The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-30
HIGHWAY PROGRAM
FOR NEXT YEAR HAS
66 PRIMARY items
State Commission Places AZ
Secondary Projects on
list OF Proposals
CONTRACT sum $2,60o, 1927
New Oh-Mix Crawling Tried
Here Will Be Given Further
Trial on Fifty Miles
CONTRACT SUM $685. 1927

Construction Of IS primary and ~
secondary state highway improve
ments we're placed on its 1880 road
| building program by the state high
way commission. Saturday.
AS tentatively determined. total
cost Of contracts to be let next year
will be $2.688, 1927. distributed as fol-
lows. Federal aid. 81 .062. 1876; state
funds. S909. 500. IS: county funds, s646,-
33l IS: and special funds. S47,50
Revisions of the program arc to be
made by H. G. Frahm, commission
secretary. in accordance with dlrec-
tions given him Saturday, When
these are made, the program VIII be
made public.
The order In which various pro-
jccts will be constructed also was
Tentatively fixed and will be an
nounccd at same time.
In addition to contracts already let
fer construction next year, the pro-
gram calls for 1925 miles Of gravel
ing and 1863 miles Of earth grading
E~raveline is estimated TO cast Sl.5,0 a
mile ard grading S. $40
Oil Mix Will BE Used
OF the crawling, 3i3 miles will be
On main or primary roads and 1905
miles on secondary roads. Secondary
projects will get 3l73 miles OF grading
md primary projects ll9. With the
Exception of a few routes IN the
western part of the state II is planned
10 complete construction Of the prl-
mary system in 1880.
In addition the department plans
rs use 100. 900 cubic yards OF gravel
on regraveling projects at 81 a yard
md $40 miles of re-oiling at 81 900
> mile.
OF ~grayeling projects on primary
roads, 5O.2 miles will include m oil
mix treatment with which the de-
oartment is experimenting. This Is
estimated to cost $4,000 a mile.
Smallest Carry Over In Years
Only projects which the depart
kncnt expects to be able to put under
[eontract this year are listed in the
|orogram. improvements calling for
1868 miles Of crawling and ASS
niles Of grading were placed on a list
ST projects held up for lack Of funds.
Tr-ahm said this did not fully repre-
tent the demand for road improve
nents which the department will be
Unable to meet III 1880. but only thosc
projects which have been surveyed
md which are being actively urged
or immediate construction. He esti-
mated the demand for road improve
nents, over and above the amount
he department car do. at twice the
igures indicated BY the hold -over'
list.
Despite the heavy program project
"a for 1880. Frahm estimates that the
.carry-oyer" of untitled contracts in
% 1891 will be the smallest for years.
The carryoyer to 1920 reached a
nigh point of s84O. 354.3l; %carryover to
$50 is estimated at s625, SAC. 80, and to
93l at s379, 63l %.
When the priority list is issued.
projects at the head OF tho list will
Re put under contract at onc and
he others in the order mentioned.
Fhe commission has the power. how
vcr, to revise the list rs may appear
necessary.
1t is probable that a number of
ccondary improvements will be put
lndcr contract late next year for
931 construction. the cost of such
projects being the estimated carry
yer.