Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 10, 1925, Page 20

| | | PAGE SIX } | Dependahle | Dealers Use These Paces | | Che Casper Sunday Cribune SYSTEM EMPLOYED IN HIGHWAY WORK 1 DESCRIBED BY BOWMAN a (Ce Page ar 1 rder to get eady Casper-Rawlins | m road. al Aid project cover- | certair road would have | struct expenditure which | Fe at | the rk and a issued by road is constructe Feredal Aid Projects eral Gov f ain lary | CORDUROY CORD TIRES AT COST | Wellington & Hogue, Inc. | 221 W. Yellowstone stan must con i mur much ondar 1 Fed Federal Aid project bu Alcova and covering t notorious Alcova Hill, necessary e urea f which a be des All ma-| fore the project {nto roads bridges |tlated, {t was necessary to a] sentatives ‘of Roads and the con: of the n | inel; rout ding field between inspec astruc "aymel popul the | den ar ‘allab! ail conditions, ate routes ov te Highway been overlooked ire required by project is then struction Roads the Bu and detailed loc Jen. n | th: | being © rock nt r placed, concre! Usted eld the stan intles and 5 cribe to you the steps etc., considerable by the Bureau { State Highway Comm-.ssion to take | ain prescribed atepa in pressing | New Navy Plane in estimate of tha {mprovement for | |the consideration and. approval of | the Bureau of Public Roads. Most of you are familiar with the iit west of | ee he formerly | ! & I want to, that are to take {n order to bulld such a project with Federal Ald. Be- in question fs inj for repre the Bureau of Public State Highway Commission to make a route report é5 ction of Casper and Rawlins. This route report covered the mat- ter of population served, centers of fon, origin of traffic, probable ity of traffic and a general re- in-| port on the probable grades and cur- a y of surfactng ma- pos! strete! of this distance had to be | reported on also, The second step was to make up advance plans of |the ‘project showing the proposed grades, curvature, structures eac., on the project. The Bureau of Roads then sends an engineer to look over t|the project with a representative of eS commission and the plans are carefully examined on the ground to see that nothing has Sometimes changes ureau, * approved for con- of Public plans and estl system would find unt: | are prepared so that the pro- ated curves, the ss per y be let to the lowest re- pdea wii nace n sur-| sponsible bidder at a public letting. Quantities that go Into the com | pleted road are carefully estimated, The different items, such as com mon dirt, exeavation, solid rock, culvert pipe, piling driv te, 1 it go {nto the completed rond These items are pre- to the | pared from the most definite infor. m. have | mation that it is possible Ald] such as borings made at bridge siter, | State projects on| tests of gravel and sand aflable, are taken in the field to de- | the amount of yardage that be required in the roadway. ainties are ellm- the sible The | | ems | | | | Acro experts call the new “cy- clone,” or P-1 type motor, devel- | oped exclusively for the navy aviation corps, the greatest step in acronautics taken since the war. The 9-cylinder radial mo- get, | In} the as it is possible to ellminate. | tor, air-cooled, develops 450 h. p. the | the variation in the final| This is a close-up view. Aid | : quantities from the estimate derably less than 10 per cent led pli ¢ < Plans of the project | mmission awards the contract’ to ted by the Bureau of | : the lowest responsible bidder and has and after such changes are the Bureau of Roads has a repre v-|made as they may suggest or {n- - . sentative present to make ct ain muta the project is ,ready for | Pres: Beet seckts eet Requirements The project is adver: |! SYSESS ES Uae ee eee ae _ uu of Roads > be Jet at a certain time to| orm ; Jeral- Ald project wi | the lowest responsible bidder and the| Inspectors from the B of He hureau of pith H Commission recelves » Roads visit the proje ch » the date advertised. The | Essex Alone Gives This Quality and This Price The Reason for its Amazing Sale Buyers know what Essex gives can be had elsewhere only at far higher cost. The great Essex sales record is due to no other thing. It is recognition of a value leadership so over- whelming that it is not even challenged. Hudson- Essex, Now World’s Largest Seiling Six-Cylinder Cars More Than 1000 Sold Daily Toda Exsex values ever built most rel It is th comfortably riding t lo s Essex isthe greatest of all It isthe finest Essex It is the smoothest, able Essex ever built. Hey: £ » Most Essex ever built. Webelieve its maintenance < and operation the most economi- cal of any car in the world. And the price, because of famous patents, with volume manu- facturing advantages