The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on April 10, 1958.
County Road Improvement Contracts Total $162,437
Rock county’s Board of Commissions Tuesday awarded a total of $162,437.27 in three contracts for road improvement this year.
Major projects will be the installation of a gravel base and bituminous surface costing $102,898.67 for 10.7 miles on C.S.A. No. 5. That is the county road going west from Luverne on Dodge St.
Winning contractor on the gravel base and blacktopping job was McLaughlin and Schulz, of Marshall. Next lowest bid was submitted by Judd Brown, for the amount of $106,905.48. Work will begin as soon as the weather permits.
Regravelling Contract
Regravelling of several miles of county roads accounts for a contract of $40,940, awarded to Hogan and Faber, of Rock Rapids. Second low bidder on that job was F.S. McLaughlin, with a bid of $43,000.
Seal Coat
The other contract let Tuesday was on a bid of $18,598.70 for a seal coat to be applied to various blacktop surfaced roads in the county. The seal coat will provide a smoother surface on the roads that have previously been blacktopped. Winner of that contract was the Hi-Way Surfacing Co., of Minnesota. Next low bidder was the Minnesota Valley Improvement Co., with a bid of $19,763.20.
The county doesn’t have to go into debt on the road improvement program, for money from regular funds has been embarked for the projects.
Other Contracts Awarded
The Rock County Board of Commissioners awarded three contracts at its regular meeting last week.
A bid of $8,329.20 for seal coating on the blacktop road from Highway 75 to Jasper along the county line submitted by McLaughlin and Schulz, Marshall. This was a joint agreement with the Pipestone county board.
The county awarded a contract to the Connell Chevrolet, of Luverne, for a new carry-all panel type truck on a bid of $1,776.52. Other bidders on the truck were Schoon Motor Sales, $2,200, and Mark Jacobson, $1,900.
In other bidding action, the commissioners awarded a contract for Isopropyl Ester Weed Killer to Lyon Chemical, Inc., of St. Paul, on a bid of $2.74 per galloon.
Welfare Term Expires
Commissioners were advised by the Public Welfare Department of the State of Minnesota that the term of Mrs. Florence Wellendorf as a member of the county welfare board expires July 19 and asked them to submit a panel of three names to fill the post. Names submitted will be Mrs. Leonard Lein, Mrs. R. C. Juhl and Mrs. Curtis R. Paulsen.
The commissioners agreed to hold a hearing at 8 p.m. May 7 on the granting of two petitions for the reconstruction of sections of county roads. One petition seeks the alteration of C. S. A. No. 1 through Clinton and Kanaranzi townships, connecting U. S. No. 75 on the west, then east for 6 miles. The other petition seeks the alteration of C. S. A. No. 17 connecting Highway 23 on the west, then east along or near section lines terminating at U. S. No. 16 at Beaver Creek.
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