This section is through the south end of Pass Creek Canyon, beginning
approximately a mile and a half south of Comstock and extending to a
point a half mile north of Leona, being 4.6 miles in length. The
contract was a joint contract signed by the County Court and State
Highway Commission and was awarded to Hall & Soleim of Eugene on
September 5, 1917. Work covered by the contract was for grading and
macadamizing, culverts and bridges.
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.