that are absolutely exclusive, is the low- est at which Essex ever sold ESSEX COACH On every side its hosts of owners praise it with such pride and conviction as we have never heard for any other car. It is reflected ij) the greatest sales in our history. And the rapidity of this sales increase shows how thoroughly the facts about Essex have penetrated the entire market. Wherever you go, note how they outnumber all new ixes. It is the surpassing proof f value—greatest sales. $895 Freight and Tax Extra McKinley Yellowston ee | Prager | =. fe work is being ccording to the p'ans ons approved by them. “8 for the current month are turned over to the Bureau of Roads the following month whereuyon they tssue check for 95 per cent of the 65 per cent they are to contribute toward the construction, 5 per cent being retained until the project: is {finally completed and final. inspec- | Uon and approval fs made by their representative. The Bureau of Rouds ays the'r percentage of actual con- ruction. cost only. They do not | pay any of the expense of the pre- liminary surveys neces: to en tablish th nor do | they poy a ‘ard right of way dama right of way damages will readily understa°d lave to (nance ‘= that portion as pays af: done, thus nway De etment fn ving (6 carry the until the work {s d approved by the all-th’s we ee that proper t 1 well spent joly Is secured tures assured } er ervisi d business to ha t supervision there Is ‘ce be waste A contracto however honest and fine a fello | he may be has as his first object t} | making of a profit. To a good job ts his second tnterest. supervising engineer must get good job first and his duty is secor to handle the work so as to allow | the contractor every chance to make | = profit consistent wit]. a first clans » he agreed to do under his con act Federal Aid Projects Must Be Maintained. As I previously mentioned, e completion of the project | es obligatory u yaintain the Federal Ald project ur » the standard by which it. war rylit. If the state should not proper- it be the state to Motor Sensation vision. | A res'dent engineer for the state is employed on one or more con: | struction projee’s to stoke the work, | E and-work | Lpon | | | | maintain | propristed | the state highway system of ty maintain a project, the law per. mits the nent to pay for federal ¢ the such expe from Wyoming's Allet ment of Federal Ald and before fur ther Federal Ald can be used by the siate, the amount #0 spent by the ernment must be re! ed to {8 1s, of course, © wise provision built, should be naintaln. ed and in order to take care of the maintenance of federal aid projects as ell as all the state highway sys tem that {s not yet constructed up to the federal ald standard, the state highway commission has a wel) or. ganized maintenance department Maintenance. For the fiscal year 1925-1926, the state highway commission has ap- $590,204.00 to maintain 4,172 d that the 2ige force will furs niles, It in expec winoline tax now in nish the money for maintenance during the biennium from April 1st, 1925 to April 1st, 1927, A foreign car that 1s helping to wear out the road bed ‘will all the time be con- tributing a small amount to the up- | keep of the road. The heavy truck nd the Ford runabout will each | pay its proportionate shars of ex. pense metered by-the gasoline used. Highway Divided Into Sections. For maintenance purposes our {state highway sy’ is divided into sections somewhat after the manner, of ralircad sections. For example, the state highways in Na- trona county are divided into 15 sections for convenience fh account- ing. Expenditures on these sections are divided into several different accounts, such .as roadway, struc- tures, pavement, repairs, snow re- moval, and to give you an example as to how these sections are divided, I will give you the sections between Casper and Sheridan to the Johnson county Ine. Section 8A covers the fiye miles of 18 foot pavement tm- mediately north of the Burlington overhead crossing. Section 8B covers the 18 miles of nine foct. pavement which reaches about half way. to Salt Creek. Section 8C covers the stretch of road between the end of the nine foot pavement and Midwest, Section 9 covers the road from Mid- west north to the Johnson county line. The state highway in each county is divided into similar sec- tions and previous to the beginning of this fiscal year, a budget was made estimating the expenditure that would be necessary under ordf- | nary conditions to keep the road in the best possible condition that can be expected with the type of road and our climate taken Into consider- ation, The heavier the trafffe the more maintenance expense that is necessary and when the