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1931 Was Biggest Year in Hutory
Of North Dakota Road Department
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Total Contract Cost of Highway
Work For Year Reached
$3,500,661
The state highway department dur
ing 1931 was called on to handle more
construction projects than in any
previous year in the history of the;
department, according to the annual!
report of the highway commission
filed with Governor George F. Shafer
by Chief Highway Commissioner A.
D. McKinnon. The total contract
cost of the work was $3,500,661.
This resulted, the report states,
from the emergency federal aid avail
able together with the increased fed
eral aid.
At the close of 1930 there were un
completed projects carried over into
1931 for 352 miles grading: 45.8 miles
regarding: 190 miles surfacing; one
mile re-graveling, and 10 miles oil
mix surfacing.
The total cost of the work under
contract at that time was $1,699,173.-
72. Work done and money expended
covered $536,068.16. leaving the actual
money carried over, $1,163,105.56.
During the last year the depart
ment let to contract, up to Dec. 1.
474 miles of grading, 98.6 miles re- |
grading. 773 miles of gravel surfacing, ■
96 miles resurfacing. 132 miles re-oil I
sub-grade, 93 miles oil mix surfacing, i
and IT a miles concrete paving. 1
All the work under contract Jan. 1. i
1930. ar»i also a large portion of the i
work let to contract this year was f
complete, the report says. Completed 1
■work consists of 807 miles gravel sur- 1
facing. 83 miles gravel resurfacing.
132 miles oil subgrade resurfacing, j
573 miles grading, 114 miles regrading, «
53 miles oil mix surfacing and 11‘a c
miles concrete pavement. The final j
payments covering this completed 1
work amounted to $500,020.65. ,
Lists Uncompleted Work
Uncompleted work as of Dec. 1. *
1831, included 253 miles grading. 33
miles regrading, 160 miles gravel sur
facing, and 50 miles oil mix surfac
ing. The present contract cost of f
this work is $1,262,084.83. of which ?
$477,564.61 has been paid for, leaving
a balance due of $784,520.22 of which t
the state’s portion is $183,657.59.
It is estimated in the report that j
highway construction work furnished r
employment for 3.500 men per month.
the men being employed on the aver- t
age of 30 days a month.
“The year 1931 saw North Dakota's
first paving project of any size,” Mc-
Kinnon comments in the report. “This „
was an lllfe miles project on U. S. t
Highway No. 10 from Fargo to Maple- j,
ton. This was the first paving project c
that was handled entirely under de- c
partment supervision. £
“The specifications provided that b
the concrete should be of the crush- y
ing strength of 3.500 pounds per F
square inch. In order to insure this t
strength the testing department was b
instructed to have cylinders taken c
several times each day and tests made
of them. From the tests it was found t;
that the strength averaged 4,200 1(
pounds. 1
“The testing department tests all v
materials such as sand, gravel, ce- b
ment. road oils, concrete and corru- j,
gated culverts, guard rails, etc., enter- a
lng in the construction of our high- F
ways. These tests are passed on and q
accepted by the Bureau of Public n
Roads. The Bureau of Public Roads b
recently passed a ruling requiring all a
state testing laboratories to have tl
their cement testing equipment
checked. This was done and the n
laboratory is being equipped to con- p
form to their requirements. u
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Since the highway commission In
the first part of 1929 inaugurated the
policy of the state purchasing gravel
by the acre, instead of by the yard as
done previously, the denartment has
purchased 1,039 acres of gravel land,
distributed through the state, the re
port. says.
The average acreage in a pit is
given as approximately 5.8 acres ana
the average cost per acre, including
right of way to and from the pit is
sllO per acre, or an average of three
cents per cubic yard of gravel.
“This policy has resulted in a mark
ed saving to the department,” the
chief commissioner comments. “It
also has provided a great amount of
gravel for the state's luture use in
resurfacing work.”
