Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16
BEGINS WORK ON
ROAD PROJECTS
Grading and Resurfacing Of More
Than 336 Miles Of Minnesota
Highways Started.
WILL Spend $4,000
Finat Contracts Signed, RoadbuIlders
Moving Out on Jobs Throughout
State - Hiring Of Several
Thousand Laborers Slated.

St. Paul-First work on 50 road
building projects, which ultimately
will mean the expenditure of $922,000,
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 We're
let more than week ago. Recheck.
ing and investigation of the RESPONSE
bility of bidders have gone on since
and Monday it was announced that in
the majority of instances final con-
tracts have been signed, and the con-
tractors were moving out on the jobs.
The roadbuilders were 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 it is nearly ready to place
tentative contracts on five other jobs,
one of which will involve-more than
$3.50, This latter one is the COM,
pletion of the Is miles interval in the
paving between the twin cities and
Faribault. This unfinished pavement
is 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. 6, between Crook
ston and Beltrami, >27S farmers teams
between Thief River Falls and Holt,
ITO farmers and their teams are at
work.
Other jobs all gravel surfacing to
be let in few days, according to the
highway department, arei15 miles on
trunk highway No. near Lake Ben
ton; 67s miles between Breckenridge
and Brushvale on the same highway
and 16 miles north from Brushvale;
1872 miles on No. east and west Of
Bemidji and 16h miles on No. % be-
tween Swanville and Sank Certer
Completion by April 1 Planned.
The 30 roadbu;lding projects on
which work started Monday and in
some instances final contracts being
signed include rs gravel surfacing
jobs, 260.57 miles in extent, costing
$467,336, and seven grading jobs
which with the necessary bridges and
culverts will COST $454,S52. :. 3.
Signing of the final contracts re-
quires certified checks and bonds to
be 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. t.- ~
When the winter work program is in
full swing, it is likely that more than
5000 men will be employed, J. HI. 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, it is
not possible to estimate accurately
the number of men who will be used.
Trouble with truck owners who want
a larger rate of pay will have to be
threshed out between truckowners
and the contractors, the highway COM
mission said. - .. ~