Clark & Dibble of Rainier contracted with the Highway Department to
construct five and seven-tenths miles of broken stone macadam between
Delena and Goble. The prices at which this work was taken by the
contractors was very low, and the result was that almost from the first
the work was handicapped by lack of proper finances. It became evident
to the Department that the contractor would be unable to complete all of
this work before the winter rains set in, so to facilitate matters and
to provide a passable road for the winter, the Department took over the
part of the work between Rainier and Goble after about $10,000.00 worth
of work had been done on this part by Clark & Dibble. The work of the
Highway Department on this section is described in the article on the
Rainier-Goble macadam.
Clark & Dibble successfully carried to completion the two and one-tenths
miles of macadam west of Rainier. A complete statement of the costs of
the work handled by the contractors is given below.