Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-02-04
Highway Department Outlines Work Proposed Under the Omnibus Bill

Setting forth list of expenditures in the omnibus bill in relation to the different counties of the state, Thomas Maddock, state engineer, has furnished the senate and house com mittee handling the bill supplement tai memorandum of the proposed pro- jects.
 The information which follows will give an idea of the state road pro- gfam as proposed by the head of the highway department.
 Apache county has floated $150,0OO worth of bonds. They propose to ex- pend $10,000 of this on a road parallel with the Santa Fe designated Hol- brook-Lupton, $140,00O 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 sams with federal aid. While their bond issues is authorized, it has not been sold.
 The preliminary surveys for the Holbrook-Lupton and the location sur vey for the Petrified Forest-New Mex .ico county line road have both been made.
 Navajo county has voted bond is- sue of $150,OO0, $60,00O of which will be expended on the road from the Co., conino county line to the Apache coun- ty line near Adamana. We expect to match this with federal aid; $5,OOO of this $60,000 is available from Hol- brook toward Gallup. The $51, ,00O be- tween Holbrook and Winslow and $4,- 900 between Winslow and Coconino county line, taking into consideration the funds available in both Apache and Navajo counties, and the $50,OOO asked for in the omnibus bill will make big improvement 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 dwill 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 contemplat- ees the expenditure of approximately $30,OO0 just east of Flagstaff. The funds to match the federal aid on this project willi be obtained from the Coconino county bond d-issue.e
 We Ire now paving the Old Trails highway through the town of Flag staff. This is federal aid project No. 21, the federal funds being matched with funds from the town of Flag staff.
 On the road between Flagstaff and Williams we have federal aid project No. "A. The funds to match federal 1 aid on this are coming from the Coco nlnO county DOnQ issue.
 West of Williams we have federal aid project No. 37 which contemplates an improvement on the Ashfork hill. The federal funds are matched with Coconino county bond money, but this is sufficient to fix up this road, hence our conclusion in the omnibus bill of an additional $25,O0O between Will Hams and Ashfork.
 > From Ashfork to Nelson the Yava- pal county bond issue proposes to ex- pend $105,000. This would provide but $2,000 per mile, which is insuffi- cient even when doubled with federal aid. There is, therefore, included in the omnibus bill an additional $50,000 to carry on this construction or rather to inaugurate it pending the sale of the Yavapai county bonds.
 From Nelson to Goldroad this nor thern highway is in fair condition. We now have contractors working on the construction of the Oatman-G Goldroad highway, which is being built with 75 per cent of Mohave county and federal aid. We are using our state forces on the construction of the road from Oatman to Topock. Mohave county bond funds of approximately $100,- 900 are being matched with federal funds. This completes the work in prospect on the Old Trails Highway.
 On the central highway we are at present improving the road between Clifton and the New Mexico line east of Franklin with Greenlee county bond funds plus federal aid. T,lis is pro- ject No. IS. This work is nearing completion.
 Graham county bond issue, voted but not sold, will provide between $75,O0 and $1OO,00O for the through highway in that county. We expect to match this with federal funds. The omnibus bill contains an item of $50,- 900 which will be necessary to add to this Graham county appropriation to secure the completion of a first class road through that county.
 Our state forces are now workinp l