The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-04-05
SHOEMAKER GIVES
ROAD COST DATA


County Clerk Shoemaker has prepar
ed figures on the cost Of road i'm
provements in the county as follows:
This office has had numerous in
quiries regarding the cost of building
different pieces of road in this coun
ty, so. for the benefit of the general
public, | will give the itemi2ed cost
of building three different stretches
of road which seem to be the most
interesting.
The piece of work which seems to
be of most interest to the public
judging from inquiries, is the gravel
ing of the East Side macadam from
what is called the Noble spring to q
point in front Of Jarvis land, being
one and seven-tenths miles in length
The total cost of this work was
$375781, itemized as follows:
Scarifying the macadam and
spreading the gravel -. s $50 Is
For use of county truck,
charged at the rate of SIS
per day, which is the esti-
mated cost of operation
and includes depreciation,
interest, etc. ........... 2O94 75
Gravel at IS cents per yard
which is the estimated
cost and includes cost OF
land, cost of putting same
IN bunkers, etc. ... 635 76
Cost of sprinkling and drag
ging ......... ......... 2O2 Il
Cost of ditching ...... 283 35
Total $3757 81
from the above figures it cost
$2210.47 per mile to build this kind
Of road.
Before the County Court had de.
cided to buy the county truck they
had some gravel hauled from the pit
to different points on the grade,
and it was estimated that teams
would average two trips per day
hauling IA yards per load at $5 per
day. There was 1916 yards of gravel
ht ulcd ON the road which would have
cost by teams $3630 The cost OF
hauling by truck was $2094 or saw.
ing OF 1886.
Inc west Siue Macauam.
The experiment on the West Side
macadam was OF different nature
being clay covered with gravel. This
road extends from the Indian Creek
bridge south to the northeast corner
of ldlewilde Cemetery, distance of
100 rods The cost of repairing this
piece of road was $571.05, itemized
as follows:
Men and teams hauling and
spreading l04 yards of clay
and ZIG yards OF gravel .. $4l5 95
Gravel at 25 cents out of the
pit -. 80. 49,. ...... SO 90
Sprinkling and repairing -. A 80
This amounts to s1,S27.36 per mile.
Cost of Truck Is Given.
The cost on the third piece of re-
pa r work was kept to compare the
cost OF hauling with the county truck
with hauling with teams and covered
the stretch of road from the Oak
Grove school south on Mountain View
Drive, distance of soven-eighths of
la mile. The work was done in May
and June, 1916, at cost Of $20499.
The cost of the operation of the
truck is itemized as follows, tho de.
probation, tire wear and repairs be-
estimated and probably not entirely
correct:
222 gal. gas at l9.4 cents 80. .$42 80
Oil estimated at 80 cents day 20
Depreciation estimating lie
of truck at eight years and
that 1t will run l60 days
per year, 1913 a day $50. AZ so
1Ires guaranteed for 5000
miles) 100 days at an aver
age of SO miles per day
makes the 5000 miles, so
that the tires will last one
year Six tires 1.-TWO on
each hind wheel) at $40
each or $420 per year for
tires, running l60 days or
S262 per day for tire wear $36 6S
interest on truck $4,000 at
per cent on $50 days run
hing per year, So per day 2S 90
Repairs estimated at so cents
per uHy .'.....t. t...'.'...... W
Driver at SO per day ........ AZ 90
No. of loads of gravel ,..... 1OS
Yards per load ............. 8 5
Number of yards of gravel ... 3601h
Number of miles travelled 80. 1853
Average miles per round trip :. Z 4
Average miles per day go. SAY
Cost of delivering one yard $56S
Teams have hauled three loads per
day on this same haul and are now
hauling one and three-eighths yards
per load at $5 per day or at cost of
$l.2l per yard for the same job.
Cost per yard by team ...... 81 213
Cost per yard by truck ...... .568
Saving per yd by using truck .645
Saving on Job ..........,... 1892 81
Real Estate Transfers
data furnished by the Hood River
Abstract 4 Investment Coz
j. N. Suydam to Chas. Rathbun and
Wifa 10 narac in tho Ook Era,,o Jsc