The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1921-04-01
HIGHWAY WORK
NEARlYF|N|SHEO
Work On Stretch Across Dang
berg Field Is Progressing;
County to Repair Road
to Old Sheep Ranch

According to present indications,
the grayeling Of the new stretch of
state highway across the Dangberg
field connecting with the already COM
pleted highway north of Minden and
the Carson City road, distance of
approximately two miles, Will be COM
pleted on April 5. stated Mr.. Ross. the
contractor. Tuesday.
The surface of the new road Is be-
ing graveled to depth Of six inches
and Is fifteen feet wide. The subgrade
is being leveled with exacting care
and when completed this will be one
of the best. stretches of road In Doug
las County. For the entire two miles
the road Is as straight as an arrow
and will shorten the present road to
Carson City by some little distance.
The surfacing material Is being Sc
cured from a gravel pit at this end of
the new road and horses are being
used entirely for handling the ma
terial. A bridgeway has been built
and the six-animal teams are driven
beneath the elevation, while six four
horse scraper teams drag the gravel
from the pit to the bridgeway and 1t Is
dumped into the waiting wagons
through gate. Two wagons and all
that six horses can pull are loaded In
exactly five minutes. On Tuesday af-
ternoon but 2200 feet remained un-
grayeled and Mr.. Ross felt quite GER
tain that the work would be COM
pleted by April 5. The subgrading
and leveling is now furnished and
everything looks favorable for the
completion of the work as stated by
Mr.. Ross.
Something like rs head of horses
are employed on the job, and they
were secured with no difficulty, owing
to the present universal use OF the mo-
tor truck. 1t is quite probable that
never again will horses be as extern
sively used in road construction as
now by Contractor Ross, who declared
that they have proved their worth on
this job. since two miles of road has
been graveled in just thirty days.
Contractor Ross has had wide ex-
perience in the contracting business,
having been engaged in this work in
the East before coming to Nevada. He
recently completed two miles OF high
way work in Smith Valley, which has
been declared by road engineers to
be of the highest character. In build
ing the Smith Valley road Mr.. Ross
states that he was given hearty CO.
operation by Senator Dressler and
others and that the same spirit has
prevailed In this locality. He has been
given every possible assistance by the
Dangberg Company and other local
people as well as by Mr.. Cottrell and
other officials of the highway depart
ment.
The new road will be rolled as soon
as the graveling is finished, the coun-
ty machine having been engaged for
the work. While the road outfit is
together 1t is possible that the coun-
ty commissioners will employ Mr..
Ross to gravel the road leading to the
Sheep Ranch, distance of about half
a mile. The gravel for this work is
close at hand and the work can be
done very economically at this time.
The gravel deposit at the pit is COW
cred by several feet of surface earth
and the county tractor and scraper is
now being used to expose the road
material. When the pit was first
opened 1t was believed that the old
river channel was Of great depth. but
after several feet of gravel had been
removed from the pit, fine sand was
encountered. the best material being
above this strata and of extremely
shallow depth. and according to Mr..
Ross, about the best road material
that he has yet handled.