Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-03
ROAD MEET
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IL meeting Of tie eemDia1ioaoes e
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xnswbes was aecompQnisd b ~
family, and NS. Mergilman. - ~
wife and sister-in-law, both nlahlne
the trip in their cars, starting Sunday
morning. DIR. Sullivan was TIE gUe6f
Of Major L. d. Blauvelt, enginsor>0
the State Highway Commission. Who
came thru Gunnis0n Sunday, for the
trip to Ouray.
The meeting Of the commissioners'
association was held Monday and
Tuesday, with DR.. Sullivan, who was
elected to that position . year ego,
rs chairman. Mr.. Knowles officiatod
as secretary, while Mr.. AergelmAn
was q member Of the resolutions
COMMITTEES. Several resolutions wore
passed by this committee, but ~ yst
are not available for publication, end
will probably appear next week.
Monday evening the guests were en-
tertained at banquet given by the
commissioners, at which about 100
people were present. Another diver
don Of the meeting was trip by auto
ever = portion Of the Ouray-SilveEten|
hghway.-
There were many prominent speak
ers in attendance, among whom
being Major Blauvelt, state highway
engineer, Bob Higgins. supt. Of Main
tenance, VIM. Shy. Of Cheyenne Wells,
president Of State Commissioners as.|
soeiation; VIM. Weiser, Of Grand
Junction, chairman Of the STATE High
way Commission; J. J. vandermoer.
division engineer Of the second divt-
sion; Geo. Toupain, division snpG q
maintenance, and John Crooks, pfes3-
dent Of Monarch engineering Co, a
Denver Steel Z Iron Work., .WAese
talk was unanimously voted - the
hest then given. He told the ccmmts-
sionsrs many things about roads and
engineers that was greatly beneaea.l
e essn ! .. 2; 5sanins. 81! go ward;
gave m informal talk concerning the
relationship Of good roads to the hsh
and game.
The new officers elected were: J. e
Beckley, Of Delta, president Of the
Commissioners Association; Commits
sioner Woods, Of Telluride, secretary.
The meeting will be held next year Ut
Telluride. However. a meeting ID be-
ing planned to take place some time IN
the fall for this district, in which n
counties will take part.
At the Ouray meeting it was g.
ei6ed TO move the steam shovel from
where it has been operating, by the
halfway house, to point on Pine
creek. where . number Of attentions
will be made, chiefly concerning about
Ave hundred feet Of road, which. due
to q ditch close by, is becoming seepy,
and this section>will be cut out entire
ly. while new bridge will be made.
Following is the report Of the dis
trict engineer made at the meeting,
20 far as it relates to our local coun-
ty roads:
GUNNISoN COUNTY
The most important Federal Aid
project in Gunnison county is being
constructed rom Sapinero, west, =
distance Of about three miles. This
project consists of the erection Of .
main steel arch bridge 1870 feet long,
over the Lake Fork canon, together
With two deck girder-type spans 10
feet at the Sapinero end, and o. feet
long at the other end, thus making .
total span over the chasm Of 249 feet
This bridge will be about 100 feet in
the air above the water and will
present quite q construction problem
to erect it, which will have to be done
by mean4 of heavy cable ways strung
across the canon, as the excessive
height Of the bridge prevents the
erection Of false work. This bridge
will be 20 feet wide and the floor will
be reinforced cement.
There will be 425 en-. yds. Of con-
crete, 37l 900 lbs. of structural steel
and 2s, 600 ibs Of reinforcing steei
. u3aced in this structure. The contract
a this bridge has. been 1t 70 Winter
burn 4 Lumsden ut m approximate
cost Of $63 900 and the work / Is
under way at this time. The thtee
miles of grading work involved on
this project have been let to Dale
Human at an approximate cost Of
$57 900, and actual work is under way.
The completion Of this project
will eliminate the worst stretch OF
road on the Rainbow Route between
Salida and Montrose, and will result
in moving the road out Of the Black
canon of the Gunnison with its dam
gerous and narrow canon road and
railway grade crossing, and placing
the new highway mp on an easy six
per cent slope with good visibility
and easy curves. This project win
also be gravel surfaced which will odd
to its safety Of travel,
In regard to State Projects in this
county: Plans are being prepared
for the Improvement Of State High
way No. %, from the Saguache Coun-
ty line west and actual construction
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