Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1893 — Gravel Road Estimates. [ARTICLE]

Gravel Road Estimates.

The viewers on the proposed gravel road have made a rough estimate of.the matters referred to them by the Board of Commissioners and the following facts are gleaned from their estimate:' The estimated cost of College Road is $11810.34 or $2545 43 per mile. Of Long Ridge Road $10716.64 or $2503188 per mile. Of Poor Farm and Pleasant Ridge Road $17103.76 or $2108.42 per mile. The total cost of all the roads is $39630.94, or $2376 per cpile. - thirty feet wide, ditched so as to draw at least one foot below surface and grade not exceeding four feet in one hundred. Twelve feet wide to be graveled or macadamized. The material to be used is good gravel, 14 inches in center and 10 at edges. Good broken stone 10 inches in center and 8 at edges. Broken stone and gravel 12 inches in center aDd 8 at edges. The report is subject to correction and will not be executed and filed until reviewed.