Third biennial report of the Oregon State Highway Commission

by Simon Benson; R. A. Booth; Herbert Nunn; W. L. Thompson

DETAILED EXPENDITURE STATEMENT—PAVING—MULTNOMAH
COUNTY LINE TO SCAPPOOSE

Engineering				$ 1,364.28
Right-of-way attorney fees				35.00
Contract Construction Work as follows:
	Common excavation, 800 cu. yds. at 45c		$ 360.00
	Standard Bith. pavement, 24,248.2 sq. yds. at $1.17		28,370.39
	Broken stone, loose measure, 3,115.5 cu. yds. at $1.90		5,919.45
	Broken stone shoulders, 26,974 lin. ft. at 5c		1,348.70
	Force account:
		34 feet of 12-inch corrugated iron pipe and 120 feet of 6-inch porous drain tile	254.77
	Total paid to contractor			$ 36,253.31
		Total cost		$ 37,652.59

Westport-Clatskanie Macadam

On the Clatskanie-Westport Section, which extended from Clatskanie to the Clatsop County Line, the work was handled originally by the Warren Construction Company, on a cost plus ten per cent. basis. The State Highway Department took this work over December 26, 1917, and from that time on the work was handled by this Department. This work consisted of 8.62 miles of sixteen-foot waterbound macadam.

On this section the costs show that the Warren Construction Company laid crushed rock slightly cheaper than the State. However, the State did all the finishing on this section, which is more expensive than laying the base rock and it was necessary to raise the wages twenty-five per cent. after the work was taken over by the Department. C. L. Grutze was resident engineer on this work.

COST STATEMENT—WESTPORT-CLATSKANIE MACADAM

Item		Unit	Quantity	Total cost	Unit cost
By Warren Construction Co. on cost plus contract—
Clearing and grubbing		Acres	1⁄2	$ 49.87	$ 99.74
Excavation		Cu. yd.	6,200	6,820.70	1.10
6-ft. by 12-in. drain pipe		Foot	1,085	2,752.38	2.80
Water-bound macadam		[9]Cu. yd.	7,742	27,698.87	3.59
Engineering				497.03
By State Forces—
Excavation		Cu. yd.	8,299	5,594.75	.67
6-ft. by 12-in. drain pipe (laying)		Foot	298	21.05	.07
Water-bound macadam		Cu. yd.	17,977	68,168.50	3.79
Engineering				25.09
	Total cost	...	...	$ 111,628.24	...

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[9] 4,972 cu. yds. purchased at cost of $5,966.40, all other rock crushed on this job.