A complete description of the paving of the 15.7 mile section of the West Side Highway between the Multnomah County Line and Newberg is given in the Chapter devoted to Washington County. It should be mentioned here, however, that 3.2 miles of this pavement is within Yamhill County, and was built by the State at a cost of $57,500.00. The construction of the subgrade was paid for by Yamhill County, part of it having been done by County forces and the balance of it by the paving contractor under a cost plus 10 per cent agreement with the County. For the work done under this agreement, the contractor was paid $6,153.05.
Survey—Grande Ronde Section
A survey was made in the spring of 1918 between Grande Ronde and the Bee Ranch at the east end of the Sour Grass road improved in 1916. This is an important link about 61⁄2 miles in length on the Yamhill-Nestucca Highway, connecting as it does the cities of McMinnville, Willamina, Sheridan and Tillamook. In addition it will afford a short and direct route between the hay and grain fields of the Willamette Valley and the dairy ranches of the coast. Further, this highway is used by hundreds of autoists in summer enroute to the Tillamook beaches.
From the fact that only 21⁄2 miles of this section are in service as a postal route, Federal Aid could be applied for only on that section and cooperation has been requested as follows: United States Government $15,000; State of Oregon $15,000; Yamhill County $10,000. For the remaining four miles, Yamhill County has appropriated $5,000 from the 1919 funds.
It is estimated that the total cost of the remaining section will be $50,000 and it is expected that the work will be done in 1919. The entire project as proposed will be graded 24 feet wide, conforming to the State standards as to alignment and grade and surfaced with macadam 12 feet in width, thus closing the gap and affording a road between Portland and Tillamook which will be open the entire year.
Transcriber’s notes:
- Several obvious typographical and lay-out errors have been corrected.
- Inconsistencies in the original have been left as they were: geographical names in the tables are often spelled differently from those in the text, table lay-out is often inconsistent, several words are used spaced, hyphenated and/or non-hyphenated, both per cent. and per cent are used, etc.
- In the Table of Contents, pages that have no page number in the original have been listed as —.
- Page 154, under table COST STATEMENT: 15 yds. of sand should probably be 15 cu. yds. of sand; ditto for rock.
- Table B, page 56: the (¶) symbol is not explained in the original document.
- Table G: lowest price mentioned for riprap is $ 2.35 (last row), lowest price in column riprap is $ 2.75.