Due to shortage of labor, poor shipments on macadam rock, and financial difficulties, the contractors were obliged to ask the State Highway Commission to take over the work. On August 20, 1918, after a conference with the County Court and the Contractor’s Surety Company, this was done. The work was completed November 30, 1918. The construction details under the State supervision were handled by a State construction engineer, representing the Contractors and Surety Company, and the engineering details by the resident engineer on the work—the latter rendering regular monthly estimates of work done on the unit contract prices, of the original contract.

This work complete will cost approximately $80,000.00 of which the County will pay $74,349.72 and the State $5,650.28.

The construction of this section was in charge of E. B. Bishop, resident engineer, and F. E. LaPointe, construction superintendent.

Grading—Oakland to Yoncalla

This work extends from the Calapooya River Bridge at Oakland to a point two miles south of Yoncalla, a total distance of 10.4 miles. A contract for clearing, grading and culverts was awarded the Warren Construction Company, September 5, 1917, being the last of three contracts signed jointly by the County Court and State Highway Commission.

This work was completed July 25, 1918, and is an excellent piece of standard construction 24 feet in width. It eliminates the old excessive grade over Rice Hill, and some bad sections just north of Oakland—there being now no grades over 5 per cent.

On the completion of the grading the State Highway Commission requested permission Of the Capital Issues Committee to sell bonds, part of which were to cover the rocking of this unit to make it passable for winter. This request was refused on the ground that it was not a necessary war measure. The road will therefore not be passable this winter, but it is expected that the section will be macadamized during the 1919 season.

Mr. Robert A. Pratt was resident engineer in charge of the construction.

DETAILED EXPENDITURE STATEMENT—GRADING—OAKLAND TO
YONCALLA

Engineering $ 5,864.31
Construction—
Clearing and Grubbing $ 6,350.00
Common Excavation, 45,563 cu. yds. at 49c 22,325.87
Intermediate Excavation, 37,544 cu. yds. at 77c 28,908.88
Solid Rock Excavation, 17,976 cu. yds. at $1.30 23,368.80
Overhaul per 100 lin. ft., 61,580 cu. yds. at 2c 1,231.60
12-inch Plain Concrete Pipe, 2,463 lin. ft. at $1.10 2,709.30
18-inch Corrugated Galvanized Iron Pipe, 742 lin. ft.
at $2.75		 2,040.50
24-inch Corrugated Galvanized Iron Pipe, 108 lin. ft.
at $3.44		 371.52
6-inch Porous Drain Tile, 1,055 lin. ft. at 20c 211.00
Class A Concrete, 146.5 cu. yds. at $24.00 3,516.00
Class B Concrete, 102.2 cu. yds. at $22.00 2,248.40
Metal Reinforcement, 9,057 lbs. at 8c 724.56
Lumber, 3,545 F. B. M. at $45.00 159.52
Extra work on culverts, drain ditches, rock back filling 174.48
Hauling and Placing rip-rap for embankments,
approximately 350 cu. yds.		 203.97
Lowering water pipe crossing 13.64
Rebuilding right of way fence 170.50
Grubbing for borrow pit 21.12
Extra clearing and grubbing account of line change 74.82
Gasoline furnished State 9.19
32-ft. by 36-in. Corrugated Iron Pipe (Hauling and
Placing)		 28.09
68-ft. by 36-in. Corrugated Iron Pipe in place 370.04
Total paid to contractor $ 95,231.80
Total cost $ 101,096.11
Paid by State $ 19,015.09
Paid by County 82,081.02
Total $ 101,096.11