Columbia River Sun-January 13, 1916
Cathlamet, Wahkiakum County, Washington

Worked Completed

The construction work on the highway between Cathlamet and Skamokawa 
was completed by Sloane Bros., contractors, last week.  The road 
presents a good piece of workmanship and when rocked will be the best 
stretch of road in Wahkiakum county.  It will prove a boon to the 
people residing along the route and also to the residents of Skamokawa 
and Cathlamet.  It is now only a dirt road and satisfactory service 
will not be had until it is rocked.  Some repair work must be done 
along the route, as soon as the weather will permit, where the heavy 
rains caused slides to come into the road at several places.

The total cost of the construction work, as it appears in the final 
statement of J. R. Newell, construction engineer, is $27,542.21.  In 
addition to this sum must be figured the cost of right of way and also 
the cost of culverts and drain pipes, which will total approximately 
between seven and eight thousand more.

The estimate of total work of construction as it appears in the final 
statement is as follows:

Common			60,509 cu. yards
Loose Rock			  5,675 cu. yards
Solid Rock			  2,930 cu. yards
Overhaul			27,711 cu. yards
Clearing							35.3. acres
Grubbing						  	7.90 acres
12-inch Pipe		980 lineal ft.
18-inch Plain		  48 lineal ft.
18-in Reinforced		632 lineal ft.
24-in Reinforced		220 lineal ft.
30-in Reinforced		112 lineal ft.
40-in Reinforced		132 lineal ft.
Moving Tract						1200 lineal ft.
Timber in Place						8848 B.M.

 (As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society 2008 from 
original newspaper collection.)