Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-04-12

Job to b. An coade:e Unles.
Downtown City. Sections
Exercise 0ptions


Council voted to award the contract
to John C. McKusick Of Hibbing, the
same contractor who laid the highway
owing iN the east end OF the county.
The type of paving demanded by an
Overwhelming majority of the prop
erty owners in the paving district was
concrete, and this type will be used
thruout. Options were given by Mr..
McKusick to pave downtown sections
with brick Of creosoteds blocks at low
prices named itssssdesired. We under
stand that another attempt is being
made to get an agreement for a bet
ter type Of pavement on Fifth Street
and Litchfield avenue and possibly
other sections.
In his bid Mr.. McKusick agrees to
give local home labor the first pre-
ference in the work, and to pay
minimum price Of thirty cents an hour
for labor
Another provision in his bid reads
as follows: "H you accept my bid for
the entire job OF one course concrete
and your city should desire bitumin
GUS coat, l will agree to apply seal
coat of Tarv:a "a" finished over with
granite stone screenings for the price
of ten cents per square yard. | will
guarantee that this seal coat will
never become sticky and will give you
the same soft appearance as any black
top pavement
He further promises to ''use my
every effort to give you the best job
that is possible and to complete the
work as soon as weather. conditions
will permit ..-
The contract for the eighteen feet
vide strip extending thru the city
one and 6-10th mile on the State high
way was also let to Mr. McKusick by
the State Highway Commission.
The following are items from Mr..
McKus:cks bid as accepted by the
City. ~ 49,,
One course concrete pavement (gra-
We! aggregate-bar re.inforcing) ST.
100 square yards at $2.03, $116, ,034.S0.
|. Summary OF genera Items common to
al! types of paving$6 $50 5555. 42-Total.
$176,5SO. 90. ,+.:.
Among these general items are the
following - --%.
Grading, including hauling 1000
feet N,344 cubic yards, 55c per yard.
Overhaul, per 800 lineal feet. per
yard, SC.
Extra concrete for reinforcing pave
ment over trenches, 100 cubic yards:
at. $500, $3.50.
Steel reinforcement for pavement
over trenches, per pound, in place,
21,000 lbs at &c, $500.
Wire mesh reinforcement, in place,
pound. sc.
Underground electric clay ducts in
stalled, including material, excava-
ton, back filling -
4-duct tile, 1,042 feet at $1.2G, $1.250.40
S-duct tile, 670 feet at $3.50, $1,206.00
12-duct tile. SO it at 1926, S 216.00
16-duct tile, 204 it ats$3.00, $ $1,000
| Total for electric wire ducts, $3,284.40
Mushroom traffic lights complete,
including castings, foundation, wiring
and connection to existing electric
lines, each, $115.0O, total, $1,3S0.00.
Trenching for sewers in place, in
cluding back filling and disposal Of
surplus material:
inches and under, at 60c.
8 inches at 75c.
| 10 inches at S1.25.
| II inch at 81 .65.
| ~ inch sewer pipe in place at 90c.
| Is inch sewer pipe in place, at ST. 20.
Storm water sewer inlets-20 at $35;
10 at $48; 50 at SIS; Z at $75.
! II inch sewer pipe for storm water
! in place, 1886 feet at $1:2O.
II inch corrugated metal pipe, 210
feet at $50.
10 inch corrugated metal pipe, 65
feet at $135.
Manholes: 2 Oft at $40; 7-ft at
800; 2 SIT at $10o; 9ifoot, $12O; loft.
| $4,000.
Rebuilding 72 present manholes U.S.
ing present cast iron covers and rings,
each $3.50. -
Rebuilding 20 present manholes US.
ing new tops and rings, at $22.0
New catch basins -76-ft, $68; 7-ft
/ $3.50; SIT, $50; eft, 800. loft, 1920
Resetting water valve boxes, each
$3.50.
Concrete curbing,#f6x17 inches, moi
reinforced, PEAS feet at 60c, $15,748.
20.
/ Radius curbing, reinforced, 3,SO7 fl
at Soc, $2,645. go.
/ Resetting present curbing. per It
i soc.
/ 3-inch drain tile, vitrified, in place
/ 3O,10O feet at 1ae. $5,418.o0.
For house connections: finch sewer
pipe in place, 800 per foot 6-inch
I IS degree bend in place, $2.65; 6inct
slants in place, t2,ss; cutting int