Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-12-15
Grading and Resurfaoing Of More
Than 336 Miles Of Minnesota
Highways Started.
WILL SPEND s992,oo0
Final Contracts Signed, Roadbuliders
Moving Out on Jobs Throughout
state - Hiring Of Several
Thousand laborers Slated.

st. Paul--First work on 80 road
building projects, which ultimately
will mean the expenditure OF 1922, 900.
the hiring Of several thousand labor
ers, and the grading or resurfacing OF
more than 1886 miles Of Minnesota
highways this winter. began Monday
according to announcement Of the
Minnesota highway department. Ten
tAtive awards OF these contracts were
let more than week ago. Recheck-
ing and investigation of the response.
oility OF bidders have gone on since
and Monday 1t was announced that In
the majority OF instances final con.
tracts have been signed. and the con.
tractors we're moving out on the jobs.
The roadbuilders we're assembling
equipment. trucks. wagons and men
and making . start to the various
points Of Minnesota where work will
be done.
Awards Near on Other Jobs.
In addition the highway department
announced II IL nearly ready to place
tentative contracts on Ave other jobs.
one OF which will involve more than
@660.O00. This latter one il the com
pletiOn OF the rs miles interval In the
paving between the twin cities and
Faribault. This unfinished pavement
10 between Westcott and Mortified.
The highway department also an.
nounced the start in northwestern
Minnesota OF emergency maintenance
work employing nearly 400 farmers
and their teams. netting each farmer
about 500. This work Is under the
supervision Of b. w. Sewell On
trunk highway No. 8. between Crook.
stOn and Beltrami. PTS farmers teams
are employed. On trunk highway 49,
between Thief River Falls and Holt,
110 farmers and their teams are nj
work.
Other jobs all gravel surfacing to
be let In few days, according to the
highway department, are Is miles on
trunk highway No. s near Lake Ben.
ton: 6h miles between breckenridge
and Brushvale on the same highway
and Is miles north from Brushvale /:
13h miles on No. east and west OF
Bemidji and 1917 miles on No 20 be-
tween Swanville and Sank Certer
Completion by April I Planned.
The 80 roadbuilding projects on
which work started Monday and in
some instances final contracts being
signed include 25 gravel surfacing
Jobs. 260.57 miles in extent, costing
&l67,S36, and seven grading jobs
(Which with the necessary bridges and
culverts will cost $454,S52.
Signing OF the final contracts re-
Quires certified checks and bonds to
he put up. The highway department
does not anticipate anything will stop
the contractors from pushing the
work steadily to conclusion. The
most Of the work Is to be done before
April 1.
When the winter work program is in
full swing II Is likely that more than
5000 men will be employed, J, IL. Null
len, chief engineer OF the state high
way commission. said Because the
number Of men will vary with the pro-
portion Of trucks to teams used. II IL
not possible to estimate accurately
the number OF men who will be used
Trouble with truck owners who want
q larger rate OF pay will have to be
threshed out between truckowners
and the contractors. tho highway com.
mission said.