Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1909-06-09
IMPROVEMENT OF
WALKER ROAD


the road 10 Walker. n j. now near
ing completion. and Supervisors liar'
rington, Smith and stewart yesterday
made a visit % inspection ~ the high.
way and decided upon new cut of
which will place the road directly
through the town that was unfortu.
natcly burned Monday plight. THIS
cut of will not only save n heavy grade
but will considerably shorten the dis
lance.
Those who have not Travelled the old
Walker road within the past month,
during which period force Of men
has been at work under Road Oversecr
Frank Reagan, will be astonishcd nj
the changes that have been made, and
will be especially pleased at the i'm.
provcmcn,s that have been effected.
when completed, IL will be one Of the
best roads in the county, where here
toforc IL was regarded as the worst.
As sample Of good road building. II
is an achievement of which the super
visors. may well feel proud, and cs.
pecially ms the appropriation has been
expended in wise and economical
manner.
The initial point ~ improvement Is
at the top Of Bunker Hill--a place
about two miles beyond the forks with
the McCabe road. Here the old road
had been formed into gulley by rca.
son Of the rains Of many seasons, and
IL was impracticablc TO repair IT. A
new stretch 81 road has been built III.
rectly east and parallel with IL, at n
slightly higher elevation but with a
better grade, and IL will he protected
from washouts by the abndoncd road
which will catch the drainage water
from the hill. From this point on
fills have been made TO the Seven Mile
House. and repairs of the same char.
actcr are constantly In evidence until
the road reaches BENJAMIN gulch. Tho
regular road here was in creek bed,
full Of bouldcrs and projecting masses
Of slate that dipped TO the east. II
was so narrow that two teams could
not pass and the banks were 50 steep
that, considering The rocky formation.
il could not have been widencd except
at heavy expense. The supervisors did
the sensible thing by building a new
road, and this plan was also pursued
ut Smiths Ravine, and at n point far.
Their south at what Il now known ~
Reagan's guleh.
The most important Improvement
starts ut Shelter Hill, where the old
road describes n horseshoe curve with
such sharp turn nj the top Of steep
grade that II was dangerous for any or.
binary team much less with four.
horse team with load. This road is
now left several hundred yards Ia the
eft and the new road, with an easy
grade. Is bull, for nearly n mile. Leav-
ing the stone house on the fiat, there is
mother stretch Of new road and this
Is now within 900 yards ~ Walker,
passing within a few yards Of the
Black Diamond tunnel, operated by
Dave Booker and ". y. Conner. and
nut Of which some rich ore is being
aiken.
The supervisors decided yesterday
'fter their inspection to make n big
III Mt Walker in the rear Of johnson =
that was burned, and the
Dad viii pass within few yards east
u where the Upper hotel stood. To
10 this means more expense than had |
he original plans been carried out,
mt NJ IL will he a much better road, |
number Of citizens Of Walker volun. |
eered yesterday TO donate days
york on the al IL the board would |
AIRY the road through at that point.
I will meet the old highway at the
GOT Of the hill upon which stukey's
tore IL located.
The Journal Miner, u representative
Z which accompanied the board, has
My mentioned the more important i'm.
but there are hundreds Of
oints at which the road has been
itehed, whore swales have been re.
'oved, and the road levcled and grad
d, with the object Of making the 70.
airs practically permanent.
Everyone at Walker IL immensely
leased with the work that has been
one, m that district IL now on the
We Of unprecedented mining activity,
nd there must Of necessity be much
auling to and from Prescott. The
Iilliken property directly south OF the
'alker hotel has been bonded to n
ew York syndicate and force Of
en- was put to work yesterday morn.
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