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semen % OF al sections OF the
country.
Tue type Of pavement which win b
manufactured in Casper VIII be much
cheaper. II Is said that concrete pave
ment viii have greater ~resiiency and
life and VII outwear other types II
pavement under The severe climatic
tests % this section OF the country.
As soon as # is evidert the people
Of Wyoming want this type Of pave
ment the Standard company viii in
Btan a pkznt here 10 manufacture the
pavement material which win have
SAeduate capacity to meet b needs
o. this entire district
The pros-ct in detail L. described IN
q lstter recently sent to Senator Fran
els E, Warren and Representative
Prank W. MondeIl. at Washington
assisting In securing federal recognt
ton for h Casper prodnct-
"A c~onfsreuce was held IN Casper
the other day. in which Mr.. johnson.
district engineer Of the federaI aid
bureau of the United States highway
eorum4ssion- with Offices IN Denver.
MI. oENAENna NNAEAlEEN - NH1 WV
ming stats highway commission. and
Mr.. Laird superintendent N the Ryo-
ming state highway commission. and
some OF the Midwest Refining coro-
pam officials. participated
The purpooe OF tho conferences E1a
to Determine on plans for h ennttn-
@n-e Of tho paving OF the Casper
Salt Crock road. TO the extent Of thu
-
doubt aware, some SIX miles Of con
crete road was built out OF joint funds
furnished by the United States gov.
eminent, the state OF wyoming. and
che Midwest Refining cumpany. lead
ing from Cfsper toward Salt Creek,
a couple Of years ago. You WIN recall
that the rad from h cement high
why to Salt Creek IS usually very bad
and at some times IN tho year almost
impossible As high MS 500 900 poundr
OF freight has bcsn hauled over thS
road per day by means Of trucks- Dur
ing the winter months, this hauling
siackens up. and increases again In
the summer.
of the expenditures proposed TO be
made for .he extension OF the paw
ing OF this road. The Midwest Rein.
INK GpI1I4iIy I'M EBAtEl ~ ~ "a
$4,000 to a fund for this purpose
and the United States government II
to contribute about s2so.o0o The
stnte Of Wyoming cannot coutrfbute
anything to this fund. as It has nc
funds available at this time
AT the conference. it developed
That Mr.. johnson favored continuing
b cement road from the present ter
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ment road was about $35 900 n mile
To complete the remaining distance Of
about 10 miles, with an 1S-foot CO
ment highway. would cost Mt the
same ratio. S1.400.0 900. but the cost
would no doubt exceed this amount
due to tho much longer haul Of ma
teriais to the further end OF the road
Mr.. johnson recognizes that THU
price is prohibitive. and therefor'
recommends tina a cement road. min
feet I'm width. be built from the pres
ent terminus as far Is such a fund
of $500. 900 will permit.
This. he estimates. would cost s21.
o per mile. or a total OF $40. 900
For the purpose of trucks and other
vehicles passing on the road. he pro
Is building shoulders. with the CO
ment road lying OF one side Mr.
Severson Of the state highway com
mission seems to coincide with Mr.
Johnson's views
-On tho other hand. b engineer
of the Midwest Refining company
who have gone into this matter very
thoroughly. figure that acement roas
nine feet In width would cost not lesi
than s27 900 per male. or $1,000 900
Also they consider hat such n high
way is impractical. for the reason tina
trucks and other vehicles are con
stantly meetin gand passing each 9th
or on his road Ind usually in tn
spring of the year, and other season
when he have moisture of conse
uuence, n heavy truck would becom'
mired IL It had to come off h ce
mont driveway. They also considei
tho cement construction not suffic
sently durable for the scrvice requir
ed OF a road between Casper and Sal
Crock In fact, the six miles that hal
already been constructed has brokei
ND to such an extent that It has re
uufred constant repair and # is antic
mated win have 10 be relaid entirel
IN the next two or three years. I ar
Informed that h cost Of repairing
this six o rseven miles of cement roa'
is in the neighborhood Of $4,000 pc
month In fact. concrete roads tina