The Winslow mail., 1926-08-20
FOREST SERVICE
TO BUILD MANY
TRAILS In YEAR

For the fiscal year, which ends
June 80, 1927, Arizona has been
apportioned from federal forest
highway and forest development
funds, $369,061 for expenditure on
public roads within and adjacent to
and serving the national forests of
the state, according to District En-
gineer c. A. Long.
The road projects upon which
the $278,446 of forest highway
funds are to be spent were deter
mined at a conference held at
Phoenix last January between Dis
trict Engineer c.. H. Sweetser of
the bureau of public roads; State
Highway Engineer F. G. LeFebvre,
of Arizona, and District Forester
Frank C. W. Pooler. The program
arranged at this conference has re-
Gently received the approval of the
secretary of agriculture. The for
est highway funds, states Mr.. Long,
are used for expenditures on high
ways of primary Importance to
state, counties and communities.
The projects approved for the fis-
cal year 1927 include the follow
ing:
One hundred and seventy-five
thousand dollars for the completion
of the Flagstaff-Angel highway in
! Coconino county. This road is a
link in the National Old Trails
Highway and is 23.4 miles in
length, extending from Flagstaff
east to the forest boundary. Con-
struction has been under way on
this project since 1923 and the to-
| tai cost when completed will be
approximately $530,000, all of
which has been paid out of forest
road funds.
Surface Coronado Trail
Twelve thousand five hundred
dollars of forest highway funds
and an equal amount of forest de-
velopment funds was approved for
surfacing a portion of the Clifton
Springerville highway in Greenlee
county between Pine Flats and
Sheep Saddle, so as to render this
road serviceable in rainy weather.
This highway, recently dedicated as,
the Coronado Trail, has been con-
structed in cooperation with
| Greenlee and Apache counties and
| is now open for through travel.
| Ten thousand five hundred dollars
was also allotted from the forest
highway fund for surfacing the
Snowflake-Pinetop road in Navajo
county between Showlow and the
Apache Indian reservation. Thir-
| ty-three thousand dollars of for
est highway money was spent out
of the fiscal year 1926 apportion-
| ment for this project. Navajo coun-
| ty cooperating to the extent of
| $4,000.
For the maintenance of forest
| highways previously constructed
| $23,550 has been approved and SILL
| 600 additional approved for making
of location surveys and preparing
plans and estimates on the Straw
berry-Clints Well section Of the
Winslow-Pine road in Coconino and
Gila counties.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars of
forest highway funds from 1925 fis-
cal year will go to the construction
Of the Cherry Creek hill section of
the Young-Holbrook road in ella
county, together with similar
amount appropriated by Gila coun-
ty. The forest service will also al
lot to this project $4,000 from the
forest development fund, making
total of 100000 to be spent upon
this project this year.
State Gets $9O,615
In addition to the forest highway
funds mentioned above, the state
also will receive from the fiscal
year 1927 apportionment $90,615
from the forest road development
fund. This fund is expended by the
| forest service in constructing and
maintaining forest roads and trails
needed for the protection, utiliza-
ton and administration of the for
est resources.
While the forest highway funds
mentioned above are spent by the
bureau of public roads on major
road projects, the state road sys-
tenn will be further benefited by
10 per cent of the net receipts of
the national forests, which amounts
to $4,000 for the fiscal year 1927,
which sum will be spent for roads
and trails on the national forests
by the forest service.
The state will also receive direct
ly 25 per cent of the net receipts
of the national forests of Arizona
for distribution to the counties for
roads and schools. This fund will
amount to approximately $4,000
for the fiscal year 1927. The
waiver of grazing fees in the ma
tional forests of Arizona by the
secretary of agriculture has great
ly reduced the receipts from this
| source during the mast wear