The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 41, Milford, Kosciusko County, 24 October 1984 — Page 23

States bridge problems

Indiana is making progress in its efforts to repair or replace its deficient bridges, but slowly, according to an annual U.S. Department of Transportation report. Os the 17,639 Indiana bridges inventoried for the latest study, 10,644, three out of every five, were found to be structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. The state ranks eighth in the nation in number of defective bridges, and sixth when ranked according to percentage. “We’re in a little better shape than we were last year, but we still have a long, long way to go on what is now a $l.B billion bad bridge problem,” says Harold L. Michael, head of Pyrdue University’s School of Civil Engineering and president of Indiana Highways for Progress, Inc., the

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state good roads organization. “According to this latest inventory, we had 27 fewer deficient bridges at the end of 1983 than we had a year earlier,” Michael adds. “On a percentage basis that’s a 0.11 percent improvement. Obviously, we’ll never catch up at this rate. ” The U.S. DOT estimates it will cost $45.4 billion to rehabilitate or replace the nation’s 260,300 deficient or obsolete bridges. One out of every 25 of these substandard bridges is in Indiana. Os Indiana’s 6,912 federal-aid highway system bridges, 967 are rated structurally deficient, which means they have been closed, restricted to light traffic, or need repairs in order to be kept open. Another 2,383 are functionally obsolete and cannot ade-

quately serve their traffic loads because of outmoded design features. Most functionally obsolete bridges are too narrow. Os the state’s 10,727 off-federal system bridges — primarily those on county roads — 3,706 are structurally deficient, and 3,588 are functionally obsolete. Indiana currently gets about S4O million annually in federalaid funds specifically earmarked for bridge construction. This money is divided equally between the state highway department and counties, and 15 percent of the funds must be spent on offsystem bridge projects. Most of the state’s remaining federal allocations, about S2OO million a year normally, can also be used for bridge work. “This is a lot more money than we used to receive, and our bridge-building record reflects this,” Michael points out. “The state highway department put 282 bridge rehabilita ‘’on and replacement projects under contract in 1983 and during the first nine months of this year. “But we neglected the problem for so long that our old bridges are now wearing out about as fast as they’re being rebuilt or replaced. And, to make matters worse, $l4O million of Indiana’s fiscal 1984 and 1985 federal allocations are being withheld because Congress failed to approve an Interstate Cost Estimate. “This is tax money, paid by Hoosier motorists, and it represents a lot in terms of highway and bridge work, and in jobs,” Michael declares. “We need this money, apd more state and local funds, if Indiana is to cope with its bridge needs.” The U.S. DOT report is the fifth annual national bridge inventory, and reflects on-site inspections of 98 percent of all 20-foot-or-longer bridges in the U.S. It provides the formula base for allocation of federal bridge funds. State Questers meet in Goshen The State Questers Fall Council meeting was held Saturday, Oct. 13 at the Goshen Holiday Inn. Doris Gavin, Indiana Questers State president, called the meeting to order, led the pledge of allegiance to the flag and introduced the officers at the head table. Marge Hershberger welcomed 70 Quester members who represented 17 chapters throughout the state. Professor Samuel L. Yoder of the Education Department of Goshen College gave a slide presentation and talk on the life and culture of the Amish. Proceeds from the Harvest sale held during the day will be used to help fund the National Quester convention hosted by Indiana Questers at the Marriot Hotel in South Bend in 1986. The four Goshen area Questers, Fort Beane, HSK and Amy Bartholomew and LaSalle Rosseau hosted the meeting. The Spring state meeting will be in South Bend and the host chapter will be the Clement Studebaker.

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A haunting we will go

By M. LYNN GRAY Guest Feature Writer Everyone should have a haunted house in his or her past, and I was one of the lucky ones. Not far from my home near North Webster such a house stood. Windows broken out, siding falling off, dirt and debri strung about, it was the perfect place for secret rendezvous and plotting the next sequence of events which would result in colorful toilet paper streamers cascading down the sides of trees and shrubs. One of the times that my friends and I frequented the old derelict occurred just about this time of the year, some years past. The chill of autumn was in the air and trick-or-treaters would soon wind their way down the streets of North Webster and the neighboring country-side. Let me take you along on one singular visit that my friends and I shared ... “. . . seeing Big Sam coming down the stairway with an axe in his hands was enough to put poor Phoebe Jenkins into a panic. She was still screaming when ...” “Shh, what was that?” With my story interrupted, I decided to cater to my friends whims, and the strange, low yowling noise that c \ me from the weed-choked back yard did add something to the flavor of my story. My two friends and I had come to the old abandoned house to do more than just add our named to the cracked, peeling plaster that was already the neighborhood blackboard of graffiti. With sleeping-bags, candles,

