The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-12

stricted supply Of gravel available
for road work, and in consequence,
the necessity for Immediately devel
oping a supply of other satisfactory
material to supplement the presen
supply of gravel available for TIL.
purpose. A letter from the State
Highway Department dated Feb. 26
addressed to various police juries ir
this district commencing the use OF
cement shell as sub-base in this
connection and also as measure OF
economy was reproduced in these
columns. The direct purpose of This
letter was to secure from these par
ishes concerted support enabling the
State Highway Commission to enter
into contract with w. D. Haden be-
fore March 3lst, 1919, whereby Mr..
Haden is to establish at Morgan
! City and maintain here a plans with
capacity of Is carloads of cement
she'll per day to relieve the shortage
of material and effect real economy
in road work
The Highway Commission cannot
do this without the support of the
parishes. While some districts are
responding to the suggestion of the
/ Highway Department and authoriz-
ing it to include their requirements
IN an initial contract for 10000 yards
necessary to establish their plant at
Morgan City, unless other districts
quickly communicate with the High
way Department and extend this au-
thority, it is feared the opportunity
will be lost.
In considering the available supply
OF gravel and the demand for road
work, it must not be forgotten that
all gravel for track ballast and con-
crete construction must also come
from these same sources of supply,
and also that requirements of gravel
for these purposes over the stat.
amount to very large volume.
The value of gravel is measured bv
the metal content either as to cost
or efficiency, hence in mentioning
the economy in using cement shell as
sub-base, the State Highway De-
partment. it is known had in mind
the restricted supply of metal gov
erning such cost.
Today washed river gravel run
ming 100 per cent metal is selling for
$l.5O per cubic yard, f. o. b. cars, an
chorage. The rate from anchorage
to Morgan City is 70 cents per cubic
yard. The cost f o. b. cars Nor
gan City is therefore $2.2S per
cubic yard for 100 per cent metal.
Also the city of Morgan City is now
purchasing Pit Run gravel specified
50 per cent metal at price of 341-2I
cents per cubic yard O. b cars How
colt, La.
The rate from Howcott to Morgan
City is $l.3 per cubic yard. The
cost t. o. b. cars, Morgan City, is
therefore SET IL per cubic yard for
50 per cent metal.
That the cost of gravel is govern. !
ed by the metal content is reflected
below, viz:
1t 100 per cent metal is worth 81. 50
cubic yard f. Q. b. pit, then 50 per cent !
metal should be worth IS cents Der
cubic yard t. 0. b. pit, plus the value
OF the binder and any difference IN
freight, viz:
First cost Howcott 50 per
cent metal .7sc Gu. vd
in freight between
anchorage and Howcott. Csc Gu. vd
Anchorage freight .7sc Gu. yd.
Value of Binder ..o1-2c Gu. vd
o.ai 2271-2 Gu yd.
That the metal content of grave,
has direct bearing on the value Of
gravel in its efficiency as road ma.
ferIal has been already proven right
here at home. Saint Mary used grav. !
el running 20 per cent metal and. ex-
cept where abused, her roads have
stood up. 1t is understood that Lafa-
'ette Parish was directed by High
way Department to use materia,
'unning o. per cent metal averaging
n cost 81 cents f. o. B. pit. and in
'tead used material costing AZ cents
: o. b. pit, (meta1 content unknown)
ind her roads have gone to pieces
ms performance appears to reflect
nat If 81 cent material carried 6s
yer cent me-. Il this AZ cent material
'erhaps carried 32 per cent metal
because of and profiting by this ex-
'erience, Ward 2 in ST. Mary is hold
ng up her m"terial running y per