The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-06-18
PAVING FINISHED
MONDAY AFTERNOON
HIGHWAY WILL BE OPENED TO
PUBLIC AS RAPIDLY AS
POSSIBLE
Is FINE PIECE OF WORK
CONTRACT TO COMPLETE WORK
TO FREEPORT LET TUESDAY
MORNING

Monday afternoon of this week Os.
trand & Hallet, Crosby, Mimi, fin.
ished laying the three and one-fourth
miles OF paving east of Sank Centre
connecting with the city paving al
the south side of the underground
Great Northern crossing on south
Main street.
AS rapidly as possible the Mime
sofa Highway department will open
this paving to the public. Monday
afternoon Resident Engineer C. H.
West In charge of construction stated
to the Herald that he expected to op-
en- the paving to the foot of the Doc.
little hill Wednesday, of this week
making it possible for one to trave;
east on Third street to the Green
wood cemetery and then south ard
across the Great Northern tracks. In
the course of week or ten days the
paving will be opened to the east
side of the Fair Grounds. Mr.. Bah
cock requires that the paving season
for Fl days after it is laid before it
is opened for traffic.
The shoulders on the pavine have
not been finished but this work will
be completed as rapidly as possible
The quality of paving required by
the highway department each year
is an Improvement over contracts
awarded in preceding years. The
three mile strip just completed is
probably the best piece OF highway
paving in the state. 4. The specifica-
tons required in the job just complet-
ed were mixture of 20 cubic feet
of crushed rock, 10 feet of sand and
flve cubic feet of cement st. Cloud
crushed granite was used and wash
ed sand came from the Nelson pit lust
north of the city. The sand is care
fully tested to see that it is free
from silt and vegetable matter.
The paving is Is feet wide; running
through the center is a thin strip of
steel; this is connected up every SO
feet by a like strip. There are two
three-quarter inch steel rods running
parralley with the paving on each
side and two on either side of the
seventeen strip. The paving is
eight inches thick on the outside
and tapers down to seven inches
thickness in the center. At the
curves the paving is a triffle over
three feet wider and with a gradual
downward slope, making an : easy
safe and comfortable turn at the
curves and corners.
The work of laying the paving
would have been completed about
June 9 but for the excessive rainfall
wllcn has caused delay.
Tests made by the Highway de-
partment as the paving progressed in
dictate that the strength of the paw
ing is about so per cent greater than
the specifications call for.
Some of the items of the cost of
construction of this piece of paving
will be of interest to Herald readers.
The bridge one mile east of Sank
Centre which was rebuilt last fall
cost S20,050. This work was done by
the Guaranty Construction Co. of ST.
Paul. The grading contract was
handled by Christ Johnson for which
he received S6,357. Ostrand & Hal
let will receive $82,604.14 for the
paving. This price includes the plac-
ing of the earth shoulders adjacent
to the pavement.
Forty-four thousand sacks of ce-
ment was used in this contract. 1t
was n 'Ned with S,400 tons of rock
and $500 cubic yards of sand
Tuesday Commissioner Babcock
opened bids for paving the remaining
five miles between Sank Centre and
Melrose and for the paving of the
three mile strip between Melrose and
Freeport,
Competition was very keen for this
work and the prices at which the work
was let is 33 per cent less than engi-
neer's estimate of cost. Ostrand &
Hallet of Crosby, who have just COM
pleted the three mile strip east of
Sank Centre were awarded the con-
tract for the paving. of the remaining
distance between Sank Centre and
Melrose, trifle over five miles. The
low bid for this project was $2.10
per square yard 13. cents less per
square yard than for the job just
completed. This project calls for 3d.
322 square yards of paving and the
aggregate cost of the paving aside
from the grading will be S120,399.-
53. Ostrand & Hallet have their
equipment on the ground and con-
struction will start as soon as mater
ial can be secured.
The project for paving the three
mile strip west of Freeport connect
ing up with the paving of last fall
was let to the Western Ashphalt Paw
ing Corporation of Sioux City, Iowa
at S2.18 per square yard. There is a
trifle over three miles in this paving
and the aggregate cost will be $685.
boil. Work will start as soon as ma
terial and equipment can be gotten
on the ground. Both projects will be
finished this year.
Last evenings Minneapolis Journal
carried the story that the contract
for this work had been let to Nolan
Brothers of Minneapolis. The Herald
got in direct touch with the Highway