flashlights, and snacks, we had invaded the spooky,’ two-story building, and taken refuge in the only room upstairs with a door still attached. The broken-out windows, dirt on the floor, and cupboard doors swinging in the cool autumn night air, only added to the adventuresome spirits of three high school students. Now, our attention was drawn to the vacant window, gaping in the candle-lit semi-darkness, backed by the even dimmer outer darkness, ’with its cloudblanketed moonlight. Thinking I’d relieve the tension of the moment, I said; “It could be Big Sam coming to finish us off with his axe, you know.” “Quit fooling.” Paul was really agitated. “I see something out there. I can just make out a darker shadow, and it’s coming this way!” With those words it didn’t take long for the ‘brave’ adventurers to back away from the window. “Who’s going to investigate?” Tony asked. Looking at me he said; “It should be you, you’re the oldest.” Taken off-guard by this logic, after all, a couple of months didn’t age me that much, I stammered a feeble excuse of future nights of insomnia, and dreams plagued with descending axe blades, all to no avail. “Aw c’mon, you can do it. We’ll both be up here cheering you on. ” Some cheering! I didn’t hear a peep coming from the room as I took a flashlight and made my way slowly down the stairway. Running my hand across the rough plaster for a feeling of solidity, I’ had the opportunity to discover all the noise that can come from the creaking of floorboards and stair treads, booming and ech' ng in the quiet darkness. Reaching the first floor and finding myself in a large room with tall, narrow windows, it didn’t help my uneasiness a bit to hear the dried branches of bushes rubbing against the slate siding, sounding like finger nails rubbed across a blackboard. Possibly Phoebe’s finger nails as they raked down the wall after Big Sam struck her... My own hands must have been sweaty because, as I turned my back to the windows to flash my light along the back wall, the sensation of something flying through a window to land on the floor to my right, sent the lighted cylinder skidding across the floor. In the moonlight filtering through the windows I had no difficulty climbing the stairs, two steps at a time, yelling at the top of my lungs all the way. My two friends found my first outburst from the darkness below

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to be reason enough to close and barricade the door with their bodies, so that my flight was abruptly brought short by a barrier that wouldn’t budge. “Open up, let me in!” I yelled, banging on the panels. “Not now. That thing might come in here.” With more pleading, threats of revenge, and other dire consequences, I persisted in shoving against the door. At first I didn't hear the faint moaning of the stairway behind me. Gradually the noise reached the top step and padded feet came toward me in* the darkness. Imagining the cold feel of an axe blade, I only felt something brush against my pants leg, and a throaty vibration reached my ears. “You can let me in now,” I said in a calmer tone. “I think our ‘monster’ has found us.” With a little more psychology, and even more threats, the door finally creaked open and in the light of a candle, we saw our beast from the wild. A large, hungry looking, stray black cat crossed our path as he made his way past us, tail rigidly high and twitching, green eyes flashing his contempt of three mere humans who would run from his dishevelled majestic presence. The three of us settled down for a restless night of sleep plagued with bad dreams accented by the cool draft still coming through the empty windows. The fourtN member of our party rested comfortably, after eating our rations, snuggled between us. The only warmth I felt the rest of the night was the cat’s incessant purring that seemed to fill the room. The next morning the cat was gone, and so were we, as soon as the sun was up enough to see the road. As I was putting my camping gear away in the wood-shed behind the house, mom came out and asked; “Do you want one of Mrs. Jenkins’ kittens?” With a look of surprise that must have puzzled mom. I said; “Only if it’s small, quiet, afraid of the dark, and any color but black!” Have a Happy Halloween! Seed dispenser 'ffiny seeds, such as carrots, are easier to plant in an even row if sprinkled from a salt shaker. Drip stopper When painting the ceiling, take half of an old rubber ball and cut a hole in the middle. Slide it up over the handle of the roller or brush, so that it rests just above your hand on the grip. The paint will not run down the handle.

Wed., October 24,1984 — THE MAIL-JOURNAL

Economy depends on 2 industries

By EDWARD THORLUND How the economy fares in the next year or two depends, to a considerable degree, on two major industries — construction and automobiles. The latest figures for the economy (for September, the October figures will be out November 2) show that unemployment dropped slightly. But construction spending slowed, though still up 0.2 percent compared with a year ago. Single family home sales, however, were off 3.2 percent. Since September, there has been a very small downward nudge in interest rates but whether it is enough to lift home sales is yet to be seen. The Federal Home Loan Bank Board reported in recent days that average home mortgage interest rates dipped slightly below 15 percent in September for the first time since June. Yet the trend in the construction industry is not clear; since that industry comprises about 10

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percent of the.GNP, its impact is considerable. Taken with the automobile-truck industry, one might even say these two industries can make the difference between recession and a continued strong economy. Car sales have been good all year, and the outlook remains good. But lower interest rates would greatly improve the outlook. Health care Americans’ health care bill rose 10.3 percent to $355 billion in 1983, the lowest annual increase in a decade, but health spending claimed 10.8 percent of the gross national product, the largest share ever. Can't afford cuts Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres told Secretary of State George P. Shultz recently that his government had already cut its budget as deeply as it could without inflicting severe damage on the country’s defenses.

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