type of road s inadequate for the traffio~ that goes over {t, the maintenance ex: pense becomes very highindeed. To show you the difference in estimated expenditures on the light traffic road and the heavy traffic road, I will mention two sections, section 7 aching from Waltman west 19 miles to thé Fremont county line lon the Yellowstone highway where e estimated expenditure per mile ‘or maintenance for the year is $188 nnd sction 8C on the Salt Creek road, which reaches from the end of he nine foot pavement to Midwest re an allowance of $1,127 per for the fiscal year has been Section 7 reaching from Waltman west 19 miles 1s main- ained with a small grader pulled 2 horses working part of the time. On section 8C reaching from the end of the nine foot pavement to Midwest, much heayfer equip- ment is absolutely necessary to keep he section in any kind of shape. We haye a camp about four miles south of Midwest opposite the Ohio camp. We haye four men employed there at present, a foreman, a trac- or driver, and two who act as truck drivers or laborers, a ten ton Holt tractor, two trucks, a heavy grader, road drags and equipment and too’s in general for the maintenance of roads and bridges. The wife of the foreman cooks for the men. For her services she receives $1.33 1-3 per day from the state. The employes furnish thelr own food dividing the expense and the state furnishes the camp. This outfit takes care of the road) and structures north to John- son county line and to a point about 15 miles south of Midwest. At the end of the nine foot pavement, 26 miles north of Casper, we have an- other camp where two men are em- ployed with tractor and other equip- ment to take care of the road both ways from that point. One’of these men is. rated foreman and at {times additional help is given him n required. This system of gang | mainténance {s very successful. We | Dave several stations, at Lander, at Shoshoni,, Riverton, Dubois Glenrock, Casper and the Platte | clver 20 miles south of Casper. The voremtn’ are responsible men who wave been working for the depart- | went for a considerable period and a. real faterest in conducting the work jon their section in the nost economical and “efficlent man ner. ‘Thelr reward for thelr efft- | mile | made. Champion is outselling throughout the world because it is the better spark plug. Champion X for Ferds60e. Blue Bex feral! care, 750. Mere shar 00 de Gow tage wine by fv double-ribbed core. Champion Spark Plug Co. Tolede, Ohio clency is steady employment and the pride they take in keeping the road in the best possible condition under the weather conditions that exist. We belleve we have a’yery high morale in our organization ‘in this district and I think the same appiles to the organization in. other dis. tricts. Careful records are kept of all work performed. It is neces- sary for the foremen to turn in daily reports of the work perforraed ‘on each section and the foremen are made responsible for the work under thelr jurisdiction. Friction between employes {s discouraged in every possible way and we have very little of thig spirit in the organization. Every one of the employes of the department is encouraged to make the work a success from a business standpoint all pulling together and encouraged to belleve that the meas- ure of success !s the amount of actual serviee that can be rendered for each dollar expended. Men are hired and kept {n the department without regard to polities and re: ligion, serviee and efficiency being the basis of thelr standing with the department. As long as this con- dition ts not changed, you are sure to get the greatest poasiblé efficiency from your state highway organiza- tion. We have also a maintenance foreman, who has general, super- vision over the various foremen and patrolmén on the road. He gen- erally supervises: the work and sees that proper records of the work are made by the foremen and turned. ir to the Casper office. This mainte- nance foreman supervises the work in Converse and Natrona counties. 