, 1921-06-30
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Tractor Gang iaRawdins
to Start. Road North.
Headquarters of this
District Moved to- Il
This City, .:
Hesdqua4teryrMoy

F. W. Hsaly, highway, supervisor
for the district conprfsinK eastern
Carbon COUNTY. the: first OF the week
moved hi headquarters from Medi-
I Bow 70 RRwlins. @LTs1 'E%Eli.
Mr.: Healy's district was enlarged
to take in the following territory.
West o Upton, east to the, Albany
county line, south to the Colorado
line, and north to the northern
boundary OF Carbon county. In
order to be more nearly in the, center
OF this district Mr.. Healy deemed ii
advisable to move to this city.
A suite OF rooms has been secured
In the Osborne block and Ar.-Healy
has moved his office force COM
'prising an office mai and a. steuoR-
rapher to this city. tF
Mr.. Healy states that with his
headquarters In RaWfkns he will be
able to keep In closer touch with the
River project. the oil field
project, the Saratoga-Eacampment
project. the Walcott-Saratoga pro-,
ject. the Hanna-Elk Mountain
project and the Lincoln Highway
work.
~saratoga-w alcott Project.
Within the next couple OF days all
the tractor work on the Walcott-,
saratoga project will completed
and the tractor gang moved to an
other project In fais county.
Before this road Is completed 1t
viii be necessary to use teams at
several points where che grade must
be raised in order to make a winter
road. This team work has already
been started and should be finished
in the near future. ~%-N
At a couple of points on the road,
especially at n point. the forma-
ton ia very sandy and ia, almost i'm
possible to get over It at the present
time. In order to overcome this con-
dition the state highway department.
Will start Immediately surfacing that
Several other short stretches
Will need to be surfaced before the
project can be called completed.
When completed and packed down
this new road will be one Of the
finest all the y~ear-round roads In the
state as the formation Is ideal for
dirt ro4dG. 4
acknowledgements Project
Considerable Of the Npfk On the'
SafAtoga-Ehcampment project has
been completed although there Is an
amountfof work that IL still
be done before this project is COM
pleted.
The work near Riverside has been
at far as grading VS. con-
cerned n at the present time a
gang of workmen is engaged in sur
facing the road.
WhilO this surfacing Is going on
the highway department is endeayor-
Ing to fix up q detour for those
travelling the road.
Lincoln Highway.
The section of the Lincoln High
way on the Hanna-Elk Mountainl
road going west from old Carbon hiss
been completed and the road opened
for travel. This project was one Of
Ahe most necessary on the entire
Lincoln Highway in the state and its
goes q long ways towards
putting the Highway In Carbon
county In excellent condition the
entire width Of the county.
HaanA-Elk AGountain Project.
A tractor outfit IL being moved
this week to the Hanna-Elk Noun
tain Project where work will be
started imm ediately. Owing to the
excellent material through which
tbis road run the highway DEPART
mont expects to have = first-class
road constructed within a very short
time. 7
Oil Field Project.
One Of the most necessary . pro-
jects In the entire county Is the con-
Atruction Of q road running north
from Rawlins through the oil fields,
with branches connecting with Cas-
per and Lander.
.Problbly more traffic goes north
from RAwHns than over any other
road In the couhty. Practically NO
work has bsan dome on this rosd
north excSpting what has been done
BY the oil5eompanies operating ip the
fields. 3
A tractor gang is expected to ar
rive in iRawifns within the NEXT
coHple ofadaysi and work WIN be
started immsdtAteiy on this rNndS
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