New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-05
HIGHWAY ACTIVITIES
ARE MAKING PROGRESS

The state highway department is
increasing its activity from week to
week. Federal aid projects are re-
ceiving constant attention. The six
district engineers are busy maintain
ing the red line roads and making
extensive repairs. The war depart
ment equipment that is arriving, is
helping the district engineers mat
erially in their work. The following
notes indicate what the highway de-
partment is doing.
Grant and Luna County Roads
I'VE inspected the entire red line
system of roads in district No. |
last week." said Leslie A. Gillett,
state highway engineer, on his re-
turn from the southwestern part of
the state after nearly weeks trip
! through Dona Ana, Luna, Gram, and
Hidalgo counties accompanied by {.
b. Sampson, district engineer. We
laid out complete program Tor the
maintenance work on all re- line
roads in this district for the rest
OF this year"
A tentative Federal aid project in
Hidalgo county a section OF state
highway No. 4. was looked over.
Field investigation was also ordered
for a second Federal aid project in
Luna County on state highway No.
I, being a continuation of Federal
aid project No. l9 from Myndus
eastward.
Mr.. Gillett also looked over de-
tails of Federal aid project No. 9
from Silver City to Cliff on the Gila
River. A preliminary log and mat
eral cost estimates were ordered ior
the line of state highway No. II along
Duck creek and on to the Socorro
county line. This is new location
of a highway that leads into the
Mogollon mining district in western
Soeorro county.
The heavy culvert work under way
on section No. ; OF state highway
No. IL in Grant county was inspect
ed. A concrete crossing over White
water creek. 200 feet long. was or
dered constructed on the same part
OF state highway No. II. The bridge
at this point was taken out by floods
some time ago The new crossing
will have rock fill protection dyke
at one end. In Luna county on
state highway No. 4 five miles OF
drainage work and some bridge build
ing was ordered.
Taos County Road Work
The state highway department is
sending Is additional convicts to the
road camp near Rinconads. THIS
will increase the number OF convicts
to fifty now being employed on sec
tion 4 OF state highway No. 8 from
Santa Fe to Taos. This construc-
ton is north from Rinconada to-
wards the bridge across the Rio
Grande on the Taos junction. aos
road. The Federal aid project No.
p in the same section is south OF
Rinconada.
Colfax Sends Road Funds
: Colfax county has remitted S. 20W
to the state highway department for
maintenance OF state highway No.
So from Cimarron via Springer and
Taylor TO Clayton. This highway is
not included in the red line high
way system maintained by the state,
but under the law money for main
tenance of such highway must be ex-
pended under the supervision OF the
state.
! San Miguel and Mora Roads
The survey is completed on Federal
aid project No. 81, which is the San
Miguel county end of the Las Vegas
Mora road and plans and specifica-
tions are being prepared, according
to A. D. Peabody, assistant state
highway engineer. He is just home
from an investigation of this project
and the Mora county section of this
highway. The survey is being rush
ed on No. 50 to Mora. about rs per
cent being completed.
Mr.. Peabody reports that crops OF
every kind along this line are most
excellent. He went from Santa Fe in
a car to Las Vegas and found the
road in fair condition except in a
few localities.
ID. F. Stout, field engineer OF the
Midland Bridge Company, is here
looking over the progress of bridge
and culvert construction on Federal
aid project No. g. His company has
the contract for the bridge work on
this project.
Assistant state highway engineer
A. o. Peabody has gone to the cas- :
ern part OF the state where he will
b inspect Federal aid projects Nos. 8
and II in Chaves county, No. q in
Curry county No. in Quay county
On the way back to Santa Fe he
will spend some on No. Do in Ber-
nalillo county.
Chaves County will vote on a 500 q
OO000 road bond issue on Sept. 23rd
the state highway department has
been officially advised The proceeds
of this issue will be expended IN the
construction of county roads. every
section of The county being allotted
a certain share.
The six big Holt caterpillar tract
'ors, allotted the state by the war
department. have arrived and dis
trihutcd TO the six district egnineerS
announces Leslie A. Gillett. state
highway engineer. Trucks for use
iv the district engineers are arriv-