Produced by Harry Lamé, Jason Isbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's notes: | | | | * Words in italics are represented between underscores: _text_. | | * Bold-faced words are represented between equal signs: =text=. | | * 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 --. | | * Several tables have been split and/or rearranged to fit the | | available width. | * 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. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ [Illustration: ON THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY IN THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS, JACKSON COUNTY. MACADAMIZED IN 1917] Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 OREGON STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION S. Benson, Chairman W. L. Thompson, Commissioner; R. A. Booth, Commissioner Herbert Nunn, State Highway Engineer SALEM, OREGON: STATE PRINTING DEPARTMENT 1919 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Salem, Oregon, December 1, 1918. HONORABLE JAMES WITHYCOMBE, Governor of the State of Oregon, Dear Sir: In compliance with Section 5, Article II, Chapter 237, Laws of 1917, we have the honor to submit herewith the report of the State Highway Commission for the period December 1, 1916 to November 30, 1918. The Commission desires at this time to express its appreciation of the courtesies and assistance rendered to it by the various state officers and county officials in the work of the past two years. Respectfully submitted, OREGON STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, S. Benson, Chairman W. L. Thompson, Commissioner R. A. Booth, Commissioner