The cost per mile during 1931 for
all types of highway construction
complete averaged, the report says, as
follow:
Grading, including culverts and
bridges, $3,366.91.
Re-grading, including culverts and
bridges. $2,791.78.
Gravel surfacing, including cost of
gravel, SBIB.
Re-graveling, including cost of
garvel, SBIB.
Subgrade oil treatment $1,000.83.
Oil mix. including extra gravel,
$4,600.
Concrete paving, $27,000.
A total of 3,932 miles of the state
and federal highway system in Noftn
Dakota has been graded and sur
faced, and 1,424 miles earth graded,
the report shows. Miles of graded
projects now under contract for gravel
surfacing total 397.
“The highway commission believes.”
says the report, “it is very important
that all projects be gravel-surfaced
within a year after grading is com
pleted as it is sound economy to pro-
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graded project.”
Maintenance Amount Less
The amount set aside for mainten
ance during 1932 is $100,897 less than
that set aside for the same pur
pose in 1931, taking into consideration
that the mileage to be maintained
during 1932 will be 5,633 miles, an in
crease of 769 miles over the mileage
maintained the previous year, accord
ing to the report
The amount set aside for engi
neering is $89,220 less than the sam*
Item in the 1931 budget. !
“This makes a total reduction ol
$190,117 and means we can increase
our 1932 construction program by
$960,468.’” the commissioner explained j
He called attention that every dollar
saved in maintenance and engineer- j
ing means four dollars more for new
construction, since the state dollar
matches the county dollar and these
two dollars are equally matched by
federal aid.
AT THE MOVIES *
PARAMOUNT THEATRE
In “The Spider” a girl and her
uncle, an unscrupulous man, go to the
theatre. On the stage is a magician
with his assistant, a young boy. The
girl recognizes the boy as her brother
who disappeared mysteriously some
time before. The uncle, who, for fi
nancial gain, has attempted to keep
the brother and sister apart, makes
an effort to forstall their reunion.
Suddenly, in the darkened theatre, a
shot rings out. The uncle seated In
the audience crumbles to the floor
with a bullet through his heart.
The powerful suspense created by
this scene Is maintained throughout
the entire length of the picture, gath
ering dramatic emphasis when the
magician, at the risk of his own life,
takes it upon himself to solve the
murder. And remember, every mem-'
ber of the audience, as well as thei
people on the 'stage, is a logical
suspect! There is a climax of power
and strength which brings “The Spid-,
er” to a convincing conclusion.
The leading roles are played by Ed
mund Lowe as the magician, and Lois
Moran as the woman in the case. Both
of these players are excellent in roles
that do Justice to their talents.
“The Spider,” which William
Menzies and Kenneth Mac Kenna di
rected, appears at the Paramount
Theatre on Friday and Saturday of
this week.
CAPITOL THEATRE
The story of a girl who thought,
momentary bliss could last forever is
told in “Men In Her Life.” the Co
lumbia picture showing today at the
Capitol Theatre with Lois Moran.
Charles Bickford, Victor Varconi,
Donald Dilloway, Oscar Apfel, Bar
bara Weeks and others in the cast.
William Beaudine directed, Robert
Riskin wrote the dialogue and adap
tation from a novel by Warner Fa
bian. and Dorothy Howell wrote the
continuity.
Lois Moran turns sophisticated in
the role of a debutante who thinks
love should carry a dash of adventure.
To stay at home and marry the boy
who has loved her since he carried
her books to school for her, isn’t near
ly romantic enough. She must go out
and seek it. She meets a Count in
France and thinks he has all the
qualities of a white knight of ro
mance—to find him a deceiver of the
blackest hue. He steals her money
and her jewels and leaves her with
the hotel bill to pay. As she has just
learned that the Cavanaugh fortune
no longer exists, she is in as bad a
predicament as a girl can possibly be
in a foreign country.
