The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-06-19
Much Work
AtHat(hery
Reports on Improvements
By WPA in Various
Parts of Lincoln County

fOllOWlng is report OF Work
done by the WPA in Lincoln coun-
ty from April % to May 10:
Fish Hatchery-At the State Fish
Hatchery pond No. was completed
by the placement of riprap and
grading, leveling and placement of
Bentonite to seal bottom This pond
so 100 feet, will increase the ca
pacity of the fish hatchery to the
extent of 10000 fingerlings.
Pond No. 6 is complete for ex-
: cavation and placement of Tiprap
on three sides. In the retaining
wall between the riprap and clay
core there is in place SO lin. #. of
8 in. wooden pipe which will serve
as an overflow of water from con-
crete fish tanks to main supply of
water in ponds.
Completed one concrete fish tank
by pouring ten Gu. yd. OF concrete,
placing of reinforcement and fin
ishing inside to waterproof same.
Completed pouring of II Gu, yd. of
concrete for floor slabs and con-
crete cooling tank in fish feed and
grinding room. Placed SO GU. yd
of riprap into rearing ponds Nos.
5 and s. Placed 165 GU yd. of dirt
and clay between riprap.
Community Hall: On the Eureka
Community Hall, 5000 So IT. of con-
crete basement floor was completed
this shift. StairWays were built for
three outside entrances and two
stairways were started downstairs
to the basement. The sub-floor for
the upstairs, including the stage,
has been put in place. Windows,
door frames and logs are in place
on about SO per cent of the outside
walls.
Countrywide Roads. tEureka)
About 229 Gu. yd. of fill was hauled
for the Rexford road On the Iowa
Flats road there was hauled 1000
GU. yd of fill and approximately
one acre of right-of-way was cut,
piled and burned.
At Trego, there was hauled 1880
GU. yd. of fill and gravel 900 lin.
it. of guard post was used on fill
and 40 lin. #. of new fence was
built on right-of-way.
On the Eureka City street unit
800 #. of rock gutter was completed
and 210 GU. yd. of fill was hauled
and spread on streets.
Troy-One mile of clearing was
completed this shift on the Pipe
Creek road unit On the Bull lake
road 9l5 GU. yd. of gravel was
hauled and spread on $50 lin. it.
of right-of-way "a it. wide. Also
1900 Gu, yd. of dirt was moved on
new road construction on the Bull
Lake road unit.
On the Troy city streets there
was hauled Is GU. yd. of fine ag-
gregate from the pit and n GU yd
OF coarse aggregate screened and
hauled. $50 Gu. yd. of sub-base was
hauled. IT'S lin. IT, of old sidewalks
were demolished and $50 lin. #. of
new concrete sidewalks. #. wide
were completed.
In Libby
Libby-On the Libby city street
unit there was installed SO lin. IT.
of in. culvert on Fifth st. and
Louisiana avenue. Excavated and
hauled 81 GU. yd. of fill for sidewalk.
Completed 625 So. IT.. of concrete
sidewalk on Mineral Ave, in front
of Jaqueth g. Charnholm garage.
Applied thin covering of oil to nine
city blocks to settle dust A total
of % city blocks of oiled streets
were reconstructed by ripping oil
mat, adding screened gravel and
sand, removing oversize, establish
ing new grades and relaying. AS
soon as oil is received the above
streets will receive oil for oil mat
and seal coat
Just outside of the city limits
in the Karnes and Pival additions,
the county road crew, working with
the bulldozer and large maintainer,
opened up four city streets, COM
prising 10 city blocks by clearing
and grubbing, grading, leveling,
ditching and applying about 4 in. of
subbase.
Guard railing to a total of 1874
lin. it. was placed on the approach
to the Cherry Creek and Silver