54 BULLETIN 284, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



for road building and maintenance in certain of the National Parks 

 and Forests. 



These arrangements provide that when the assistance of a high- 

 way engineer for any of the National Parks or Forests is desired, 

 the assignment of such an engineer will be requested of the Office 

 of Public Koads, and such engineer will be assigned by said office 

 whenever it is practicable to do so. The salaries of such engineers 

 are paid from funds of the Office of Public Roads, and their ex- 

 penses from funds of the Department of the Interior when the 

 cooperative work is within National Parks, and from funds of the 

 Forest Service when the work is within National Forests. All work 

 of construction is paid for from funds of the Department of the 

 Interior or the Forest Service. 



WORK DONE IN NATIONAL FORESTS. 



In conformity with the agreements made, representatives of the 

 office were placed in five of the Forest Service Districts and in three 

 of the National Parks about the 1st of June, 1914. The men who 

 were placed in the Forest Service Districts spent the first few months 

 in learning conditions and particularly in getting acquainted with 

 the road projects by making field inspections. In some cases, where 

 the importance of the project warranted it, reconnaissance surveys 

 were made. With the information thus obtained, together with data 

 assembled from reports of forest supervisors, lists were made of the 

 most important of the projects in each State, and these lists, show- 

 ing the projects in the order of their importance, were transmitted 

 through the district foresters to the Forester for his approval. As 

 soon as possible after the approval of the lists, surveys were begun 

 and carried to completion. In practically all of the districts surveys 

 have been made of the projects which will be put under construction 

 during 1915, and plans, estimates, and specifications are being pre- 

 pared. A small amount of earth road construction was done up to 

 January 1, 1915, but in most cases attention was confined to prepara- 

 tory work to insure that an orderly progress of the work would be 

 followed out. 



SURVEY WORK. 



In preparation for construction work, which is described later, the 

 following survey work was done: 



Cochetopa Forest, Colo. — Cochetopa Pass Road. — Nine and one-half miles of 

 location survey was made and stakes driven for the construction work at a 

 cost of $682.21. 



Routt Forest, Colo. — Rabbit Ear Road. — Eleven and one-half miles of loca- 

 tion survey was made, plans prepared, and estimates begun at a cost of $786.76. 



