The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-05-04
WORK PROGRESSING
EX.-JARMON ROAD

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1t has been several weeks since
the big rock quarry on the Warner
place adjacent to the Lexington-Jar
mon market road was stirred up by
heavy blasts of powder, and now the
county is getting right busy install.
ing the rock crusher at this point,
which task will be completed short,
ly, under the direction Of compe-
tent man who arrived during the past
week from Portland to superintend
the work. The crusher had to be
removed from its former location on
Rhea creek, and of course had to be
entirely dismantled and hauled to
the new location Knocked down.
The road camp has been established
at the old Burchell place near by,
and for several weeks past the work
Of grading has been going on, the big
cat" belonging to the county being
the motive power that is dragging
the heavy grader over the survey and
smoothing out the road bed at rap
id rate. Where the crew is at work
at present the work is comparatively
easy, there being no rock to cut
through; there will be some pretty
heavy end fills, however, and this
will take more time than would other
wise be required.
The camp is in charge of Ralph
Benge, and during the past week he
has been busy in getting place dug
out at the quarry for the locating of
the crusher. The hill of rock where
the quarry is located is pronounced
by Roadmaster McCaleb and men,
bers of the county court as being
very fine surfacing material. The
blasting broke it up thoroughly, and
it will be easily crushed into shape
for spreading on the road, and our
road builders believe it to be about
the best lot of road material they
have yet handled. The state author
tiles, however, who have examined
the rock, express the opinion that it
may be just little soft for perman-
ent road work, and heavy traffic,
though it should pack well and make
fine, smooth surface. The spread
ing of the rock on the road bed will
be in progress just as soon as the
crusher has a supply sufficient on
hand to keep the teams moving, and
it is fully expected that plenty Of
rock for covering several miles of
the market road will be taken from
this quarry, and another move of the
crusher will not be made until the
distance of the haul makes it abso-
lutely necessary.
The Lexington-Jarmon market road
will be completed just as far as the
funds in hand will permit, and it is
hoped by the county court that this
will mean putting it through to the
Umatilla county line, where it will
join on to the Butter Creck-Hermis-
ton market road now in course of
construction by Umatilla county. 1t
is not likely, however, that there will
be quite funds enough for this until
more money comes in, and in this
event it will be another season be-
fore the road is completed.
This road will accommodate a
large territory and serve many resi-
dents of the northern part of the
county, as well as making it possible
to get connected up with the Board
man and Irrigon sections more easily.
1t should not be a very hard matter
now to get a good road out of Board
man that will connect with this road
at a point near the W. F. Barnett
farm, coming up from Juniper can
yon.
Roadmsater McCaleb states that
the bridge across Willow creek near
Rhea Siding has been repaired and
placed in good condition for travel,
1t has been out of commission for
some TIM.
The grader has also gone over the
road leading down Willow creek from
the Morrow county line to Heppner
Junction, and this road is now in fair
shape for travel. 1t is not known
just when the state will undertake
the work Of building the road on the
newly adopted survey of the O.-W.
highway in Gillian county, but it is
known that the Gillian county court
has agreed to cooperate in this work,
and it should soon be announced
what the policy of the state highway
commission will be in regard to the
completion of this piece of road.
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