Arizona republican., 1921-01-30

Setting forth list of expeditures in the omnibus bill in relation to the different counties of the state, Thomas Maddock, state engineer. has furnished the senate and house committees han ding the bill a supplemental memo randum of the proposed projects.
 The information which follows will give an idea of the state road pro gram as proposed by the head of the department
 Apache county has floated S150.o00 worth of bonds. They propose to ex- pend S10000 of this on a road parallel with the Santa F'e designated Hol- brook -Lupton, s140,000 is proposed to be expended on the road from the Pet rified Forest through Hunt, Concho, St. Johns and Springerville to the New Mexico line. We have promised Apache county that we would match both of these sums with federal aid. While their bond issue is authorized, it has not been sold.
 The preliminary surveys for the Hol- brook-Lupton and the location survey for the Petrified Forest-New Mexico county line road have both been made.
 Navajo county has voted a bond is- sue of $150000, S60,000 of which will be expended on the road from the Co.,
 
 ty line near Adamana- We expect to match this with federal aid; $5,000 of this $60,000 is available from Holbrook toward Gallup. The s51.000 between Holbrook and Winslow and $4,000 be- tween Winslow and Coconino county line, taking into consideration the funds available in both Apache and Navajo counties, and the S50,000 asked for in the omnibus bill will make a big i'm provement on the Old Trails highway.
 We have already applied for federal aid to assist in paving the Old Trails highway through the town of Wins low and for the construction of the road from Winslow to the Coconino county line. The funds to match this federal aid will be secured in one case from the town of Winslow and in the other from the Navajo county funds and with the late Navajo county bond issue. We have no provision at the present time for the construction of the road from the Coconino county line to within three miles of Flagstaff, but federal aid project 35 contemplates the expenditure of approximately ESQ., 900 just east of Flagstaff. The funds to match the federal aid on this prof. ect will be obtained from the Coconino county bond issue.
 We are now paving the Old Trails highway through the town of Flag staff This is federal aid project No 2l. the federal funds being matched with funds from the town of Flagstaff
 On the road between Flagstaff ano Williams We have federal aid project No. 24. The funds to match federal aid on this are coming from the CoconinC county bond issue.
 ] 1F Fnda i aid project No. g which contemplate. an improvement on the Ashfork hill ! The federal funds are matchd with Go conino county bond money, but this il l sufficient to fix up this road, henc, our conclusion in the omnibus bill O an additional $25,000 between Williams and Ashfork.
 From AshforlS to Nelson the Yavapa county bond issue proposes to expenC I S105, ,000. This would provide but $2 ] 900 per mile, which is insufficient even when doubled with federal aid There is,therefore, included in the om
 nibus bill an additional s50.000 to car ry on this construction or rather t
 inaugurate it pending the sale of tn Yavapai county bonds.
 From Nelson to Goldread this nor thern highway is in fair condition. w
 now have contractors working on th
 construction of the Oatman- GoIdroa, highway, which is being built with z per cent fund of Mohave county an federal aid We are using our stat
 forces on the construction of the roai
 from Oatman to Topocl1 Mohave coun
 ty bond funds of approximately $100,
 900 are being matched with federal
 funds. This completes the work 1T
 prospect on the Old Trails highway.
 On the central highway We are a
 present improving the road betwee
 Clifton and the New Mexico line eas
 of Franklin with Greenlee county bon
 funds plus federal aid. This is prof
 ect No. 13. This work is nearing com
 pletion.
 Graham county bond issue, voted
 but not sold, will provide between $75,
 900 and sf0O,0 for the through high
 way in that county. We expect tt
 match this with federal funds. Tn
 omnibus bill contains an item of 50, \ 900 which will be necessary to ad
 to this Graham county appropriate
 to secure the completion of first clas
 road through that county.
 Our state forces are now worl<ini
 between Geronimo and the Gila rive } bridge above San Carlos on feder' ] aid project No. IS. The present fund aN1lidDle are llS 70 per C6Ht Ahilu Graham county, the special bridge al [ propriation of se5.000 made by the la legislature, and federal aid. The roa from the river crossing to Globe
 nearly complete From Globe to M
 ami was paid by Gila county, whic also constructed the road three mil'
 west of Miami The remainder of tn ] road into Superior has been approve . b ythe federal government as feder 2 aid project No. 16. Our funds are neal ly exhausted, however. and it will r, [ quire at least S2O0,000 to carry tn work on.
 :, From Superior to the junction of Il 3 Apache Trail and II miles east U Mesa the road Is constructed or Ill
 der contract with the exception of ) miles just west of Superior, for whi' : no funds are available. This constru ton approximates 30 miles in lengt U It has been financed by the expend n ture of the 75 per cent plus part l. the S200,000 emergency fund pass Y by the last legislature. plus federal al There is no provision for the ir y provement of the road from the Jun : tion to within four miles of Mesa, b | 1t is our understanding that this TO- Il will be completed out of the Sl320 c c county road fund. From four mil = east of Mesa into Mesa the MaricO 0 county highway bonds will provide f ,. the construction of the paving. Fro
 Mesa to within three miles of Phoer