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In Death of Nurse
Grand Island, Neb., Jan. 14.—(AV-
County Attorney A. L. Joseph said he
would order an inquest next week
into the death of Miss Lydia Ehr
mann, Leola, S. D., nurse who died
here of poison.
“There are just two possibilities—
suicide or foul play,” he said.
He denied “stalling" on the case
as charged by a South Dakota in
vestigator and revealed he is await
ing a supplementary report from the
South Dakota state chemist.
I The chemist had reported already
I that Miss Ehrmann died of poison,
but Joseph wants to know how much
poison was in her body,
i He reiterated the note found In
her effects and desired now for the
inquest is in possession of some rela
tive in South Dakota and asserted
, that Paul Kretschmar, South Dakota
prosecutor now in Grand Island, does
not have it.
i Wife of Educator at
I Minot Dies Tuesday
1 Minot. N. D., Jan. 14. (A*) Mrs.
W. D. Allen, 51, wife of the superin
tendent of the high school depart
ment of the Minot teachers college
i training school and prominent in
church and mission society circles in
Minot, died at her home here Tues
day evening.
Death was caused by a heart at
tack. Mrs. Allen had been ill for
about a week but her condition was
not considered critical.
I The funeral will be held at 2:30
p. m. Friday at the Vincent Methodist
church with Rev. N. Everett Hanson
officiating. Burial will be in Rose
hill cemetery here.
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THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JANUARY 14. 1932
The Para^te.
Mrs. Allen leaves her husband and
three children here and two brothers
and two sisters.
Gymnasium Accident
Fatal to U Student
Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. 14.— (JP)—
Burton Nugent, 18-year-old sopho
more student at the University of
North Dakota, died Thursday morn
ing in a Grand Forks hospital from
effects of a broken spinal column suf
fered in a gymnasium fall. Nugent,
who was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
M. E. Nugent, was hurt Tuesday
while practicing a tumbling act in
the university gymnasium. His father
is superintendent o the university
model high school. X
Yankton, S. D., Jan. 14.—(/P)—Dr. H.
K. Warren, Yankton, state senator
from this county, Thursday announced
his candidacy for the Democratic
nomination to congress from the first
South Dakota district. Dr. Warren
was president of Yankton college
nearly 30 years.
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is not more of a tribute,
to the illustrious dead
than is the care and
reverence of the well
arranged and properly
conducted funeral of
one who did his duty
and bore his own and
others burdens as best
he might.
The appropriateness
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Feb. 13 Is Decided
Petitions Deadline
The final date for filing petitions
for entering presidential candidates
in the North Dakota presidential
preference primary March 15 was set
Wednesday by the secretary of state
as Feb. 13.
This date was decided on by Secre
tary of State Robert Byrne after con
siderable confusion arose in official
circles as to the statute provision for
the expiration date. The secretary
of state, in an election scheduled re
cently printed set the final date for
filing presidential nominating peti
tions as March 1.
This was questioned and he con
ferred with Attorney General Junes
Morris. Morris, following an examin
ation of the statutes, advised Xhe
secretary of state to set the final date
as 30 days prior to the primary elec
tion as protection against raising ‘any
legal questions against the petitions
filed.
In previous years, March 1 was set
as the final filing day, and has never
been questioned. Attorney General
Morris said that he was unable to un
cover any decisions which rule on the
filing date. <
FORMER KAISER BETTER
Doom, Holland, Jan. 14.— (JP)—' The
condition of former Kaiser Wilhelm,
who is suffering from an attack of
bronchitis, is giving no reason for
anxiety, It was authoritatively stated
Thursday. After suffering from a
cold about 10 days ago, it was said,
Wilhelm left his sick bed last Mon
day almost recovered. .
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F. B. McAneney, former Bismarck
man, has been elected president of
the Gate City Building and Loan As
sociation at Fargo, of which he form
erly was secretary. During his resi
dence in Bismarck McAneney was
chief deputy bank examiner.
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