The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-07-11


| of the steam roller. Two sprinklers
have arrived and two are on the way.
The means of loading the sprinklers
Is a gasoline engine and centri-
fugal pump operating from canals
or wells.
The Bitulithic road from Black
foot to Snake river bridge will be
twenty feet wide with a shoulder of
gravel four feet wide ON each side.
The rock surface road from the
bridge west will be eighteen feet
wide with an additional four foot
strip of earth on each side known
as the shoulder. The center of the
road will be seven inches higher than
the outside.
Road construction thruout the
county will be done so that drainage
will be perfect and snow will not
lodge on the grade.
From Riverside west the rock sur
face will be sixteen feet wide with
the four foot shoulders added.
A rock crusher, elevator and load
ing plant is in operation about two
miles west of Snake river bridge on
the Augustine ranch and is in charge
of r. R. Dayly. The crushing and
elevating plant has a capacity Of
about 125 tons day.
In grading the road no dirt Is
plowed or torn up excepting what is
absolutely necessary. All Of the
original road bed is left undisturbed
where it is possible. No plowing is
being done where the county has
charge of the work. Instead of u.s.
ing the road plow they use what Is
called a scarifyer drawn by track
layer Yuba tractor. 1t is very
powerful machine that works like a
mammoth comb, combing the earth
to the exact depth desired by the
operator. The scarifyer will tear
up soil, clay or gravel to any desired
depth and it is followed by fresno
scrappers SO that no dirt is moved
that is not meant to be moved and
the borrow pits are left smooth.
Construction work is being car
ried on west of Springfield to
straighten the road at the curves
along the north side of the lake. All
grades are made to conform to what
is known as per cent. In grading,
the slope does not rise or descend
more than 5 per cent in 100 feet of
distance. Where large bridge was
built across Springfield Lake at the
west side of the big hill, cut has
been made straight thru the hill and
the dirt pulled down to fill in the
lake under the bridge and at both
sides of it. When the grade has
been finished up to the bridge, the
bridge itself will be taken up and
the grade completed in it's place.
On the west arm of the lake the
same thing is being done and at both
places suitable small bridges are be-
ing put in for drainage.
This work is in charge of foreman
Robert Stone. 1t is our understand
ing that the cost of moving the dirt
on this work including the long haul
has been about 19 cents yard.
Another construction gang is op-
Grating from Aberdeen northward. It
has just finished five miles of grad
ing. This work is being done by
contract at 80 cents yard including
tuC up W IuC oOO LOOt
There are some lava rocks on this
part of the road and that makes the
work more difficult Where the
dirt is hauled more than 800 feet,
the constructor receives 32 cents
yard; for more than 400 feet, "a
cents; for more than 500 feet, SO
cents. This work is being done by
Adolph Claassen & Co. The three
members of the company are the
foremen in the work and they use
twenty-one teams all told. About
half of these men are residents Of
Bingham county and the others are
residents Of Power county. Some Of
them are men who once lived in
Bingham county, but moved to Power
county and still live there. Most Of
them are men who have had years
Of experience in construction work
and road construction. They under
stand the work we'll. Their outfits
work steadily ten hours day. The
county pays 81 an hour for four
horse team with fresno; 80 cents an
hour for three-horse team with
fresno; 80 cents an hour for two
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