The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-10-24
HIGHWAY PROJECT IS ESTIMATED ID
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Bids Asked For the cIifton-FrankIin State Highway; Substantial Con struction to Reduce Cost of Main tenance.

tenance.
 The State Highway Department has just issued a call for bids for the i'm provement of the State Highway from Clifton to Franklin The work in- wolves the construction of new high way from the city limits of Clifton up I Ward s Canyon joining the present . State Highway at the top of the hill | It will result in a shorter and better road than the present State Highway and will follow in a general way the location of the road used before the present State highway was construc ted.
 The Ward Canyon part of the work will be let as contract separate and distinct from the balance of the work. In addition to the Ward Canyon work the present temporary bridges be- tween Clifton and Franklin will be replaced by permanent concrete struc- lures of the standard type adopted by the State Highway Department. A number Of concrete dips will be in stalled and few small line changes will be made. One contract will be let for the reinforced concrete bridges and paved lords or dips, and another Towering a GA feet steel span over what is known as Railroad Wash near Franklin The State will furnish cement, reinforcing steel and corru- gated metal pipe, and do the small !, of n11fcidn nf Wards Canyon and put on the sur faci4g. The State Highway Depart ment has a large number of trucks which are admirably suited to haul material and are desirous to take ad- vantage of these trucks For this reason the specifications have been 1rawn up so that the State will do his part of the work and will be Rble to use the equipment furnished By the War Department.
 The Improvement of this highway Fill result in firstc'ass highway en- rely through Greeniee County. The fork is a link in the main State high Eay extending from the New Mexico inc at Franklin to Clifton, Stafford AOOG, nldLll. 0upGIlOI dllQ uOcIl1A he program of the State Highway department contemplates the improve ient of this entire highway by the nd of 1920. Work is now in pro- ress between Globe and San Carlos, d between Mesa and Superior. A ison camp has ,ca, installed in '. canyon JUS. ahov,. Sn: rior and p; started wn-> on the Superior iami Section.
 The Clifton-Franklin Highway pro- Ct is estimated to cost in the neigh ,rhood of $2O0,0O0, of which fifty r cent will be paid for by Federal d. The regulations of the Bureau Public Roads provide that the TX must be of a substantial nature b the federal aid law provides that eral aid shall be available for con uction or reconstruction, but not maintenance. It is therefore, ad- able to construct Federal Aid pro- ts in such a substantial manner t maintenance will be reduced to minimum, and this policy has been opted by the State Highway De- invent.
 he funds other than Federal aid be used in this work are provided
 by the Greenlee County Highway omission out of the proceeds of
 recent bond issue in Greenlee nty, The Highway Commission, as
 as Highway Engineer MT. s. c.
 d, are cooperating with the State hway Department in the con
 ction of this road The survey
 and plotting of the location was e by MT. Redd, and Federal Aid
 secured by the State Highway
 artment. This commission has
 Yn a desire to assist in every
 ner possible to secure early ac-
 on this project and their cooper
 has materially assisted the State
 pway Department in working up
 rogram for the improvement of
 Highway, and which will result
 aterial benefit not only to Green
 County but to the entire State of
 Dna, as we'll as assisting to put
 highway on the main transcon
 ! route.