Biennial report of the California Highway Commission Volume 3 - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...the 1921 Federal Aid Act. It was determined that $1,168,697 would be available from the forest highway fund for construction work in California. In order to demonstrate the fact that there was sufficient work to be done on the state highways of California in and adjacent to the National Forests to absorb all of the forest highway funds which might be allotted for several years to come, the Highway Commission submitted the following list of projects under the seven per cent system on which expenditures might be made to advantage from the forest highway fund: Crescent City to Oregon line $oTM TM m Redding to Alturas 200,000 00 Red Bluff to Susanville 200,000 00 Feather River Route 00 Auburn to Nevada line 200,000 Mariposa to El Portal 400-000 » Cuyama Road 200,000 Vieja-s Grade to Pine Valley 200,000 00 Plarerville to Lake Tahoe-XXn a/ Big Pine to Oasis 200.000 00 Kern River to Walker Pass 200,000 00 Trinity River Road 200,000 00 Total $2,800,000 00 Under date of February 8, 1922, B. A. Sherman, associate forester, acknowledged receipt of the above list of projects and advised that, if the Secretary of Agriculture placed upon the Forest Service the responsibility for the expenditure of the fore.st highway fund, he would recommend that favorable consideration be given to specific projects, as follows: Crescent City to Oregon line $200,000 00 Redding to Alturas 200,000 00 Red Bluff to Susanville 200,000 00 Cuyama Road 292.500 00 Big Pine to Oasis _:123,697 00 Big Bear Project in San Bernardino County 152,500 00 Total $1,168,607 00 Or the amount available for such construction in California as of that date. It will be noted that the forester added $152,500 for construction on what is known as the "Big Bear project" in San Bernardino County, and al...