The copper era and Morenci leader., 1922-03-17
FORESTRY ENGINEER ARRIVES IN CLIFTON START WORK

On Thursday of this week there arrived in Clifton a corrs of Forest Highway Engir aers, under the Fen- eral Department of Public Roads. from the Albuquerque office, who will have charge of the engineering work on the final link in the Clifton Springerville Highway, through the Apache National Forest, a distance of forty four miles.
 The corps is in charge of MT. W. R. F. Wallace, chief engineer, and the personnel includes Messrs Veg Cooper, A. J. Chalfant, G. J. George. Ted Perrin, c. R. Brashears. and c. W. Outland.
 The party drove into Clifton with two trucks and an auto carrying their field equipment and Friday was spent in getting together supplies for the camp and engaging cook. On Saturday they departed for Pine Flat
 over the SpIingeryille road where camp will be made for the present
 Cotey 6 Black, the successful bid ders on this link, were in receipt this week of their formal contract with the Department of Agriculture
 which they signed, and accompanied
 by the required surety bond, was re turned to Washington for formal and final approval. Notice of approval is
 expected early next week when ac- tual work will be started
 R. s. Black, of the contracting firm
 will be in charge of the construction and the time limit for the completion of the forty four miles is four hun- dred working days. MT Black is confident that the highway will be completed within the specified time i and it is the present plan to begin construction at both ends of the link The first part of the construction in the vicinity of Rose Peak will be heavy rock work. but the work on the 1 major portion of the new link will he done with teams. Approximately forty 1 men will be employed in the begin,
 hing and the wages paid will. be the i prevailing industrial wages of the l district for similar work.
 [ MT. Veg Cooper with the engi 1 neerlng corps. was at one time a re l sident of Clifton. in the earlier days 1 as an employee of The Arizona Cop ] per Company. and had charge of the
 old blue stone plant adjoining the i teacher. He was happily engaged or Friday in renewing old acquaintances aitu SiSdS SiHS III pNcdSdiI TelIllIllS 1 censes.
 l The Clifton-Springerville / Forest ! Highway, upon which construction ot
 the last link is about to be started
 had it's inception about six years agr ! following the passage of a law through Congress providing for cooperative 1 construction between communitie: l and the forestry department. Tht | Clifton-Springervill Highway wa: the first project authorized under this bill and the first survey of th' i route was made five years ago. Tht i road has been completed a distance O forty miles from Clifton into thu i forest and the present link about tt he started will complete it to con
 nection with SDrinrervi1le
 ,I Leaving Clifton the highway wind
 its way throug;, Chase Creek Canvo' with scenery unsurpassed in the stat :, outside of the Grand Canyon Tn pine belt is reached at Pine Flat an, from then on the road traverses tn
 beautiful and picturesque Apach National Forest. The Clifton-Sprine
 erville Highway will prove an attrac tive route to tourists and in additio will provide the second north an
 south intraState highway.