Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-04-20
ROAD Goes in
CONTRACT FOR PAVING CHAP
MAN-GEARY HIGHWAY LET
List & HalIett to Build Connecting
Link By December lst-Bridge
Contract to koss Company

The county commissioners Satur-
day morning let the contract for paw
ing the road from Chapman to the
Geary county line to the List 4 Hal
lett Construction Co., the one now
building from Detroit to Chapman.
for $03,233.15; the same company
received the contract for the road
through Chapman at $3S, ,S65.27.
The roads are to be Of concrete, Is
feet wide similar to the road already
built and to he finished by December
1st. The average price per mile will
be $29,1S1. In addition to this, ac-
cording to County Engineer Rees, the
right of way (the road will be en-
tirely on the north side of the U. =.
railroad track engineering and other
overhead will be ten per cent addi-
tiOnal, or about $4,000 a mile. The
engineering alone is about 3 per cent,
or 5000 a mile. Federal aid of $15,-
600 a mile has been allowed and
probably part Of the heaped up auto
mobile fund, the sO-called state aid,
can be used.
Work on the completion of the
present project west Of Chapman has
commenced and will be finished in 80
days. Then the new work will go
on rapidly. When both are finished
there will be a paved road from Abb
lene to Army City, 45 miles.
Bridge Contract Let
A new bridge over Chapman creek
east Of Chapman on the new road
north Of the track will be built. The
contract for the bridge and other
short culvert bridges was let to the
Koss Construction Co., for $21,-
751.72. The bridge will be Of con-
crete and credit to the county. 1t
will be finished by Dec. 1st.
Half Of the cost of the bridge will
be paid for by federal aid.
The successful bidders were the
lowest of the several competing and
are qualified to do the work well.
The bids were below the engineers
estimate by few hundred dollars.
Chapman to Pave
Chapman's city council Friday
night let the contract for brick
paving on the street intersecting the
county road. extending from the river
bridge to the north end Of the bust
ness district. While the county paw
ing will be only IS feet through the
town the city will, of course, need
wider paving but all additional will
be paid by the city under contract
with the county. On the main east
and west road as built by the cOun-
ty federal aid is given through Chap
man as well as in the country dis
trict.
Board Did Well
The county generally will COM
mend the board of county commits
sioners for their action. 1t would
have been unwise to have left the
gap at the east end of the county
and also lose federal aid. The very
low figure secured makes the road a
light burden and puts Dickinson
county on the map as one of the
progressive counties of the state.
With the exception of Riley and Pot
tawatomie counties, which stick in
the mud with abominable roads, paw
ing will be homplete from Abilene
to Kansas City by December.
The commissioners are planning
to use the automobile tax fund, now
over $4,000. to apply on all the hard
surfaced roads Of the county at $2,-
O0n a mjla IT can ha IsaI only
where roads are built by districts
and these are the only districts in
the county. 1t will help reduce the
cost to the district, township and
cOuntV