The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-01-16
DISAUTEL ROUTE CHEAPER
FOR OMAK-COULEE DAM ROAD
Report By Highway Department
Estimates Granddaughter
Route AT $22O,OOO
Indian Service Aids
Large Part Of Disautel Road I'm
proved Or Budgeted By
Indian Department

That the road from Omak
through Disautel and Nespelem to
Grand Coulee dam would cost $500
oo0 less to complete up to state
specifications than the road bv
way OF Omak lake, is revealed in
report on the two routes made by
state highway engineers who were
employed by the board of county
commissioners.
The total estimated cost of
completion OF the Omak lake road
Is placed at $672,36O and the
Dlsautel road $451, 1870, according to
the report submitted to John Duff.
district engineer, by c. w. Nash.
engineer OF secondary projects.
Inc report further shows that
distance from Omak by way of
DlSautel and Nespelem to the dam
10 be 5l.54 miles and of the entire
distance all but 1915 miles has
been improved or is either now
under construction or included in
the budget OF the Indian service
for construction this year.
Distances Given
Distances given are 51.66 miles
from Omak to the dam by way of
Omak lake, missing Nespelem. as
compared with 51.54 miles to the
dam by way of Disautel and Mes
pelem. From Okanogan to the
dam by way of Omak lake is $3.50
miles and from Okanogan through
Dlsautel to the dam is $3.50 miles.
The engineers estimates of the
cost OF the two routes was partly
determined by actual field data
taken On the proposed routes
through the Disautel gap and on
32.77 miles of the Omak lake road
beginning along Omak lake and
joining the present highway about
midway between Nespelem and the
dam. The estimates on the remain
der of the cost OF the two routes
MIR. Nash explained is based on ex-
perlence with works of similar ma
ture.
Costs Estimated
The estimated cost of the section
of the road through the Disautel
gap which would be 900 feet lower
elevation than the present Disautel
road, is estimated at $162 ,848.9O.
The estimated cost of the section
OF the Omak lake route beginning
at Omak lake and connecting with
the highway south of Nespelem is
placed at $451 ,47168.
The estimated costs are for
"a foot roadway with crushed rock
or gravel surface and ballast and
including II per cent for engineer
ing and contingencies.
In his report Engineer Nash sta
ted that ''the cost of snow removal
for winter traffic would be small
along either route with ordinary
equipment being sufficient to keep
the road open at all times" and
that either route will serve the
Okanogan valley equally we'll"
Other Information Listed
Miscellaneous information given
in the report follows:
Grade
Okanogan to Dam 80 per cent
Omak to Dam ........7.0 per cent
Dam to Okanogan $3.50. 10 per cent
Dam to Omak ......7.1 per cent
The total rise from Okanogan to
the dam by way of Omak lake is
given as 2,635 feet; by way OF
Disautel 2,845 feet. From Omak to
the dam by way of Omak lake 2,625
feet; by way Of Disautel 1885 feet.
From the dam to Okanogan by way
Of Omak lake 1855 feet. From the
dam to Onlak by Disautel 2,755
feet
Distances In Miles
Omak lake DiSautel
Okanogan to Dam. 49,. 5256 $500
Omak to Dam ....... 51.66 51.54