The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 16, 1931, Page 8

- 8 peo THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1981 gineer Declares ures announced Tuesday by T. G./ $119,473; salaries, $22,455; This figure includes $137,114 ex-/ ways, $26,934. pended in maintaining 5,118 miles of Toad during August. $200.54 in the eight districts into! which highway maintenance opera-| August. portation. Dickinst 60,706 Grand Forks . 77,540 Fargo ... 15: 94,207 | ‘Williston - 6,787 46,296 | The central office expenditures for maintenance for August totaled $3,- 610, chiefly for equipment purchases, while for the eight months the of-| fice spent $139,518, of which $119,473) was for equipment. The miles maintained and the av- erage cost per mile in the various/ districts are: | Bismarck district, 929 miles, average | cost per mile, $160.73; Valley City) district, 864 miles and $130.21; Dev- ils Lake district, 954 miles and $131; on my work.” Smoothing surface, $349,466; sur- ‘i face repair, $82,767; cleaning culverts ‘Average Cost Per Mile Ranged | and Ce toe cutting ny and brush, 183; snow prevention, From $128 to $200, En- $21,589; snow removal, $46,985; re- shaping, $19,251; surface additions, $38,241; road bed repair, $642; drain- — age structures, $4,773; guard rails, Maintenance of state highways|$4,501; bituminous surface, during the first eight months of this| structures, $6,637; snow fence and year cost $854,008, according to fig-j| post, $19,927; equipment purchases, traveling ;Plomasen, maintenance engineer for| expenses, $21,549; workmen's com- the state highway department. pensation, $16,132; marking high- The average cost per mie for|Tailless Airplane maintenance ranged from $128.62 to! Designed by German tions are divided. | Berlin, Sept. 16—()—An airplane ‘The largest item of expenses is for| without a tail, designed by -Captain smoothing surface, $349,466 being| Hermann Koehl, transatlantic flier, spent for this work during the eight-/has been demonstrated before repre- month period, including -66,766 for sentatives of the ministry of trans- Expenditures for the various dis-| It has a wingspread of 45 feet and month period, including $66,766 for is driven by a 23-horsepower motor. August are: \Its sponsors claim its flying qualities Eight |may prove it a turning point in air- AS ALES MAN SPUR POSE _T STOP LEASE. —— 100 —————— A SALESMAN'S PURPOSE IS TO PLEASE. If the words at the top are spaced Ded il bc Minot district, 644 miles and $139.57; Dickinson district, 446 miles and $137.91; Grand Forks district, 532 ‘miles and $161.82; Fargo district, 389 i miles and $200.54; Williston district, 360 miles and $128.62. Of the $854,008 spent for mainte- nance over the state for the eight months of this year, are included the following items. $4,262; District— Months plane construction. Bismarck .. $139,284 | ° SERS AO at Valley City . 109,427 | ° “Gas Far pad Devils Lak 109200)| Stickler Solution | Minot 77,036| @— | ——————— - e | SIDEGLANCES - - - By George Clark | F,7Ob Kea ll ight—jat don't som to be able to keep my mind, Wanted!!! Men, Women and Children from 6 to 66 To Compete in AMATEUR NIGHT Contests at the OP THEATRE (e % $146.00 IN CASH PRIZES Will Be Awarded TO THE WINNERS Can You Sing, Dance, Play a Musical Instrument, Entertain With Tricks of Magic, Acrobatic Stunts, Monologue, Ete.? If So Call or write to the Manager of the Paramount Thea- tre for an interview. — NOTE — Amateur Night Contest will be held at the Para- mount theatre every Monday night for a period ot 13 weeks starting Monday, Sept. 21. The preliminary try-outs will be held during the first 10 weeks of the ‘contest. 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