To complete the grading of the Pacific Highway between Grants Pass and Rogue River, the Highway Commission set aside funds for the construction of the Locust Hill Section, a section one mile in length located about three miles south of Grants Pass. The contract for this work was awarded to Albert Anderson & Co. of Grants Pass, and the construction was completed about June 1, 1918. The necessary engineering supervision of this work was given by Mr. J. E. Nelson, resident engineer of the Wolf Creek-Grave Creek Section. DETAILED EXPENDITURE STATEMENT--GRADING LOCUST HILL SECTION Engineering $ 162.88 Construction: Clearing and Grubbing $ 125.00 Common Excavation, 692 cu. yds. at .53 366.76 Intermediate Excavation, 2,552 cu. yds. at .63 1,607.76 Solid Rock Excavation, 1,954 cu. yds. at $1.20 2,344.80 Overhaul per 100 lin. ft., 3,159 cu. yds. at .03 94.77 12" Plain Conc. Pipe, 168 lin. ft. at $1.00 168.00 -------- 4,707.09 -------- Total Cost $ 4,869.97 County Construction--Locust Hill to Jackson County Line In the Spring of 1917, the County Court of Josephine County requested the Highway Department to engineer for them the construction of 2.3 miles of grading on the Pacific Highway between Locust Hill and the Jackson County Line. Plans and specifications were prepared for this work by the Highway Department and it was let by the County Court in two units: one to Albert Anderson & Co., of Grants Pass; the other to S. S. Schell of Oakland, Oregon. The construction engineering was handled by the State Highway Department under resident engineer H. C. Compton. The work was completed in September, 1917, the total cost to the County being approximately $8,500.00. The final estimate to Albert Anderson & Co., was as follows: FINAL ESTIMATE TO ALBERT ANDERSON--GRADING BETWEEN LOCUST HILL AND JACKSON COUNTY LINE