The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-01
PAVING REPAIRS
ORDERED BY. CITY
EXTENSIVE; WILL
FORCE CONTRACT
Withhold Payment of Esti-
mates Until Jumps and
,Depressions Cured
sTRATE SAYS POOR
MATERIAL USED
Slip Joint in Concrete Base
Also Cause Of Portion
of Trouble

Extensive repairs to the paved
expenditure estimated at about 3d.
600 to $4,000 will be required by the
city commission Of James Kennedy,
contractor, and as a means Of en-"
forcing performance Of the contracts
under which such repairs are being
exacted, payment Of a portion OF
the estimates on current contract
work Is being withheld.
The city commission. at it's meet
ing Wednesday,. was advised by the
Kennedy interests that the repair
work could not be commenced until
September /, at the earliest, because
Of the labor situation.
o. NJ. Strate, commissioner OF
streets, discussing the question OF
paving repairs, today said:
Repairs in the pavement are nec~
essary in many sections Of the city,
because Of the manner in which the
work was done.
'At some points, q Jumping off
place has developed in the compost
ton pavement, caused by slip joint
in the base. This slip joint in the
concrete is created by tapering off
the work at the close OF a days OPP
erations, instead of squaring it up.
The next morning the concrete
workers simply lay the concrete on
the sloped end Of the previous work,
and the natural expansion Of the
concrete results in the upper side Of
the slip joint being pushed upwards.
This bring about the distinct jumps
that are found in many places.
Must Remove Joint.
ITO cure this condition it will be
necessary to remove the concrete
several inches back each side from
the slip joint, squaring it off, refill
ling it with concrete and pavement.
TN paving operations this year,
we required the squared joint in the
concrete. When the work is COM
pleted in the evening, the contrac-
tor must leave the concrete squared
off, and thus, when the job is re-
sumed the next morning, a square
joint Is created and there is no likeli-
hood Of q bulge.
Surface Affected.
"At other points in the pavement,
where the surface has become
chucky it Is evidence of inferior ma
fterial in the base. Gravel with
used, and this disintegrates. At
some places where the pavement
surface is removed, it will be found
that the foundation can virtually be
shoveled out. $50.
These places must be repaired by
the contractor as the city is pro-
tected by a five-year. guarantee. On
some Of the pavement this guarantee
expired last year, but the city, COM
mission protected itself by serving
notice on the contractor of the
necessary repairs.
Withhold Allowance.
"The situation that has developed
in connection with the bitulithic
surface on a north side Job is along
the same line. The city is with.
holding from the Warren Bros.
Company, owners Of the bitulithic
pavement process, $1,000, to enforce
the requirement. Of about 900 square
yards. .
"on the job last year, I found the
company using gravel aggregate in
stead Of crushed rock aggregate, as
required by the specifications. The
gravel, under the heavy equipment
used in rolling the pavement, was in
some instances pulVerized, with the
result that that section OF pavement
in which gravel was used, will un-
questionably fail to stand up.
Until such time as the company
tears out the old surface and lays q
new surface in accordance with
specifications, they will not be paid
for the work. b.