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Trinity Forest, Cal. — Trinity River Road. — A contract was made for $410 

 to clear off approximately 1,500 cubic yards of earth from slides on the portion 

 of the r-oad built last year. 



Work was also done in the States of Oregon and Washington. 

 In addition to the above minor repair work was done as follows: 



Cochetopa Forest, Colo. — Cochetopa Pass Road, $112.87. 

 Big Horn Forest, Wyo.— Buffalo to Hazleton Road, $25.22. 

 Routt Forest, Colo.— Rabbitt Ear Road, $56.63. 



WORK DONE IN NATIONAL PARKS. 



Representatives of the office were placed in Sequoia, Yosemite, 

 and Glacier National Parks, and survey work was carried on in each 

 one of these with the idea of continuing the work until surveys have 

 been made and plans and estimates prepared for a complete road 

 system for each of these parks. 



In the Yosemite survey work has been completed on a road from the westerly 

 boundary of the park near the railroad terminal at El Portal easterly up the 

 valley of the Merced River, through the village of Yosemite to the top of the 

 Nevada Falls, a distance of about 21 miles. Plans and estimates for this road 

 are being prepared in 5-mile sections, and they have been completed for section 

 No. 1, which begins at the aforesaid westerly boundary line. The cost of this 

 work to December 31, 1914, was $3,131.23, or $149.10 per mile. 



A topographical survey was made of the floor of the valley to show contours 

 at intervals of 2 feet. This survey was made for the purpose of establishing 

 a new village site and working up a development scheme for this portion. The 

 area covered is about 3 square miles, and the cost $332.60, or $110.87 per 

 square mile. 



In the Sequoia Park a survey was made from the Giant Forest by way of 

 Wolverton Creek, the Marble Fork of the Kaweah River, and Willow and 

 Cahoon meadows to the north boundary of the park near J. O. Pass, a distance 

 of about 10 miles. The plans and estimates for this road are being prepared 

 in sections. Section No. 1 extends from the Giant Forest to the crossing of the 

 Marble Fork. In addition to this 13.5 miles of level line were run over the 

 park entrance road. The total cost of the work done in Sequoia Park is 

 $2,233.60. 



In Glacier Park a survey was made for a road from the mouth of Fish 

 Creek at Lake McDonald northwesterly to McGee's meadow on the road along 

 the easterly side of the North Fork of the Flathead River, a distance of about 

 5 miles. Plans and estimates are being prepared for this road. A survey was 

 also begun for a road from the mouth of Fish Creek northerly along the west- 

 erly side of Lake McDonald, but the work was interrupted by winter weather 

 when about 4 miles of the survey had been completed. This survey along the 

 lake will be extended northerly to the head of the lake and from there 

 northerly to Waterton Lake and along it to the northerly boundary of the park, 

 which is also the boundary line between the United States and Canada. The 

 total cost of the work done in Glacier Park to January 1, 1915, is $1,700.99. 



