New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-10-07
Paving Work Is
Again Delayed
CREOsOTE BLOCKS FAIL TO AR
RIVE AS SCHEDULED. WORK
GOING WELL.
CONTRACTORS HOPE TO FINISH
OPERATIONS BY OCTOBER
THE 18TH

Five blocks of Minnesota Street are
now incased in concrete jacket This
important part of the paving work was
completed late yesterday afternoon.
The most ideal weather prevailed during
the entire time this work was in progress
and it would have been completed by
Saturday if the supply of cement had
not given out on several occasions.
The concrete jacket varies in thickness
from three inches to half a foot and
should be strong enough to withstand
all kinds of heavy traffic and be imper-
vious to rain.
The concrete used carries / part of
cement to every z parts of gravel and
sand. 1t was mixed in steam batch
mixer and hauled to it's destination in
two wheeled carts each drawn by single
horse. The weight of every load of
concrete which was carried in these
trucks amounted to approximately
$3.50 pounds. The horses were trained
to do their work without drivers and
for the first few days of the performance
the streets were lined with people
watching the horses go back and forth
from the mixer to the places where the
concrete was to be dumped. There was
a workman at the mixer and also one
at the dumping place who helped in
backing the carts into proper position.
Once in a while the horses loitered a
little bit on the way and it was necessary
for the laborers to call to them but on
the whole they did not idle away very
much of their time. SIX
To complete the cement work over
5000 sacks of cement were used weighing
100000 pounds and about 1900 cubic
yards of gravel and sand. The work of
concreting was started on September
oath and on the average one block was
completed every two days.
Sand is being hauled now to get every
thing in readiness for the laying of the
creosote blocks. The concrete will be
covered with bed of sand of the thick
ness Of an inch and on this will be laid
the creosote blocks which have thick
ness of 8 IL inches and are 5 inches
wide and inches long.
The initial work of laying the blocks
will be done at Center Street and from
there the contractors will push the work
south. After the blocks have been laid
a heavy steam roller will be run across
to press them down and insure a level
surface and then hot tar will be poured
into the crevices between the blocks
and sand strewn on top to prevent the
tar from sticking to the shoes Of pedes-
TRANS. Fully one hundred barrels of
tar will be used for this work. The
creosote blocks were to have been here
Saturday but they had not arrived.
This part of the work can be completed
in about ten days, if weather conditions
are favorable and no other delay occurs.
It is hoped to have the job completed
by the 18th of this month and that will
be just exactly two months after the
equipment arrived in New Ulm on the
18th Of August and was unloaded on the
10Th and Goth. Work in removing the
old stones and cutters was begun on the
Goth OF August and on the following day
the setting of forms for the new curbs
was begun. The work of rebuilding
the old catch basins was begun on August
9th and on Sept. End the straight
curling and on the 6th the radius curling
was completed. The blowing up of the
street and the removal of the surplus
ground was begun with steam blow
on the 18th and completed on the 18th
of September. In all $3.50 Gu. yards Of
ground was removed. These were hauled
off in dump carts with a carrying capacity
OF IL yards and the ordinary wagon
which carried about l IA yards. This,
ground was used for filling purposes on
First South Street from German Street
to the St. Louis tracks, on Broadway
from Center to 3rd North Street. in
South German Park, North German
Park and the site Of the New Ulm Gas
Go. The total cost Of the improvement
will be 37,224.38.
Prot. a. Ackermann and family who
have been living in the dormitory Of the
Dr.. NJ. J.. College during the summer
were able to move back into their old
home on College Heights last Wednesday.
The house was completely built over
and IS now modern in every way and
makes very good appearance.