The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-12-29
IA Real Expert
Road Builder

Ferman II. 0Dell, a native Of this
locality, ID taking his place as an ex-
pert road builder. not only in his home
county, but in other parts of the
State. In this day, when the people
L in general are SO unanimously arUus-
ed TO the great need and Importance
for good road building, there is con-
stantly ard rapidly Increasing de.
naird for the services OF good road
contractors, and there Is abundant
success in store for the really sue
cessful road constructor. At leass
such is proving to be 60 in the ex-
periences of FerTnar O'Dell, and his
success in that field of enterprise TOW
seems to be assured.
He has built several high-class
roads in this county, and all the con-
strcction he has put in is proving 70
be good, much better than such work
formerly proved to be, and often at
mo greater prices than were formerly
paid. Last year Ferman received q
contract for building several miles Of
Iroad in this county, between Liberty
vile and the county line, on the
! IFredericlxtown road, on low bid, and
the manner in which that construc-
ton was completed has won much fa-
4 vorable comment FROM those who
know good rond construction. Much
grazing had TO be done on this job,
and the manner in which hills wore
pulled down and the grades reduced
won many favorable comments for
the builder. That was FermAn's first
| big job in road building, as it was al
SO the beginning Of what now seems
to be an unusually busy and profitable
career as. road builder.
4 His next job in this county was the
cutoff out of Bismarck on the road
to Elvins. He is now adding. the fin
ishing touches to this new road Of a
fraction over two miles, the contract
price of which is something over
$4,000, and it is said to be model
high-class road, built with the thor
orghness that Fcrinan invariably be-
slows on his work. The dressing Of
lthis road will,be the justly celebrated
Iron Mountain chas, the equal OF
which has never vet been discovered
for lcosc srrfacing.
The mast week Ferman has been mo-
! titled that he has been awarded two
, road contracts in Northeast Missouri
/ near Hannibal. One Of these, for
which his bid was something over
: 0,000, is about FIVE rIile5 in extent
} and is in Rails county. The other con-
: tract is in Marion county, only few
: miles distant. 1t covers about two
miles, and the prizes is practically
2 $4,000. FefInaif soill start work o5
these contracts in the early spring
but the worst part Of the spreading
> out" process on which Is has now ap.
parently entered is that st. Francois
county will perhaps be deprived of q
large part of his time, if, indeed, the
increasing demands for his service:
does not take him entirely away. Hi
expects to move his family to Hanni
bal, where they will live while this
, work is in progress.
While his many friends here wil
! be pleased to know of his success il
! his chosen work, they will not appre
= ciate the possibility of losing hin
I from st. Francois county, where ther'
! should be practically enough roaC
= building to keep him busy most of hi
= time. But The Times joins witt
many friends in wishing for Fermal
the abundant success he has thus fa
a so richly mcrited as good road
!, builder.