Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-05-27
IT WILL BE MACADAM
General Opinion Favorable
to Crushed Rock
H. Pavement

OF puDllc WOrKs ana property owners
Wednesday, evening. the consensus Of
4 Onion was in favor of macadam paw .
ing and granite curbing. :.
Mr.. Wetzel of the board of public
works began the general discussion on
paving.
He called on Mr.. Castleman ofLouis-
Vile for mis- views.
Mr.. Castleman said his company,
the Little Falls improvement Co.,
owned 1000 feet on the street proposed
to be paved. It would cost them a
large amount of money, and while
they would not care to stand in the
way. Of the city's progress, he felt that
If the paving stopped at Wood street,
the block from there to the bridge
would not need paving so much, and
the company would be saved from
paying. 500 feet of property. BE
admitted that he had not seen the
street at the times when it was in it's
worst condition.
It was pointed out later, that the
street between Wood and the bridge in
bad weather was the worst place in
the city, and that to leave this sink
hole on Broadway would be absurd
and impossible.
A. Tanner was heartily in favor of
paving. He believed that cement
curb. if properly made would be about
as we'll as granite, but probably would
cost as much as granite if made as 1t
should be. Mr.. Tanner said the
great question was to have the work
properly done.
John Viktor wanted paving to begin
soon as possible. He favored granite
curb Messrs. Wetzel and Ryan of the
board of public works also favored
granite curb.
s. Trebby fa1 ored macadam with
granite curb.
The specifications and estimates of
F. W. Cappellen were submitted for
inspection. The cost estimates, work
to be done by contract, are as follows
Macadam, 95 cents per square yard.
Vitri6ed brick, $3.50 per square
yard.
lssss Kettle River sandstone. $2.26 pei
square yard. - 4S4'Ss'
Combined cement curb and gutter,
55 cents per Hneal foot:
Sandstone curb Is inches, 81
cents per Nneal foot.
It was said that granite curbing can
be secured at 70 or rs cents foot.
Mr.. Wetzel gave some figures, the
result of calculation, by himself and
Mr.. Ryan, to show that to pave Broad.
way from the bridge to the court
house square, with macadam and
granite curbs, would cost around 81. on
per running foot. or $3. 80 per foot
for each side of the street. This would
make nearly $4,000. As the fund
for the purpose is $40. 900, this would
necessitate less paving but If enough
property owners paw their assessments
for paving and for curbing, all the
contemplated paving along Broadway
can be done, and perhaps scme more.
It is conceded that the work is more
necessary on Broadway than else
where.
Mr.. Cappellen'e specifications for
macadam are as follows:
The work to be performed will con-
sist in the furnishing of all TOOLS ma
chinery and labor necessary and pro
per for the construction and compile
tion Of macadam paving.
The roadway must be graded to a
depth of inches below the fixed
grade line of the finished pavement.
This grade surface must be thoroughly
rolled with q ten ton roller to the sat-
iefaction of the city engineer.
All lines and levels will be given BY
the city engineer and must be strictly
conformed.to.
Upon the prepared grade or sub
foundation will be spread layer of
crushed rock Of about 8 inches size In
any direction and inches in depth.
This layer will then be thoroug ghly
rolled until the depth shall become
4:1-2 inches in thickness. Upon this
layer another layer of . inch rock will
be rlaced inches in depth. This
layer will be sprinkled and rolled till
the total thickness of tho combined
layers Of rock shall become 61-2
inches. Upon this second layer after
completing rolling will be placed q
layer Of inch crushed granite 2
nohes In thickness and upon this q
layer Ia inch in thickness Of, slate
screenings or sand containing some
clay. This top layer is then to be
thoroughly rolled and sprinkled until
the finished surface becomes hard and
! smooth giving finished macadam
pavement Of inches in thickness
The work in every respect to be satis-
! factory to the city engineer. In case
|depreseions should occur in the work
during the progress Of same additional
material of the various Glasses must
be added to bring the work up to the
proper grade. The rolling must be
done with q ten ton roller. Z .Mx..
Harvey Garfield has gone to Glen
wood and Minneapolis for visit.
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