4n Fremont coun our resklent engineer at Lander has charge of the construction and maintenance ‘k in that county, reporting to the district office at Casper. Unless there are disasters, which we do not foresee, maintenance ex- penditures during the biennium -will be Leld within the budget. Natural- ly {f disasterous floods occur caus- ing, bad washouts, repairs would have to come out of construction money and consequently decrease our construction program. Entire System Covered. Every mile of our state highway. system has definite arrangements for its maintenance and this main- tenance {s so arranged that under ordinary conditions within three oz four days after a storm, the entire highway system will have been drag- ged and immediately after it. you notice in your travels that you will be on a section that has been drag- ged and immediately after it wou will find a rough section. This is because the sections are arranged so that In most cases, we can give our men permanent employment, and following bad storms they can not always cover the entire section in one day, Where tractora and trucks are used, men are employed by the month as they have plenty of work on equipment and tools In case of bad weather, Team men and labor- ers are paid by the day and do not draw pay unless they work. There fa plenty of steady work for the men employed by the month and we believe We have the type of men employed who would rather work than loaf. We belief that the .main- tenance work is the most important function of the state highway, de- partment and the one the public Is the most Interested in, brings the quickest results and is absolutely ne- cessary for the economical use of our roads. Climate Condit'ons Affect Work. Climatic conditions in Wyommg are not ideal for the maintenance of grayel or dirt roads. You are well aware that the extreme drouths, high winds, and periods of extreme wet occur In the state of Wyoming. Drifting snows in winter ‘make it necessury for us to elevate our roads above the general level as much as possible. Cuts made in hills, fill with snow in winter time. On the other hand the raised road gives the high dry winds of summer an op. portunity to work on the rasd blow: {ng off the film of loose material which {s necessary to give the road the best .riding qualities. Actual holes are blown in the road and there is nothing but dry materials to fill them with. In perfods,of pro- longed drouth, roads become rough and corrugated and very little can be done to correct the evil. We have a big job on our hands to mati.tain réad mileage on our state highway stystem, In this state where the ay- erage elevation above sea level is more than a mile and where the ex- trer.es {n climate cre co destructive. We love Wyoming and lke to build and maintain roads in Wyoming but no one should argue that we should have the same high’ type roads through our state highway system as are found in Pennsyl- vania, Washington or Oregon. CU- mate, altitude and scanty popula- tion make this impoxsible. One other ‘point I wish to mea- tion is the fact that people often say, “We want the maintenance but we dé not think it is necessary to construct expensive roads and the more expensive roads we construct, the more the maintenance will cost.” The. real waste ia in attempting to maintain undrained and ungraded trails, While {t 1s possible to maintain a trail without drainage structures at certain times of the year and even gt it in a most excellent travelling condition by dragging, the work is all undone after the first storm and you know mighty well that unless a road is surfaced with gravel, travel is uncertain and dangerous on the gumbo after a storm. The trail may be well dragged and all holes filled, but following the storm It te right back {n {ts original state. Tho state highway department has been maintaining much ungraded an? un- drained trail but before we have year around roads in Wyoming, they must be graded and proper drainage structures placed and it is highly desirable that the state highway system be gravel surfaced throughout. At the present rate of progress the larger part of the state highway syste will be gravel ‘aced within a few years. We to have a gravel surfaced ast as far as Douglas by next and practically all the way to Within the next two years we. expect to have a pavements or a gravel surfaced road all the way to Midwest. We take pride in our organization believing that every effort is being made by your state highway com. mission and the organization to the very best possible for the money entrusted to them, In order for this highway department to continue to function properly it is necessary: First.—That a conservative, tinuous, financing policy tor struction and ma‘ntenanc tent with the growth and w our state be cevised, Second.—That the state highway department keep entirely free trom political influence as it now {a and has been in the past. Third.—That the efficient, honest employes have steady jobs as a re- ward for their faithful work and a fair compensation, similar to that received by persons engaged in stn occupations outside of the depart- ment. It {is as important for ef- ficiency in highway de- partment ~tha ined and cap- le men de retained ia the ser- vice as itds important to the Sta dard Ol company or the Burlington railroad. 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