in all stages, including those which have
been compl.eted and those which are in the stages
preliminar:v to construction, is 39,940 miles.
The roads brought to completion during the year
average over 200 miles for each state. The great­est
increase in completed mileage is in Texas, which
has added during the year 933 miles to its com­pleted
highwa:v. Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Minne­sota,
and North Carolina, each with an increase of
more than 500 miles, and Montana and Wisconsin,
with more than 400 miles, made notable advances
toward 'the goal of a completed highway system.
A number of smaller states, such as Louisiana,
Maryland, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, made
very substantial increases in proposition to their
size. The largest payment of federal aid during
the year also went to Texas, which received from
the government $5,915,046 and earned nearly $2,-
500,000 more. O'ther large payments were made
to Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, each of
which received from $4,000,000 to $5,000,000 or
more during the year.
Tests and Research
The activity in research and the promIsmg re­sults
that have been obtained have been outstanding
developments of the past fiscal year, says the re­port.
To some extent the bureau has been associat­ed
with practically all the major investigations that
have been in progress. The research carried on by
the division of tests at the department experimental
farm at Arlington, Va., is regarded not only as
the most important function of the division, but as
one of the most valuable services the bureau is per­forming.
To 'the State Highway Department of Illinois and
the Highway Commission of California, cooperating
with the Columbia Steel Co. of Pittsburg, California,
the country is indebted for two researches, conduct­ed
at Bates, Ill., and Pittsburg, Calif., on a scale
never before attemp'ted. Both of these investig8-
tions had for their purpose the testing of actual
road surfaces of various designs under actual traf­fic.
By the boldness with which these tests were
conceived and the thoroughness with which they
were conducted the two state departments and
flteel company have made 'the outstanding contri­butions
of the year to the advancement of the
science of highway engineering.
The researches completed last year at Arlington,
and those at the Bates road in Illinois and a't Pitts­burg,
Calif., in which the bureau cooperated, have
thrown considerable light on the traffic-resisting
qualities of road surfaces of different designs laid
on various subgrade materials, and have led to cer­tain
tenta'tive conclusions as to the proper thickness
of slab for different weights of vehicle. Immedi­ate
results are apparent in the altered standards of
design in some states, and as the information is
gradually dissseminated other sta'tes will no doubt
follow. Results of the motor-truck impact tests
are being used as the basis for the amendment of
laws governing the weight of motor vehicles.
There is still need, however, for much more inves­tiga'tion.
Information is badly needed as to the
physical characteristics of subgrade materials
which are causing certain roads to give short ser­vice,
the proper manner of draining soils of differ­ent
types or their possible treatment with admix­tures
of stabilizing materials, and 'the relative
strength of bi'tuminous surfaces on concrete baRes
as compared with concrete slab surfaces.
HIGHW A Y ORGANIZATION OF ARIZONA
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, PHOENIX
Gov. THOS. E. CAMPBELL, Chief Executive
THOS. MADDOCK, State Enlrineer
Enlrineerinlr Department
F. N. HOLMQUIST ........................................................................... .Asst. State Engineer
C. C. SMALL ............................................................•................. Chief Locating Engineer
E. A. WOLFE ...................................................................... Chief Construction Engineer
FLOYD ALLEN ............................................................ Assistant Construction Engineer
MERRILL BUTLER ...........................................................•..••.................. Bridge Engineer
1. P. FRAIZER. ............................................... Maintenance Engineer, Southern Division
W. C. GOETZ .................................................... Maintenance Engineer. Central Division
SHEPARD HISCOX ............................. Maintenance Engineer, Northern Division
W. J. JAMIESON ...................................................................................... Office Engineer
R. K. HANSON ................................................... •• _ .......•.•..........•.......... Testing Engineer
Accountinlr Department
W. R. INGHRAM ............................................................................................ Chief Clerk
C. F. PRICE .......................................................... ... .. ... ..........•.. .Purchasing Agent
S. R. STANIFORTH .............................................................................. Traveling Auditor
J. H. ALLEN .................................................................... Supt. Equipment and Supplies
COUNTIES
APACHE-GUSTAV
BECKER, County Engineer .................................................. Springerville
J. M. SHEPHERD, County Highway Engineer .................................... SpringerviIle
COCHISE-SID
SMYTH, County Engineer .................................................................. Tombstone
COCONINO-FRANK
R. GOODMAN, County Engineer ................................................ Flagstaff
GILA-JULIUS
MILTON, County Engineer .................................................................. Globe
GRAHAM-W.
R. HUTCHINS, County Highway Engineer ............................................ Safford
GREENLEE-MARICOPA-A.
F. HARTER, County Engineer ................................................................ Phoenix
R. C. PERKINS, County Highway Engineer ................................................ Phoenix
MOHAVE-R.
H. HAYWARD, County Engineer and County Highway Engineer .... Kingman
NAVAJO-J.
T. WEST, County Highway Engineer .................................................... Holbrook
PIMA-W.
C. LEFEBVRE, County Engineer ............................................................ Tucson
PINAL--
W. W. LANE, County Engineer ................................................................... .Florence
SANTA CRUZ-J.
W. LARIMORE, County Engineer ............................................................ Nogales
YAVAPAI-JOSEPH
McCARTHY, County Highway Engineer .................................... Prescott
YUMA-W.
L. ELLISON. County Engineer .................................................................... Yuma
NORMAN B. CONWAY, County Highway Engineer .................................... Yuma
FEDERAL BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS
THOMAS H. MacDONALD, Chief of BurealL .................................. Washington. D. C.
P. ST. J. WILSON, Chief Engineer .................................................... Washington, D. C.
DR. L. 1. HEWES, Regional Director ........................................................ San Francisco
J. S. BRIGHT, Assistant Regional Director ................................................ San Francisco
E. S. WHEELER, District Engineer ............................................................ Phoenix, Ariz.
P. H. EVERETT, Senior Highway Engineer ............................................ Phoenix, Ariz.
Arizona Highways
Will be issued from time to
time by the Arizona State
Highway Department for the
benefit of Highway officiala
and the general public to keep
then1 informed regarding fed­eral,
state and county highway
activities. It will be mailed
without coat to any taxpayer
upon application.
C. P .Cronin,state Librarian,
Phoe nix, Ari z .