The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-05
|bURLEIGH COUNTY TO
GET GRAVEL AND TAR.
1929 SEASON
III
Morton County to Be Partially
Lifted Out OF Mud Under
Gravel Treatment
INDIAN LAND GETS ROAD
Major Aim Of State Highway
Commission Is to Increase
Primary Route Crawling =
INDIAN LAND GETS ROAD

PTtUdTy NOuto NVdVottOR
Highway construction projects on
which 1921 .284.50 will be spent In
1929 were outlined Friday by the state
highway commission.
The program as adopted calls for
the expenditure of $4,000 for re-
graveling: $4,000 for the elimination
of two grade crossings: $82.000 for oil
ing gravled roads, $ll,776.50 for paw
ing: 464,350 for road across Indian
land in Sioux county: $4,000 for the
Box Elder Creek bridge In Bowman
county; $4,000 for bridge across
the Red river at Wahpeton: 10000
for bridge across the Pembina river
in Pembina county: $824,264 for
gaveling: $45.234 for placing gravel
in stock piles: $1.881 800 for earth
grading and SIS, $3.50 for guard rail and
posts.
OF the total cost $l,ls8,07l.l0 will
be provided by the federal govern
ment. 81 l,125,26290 by the state high
way department.; $792 2.950.5O by the
counties and $105,000 from special
funds.
A statement to the highway COM
mission showed that the highway de-
partment carried over into 1929 un-
finished work totaling $40 0.354.31 and
that the estimated carry over into
1896 will be 47O5 $50. In 1926 the de-
partment carried over work estimated
at 1915, ,64760 and In 1927 work esti-
mated at 4410, 0,036.35.
Increase Graveling
The major aim In 1929 will be to
increase the amount Of graveling and
the list OF primary projects which Will
be given preference includes 376.0
miles Of graveling: 97.2 miles Of earth
grading; IS miles Of oiling and 70 Of
q mile Of paving.
The list of improvements on Sec
ordary routes calls for l26 miles Of
gravel and 401.7 miles " grading but
no oiling or paving.
The total graveling is placed 1t
502.6 miles and Is estimated to cost
81 $40 mile: grading Is placed at
1883 miles at $500 per mile and
stock piles for 502.6 miles at 800
mile.
A list of highway improvements by
counties shows that some money will
be spent in every county in the state
except Foster. The state roads In
Foster county have been completed.
Roads in Griggs county also are COM
plcte but q small amount will be
spent in constructing an approach to
q bridge across the Sheyenne river.
Improvements projected for some
Of the leading counties in the state
follow:
Burleigh Gets Tar
Barnes county, 13 miles grading OH
No. 46 to Barnes Ransom county line:
two miles tar on u. s. No. 10 from
Valley City southeast. M
Burke and Ward counties-Eight
miles of graveling and one mile Of
grading on No. 9.
Burleigh county-graveling - miles
|on No. 6. Bismarck north; seven
tenths mile on capitol drive: grad
ing l2.l miles on No. II. Wilton north:
10 miles on No. II, Sterling north:
overhead railroad crossing and grad.
ing at Sterling, one mile: 10 miles Of
tar on U. 8. No. 10, Bismarck east.
Cass county-graveling five miles.
U. S. No. 81, Richland county line
north: lis miles on No. 10, Casseltorl
north; grading SO miles. No. IL.
Leonard to Casselton: 81 miles. No.
80, Buffalo north: mile tar. u. g.
No. 10. Mapleton south: 10 miles tar.
same road. Wheatland to Buffalo.
Grand Forks county-grading l3.1
miles, No. Is, Larimore south and
five miles. same road. north Of Hat
ton: grading 10 miles. No. 80. Marvel
to Gilby.
Morton Gets Gravel
Morton county y. s. No.
10, IA miles east and west Of New
Salem and 7.6 miles west from Man
dan; grading 1872 miles on No. 8. st.
Anthony to Breien and 81 miles on
No. 81, along the Graut-Morton coun-
ty line.
Ramsey county-grading on No. 20.
eight miles. Devils Lake to Toxic
route; four miles. 6tarkweather
north: five miles tar, y. 8. No. 4.
Devils Lake east; three miles tar, No.
81. Devils Lake south.
Stutsman county - jamestown
bridge on U. 8. No. 10, rejected for
1929: grading No. So, jamestown
north. 2l.6 miles: rs miles on No. -
in Logan, La Moure ana stutsman
counties; regarding miles, No. ..
Pinsree west.
Ward county graveling 0.6 miles
on No. 8. Kenmare north: grading
miles on No. q. west toward P1asn
and o.6 miles on No. =. Douglas q
No. s: seven miles tar, q. 8. N6' :.
Minot east. S
i In addition to the = primary ROUTES
upon which work will b started IL
90 secondary routes, the commt1ul1,
ladopted : list of 3 protests M1il
were placed upon = substitute -
From this list will be takeu pras
ltor construction n place q ttooo a.
1.-THE primary and secondary liDis q
1.-THE event any of the latter 0hqn14 -
Iheld up Or abandoned during - Ia
Ison. Some Of tho pcojeefi "A ~
!. substitute list are u ~ eo
menti0ned 81
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