Willmar tribune., 1919-07-23
PAVING OF ROAD
IS NOW TO BEGIN
Contractors Are Beginning Oper.
ations.-County Secures
I Trucks.


highway to be constructed in Kandi-
yohi County, A. Guthrie & Co., are es-
tablishing their construction camp at
the second overhead bridge near Thor
sons place. Five or six cabins have
been erected to accommodate the men
with eating and sleeping quarters and
for Office purposes. A spur track from
the main line of the railroad will give
facilities for unloading the crushed
rock and other materials used, and
this spur will be moved westward as
the work on the road progresses. A
provisional track will be built to
bring the supplies to the concrete ma
chimes as the work progresses. The
tank and mixers, will be on wheels
and will move as the work goes on.
The water will be piped from the lake.
Much water is used to keep the con-
crete in right condition for curing.
The work is to be done by the latest
improved machinery. The materials
used and the mixed concrete will new
t.er touch the earth until scooped by
machinery and placed in position
/
! of dirt or mud will be mixed with the
crushed granite and concrete. The
pavement will be 18 feet wide, four
feet wider than that at Wayzata.
| It will be reinforced by an iron
bar along each side with cross bars
of half-inch iron every twelve feet.
Thing will be laid two or three feet
below the surface on both sides to
carry away any excess moisture.
Three miles of this road has been con
tracted for east Of the city. and six
miles west.
County Engineer Waden says that
this paving as put in will be superior
to that used at Wayzata and into
Minneapolis. Much confusion exists
in the public mind in regard to the
Wayzata pavement, as the motorists
will usually think that sample o1
the work to be done here.
The first stretch of pavement al
one drives towards Minneapolis, be
tween Long Lake and Wayzata, is no
concrete but is composed of a MKT
ure called Tarvia, depending largel!
on tar for it's binding quality. Thel
there is one mile of q sort Of asphal
pavement and then 10 to II miles o
concrete. This road, however, is no
protected by reinforcement nor b,
), tiling to carry away moisture whicl
! might tend to heave the road. The
I the concrete used was mixed wit
( gravel which is not as uniform as tn
) crushed rock to be used here, nor vii
it hold the cement as we'll.
( This modern method Of buildin
} roads in this county will no doubt a.
tract visitors from all sections VIII
! will be curious to see how the work
I done.
I Engineer Wadell tells the Wilma
) Tribune thu the County will receiv
I no less than seven trucks from fh
Federal Government besides the Ora
tractor and Caterpillar tractor. Wit
I the two trucks already on hand, thi
{ will give the County eight trucks fe
! hauling gravel on the state roads, an
( one truck for "toting" supplies. I'll
81 gravel loader will be able to keep a
I these trucks busy and Engineer w
q dell is confident that the cost of di
) tributing gravel will be lessened u
I der that on the Spicer road, whi<
{ amounted to $3.50 for each yard
! gravel hauled and distributed. II
cost by hand labor and teams the pr
vious year had amounted to $40 p
! cubic yard. Work on the grad,
I parts OF the Norway Lake road W
) be completed soon and it is expect,
that the road to Svea will be full
81 graveled before the season close
The Gray tractor will be used to p,
the maintenance road grader and t
Caterpillar tractor will be used on t
big grader.