Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-19
COUNTY ENGINEER w. w. MORE
HOUSE REPORTS TO coMMis-
SION OF WORK DoNEy
ONLY SMALL PART OF
PERMANENT NATURE
less Than Half of Total Amount Ex-
pended Invested in Permanent
BRIDGES and Roads-Rest Was For
Temporary Work Done Estimates
Cost Of Replacing All Bridges.

The county spent s51330.65 for
bridges and $2S.25S.14 for roads, ex-
elusive of s6,343.22, the engineering
cost Of the work, for the fourteen
months ending Dec. 81, according to
the report of County Engineer w. w.
Morehouse to the state highway COM
mission for the period from Nov. /.
1914, to Jan. l, 1916. The report covers
in detail the work done on bridges and
roads and the specific work for which
the money was spent.
During the period covered by the re-
port thirty-five bridges and culverts
were built, in addition to many metal
culverts laid, at cost of $22, 422.SS. 1t
will be noted in both the report OF
bridge as we'll as road work what
large proportion of the total eNpendi-
ture was put into work of only tenn
pCrary character.
Disbursements For Bridges.
OF the total of s51,330.65 spent fer
bridges and bridge work, $5,4 5.SS was
spent from the road fund The rest wa.
bridge fund money. The following is
the work for which the money was
spent:
Permanent bridges, culverts. so, 422,SS
Temporary bridges. culrerts.. 1,111.SS
Repairs of bridges ........... 12.11l.oO
............ 5,o24.S9
Total ..,...'..'. .soi'ooo.oo
In the strictest sense the first item
is the only one that is an expenditure
for permanent structures. The second
item for temporary bridges and cul-
verts was mostly spent for corrugated
iron pipe cuIverts. The third item, re
pairs for bridges" was mostly spent for
repairing wooden bridges. OF the total
Of s12,111 there was spent repairing
wooden bridges $9,129.11, repairing
steel bridges s1.S3T.56 and repairing
permanens bridges and culverts $166.S2.
The report charges s3,S22.S9 as the
cost Of the bridge work
and S1,227 as the inventory Of the
bridge building equipment, not includ-
ing material.
Estimate on Permanent Bridges.
1t will cost s614.900 to replace all OF
the wooden and temporary bridges and
culvertS in the countys road system
with permanent bridges and culverts,
the county engineer estimates under
of the state highway com
mission. OF these bridges and cul
verts there are 533. OF this number
226 are other than mere pipe culverts,
and 307 are pipe culverts. OF the 226
other than pipe culverts. sixtytwo are
culverts of from four to sixteen-foot
spans, and 1874 are bridges from sixteen
feet to 1S4 feet long. This estimate
does not. Of course, include permanent
bridges and culverts already built.
The cost of repla cling the 1862 wood
IN bridges and eulverts and the 1,7S2
pipe culyvrts in the township roads OF
the county, that are in addition to the
cuIverts and bridges in the county
roads. would cost s3.735,250, the engi-
neer estimates. The engineer admits
the estimates are made on very lib
eral basis.
Cost of Road Work.
In the report of road work done. OF
the total Of s2s.25S.14 expended, less
than half was spent on permanent road
building. The following is a division
of the expenditures:
Permanent grading suTfacingS 1Tf so