Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-28

lna1sIferson county slncc. oounNs Judge c. M. Philpot inaugurated the policy of building for permanency, ac- cOraing to the report Of Highway Engineer Hugh II. Humphreys, sub mitted to the county quorum court yesterday, Twenty-seven of these bridges are Of steel with concrete abutments, and 15 of reinforced con cdata. rhe laggnsgate length of all aotAlling 1134 feet, or equivalent to the length of four city blocks All are designed to carry a 15-ton road roller, and Engineer Humphreys gives it as his opinion that they will be adequate ito carry all traffic for mRiN years.' The largest pf these pGrfhanent structures is over Plum baAy0u, near the MOTION place, on the Pfsie Bluff-Sherrill road, this bridge sng of ste with concrete abut- nts. and 200 feet in length.
 sshe county engineers report shows the sconstruction or repair of l2 wctden structures at points deemed iinssldayisapEs tq invest in permanent
 ln addition to this work, the county isl 1p ing two tractor grading out fitk.%covering 1900 miles of road each Sedapn. MT. Humphreys expresses the opinion that if the present policy iss cbntinued. ''it is only "a matter of a few wars until Jefferson county caissboast Of thu most complete bridge tdxhighway system in the state ol Arkansass'... "
 Highway Engineers Report.
 fluunty Engineer Humphreys re- pofG addressed to County Judge Phil-
 f an Fcs55npiliaahhcs With sodf request for statement of werk. doIlss' by Jef- ferson county on roads and bridges, since. you adopted the. spolcy sQf pseelrm.- auent structures about two years aEr t her,estt Eh, had you the followT " ink repurt.s | | 1.8,
 @The permanent bridges construct ed,a as follows: r.
 ssisel 1RRrrldsq9ss with Concrete Apuftr 'gfi mfnt
 Tone 50-foot bridge over main canal off Waterloo Drainage district, on Pine Bluff and Sherril read. <, f aaOns 4U-i0ot bridge over maln channel of Waterloo Drainage district atspastoria., Y ti;A 3tsE yttrsi
 Zone 30-foot bridge over Bayou P@te lateral of Wa.erloo Drainage diStrict on Pine Bluff and Sherri1 road.
 fOne 30-foptx bridge oyer Waterloo drAinage canaIS at'AhoA MitcNellss :
 One 20O-foot bridge over Plum bayou. near tho Morrow place, on Pina Bluff and ;Shergiill l.,vrc vrQad, ,syss,ssa,
 tfWO 30-foot bridges at Gibson place, on Sherrill road.
 H'Two 12-foot bridges in Fox land, Tamo pike. Cne 4u-fcot bridge over fBoggy baydu, on Main street pike.
 "Qne 40-foot bridge over IFlat bayou at Mtheimef. s&
 sThrae sO-foot steel bridgos in the yiciHisy Of Altheimer.
 vdhe 3O-foot X bridge Sovsf Black bay4u latsral, Watsrloo ralnage dis
 ss(me l6-foot steel bridge over Fish lakes canal, near the frs e 7srfage.
 "Onc 1C0-fuot bridges over Plum baycai, at Plum Bayou. \
 1.-Two 3-footS bridges over Waterloo drainage canal, in section g. and sec ton 10. township I, south, range 9 west.
 .sOne 30-foot bridge over Norton creek, Star City road. NMS,
 .One l0-foot, bridge on Tan,o pike
 "Ome 40-foot bridge over lmbeau bayou, Tamo pike.
 ''One 40-fcot bridge Over Cousart bayou. Tamo piks. E,
 "One 20.fcot bridge over drainage canal one mile north of Noble Lake.
 .sOne 20-foot bridge } 3-4 miles north cf Tamo.
 .:one s2O-iootV bridge ovsr drainage ditch, near Linwocd.
 @One 20-foot bridge over Grady drainage ditch, near Tamo.
 Re-inforced Concrete Bridges--
 One 40-fcot bridge over Caney bayou. near Dexter, pollarway pike.
 s<One 2O-fcot bridge. Dollarway pike
 'sFour 10.fo9t bridges, Dollarway pike.
 One 1o-foot inforced concrete fert. near Houston's on Dollarway D ls.
 .sDne 10-foot reinforced concrete culYcrt. near Barton place, on Dollar way pike.
 saone S-foot reinforced concrete culyert, near Langstan place, on Dos- larway pike.
 .Dne 2o-foot bridge at station 36o, on Dallarway pike.
 "Dne 20-foot bridge at Waits mill, on sDollarway pike.
 "0ne 40-foot overflow bridge. Ca1ey bayou bottom, cn Dollarway pikt
 "0ne o0-faot bridge at Redfield. on DoHarway pike.
 ssOne 4O-foot bridge near Jefferson Spri1sgs, on Dollarway pike.
 s0ne 4Q-fztot bridge near Smith wick place. on Sulphur Springs road.
 ssAll of the above bridges are built of Permanent material and are de- sigI@d to carry 3 lotion road roller, wil ich, in my opinion, will be sui ficient to carry all traffic for many years
 Tn addition to these permanent it has been necessary in1 many places to repair old wooden hri1j fspS Nnd tO construct Seysral tlm-