Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-29
APP0RTIONMENT Of.
F UNDS FOR ROADS
IS MADE FOR 1920

Apportionment between the states
of the $4,000, 900 made available from
the postoffice appropriation bill fol
the fiscal year of 1921 has been made
by the forest service. out of this ap
preparation New Mexico will receive.
$4,000 for the construction of i'm
portant road projec,s within the ma
tional forests.
In addition to this amount the state
will receive in the neighborhood %
$40. 600 for construction of trails and
less important roads within the for
ests
The state will also receive it's annual
apportionmeut which it gets under
what is known as the Bankhead bill
This year the apportionment VIII
amount to $4,000. This annual APP
portionment, however, expires in 1926.
is to be used comparatively with the
states and counties in building roads
within or partially within the national
forests.
The state will also receive 10 per
centum Of the receipts from the ma
tional forests within the state for the
building of roads and trails. For the
fiscal year of 1919 this amounted TO
$33,S64. 1t is expected that at leas,
this much more win be received Tor
the coming year
Totanng the above amounts an app
preparation Of $500, 600 has been mace
for the forests within the state for the
Z. Il, ~ tnO4f Dat,
with appropriations that viii be made
by the state and counties together
with monies from the federal govern
ment ought to greatly improve the
New Mexico highway system.
The appropriation out of the
So, 900, 600 fund will epd with this
year. The amount was to run for three
years but it was thought best to make
The 1919 and 1920 appropriation at
| one time.
The forest service is now getting to
| a place where it is able TO accomplish
| n great deal in road building. The
public is approaching the work ana
| is working in hearty corporation
with the service. Every effort is being
made 10 amend the townsend bill so
| that the forest service will be allowed
| to go on with their good work, whlcm
| they would not be able to do IL the Dill
passed in its present form,
1t is reported by District Forest En-
gineer Curry A. Long that twelve miles
| of the Pecos valley road has been COM
| pleted. This will be good news TO those
| who have summer cottages in lhe
| mountains nearby. The remaining SIX
miles win be completed early next
spring. They viii now make good
| road all the way TO Cowles. The pro
| iect when completed will cost about
| 500, 600, which has been borne by
the forest service, with the exception
| of $4,000 which was appropriated by
the state.
Mir. Long states that sixty-seven
miles of high grade road has been
built this year within the national lor-
| esfs of the state together with llO
miles Of first-class trails.
The trails built this year are a great
limprovemen over anything that has
ever been built 10y the forest service
I in the past All trails built this year
have a width of four feet and a maxi
mum grade of IL per cent. All WORK
done on both trails and roads has been
| laid out by experienced engineers and
has been constructed under the direc-
ton of skilled foremen.
Large appropriations have also been
made in Arizona. 1t is estimated tha'
| tha forest service will spend in the
neighborhood OF s225,OOo in that state
during the coming year.
one Of the largest projects under
| the supervision of the government Is
the Springerville-C Clifton road, whlct
| il is expected will be completed II
1928. This road is being built as on'
of the state trunk highways and WI
make an outlet for travel as in M
southern part of the state, who wisf
10 come north. The road is being buil
lover some of the widest country IN I'M
state and will be, when completed, TN
most magnificent scenic highway II
4 the state. Parts of the road are beinl
thuilt along the sheer face of cliffs ina
J are hundreds of feet high. II Is est
mated that the highway in these see
lions will cost in the neighborhood o.
10000 TO $4,000 per mile.