The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-04-17

nANrh w. April it-Narnitids
~ the prosrsm o. ftdefai aid road
huIidins "a New Mexico has tren
shown IN narf IN q ~nrtctdlnH article.
Alfooet ~ 49,. zoe ALREADY has been
resolved ~ New Mexico a. \ Ted
f41I E~ofcrnmenrs proportion Of the
t4Hl. while iht program which vii
- inaueprEied ~ June -. 1871, will
are a 1QIai value q tt.ta2, tt1tt.
Inr oftr tho three federal fiscal yean.
1918 % 1871. Inclus|te.
This federal ald WORK an u handle
under The direction and active super
vision Of h state hlEhway comuis
a|oa. The bureau Of public roads Of
the department OF agrirnilurc. \ IN
charge o. The work for the federal
sottfnnent. The bureau VIII not
deaf With county o. district orrnnian-
i|o1a hence me niaiea without state
ofaAnl1ationa cannot receive federal
nov Huresn opcrnrcs
When IL la denirod 20 place a led
frnl nId road or nfofert IN any cuunty,
r reconnaissance sarvey h made ~
u a. OIiGff. who y the engineer foy
iho state highway commission. hold
InE office under appointment ~ the
commission. OIifIt n The responsi-
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work 81 The commission. He L. also
state engineer, hut holda tfss office
under appointment 81 the governor.
The commIs1Icn IL composed Of
Charles springer. % Cimarron. chair
man. Eugene Krmpenich. Of rcralta.
secretary, n. Leroy Han. OF chama.
Meearr. Sprinesr and Kempenich have
een members az the commission
nIhce Il wal created. Han recently
-. m~..~4.a 49, lru.~~n~ Nfarh~r~
The commission holds regular. quar-
iqriT mreiinFA and special meetlnks.
also. when the nee arises. n has
entire charge Of road matters IN the
state. nHrfuf. Of courar. that n dele.
gates routine and detail matters to
the engineers sian.
A pfoiect statement r. then drawn.
based upon the Reconnaissance aur-
10y. This statement h then cxnm-
ined. and the nround gone over. BY
the bureau. whIth malnlalaa Ia New
Mexico headquarters IN Albuquerque.
There follows a survey u location.
with the subsequent making Of plans
and estimates. Thesa survey parties.
on location. have been In charge Of
=. G Anderson and ~. AZ. Robins
The final eeihnate II then mad BY
the commission and submitted 20 the
hureau. where q s. carefully checked
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Another federal inspection II then
made- The project agreement is then
draun and signed hy the department
n the commission. when the project
a ready 20 ndfertiar for bids. for n
awarding Of contract for construction. /
After construction IA commenced ~
the contractor. the work 10 Inspected
every month BY a representative OF
the bureau. Contractors receive pay
for their work on or before the 10th
o. each month. for the previous
months work. on estimates which re-
serve IS per cent for possible dis
crepsncieeI
Bir offcc Force
The general office work a. IN
charge Of Charles A. May. assistant
highway engineer. The field work
a under direction OF ~. n. Mcciuskey. |
who spends the greater part AZ his
time Or the various projects. y. l.
Comiakey n an Office engineer. and y.
u. Abbott 10 chief craftsman. In
charHe Of a force o. - men.
There Il a project engineer on each
aid project. and there ~ fur
ther supervision OF the part of ak
the project engineers. who
sion. report 20 the district engineers
These district engineers are; y. l..
Las Crurca: W G. Davidson. /
Roswell; A. Il. 81. Morris. los Innns: /
Quinn. santa Fc: p. NJ. Bow
Ration; J. II. Easter. Santa Rosa.
hut construction Of federal aid pro-
a. only a part Of h work OF
tho staff and force o. the highway
commission. The best constructed