New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-16
CONTRACTS LET FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF
SANTA FE-LAMY ROAD
CHAvEs COUNTY WORK BY
FORCE ACCOUNT. BRIDGES
BUILDING. ESTIMATE OF
ROAD FUNDS FOR FOUR
YEARS

Preparation of plans and specific.
alton of Federal aid road project.
is proceeding in the office of the
state highway engineer. 1t takes
time to get the approval OF the gov.
ernment after the plans are submit.
ted. 1t is therefore important tc
speed up the preparation of the
plans that the state wants to sub
mitt at the earliest date possible
Just now not much construction car
be undertaken by the Highway Com.
mission as the funds on hand are
limited. No certificates of indebted.
ness authorized by law to be ISSUED
against tax levies can be issued unit
the tax levy has been actually made
in June. 1t will therefore take sew.
eral weeks before the state will have
adequate funds to meet the Fedora
appropriations.
Bids Received
New bids were opened last Fri.
day for the construction Of about
forty miles OF Federal aid road pro.
jects in Chaves, Colfax, and Santa
Fe counties. The contract for tho
construction OF ten miles of the
Santa Fe trail from Santa Fe to
Pankey's gate was let to Mishon 8
Millard of Pueblo, Colorado. Thi,
stretch of road will be graded and
gravelled. This is known as Federal
aid project No. 3. The Midland
Bridge Co.. received the work on
bridges and culverts.
The bids for other grading and
surfacing was not entirely salts
factory. Federal Project No. IL in
Chaves county, being the road from
Roswell east to Comanche Springs, is
still under consideration. 1t may be
that the highway engineer will do this
work by force account. The bridge
and culvert work on this project
was let to the Midland Bridge Co..
Among the streams to be bridged
is the Hondo river.
Taos.Santa Fe Road
Construction is already under way
under the direction Of ]. c. Harvey
district engineer. The first camp i.
located at RANCHES in Taos Coun.
|ty. A convict camp Is also being
organized for work on this road in
Taos County. 1t is expected tina,
from thirty to fifty convicts will be
ready for work on Monday.
Silver City.Lordsburg Road
The commissioners of Grant Coun.
ty has remitted R,sN00 to State
Highway Engineer Leslie A. Gillet,
for reconstruction and repair of the
Lordsburg end Of the road to Silver
City. The road is in bad condition
and the state will meet the appro'
prjation by Grant County to repair
this road. Lordsbure is deeply in
terested in this particular road and
the citizens there have promised to
contribute 81. 10000.
The Abo Road
Red Hill near the Abo Canyon in
Torrance County is receiving de-
served attention, 4 crew being 4,
work there at present. This hill ha!
been an eyescore for long time and
the work now under way will i'm.
prove this important road greatly.
Other Work In Progress
Work has begun on the road on,
of Albuquerque going north to Ber.
nalillo on the west side of the Rio
Grande. A crew is now grading and
otherwise repairing this stretch oi
road.
The second district which includes
the Pecos Valley, the plains to the
east and the mountain district to the
west is trying to catch up on main.
tenance work under the direction oi
Nv. C. Davidson, district engineer
During the last year the drouth was
so severe and continuous that work
on the roads in this section had
to be sighted. There is now abund-
ant moisture IN the ground and ad-
vantage Is taken Of the favorable
condition to fill the chuck hole.
and otherwise bring the roads into
better shape for travel.
Bridges
The construction Of the BluewateI
bridge on the Cailup-Albuquerque
road IN Valencia County is under
way. There are two thirty-one fool
spans. This bridge is over Blue
water creek near the town of Blue.
water near the Mckinley County
line.
Construction Is also ready to begin
in the near future of the Santa Cruz
bridge near Espanola. The plans
have been completed. The state
county, and citizens in that section
co-operate in the building of thi.
bridge.
The Road Up Saata Fs Canyon
Work is ready to begin on tht
road up the Canyon from Santa Fl
to Monument Rock, nine mile.
away. County Road Superintendent,
Thorpe is responsible for this work
Largely through his efforts 81 ,S000(
was raised in Santa Fe for the re-
pair of this road. Forest Supervisor
Joseph c. Kireher was ready to co.
operate with Mr.. Thorp and ths
Forest Service will meet the 81 500 OF
of Santa Fe. The work vii don't
under the direction Of Mr.. Thorp
ACCORDING to Mr.. Kircher $4,000
will put this road In excellent con.
dition and open 4 good road to mag
n;ficent scenery
Investigation Of the damage don,
BY the recent flood to the bridg,
across the Rio Grande at Espanols
has been completed. ]. c. Harvey
the district engineer, has made Ar
rangements for immediate repair.
MoeeaDoFo Sad Read.