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 wide for the entire distance. Work is getting under way on this contract.

A contract in Plumas County from the westerly boundary to two and one-half miles southwest of Chester was completed in October by Charles Harlowe, Jr., contractor. The section immediately to the west of this contract between the county line and Morgan Springs in Tehama County was completed about the same time by Johnson Brothers of Portland, under the direction of the Bureau of Public Roads. These two jobs eliminate the high summit at Feather River Meadows and make it possible to maintain this road during the winter months with greater ease, owing to the lower level and the lighter snowfall. Since the completion of these two jobs, arrangements have been made to handle the snowfall during the coming winter, and equipment is on the ground awaiting the first fall.

A contract was recently awarded to E. B. Bishop and covers the construction of a primary highway from a point two and one-half miles southwest of Chester to the Lake Almanor causeway, and also, the production of screenings for next season's armor coat work from Morgan Springs to Lake Almanor causeway. It is doubtful if the work will start before the spring.

Riverside-Ontario Route—Bids will be opened January 22 for grading and paving through the new undergrade crossing under the tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad Company.

Plans are being prepared for the widening of three narrow bridges between Riverside and Ontario.

Due to the lack of rain this fall, the grading and surfacing job between Arno and McConnell, the main Valley Highway south of Sacramento, has practically been completed. The firm of Larsen Brothers is the contractor. A. K. Nulty is resident engineer.

Foothill Boulevard—The Steele Finley contract for widening and resurfacing the Foothill Boulevard from the east city limits of Claremont to Cherry avenue is now complete. The work consisted of widening the existing 18-foot pavement to 30 feet.

Arrowhead Trail—The Gist and Bell contract for realignment of approximately 4 miles near the summit of Cajon Pass is nearing completion.

The George Herz Company is making excellent progress with the grading on their contract between Barstow and Yermo. This contract includes the laying of oil-treated plant-mixed surfacing 20 feet wide.

The Dillon and Boles contract for grading and oil-treated surfacing from Yermo to Dunn has been completed.

National Old Trails Highway—A contract for grading and plant-mixed oil-treated surfacing from 4 miles west of Hector to 2 miles west of Argos is complete. This work was done by the Allied Contractors, Inc.

Two new contracts have been awarded to the New Mexico Construction Company, extending the improvement of the Old Trails Highway from 2 miles west of Argos to 1½ miles west of Siberia and from $1 1⁄2$ miles west of Siberia to 6½ miles east of Amboy. The contractor has started work on both projects.

Crest Route—A contract has been awarded to Lewis Construction Company for completion of the gap between 4½ miles west of Running Springs Park and Squirrel Inn.

Work is nearly completed on constructing oil rock borders on portions of the Coast Route between the city limits of San Diego and Oceanside. The R. E. Hazard Contracting Company of San Diego are the contractors.

A contract for grading the Rose Canyon road between Balboa avenue and Torrey Pines road was was awarded on August 13th to the R. E. Hazard Contracting Company. This section is 5.4 miles long and is to be a 46-foot graded roadbed. About two miles have been graded to date.

The contract for grading a roadbed 36 feet wide and placing of Portland cement concrete pavement 20 feet by 7 inches is nearly completed between Pine Valley and Kitchen Creek on the San Diego-El Centro Highway. Basich Brothers are the contractors.

A contract for 4.5 miles of 38-foot graded roadbed between La Posta Creek and Miller Creek on the San Diego-El Centro Highway was awarded on May 27th to the Nevada Contracting Company. Grading is completed for a distance of about four miles.

A contract for grading 3.9 miles of 36-foot roadbed from Kitchen Creek to La Posta and paving with 20 feet by 7 inches Portland cement concrete was awarded on June 25th to Basich Bros. About three miles of rough grading is completed, and grading is now in progress on about one mile. This section is on the San Diego-El Centro Highway.

The lack of the usual fall rains has enabled two contracts in San Joaquin County to be much nearer completion than would normally have been the case. Contractor C. W. Wood has completed laying the concrete pavement between Banta and the San Joaquin River on the main road between the San Joaquin Valley and the bay region. This job eliminates a dangerous stretch of narrow old county built macadam. The shoulder grading alone remains to be done.

The two line changes on the Hogan Road on the main Valley Highway south of Stockton have been graded and surfaced by the firm of Lilly, Willard & Biasotti. This job is nearly complete.

H. W. Rohl, contractor on the section of the Bayshore Highway, San Francisco to South San 