The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-19
COUNTY ROAD BUILDING RE.
PORT

VI commerce on TUESDAY OF
last week:
would not have accepted the re-
sponsibility of making this report to
you today had the county engineer
who directed the work the past year
been here. l do not feel it quite fair
to expect the present engineer to re-
port for his predecessor, therefore l
accepted the invitation to speak to
you today and had hoped to be able
to prepare a detailed report of all
of the county work for this occasion.
81 am including in this report all
bridge work done by the county
whether on county or township roads
l mention also at this point that the
items which l Will give to you as of
1919 only means to the end of the
fiscal year, October ID, 1919, and the
1920 items begin, of course, with
same date.
''The following work was done on
the Golden Belt Road in 1919. Twelve
concrete culverts constructed at a
cost of $4,000. Filling culverts, most
of them twice, and some three times
owing to excessive rains last spring,
grading, widening and planning Gold
en- Belt $4,000. Much of this road east
was actually built new, part of it near
Victoria, had never been graded be-
fore.
''Grabbe Road-South from Vic
toria through Pfeifer to the Rush
county line, grading, widening, re-
pairing, and filling culverts. Total,
100000.
'Zeigler Road-North from Hays,
seven miles, grading, widening, build
ing fills for culverts. Total, $500.
''Zeigler Road-South to Rush
County line, grading and widening,
$1,000. Building up road and cutting
chanel and filling bridge approaches at
a point eight miles south of Hays,
5000. This latter item belongs part
ly in the 1920 report but to avoid con-
fusing and including it in full at this
point
Bridges Built IN 1919:
1. Retaining walls and filling same
at north Munjor bridge, $1,000.
2. Two 10 foot concrete, slab
bridges on Zeigler road south, s21OO.
8. Ellis Golden Belt Bridge, just
west of city of Ellis, $4,000.
4. Meier bridge, span so feet,
on Saline four miles east of Plain
vile road, $500.
s. Gerken bridge, just south of
Hogback, $175O.
6. King bridge, east of Ellis,
$1,000.
Z. 10 fit. concrete slab, eight miles
south of Ellis, $1,000.
8. Repaired west Yocemento
bridge, $500.
''The following road work and
bridges have been completed or are
now under construction out of 1920
funds.
Zeigler road north at Meistrel
bridge, road building, $4,000. Com
pleted.
Dean Hill, Strengthening road, wild
ening portion of old road, cutting and
filling so as to reduce grade, compIet-
ed. $25O0.0O to date, of total esti-
mate of $4,000.
Bridges-Victoria Golden Belt,
just west of the city, $4,000.
Yohe Bridge, 5 span concrete to re-
place bridge destroyed by high water
two years ago, $4,000.
20 ft. concrete bridge two and one
half miles east of Schoenchen, $175O.
The county has bought approximately
$4,000 worth of road and bridge
equipment consisting mainly of drags,
slips, wheel scrapers, Fresnos, High
way Patrol or small grader, planer,
Centrifugal pump and fittings and re-
inforcing rod bender
"The following work is planned for
the remainder of 1920 but not as yet
under way.
A 2 span 40 fit. bridge on Golden
Belt just west of Toulon, making fill
and Strengthening road through Dor
rowed pit at same place.
~ 1t. concrete bridge on Walker
creek north of Walker.
20 fit. concrete bridge on Zeigler
road at Johnson's cutoff
2 thirty-foot spans, steel girder
bridge, with concrete floors across
Saline at loves place on east and
west road.
One Soft. span steel girder bridge,
with concrete floor on north line of
25-15-18 northeast of Schoenchen.
These two bridges are to be built
from material from old Yohe bridge
as far as that is possible
''The Hamilton road from Ellis to
Rocks county line, the Kutina road
from Ellis to Rush county line and
the Codell road from Victoria to
Rocks county line viii be widened to
80 feet and graded. The remainder
of Zeigler road from a point seven
voo;loz - 70 h.