The Winslow mail., 1924-02-08
JUST ABOUT FOUR MILLION
FOR ROADS THIS YEAR

Tentative plans of the state High
way department for road work to be
done in Arizona during the year 1924
call for the improvement Of about
275 miles of highway according to a
statement issued by E. w. Samuel,
director of the department. 1t is
estimated that the proposed work
will cost $3,900,000 including the cost
of maintenance and general overhead
The work outlined at present, how
ever, is subject to change, Mr.. Samu-
ell stated, and varous projects which
have been listed for improvement
may be changed or eliminated accord
ing to conditions which may arise
to necessitate such action. Of the
mileage planned at present for con-
struction during the year, 175 miles
are federal aid projects while 100
miles are non-federal aid projects.
The funds for the construction of
the roads as tentatively planned will
be raised from the motor vehicle
license fees, the states portion of the
gasoline tax, the 10 per cent road
levy to be made next tax levy, the
funds on hand now in the county rs
per cent funds, and additional funds
which will accrue in the county T,
per cent funds during the year from
the gasoline tax and the 10 cent road
levy.
Three classes of road construction
are contemplated. paving, surfacing
with gravel, and grading and drain
ing. The greater part of the mileage
planned are surfaced road, although
some paving is contemplated as we'll
as the surfacing of some stretches
with two-inch top of asphaltic con-
crete.
Some of the projects listed, but not
included in the mileage shown by
the department, are roads on which
the construction started last year
and these are listed as roads to be
completed. Some of them are we'll
along toward completion and are as
follows:
The Prescott-Ashfork road on
which only a small amount of work
remains to be done; stretch of the
st. Johns-Springerville road; the
paving of seven miles of the Central
highway from Matthews Wash to
Central in Graham county, 80 per
cent completed; the stretch of paw
ing from the Eastern Canal east of
Mesa and running four miles east
toward Superior Junction; and four
miles of paving beginning at Mari
nette and running north. The last
two jobs are concrete paving and
are we'll under way at the present
time. The Graham county paving is
asphaltic concrete.
The roads to be paved by the de-
partment under the tentative plan
are as follows: Stafford east through
Solomonville, IL miles; Buckeye to
Hassayampa, 9.2 miles and an eight
mile stretch on the Bisbee-Tomb-
stone road. The contract for the
Stafford job has been awarded and
work is to be started on that project
soon. Plans are under way now for
the Buckeye-H e-Hassayampa paving and
it is probable that bids will be called
for on these jobs within a short time.
1t is to be an 18-foot pavement to eX-
tend from the end of the present
paving in Buckeye west. If the
stretch of road on the Bisbee-Tomb-
stone road is paved, it will be a
two-inch asphaltic concrete surface
laid on the present crushed rock sub
grade.
The road which the department
has tentatively planned to be graded
and surfaced with gravel this year
are as follows:
On the Old Trails highway across
northern Arizona; Winslow to the
Coconino county line, 2.7 miles; To-
pock toward Oatman, one-half mile;
St. -Springerville section, 1876
miles; and Seligman to Kingman, ~
miles.
On the Phoenix Yuma road: Fje'lra
west of the Yuma county line, 21.8
miles: Aztec east to the same line
7 miles; and Gillespie darn toward
Hassayalnpa, 5 miles.
Congress Junction, 27.7 miles on the