St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-02-01
Cost Would be from Twenty
Three To Seventy-One
Thousand Dollars.
SEVERAL PLANS
\ ARE SUBMITTED
Washed Gravel Surfacing
Or Shells May Be Used
In Construction.

following Is part of the proceedings
of teh police jury of Ian. IA that
were held over in order to secure
certain data
New ORLEANS, Jan. 13, 1919.
Hon. rs Duncan Buie, State Highway
Engineer, New Orleans, La
Dear Sir:-I herewith submit for
your information and approval, re-
port upon the estimated cost of the
construction of the st. Tammany par
ish section of the Covington-Ham-
mond Highway.
Location and Length.
The route of the proposed nigh
way begins at the corporation line of
the tow nof Covington and extends in
a westerly direction to the Tangi-
pahoa-St. Tammany line, a total dis
tance of S.4 miles.
The line as located follows the ex-
isting public road from the corpora
point the location crosses to the
north side of the Baton R cuge, Ham
mond and Eastern Railroad. aud
parallels same to station @34-00, at
which point the prop 5sed line ex-
tends in a northwesterly direction to
station 254-00, from which point the
line extends in a westerly direction
to the parish line.
Type of Constrn aion.
The location of the highway eX-
tends for the most part through cut
ever line land, which will necessi-
tate & great deal of gruoblng and
now available to enable this project
t) oe put under way, il will be i'm
possible to surface this highway.
Therefore separate Estimates are
submitted for both surfaced and Ia
proved earth type of highways. III
ST # rient funds will also make it i'm
possible to provide for concrete
drainage structures, and tim ber
structures are given consideration.
The following estimates, based up
on the foregoing, are herewith sub
mitted for your consideration:
=. Estimate No. L
Distance-S4 miles.
Type-Improved earth.
Drainage Structures-Timber.
Clearing-40 acres.
$4,000 cubic yards earth work en-
bankment, $11, 100000.
5000 cubic yards earth work lat
eral bitches $1,500.00.
40 acres of clearing and grubbing,
100000.
$4,000 feet B. M. timber in bridges
in place, S5,940.0O.
1900 linear feet piling in place,
$4,000.
6 months engineering expenses,
100000.
Plus 10 per cent for eontingen-
cies, $2,304OO.
Total approximate cost, $23, ,040.
Approximate average cost per mile,
s3,O17.
Estimate No. 2
Type-Washed gravel surfacing.
Width-14' cubic yards per mile,
1,400.
Items Nos. l, 2, 3, 4, and g.,
(as above) $23, $4,000.
$4,000 cubic yards washed gravel in
place, SAL, $4,000.
Plus 10 per cent for contingencies,
$6,456.0O.
Total approximate cost, $71,016.
Approximate average cost per mile,
|$8,454.
Should concrete structure be used
instead of timber structures, the fore
going estimate would be increased
by 100000.
The unit price of gravel was de-
termined as follows:
Gravel, f. o. b. pit at Roseland
$115 per cubic yard.
Freight rate 2,700 lbs. at .03 per
c., 81 per cubic yard
Hauling, placing, ETC., (aVerage
haul 2 miles), so per cubic yard
Total approximate cost, s3.46 per
cubic yard.
1t is possible that this highway
may be surfaced with shells, deliver
ed at Madisonville over the Houlton
Lumber Company's tram. I have
not had time, however, to investigate
this detail, and am therefore not in
a position to determine the cost of
this material.
The maps and profile of this pro-
posed work have been traced, and
will be completed within the next
few days.
Hoping that the foregoing is sat
isfactory, I am,
Respectfully,
CHAS. NJ. KERR,
Asst. State Highway Engineer.
Moved by E. J. Domergue, second
ed by J. NJ Smith, that the report
on the estimated cost of the St
Tammany section Of the Covington-
Hammond highway be accepted and
the State Highway Department be
| duly notified thereof.
Carried.
It was duly moved and second ed