JACKSON COUNTY
HEAVY GRADING ON RUTHTON HILL IN HOOD RIVER COUNTY.
CONSTRUCTED IN 1917 AND 1918
The Highway Department expended in Jackson County during 1917 and 1918 the sum of $86,619.88. The work accomplished with this amount consists of six and five-tenths miles of 16-foot crushed rock macadam in the Siskiyou Mountains, an undergrade crossing with the Southern Pacific Railway just north of Ashland, and 4,200 lineal feet of grading and paving north of Ashland. A survey has also been started on the Ashland-Klamath Falls Road about fifteen miles of which was completed before weather conditions made it necessary to discontinue field work until spring.
Ashland Hill Grading and Undercrossing
On account of a contemplated undergrade crossing with the Southern Pacific Railway, a stretch of 4,200 feet on the Pacific Highway just north of Ashland was left unpaved between Ashland and Medford when the balance of the distance between those points was paved in 1914. In 1917 arrangement was made between the County and Railway Company for the construction of this undercrossing and the State Highway Commission set aside funds to cover the cost of the 4,200 feet of grading in connection therewith.
The Installation of the undercrossing structure was handled by the Southern Pacific Railway Company. The grading was handled by the County grading forces under the supervision of the Highway Department. Mr. F. H. Walker acted as resident engineer. The grading was commenced on January 7, 1918, and completed August 1, 1918. The total cost of the grading was $9,768.88, and was paid entirely from State funds.
COST STATEMENT ASHLAND HILL GRADING
| Industrial insurance | $ 156.27 | |
| Grading, labor, teams, material, etc. | 8,928.19 | |
| Explosives | 102.08 | |
| Concrete drainage structures | 14.70 | |
| Pipe culverts | 287.03 | |
| Irrigation flume diversions | 5.40 | |
| Total | $ 9,493.67 | |
| Engineering | 275.21 | |
| Total cost | $ 9,768.88 | |