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Show Bids Will be beCalled beCalled Called For on onRangely onRangely Rangely RoadI RoadState Road RoadState I State Highway Engineer He- He Hewitt Hewitt He-witt He witt - - : witt announced this week that thatthe thatthe thatthe the state highway department departmentwould departmentwould departmentwould would call for bids on seven mil million million million lion dollars worth of Colorado Coloradostate Coloradostate Coloradostate state higb highway ay proj projects cts , . within withinthe withinthe withinthe the next sixty siitty days Among the theprojects theprojects theprojects projects listed was a section of ofState ofState ofState State projject Highway No 64 The pro pro- pro-j pro j project project - - ject was listed as one and onel onelhalf one onehalf onehalf half miles in length for which which$46,000 which46000 $46.000 46.000 46000 $46,000 $ , . had been set upIt upIt up upIt It is presumed that this short shortstretch shortstretch shortstretch stretch of road will wiIl be lrom from lromStmking fromStinking fromStinking Stmking Stinking Gulch towards Rang hang Rangely hangely : Rangely ely and will take in a portion of ofthe ofthe ofthe the road between the oil 011 field fieldand fieldand fieldand and the Rangely community Re Re- Recently Recently Recently - - cently we saw a tenatlve tenative map of pf ofthe pfthe ofthe the new road which will leave leavethe leavethe leavethe the present highway Just west westof westof westof of the Rangelv Rangely school house and andangle andangle andangle angle north and west past the theStanolind theStanolind theStanolind Stanolind Oil camp , . across the theWhite theWhite theWhite White River and head l-ead l ead lead - north and andwest andwest andwest west to connect with the com corn completed cornpleted cornpleted pleted road at St'nking Stnking Stinking ' Gulch GulchThe GulchThe GulchThe The new survey will cut off oU a aconsiderable aconsiderable aconsiderable considerable dlstan distance and will willalso willalso willalso also give gyve a much stralghter straighter align alignment alignment alignment ment We understand undecstanil that all ofthe of ofthe ofthe the engineering has not been beencompleted beencompleted beencompleted completed on the project . , but the thefirst thefirst thefirst first mile and d half will be com corn completed cornpleted cornpleted pleted pletedwhUe pletedwhile while whUe the plans are drawn drawnfor drawnfor drawnfor for the rest of the roadThe roadThe road roadThe The Commissioners ColtUIltsioners $ found out outin outin outin in Denver that only $172.000had $172,000had $172,000 172000 $172.000 172.000 $ , . HighwayNo had A l been kk nm allocated nllf n A to 4 Highway Ulfl * . - * No 64 this year , which Includ inelud ineluded Included included ed the first $100000 100000 $100 100 $ 000 which was waspromised waspromised waspromised promised early in the fall tall The Thehighway Thehighway Thehighway highway engineers have also alsosurveyed alsosurveyed alsosurveyed surveyed a strewn streku stret.ii stretii . of highway highwaybetween highwaybetween highwaybetween between Yellow Creek reek and andPiceance andPiceance andPiceance Piceance creek on the Meeker MeekerRangely MeekerRangely MeekerRangely Rangely road part of which will willbe willbe willbe be built this yearSeveral yearSeveral year yearSeveral Several highway officials have haveen haveenpressed haveenpressed en enpressed pressed themselves as being beingconfIdent beingconfident beingconfident confIdent that more money will willbe willbe willbe be allocated to Highway I&lghway Ilghway Iighway : & ; 64 next nextyear nextyear nextyear year than we received this year yearIn yearIn yearIn In the meantime the CommissIOn Commissionrs rs will have to patch up the theworst theworst theworst worst places until such a time as asa asa asa a standard highway is complet completed completedCommissioner ed edCommissioner edCommissioner Commissioner Tom Franks has hasbad hashad hasbad bad had a gravel crew working in his hisdistrict hisdistrict hisdistrict district and within the next few fewweeks fewweeks fewweeks weeks will have the graveling gravelingcompleted gravelingcompleted gravelingcompleted completed from the old CCC CCCcamp CCCcamp CCCcamp camp at the foot of Piceance PiceanceCreek PiceanceCreek PiceanceCreek Creek hill The road from the Rosenlundj Rosenlundranch Rosenlund j , ranch .to to . to y ) " ; 9'et 9et 9'etyJ t ' the te yJ { WhjAeRiver 11 > ! t te teRiver River City 1ty bridge bddge ts is a1r a1ray already alreadyfinished alreadyfinished ay ayflnlshe ( } flnlshe finished completing onelot one { ot t theworst the theworst theworst worst stretches on t t the i rJW rJWe Meekei Meeteer- Meeteer Meeteerworking e er-- er erRangely - ' - Rangely highway hlghwa . The They hrj 8t ' J19W J19Wworklnf w wworking worklnf working , along the tjie t .e e . Oldland Oand dUI- dUI dug dUIway dug-way dug way - . way be between ween the CCC cec camp carnj amp ani1 and andSmith ; Smith lookslike Gulch Whlle.t Whllet While . it now look looks lookslike $ like it will take tw two twb to t tm'ee tmee three tm'eeyears threeyears ' threeyears years to complete the staqd stagdtird d dhlghway standardhighway stagdtirdhighway hlghway highway down the river , we will willhave willhave willhave have at least a road which wUlbe willbe will wUl willbe be passable paSable $ in wet weather- weather weather-- weatherMeeker weatherMeeker weather weatherMeeker - - - Meeker Herald |
