Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13
SPECIAL MEETING
OF COUNTY BOARD
WILL BE CALLED
Supervisors Must Convene This
Month to Pass Appropria-
ton for State Roads.
SPECIFICATIONS ARRlv
Highway Commission Notifies County
Clerk Hubbard Contracts Will
Be Soon Let.

county CLERK h b. Hubbard is ar
ranging to call a special meeting of
the board of supervisors the latter part
of this month for the purpose of pass
| ing a final resolution calling for the
appropriation of s7,153, or as much as
may be necessary to pay for one-half
! of the sum which will be expended for
| state aid roads in Rock Island county
this year.
1t is planned to improve three
stretches of road in the county this
year. They are at Sears, in yuma
| township and at Taylor Ridge. This
morning Clerk Hubbard received a
copy of the following report of the
state engineer to the state highway
commission relative to the last named
road and il is supposed that notices
| concerning the others will be sent in
due time:
Engineers Report.
in regard to the improvements OF
a state aid road in Rock Island county,
known as section A on route ii, as
provided for in preliminary resolution
of the county board, dated March g.,
1914.
IN general the work contemplated
improving the existing road by the
construction of a concrete highway,
IS feet wide, beginning at a point 81
feet west of the section stone between
Edgington and Bowling townships at
Taylor Ridge, and running thence
west for a distance of 4,469 feet.
accompanying this report and
forming a part thereof. are submitted
posed work, the qualities of such work
being set forth herein, together with
the estimated cost:
1924 cubic yards excavation in
earth -.S SUI
1914 cubic yards reinformed con-
crete in culverts -....... 213
"a cubic yards plain concrete
in culverts OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 20
$3.50 So. yards of earth Shout
defS Zoi
S,93S SO yards of concrete pave
ment 1O,761
1850 linear feet inch vitrified
pipe under drain ........... PIG
Profit and overhead .......... LII
THE only materials to be furnished
by the state are 3,435 barrels of ce-
ment contracted for at S1.15 per bar
rel, making the total estimated value
of such materials $3.50.
THE total estimated cost Of the
work, including the cement to be fur
nished by the state is S13,S70.
THE estimated cost of the work,
to be done by contract, including all
labor and materials, exclusive of that
furnished by the state, is $500.
Total amount to be paid by the
state on the complete work is $685.
which includes materials to the value
of $3.50 to be furnished by the state.
Total estimated cost to be paid by
the county is $685."
Let Contracts Soon.
Included with the report is a COM
munication to the county board from
the Illinois highway commission, call
ing attention to the fact that enclosed
is a final resolution of the state high
way department in regard to state
aid roads in this county and also
final resolution to be adopted by the
county board. 1t is further stated that
the construction of state aid roads
will be undertaken in the order in
which the final notices are received.
1t is desired that the notices be re-
turned as soon as possible that the
work may be advertised and contracts
let as early in July as possible.
Estimates High.
There Is also a communication from
p. c. McArdle, acting chief state high
way engineer, addressed to the chair
man of the board of supervisors, in
which it is stated THE requirements
of the law are such as to make it nee !
essary that our estimates should be
higher than the price at which we
expect the work to be actually done. |
We therefore anticipate that the bids |
will be considerably under the esti- |
mate. If the figures We, have given |
you shall be greater than you have an |
it will by reason of the fact |
just stated as wei as because of our
having included extra grading drain
age, ETC."