Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-09-17
Rapid Progress
Is Being Made In
Highway Work
Fall Finds Several Projects in District
No. Nearing Completion--Much
Activity in Glacier Park.

kallSpel Monitor. survey OF the
progress being made on the various
highway projects in this district shows
greater progress than was anticipated
and many of the contracts will be fin
ished long before the time set for their
completion and further new contracts
will be let early in 1882 that will make
vast difference in the highways Of
district No. l. The big federal projects
in Glacier National park also indicate
that the highway from the summit to
st. Mary's lake on the east side will
be finished long before the contract
calls for completion
Spending $l,215,600
Including the park federal projects
and those of the state, there is being
spent in this section of Montana ST.
215,000 on highways in eight projects
all Of which are making excellent prog
ress and will be completed long be-
fore the time limit written in the con-
tracts.
The Sutherland g. Burns contract
/ known as the Dickey Lake project
was completed last week and the CON
tractors are moving out. This was one
of the projects that did not make a
good time as was hoped for, although i
was finished within the limit. Som,
very difficult hardpan was encountere,
along the lake that required as much
shooting as solid rock The work, how
ever, was finished within the speci.
fled time. The contract price is $91.-
OO0
The Bad Rock Bolton project is an.
other that has been completed Thi
contract was held by James Crick. Thu
contract price for the grading calico
for $4,000 and was completed the lat
ter part of July Recently J. O. Pick
hus, of Sioux City, Ia, was awarded
the contract for surfacing this piece
OF road, including Bad Rock canyon,
for $31,252, a distance Of little over
IL miles.
Sam Orino is finishing his contract
on federal aid project running from
Essex to the summit and will complete
the work the latter part Of this month,
according to recent reports from there
| This contract will be finished well
within the time limit and the price
is $64,776.
Morrison & Knudson, who secured
two contracts on the north and south
highway, have just completed the Angel
hill project, which was probably the
heaviest piece of work done in this
district this year, and are now work
ing three sshovels on the extension OF
this road and making fine feadway
The two contracts total $354,0O0. The
extension carries the highway to a
point this side of the Somers hill. While
they have until late in 1882 to COM
plete the project, they will have the
work nearly finished this fall.
/ The two other projects are in Gla-
cier park and form continuation d
the Logan pass highway at the sum-
init on the east side of the park.
A. Guthrie & Co. of Portland hold
the first contract let. 1t calls for $780,
600 and is Ak miles. The work is being
pushed to completion and will be fin
ished early in 1882.
A r. Douglas took a sub-contract
for three miles of this work from the
lake leading up to the summit 1t was
necessary for him to take his machin-
cry and supplies in by boat UP to the
head of St Mary's lake, which was 4
very dangerous undertaking. He was
successful and has made remarkable
progress. He has two miles of the con-
tract finished and some of the con-
crete culverts in, and is now preparins
to take his shovel out Mr.. Dougla.
4 expects to have his contract close tc
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