. Public works . 5 mileslong, 12 feet wide, will be built of gravel, and cost about$5,240 per mile. Federal Aid Road in , Me.—The federal aid highway between Port-land and Brunswick will not be completed this fall, the con-tract having proved to be such a big one and such excellentwork is being done in the way of straightening curves andreducing grades that much delay has been to the present time between five and six miles of the20 miles the contract calls for have been completed, andseveral more undoubtedly will be finished before the win-ter. Present indications a
. Public works . 5 mileslong, 12 feet wide, will be built of gravel, and cost about$5,240 per mile. Federal Aid Road in , Me.—The federal aid highway between Port-land and Brunswick will not be completed this fall, the con-tract having proved to be such a big one and such excellentwork is being done in the way of straightening curves andreducing grades that much delay has been to the present time between five and six miles of the20 miles the contract calls for have been completed, andseveral more undoubtedly will be finished before the win-ter. Present indications are that the road should be doneby July 1 of next year. Work on the highway is in prog-ress at intervals for the entire 20 miles, the contract havingbeen divided into sections. On the Falmouth section,which begins at Martin Point Bridge, at the Portlandline and runs to Skillins Corner, about IVz miles havebeen completed. On the Cumberland section, which be-gins at LTnderwood Spring Park and runs through the town. I Ml Two Trains Carrying tlie Tar. 1 V I . 1 tiser fi;i>J;kal aid roaij in maine. Section of Completed Road. .Section of Crushed Rock the Rook. 562 MUNICIPAL JOURNAL Vol. XXXVII, No. 16. of Cumberland, about one mile of road has been com-pleted, while a vast amount of work has been done instraightening out the dangerous curves and in taking offthe top of the steep hill just west of Yarmouth. The pres-ent plan is to continue lajing bituminous macadam untilabout Nov. 1, the weather permitting. After this date, thecrews will be kept on digging ditches, putting down theshoulders and building culverts until the end of the will bring the work to a point that will enable it tobe completed easily during the early part of next contractor, R. F. Hudson, of Melrose, Mass., has thecontract for the entire road. Being a federal aid job, theconstruction is in charge of the United States Governmentand E. O. Hatha
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