Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-01-21
REPORTS ON WORK:
LESS SPENT ON HIGHWAYS AND
BRIDGES IN 1919. ~
rotoI Expenditures sea2,sos, Compared
With s234,sss In 1918 and sa2s,727 In
1917--Fewer Bridges Dullt, Road
Work Moro Extsnslvs--county. En-.
slneer's Annual Report Submitted.

The annual report OF County En-
| gineer II. o. Hickols. covering the
work OF the engineering apartment OF
the county. has been submitted to the
state highway commission. showing
| road and bridge work in 1919 to have
cost in excess OF 100000. The report
covers the bridge and road improve
ment programs for tho past year and
consists Of much statistical data. ex.
planatory OF the expenses Of such I'm
provements and the character Of the
work done. a.. .-S .gE
| The bridge and culvert work for
1919 was not as extensive as In 1915
when June floods made the repair
work Of the season exceptionally
heavy The effect OF the 1918 floods
still was felt to some extent In repair
and replacement work in the past year.
The total expenditures for road work
land bridge construction and improve
ment in 1919 was s222, 90S.9i, COM
pared with 1884 1886 in 1918, and
1928 27.67 in 1917. There was spent
for bridges in 1919, s132,649.41, as COM
pared to sl65,334.s9 in 1918, and $l62,-
1876 in 1917. The road work the past
year cost-$90, 269.53, compared with
S69,o1S.6s in 1918 and $6S 5S052 in 1917.
Bridge Work Largely Permanent.
A very large part of the money ex-
pended for bridges, the report shows.
was for work of q permanent character
ssS,912.76 Of the total of 1872. 649.41 ex-
pended being for permanent bridges
and culverts. The cost Of temporary
bridges and culverts during the twelve
months was only s1.906.62, while re-
pair work totalled S6,S32.SS. There
was expended for special cases, such
as purchase of rights Of way. channel
changes etc. $7,O11.72, and the balance
expended was for culvert material
purchases for townships, equipment
and unused materials and filling
bridges and culverts.
The money expended for bridges and
culverts came from tho following
sources: Bridge fund, sI18,7OS1O:
motor vehicle fund, s2,O6S.14; road
funds, sll,Is-.15, all other sources
assoc. 1,
Years Work Finished.
The close OF the year found the
, bridge program for 1919 completed.
Very little work remained unfinished
! on bridges and culverts begun during
the year. There were built in 1919 six
permanent bridges and eighty,five
| culverts, compared with sixteen
bridges and 113 culverts, costing sl34,-
s2s, in 1918. and twenty-five bridges
and 14l culverts, costing s142,69s, IN
| 1917. While the total cost Of the new
| permanent work IN 1919 was 9S,s12.76,
| the completed work during the year
| cost $l1s.553.70. .d
In addition to this permanent work
| temporary bridges and Gulverts were
constructed at a cost Of S1,906G2 and
practically the only unfinished work in
the bridge department was that on
twenty-one pipe culyerts. which cost
less than 5000. 81.
More Road Work Done.
| Road Improvement was more extern
sive in 1919 than in the preceding year,
! the cost being $21,240.ST greater. Six
| ty-one per cent OF the cost OF all road
work was for permanent road con-
struction, for which s55,O94.55 was ax-
pended. Other items making up tho
total cost are: Temporary road econ.
struction. s3,256.s5s repairs, s6,oa1.s5 |;
maintenance. $14165.79: road equip
rent and unused> material, S5,Hs.szt
special cases, as railroad crossings,
gravel pits, etc., :S6,556.80.
The money expended for road i'm
provements was derived from the fol-
! lowing sources: county road cash fund,
s77.soo.ls, motor ~ehicle fund, s12,-