The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-04-02
Commissioners Award Contract for Eight
Miles on Meridian Highway Near
Rush Springs
CONTRACTORS WILL
START WORK SOON
Hill North Of ChiCkasha Receives Atten-
ton; Haul Out Material for
Ozark Trail


way of road work in Grady county,
and according to the action Of the
county commissioners yesterday,
there will be more doing at once. A
contract was awarded by the com
missioners to Hightower and Cor.
nelius to work eight miles of road,
beginning at Rush Springs and ex.
tending north.
This road Is considered to be
among the worst stretches of highway
in the county, and 1t is pointed out
that its improvement will mean a
great deal to the county as whole.
The road is state highway and is
designated as one of the stretches
of road on which the state money Is
to be spent. The contract calls for
a road 33 feet wide to be finished
with a clay surface with five per
cent grade and to be constructed un-
der the supervision of County Engi-
neer Little. Mr.. Hightower, one of
the contractors, estimated this morn
ing that the road would cost approx
imately $4,000.
In outlining his plans for construc-
tion OF the road, Mr.. Hightower said,
1--WE expect to put full crew on the
road, possibly two, and viii doubtless
work two miles at time. We have
just completed work on bad hill
near Ninnekah, and are glad to get
chance to show what we can do in
the way Of making a real road.
don't know just how we are going
to find labor conditions, but we will
do our best and put on all the men
and teams we can get, until our
crews are full. We will start work
at once and expect to have the thing
in full swing this week. It is of
course impossible to tell just how
Icng it will require to finish the job.
We expect to complete the work on
this stretch of road in 80 days"
On the same Meridian highway in
the northern section of the county,
work is already in progress on one
of the worst hills in the county. This
hill is three miles north Of Chicka-
sha, Immediately north of the Wash
ita river bridge, known as the "long
bridge"
The work on this hill is being done
by Jim Hill and is to be completed
soon. The contract caais ror cuttins
the hill down to a five per cent
grade. Several attempts have been
made to change this hill into a good
road. Those who have given the
work now going on the "once over"
state that when complete. this work
is to be a success. 1t is to cost the
about $4,000.
When the hill at the "long bridge"
is cut down to specifications, the road
outfit will be moved TO the Tuttle
road, which has been named as the
probable Ozark trail. Work is al
ready started on this road Material
for eight concrete culverts is being
hauled to the locations and the ac-
tual construction is to start within
the week.
Commissioner Temple left today
for Oklahoma City where he will con-
fer with the state highway depart
ment. relative to the state funds
available for road work in this coun-
ty. Before leaving, Mr.. Temple indi.
Gated that the next road work in
Grady county, following the compile
ton of that now under way, would
be on the Cement road. He did not
outline specifications of just how
much work was contemplated on the
Cement highway, bue stated that the
plans were to put it in good shape.
Some work has a~feady been done
on this road, near the Caddo coun-
ty line. A considerable fill has been
put in which puts into use a big con-
crete culvert that has stood unused
since its completion months ago.
A trip over the road will convince
one, however, that Caddo county has
it on Grady by odds on the road,