Evening star., 1918-12-02

Note.-0U,41x.1U square yuruS bneet AspA3i
yards asphalt surface laid on old base.
The sums appropriated for expendi-
were as follows:
lures during the year under this head
For paving new roadways and repair ann. -oo
ing old roadway pavements. $SSo,toO
For construction and repairs Of SUBJ
For r. m grading Streets, alleys and roads. 25,ooo
The dominating condition that has
characterized work during the year
has been the scarcity and high cost
OF labor and material In addl1ion.
the office and work force has been
largely affected by reason OF en-
ployes leaving the service to enter
the military service. The work forces
of the day labor gangs and the con-
tractors organizations have been re-
duced as a result of the unprecedent-
ed volume and urgency of activities
related to the war which have been
in progress in the District Of Column
bia. Due to these conditions. and
especially to the fact that municipal
work in the District of Columbia IS
limited by law to eight hours. while
the governmental activities in con-
nection with the war are not, the re-
suits Of the working organizations
Of both the District and contractors
of the District were curtailed to
considerable degree. At the end OF
the fiscal year much construction
work was left undone and repair
work was accomplished only with ex-
treme difficulty and amounts limited
to the bare necessities Of traffic
notwithstanding these conditions,
the work for which appropriations
were made during the fiscal year IS
so far advanced that its completion
during the present working season IS IS
anticipated. The single exception is
the contract for constructing con-
crete roadways. amounting to about
$4,000 square yards, which is now
only about half completed.
The prices paid under contract for
roadway pavements during the year
were as follows:
Per 50.
yard.
Laying sheet-asphalt pavement (2ls-inch
asphalt surface, 2-inch binder, before
Compensatory with 6-inch concrete base. 81. .76
Laying vitrined block with 6-incli concrete 80
1.sinr Siss sheet:.sph.it pavement taE-inch
asphalt surface. 2-incf binder. before -
compensatory with 5-inch concrete base. 1.69
Laying vitrifed block with 5-inch concrete
Laying % s-inch asphalt-biock pavement on
1.sins insn eineh eGni.e ssphsitbioci pavement on
5-inch concrete base. l.69
For the fiscal year 1919 bids were
solicited for contract for street paw
ing, but owing to war conditions no
bids were received.
The current prices for resurfacing
and repairing asphalt pavements un-
der a one-year contract which ex-
pires June so, 1919, are as follows.
Per stk
yard.
Laying sheet-ssphalt pavement t2h-inch
asphalt surface. 2-inch. binder. before
compensatory with 6-incA concrete base. s.. 80
Laying siieet-asphalt surface t2l. inches
; before compressionl Observation-Disclosures. 1.G9
Laying asphalt binder lin connection with
resurfacing work, per cubic foot. .53
Laying sheet-asphalt surface for repairs,
etc, within the space required by law
to be kept in repair by street railway
companies, per cubic foot ....-.... .1o
Laying asphalt binder for repairs. etc..
within the space required by law to
be kept in repair by street railway COM
penies. per cubic foot. go