Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-29
CONCRETE PAVEMENT At sl.ls.

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CONCRETE PAVEMENT At Si.io.
! A letting Of a contract for concrete
pavement at 5iarshalltown on Monday
Of this week to ]. c. Mclaughlin &
Sons Of Red Oak, at $1.1s per square
yard for a pavement seven inches thick
OF two courses, sets the low mark for
street paving in Iowa and should start
city councils to drafting their specifi-
cations for street paving Of this char
acter as the saving at this price as
compared with ordinary brick at 81
per yard can not be passed with in
difference. The saving to property
/ owners upon street paving at this price
is $1,000 per city block. over and above
other forms Of paving which average
close to 81 per yard. Marshalltown
thus obtains for $1,711 per city block
a more durable street pavement than
Grinnell secured for ss,oss per city
block.
While Sioux City has obtained a price
as low as s1.1s per yard Tor concrete
pavement 1t has been for pavement
made In one course or all at one pour.
as the contractors call it, which is said
to be cheaper form Of laying a. con-
crete pavement than the two course
work At Marshalltown the specifca-
tons were for five inch foundation OF
one part cement, three parts sand and
i've parts of gravel screened over a
quarter inch mesh. and for a wearing
surface two inches thick OF one part
cement to two parts sand. This is an
approved specification which has been
used in nearly all Of the successful con-
crete pave.nents and so far as the base
is concerned has been used for many
wears successfully as foundation for
brick and asphalt and bitulithic and
various other forms Of patented pave
ments. Ok
The contractors were required to bid
upon two specifications at MARSHALL
town, the second one calling for the
use Of crushed rock as the aggregate In
the foundation in place Of screened
gravel and the contractors bids for this
kind Of construction were received as
low as $133 As per yard. The fact that
cement has dropped to $1.06 per barrel
and that labor can now be had FOR
$175 per day help to make the Mar
shalltown price possible and these con-
ditions should be seized upon by cities
desiring to lay street pavements at
minimum cost.
The facts are that this letting should
suggest to all city councils the wisdom
Of drawing their specifications immed-
lately and having their letting yet this
fall for concrete paving to be done next
spring. Contractors could then have
time in which to protect themselves
from any advance in the price Of ma
terials. The difference in the price at
Marshalltown between the use OF
screened gravel in the foundation and
crushed rock should also suggest
to city councils the wisdom OF utilizing
local materials in concrete paving 80
nar as is possible. While several OF
the firms bidding at Marshalltown
made the same price upon both classes
Of material, I'VE out of the eight bid
ders bid lower upon the gravel than
UPON the rock It is understood that
gravel could be had at Marshalltown
for 81 per cubic yard delivered at the
work. whereas crushed rock was said
to be quoted at approximately $1.57 per
cubic yard on track at Marshalltown.
Two Omaha firms, J. c. O'Conneli
and Beebe Bros. were bidders at Mar
s11alltown, also two Arms from Cedar
Rapids, Dearborn & jackson and the
Concrete Construction Co, along with
st, James Tile Manufacturing Co.. Of
St James, MINI, John BroSan, Of Green
Bay, Wis, and A. Carlson Of MARSHALL
town. The Red Oak arm vas success
full in securing all classes g work. GET
ting the concrete curling 81 cents
per lineal foot, aznong bids ranging
from "a cents to - cents. The other
bids on the gravel coacrsts raased
from &l.3s to sl.l1 psr yard sad the
bids upon crushed rock osncFsts ssnsed
from @l.33 Is 70 $40 pr yard
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