Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-22
Cost OF Paui,1g IN South End
District Is Estimated AT Is
Per Cent Less Than III North
Contractor Guarantees To
Make Bid AS Advantage
Gus Al City Engineers
Estimate; Cost To Prop
erty Benefited Would. Be
$l24,000, Figure. Show.

At the paving meeting in the city
Smith presented estimates of the
cost Of paving the streets and ave.
nues in the goth district, comprising
the unpaved portions Of Che ytnut,
Walnut and Cottonwood streets. with
the i~ntersecting avenues from Fourth
to Eleventh. The estimates given
were for enforced concrete paving
ofN varying widths, the widths rang
ing generally "a feet on the north
and south streets and 20 fee on the
avenues. except that -four feet greater
width is allowed on those portions of
the district traversed by, the street
railway. The figures are based on
concrete eight inches thick at the CEN
ter Of the street, tapering to 6 inches
at the curb. The engineer pointed
out that some saving could be effect
ed by paving the avenues a UNIFORM
thickness Of six inches. which he said
would be quite satisfactory for a 20
foot width. All work is to be proper
~ reinforced with steel. The engineer
supplied estimates of all elements of
cost except that Of interest drawn by
warrants issues from time to time
while the work is in progress until
the figures are all assembled and
grouped into M total which is made
the basis of assessment by the assess
ment commission. Thos. Berge, who
has handled all the paving done in
Grand Forks in recent years, was
present and supplied much informa-
Etion from the contractors standpoint.
The three elements Of cost are as
follows:
General paving contract, ~$14O.s00.
This includes the having of all the
streets included in the contract, set
ting curb, manholes, catch basins.
drainage pipe, reinforcement, excava-
ton and disposal of earth, and level
ing and seeding berms. The engi-
neer listed each item, with his esti-
mate Of the cost per yard, foot or 9TH
err unit, and his figures included all
labor n material necessary to COM
the figures carefully and assured the
meeting that he would guarantee a
satisfactory bid as low as this estimate,
or lower.
Engineering and i%ncidentals. 1000.
This is the engineers estimate of the
cost Of all engineering, inspection,
ETC.. advertising, assessment, commits
sion. tees and other similar expenses.
The. estimate is considerably higher
than the actual of similar work
on the north end work last but
the engineer said he wished to make
1t large enough to cover everything.
Interest. $500. This item is gov
erned by the time at which the peri
odical payments are made, and may
vary a little either way. The figure
quoted is in the same ratio to the to-
tai o as was the interest charge
to the total cost OF the north end
work.
Summarizing these three cost ele-
ments the following is reached:
Summary.
Engineering and i~ncidentals.. 1000
Interest 7,lOe
Total ..$155,0OG
Less city's 20 per CENT?. a1,ooa
Charge against property. 90. .s1e4,ooe
There is in the district the equiva.
lent of 4ss 25-foot lots, possibly = few
feet more Or less. One hundred and
twenty-four thousand dollars divided
by the number Of lots gives $3.50 al
the average cost to the property own
er per 25-fo0t lot.
On the basis heretofore sed by
the assessment commission of ASSESS,
ing the corner SO feet 80 per cent
higher than b inside SO feet. thi:
would result in an assessment in the
inside SO feet of $454.s4, and on the
corner SO Of $5s1.9o
If warrants bear Z per cent, tht
first payment made by the owner Of
the inside fifty would. be o~ne-twenti'
eth Of the principal, or $22.75, plu.
one years interest on the principal
q ~or,nfinu IN eS1 o. Nr n fntoJ nov,