The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-07-14
Contract For More
Yellowstone Trail
State Road Between Sanborn And Tracy
To Be Completed By January /;
4SWork Starts August l
MUCH WORK BEING DONE
@. w. kipp, Busiest Man in County
Supervising, Surveying And Plan
ming; Lower Road Improved


state road between Sanborn and Tracy
was let yesterday and work on the
construction will begin August 1. This
road which covers a stretch of %
miles across the county, FERNS part 4
of the Yellowstone Trail and is being
built under the Elwell Road Law. The
work of construction will be done by !.
Morris, Shepard and Dougherty, who
were represented at the bidding yes.
terday by Paul Northby. The contract
price for the construction exclusive Of !.
the cost of the gravel, is $32,150. The
additional cost Of the gravel is esti-
mated, at $4,000. The contract price.
includes bridges. culverts and. grading.
Finished January s2aat.sps,
4 The contractor agrees to have this
entire piece Of road completed by jan,
.uary I, including the bridge building,
placing Of culverts, grading and gray,
cling. In order to accomplish this q
first class outfit of bodybuilding ma
chinery will be put to work imme-
diately, Night and day shifts will be
put to- work and no pains spared to
push the work as much as possible.
Gravel hauling will be done with a
train Of six Troy reversible wagons
hauled by Caterpillar tractor en-
CINE. Engine power will also be used
in doing all the grading work.
The well-known New Ulm crushed
rock and gravel will be used through
out for the concrete work. This in
sures a much higher grade Of con-
struction than would be possible if
local material were used. t4 vh
o. w. Kipp Supervises
This big piece of engineering, like
all other pieces of road construction
now going on in Redwood County, is
under the direct supervision Of O. w.
kipp, who now, has. thirty-fve miles
under construction, all of which will
be ready for grading by the close of
the summer. This means the super
vision of eight contracts on grading
and one culvert contract. Three of
these contracts cover the work being
done on Road No. z running through
BelvieR, one on the road near Vesta,
three on Road No. 6, which is the north
and south line through Wabasso and
one onsthe road running west of Nor
gan. Mr.. Kipp has also surveyed over.
eight miles of township road, which is
now ready for contract, part of it
havings been contracted for.
Lower Road Changed
During his spare time, of which
anyone may readily see he must have
an abundance, Mr.. Kipp is working
hard on the Lower Road between Red
wood and Morton. Mr.. Kipp's pet aim
in life just at present is to make a
continuous grade from the top of the
hill to, the Crow Creek bridge. Where
the grade is now from IL to Is per
cent, Mr.. Kipp proposes to make a
maximum grade of six per cent. Mr..
Kipp is preparing plans for the i'm
provement of the entire stretch of
road, making by far the easiest grade
into the Minnesota Valley that can
be found in this section of the coun-
try. H. NJ. Aune has takeA an active
part in making possible che perfection
Of Mr., Kipp's plan ard is to be given
much credit for its assured success.
The work of Mr.. Kipp on the roads
Of the county is highly gratifying to
all interested in the furthering of this
line of improvement and there seems
little reason, judging from the reports
Of work begun and contemplated, that
he will find time hanging heavily upon
his times for at least month or two.