Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-01-09

ster City who do not reside within
the proposed paving district and
who pay little or no taxes are in
terested in creating the impression
that asphaltic concrete or cement
concrete paving cannot be laid in
Webster City for less than from
$3.50 to sl.75 per square yard. Of
ures to substantiate their state
ment. The charitable view is that
they have been imposed upon by
someone who is interested in keep
ing prices up. The Freeman-Trib-
une has shown that Manchester Sc
cured a pavement with concrete base
and an asphaltic concrete wearing
surface for $1.16 per square yard,
and Manchester shipped her crush
ed rock from Iowa Falls.
The Freeman Tribune has been
trying to get prices from the whole
sale dealers on cement and crushed
rock, but 1t has been unable to do
%. It wrote to the Iowa Falls deal
er, but received no reply. It also
inquired Of the price Of cement at
one Of the mills in Mason City, but
was referred to the local dealer in
Webster City. However,the Freeman
Tribune has found out what crush
ed rock, cementl.and gravel can be
delivered for in Webster City, but
1t did not make the discovery by
consulting paving contractors or
wholesale dealers.
Crushed rock can be laid down in
Webster City at $1.35 ton, or $1.67
per cubic yard and good cement can
be secured at Sc cents barrel, or
could few, weeks ago. A. H. Aus
tin. the bridge builder, is the gem
tleman who furnished this informa-
tion and the people who know Mr..
Austin will accept his word. We
have as good sand right here as
they have any place in the state and
1t can be procured at rs cents per
cubic yard delivered on the job. The
crushed rock can be had at Gilmore
City.
Now then, Mr.. Taxpayer, and Mr..
Property Owner within the proposed
paving district, get out your pencils
and do some figuring for yourselves.
Remember Creston got her pave
ment at s1.6s cents square yard.
Here are the prices the Creston con-
tractors paid for materials:
Crushed stone was shipped from
Keokuk at about s2.40 per cubic
yard on the cars at Creston. Gravel
from Des Moines, Ottumwa and Ce-
dar Creek, Nebraska, at $1.25 to
$1.65 per ton, "a cubic yard of
sand or gravel weighs approximate
" 400 pounds). Sand from Des
Noines, Ottumwa and Ashland,
Neb.. at from 81 to $1.15 per ton or
s1.35 to SLIGO per cubic yard. Ce- !.
nent $1.20 per. barrel.
The writer had occasion to put in (,
! concrete foundation for a house
and barn near Marathon this fall.
He ordered his sand and gravel for
he concrete mixture of w. ]. Zit- !
terrell Of this city. Mr.. Zitterell
.urned the order over to the Lane
Moore Lumber company, who have
! lumber yard at Marathon. They
furnished car load OF sand and
gravel OF proper proportions for
foundations and shipped it
rom near Des Moines to Marathon, =
! distance OF probably $50 miles,
vice as far as it is from Des Moines
o Webster City. The sand and
,ravel weighed 74,900 and it cost .
he writer delivered at Marathon
ust 1911, or fraction less than y
.04 a ton, about SLAP cubic
ard. $
Now then, Webster City can beat y
'reston on the price of sand by one n
alf, or Is cents cubic yard. on n
rushed rock SO cents per cubic Il
ard, and on gravel from "a to 80 y
ents per cubic yard. ii
There is shrinkage of nearly CT
hirty per cent in making concrete. Ct
or mixture of one part cement, Il
70 parts sand and five parts crush Of
1 rock it requires lit barrels of l.
,ment, SO cubic yards of sand and &c
9 cubic yard of crushed rock. This &C
ample in richness for the base, tt
I'D Is richer than the base now I'M tn
,r our brick pavement. With one FL
,ur Job of concrete paving, how &C
er. the mixture should be richer, is