July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Derailment delays dust control (6/28/05)
Train accident in Utah slows supply of magnesium chloride
By By Mike Snyder-
The effort to apply dust control to approximately 100 miles of county roads has been derailed — literally but temporarily.
Most of the targeted stone roads in the southern half of the county have been treated with magnesium chloride in an experimental county-funded program, but a recent train derailment in Utah has delayed the arrival of more of the dust control product by rail.
Ken Wellman, superintendent of the Jay County Highway Department, briefed Jay County Commissioners Faron Parr, Gary Theurer and Milo Miller Jr. Monday on the progress of the dust control effort.
He said this morning that the overnight rain should make the dust control that has already been applied even more effective.
“As dry as it’s been, it probably hindered some of the performance. But with the moisture, it should activate the process that much better,” said Wellman.
Wellman said he recently drove several stone roads that had been treated — including county roads 50 South and 825 West in Knox Township — and that the magnesium chloride product was working well even under the extremely dry conditions of recent weeks.
He said this morning he expects application of the dust-control product to resume north of Ind. 26 on Thursday, with most of the targeted roads completed by the beginning of next week.
In choosing which sections of stone road to treat, a county committee asked Wellman for records on which residents had paid for dust control in the past.
The county has more than 250 miles of stone roads.
Also Monday, the commissioners:
•Signed contracts for a new lease for the Jay Emergency Medical Service base and for a septic system being installed for a Jefferson Township couple under a county-funded loan program.
The JEMS base lease with Jay County Hospital is for $6,000 annually. The contract is actually a lease-purchase, with payments applied towards the construction cost of the building.
The contract with LPI Paving, Excavating and Concrete for $8,200 is to install a septic system at the home of Dale and Mary Schutz, 5987 West 800 South. The Schutzes will repay the loan through property taxes over the next 10 years.
•Received a letter of notification that a rural Portland couple plan to build a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) just south of Blaine in Greene Township.
Dan and Tina Dirksen, 6432 West 50 South, Portland, notified the commissioners they have applied for a permit through Indiana Department of Environmental Management to operate a hog finishing facility on the east side of county road 400 West, about a half-mile south of Ind. 67. The site will include just one building.[[In-content Ad]]
Most of the targeted stone roads in the southern half of the county have been treated with magnesium chloride in an experimental county-funded program, but a recent train derailment in Utah has delayed the arrival of more of the dust control product by rail.
Ken Wellman, superintendent of the Jay County Highway Department, briefed Jay County Commissioners Faron Parr, Gary Theurer and Milo Miller Jr. Monday on the progress of the dust control effort.
He said this morning that the overnight rain should make the dust control that has already been applied even more effective.
“As dry as it’s been, it probably hindered some of the performance. But with the moisture, it should activate the process that much better,” said Wellman.
Wellman said he recently drove several stone roads that had been treated — including county roads 50 South and 825 West in Knox Township — and that the magnesium chloride product was working well even under the extremely dry conditions of recent weeks.
He said this morning he expects application of the dust-control product to resume north of Ind. 26 on Thursday, with most of the targeted roads completed by the beginning of next week.
In choosing which sections of stone road to treat, a county committee asked Wellman for records on which residents had paid for dust control in the past.
The county has more than 250 miles of stone roads.
Also Monday, the commissioners:
•Signed contracts for a new lease for the Jay Emergency Medical Service base and for a septic system being installed for a Jefferson Township couple under a county-funded loan program.
The JEMS base lease with Jay County Hospital is for $6,000 annually. The contract is actually a lease-purchase, with payments applied towards the construction cost of the building.
The contract with LPI Paving, Excavating and Concrete for $8,200 is to install a septic system at the home of Dale and Mary Schutz, 5987 West 800 South. The Schutzes will repay the loan through property taxes over the next 10 years.
•Received a letter of notification that a rural Portland couple plan to build a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) just south of Blaine in Greene Township.
Dan and Tina Dirksen, 6432 West 50 South, Portland, notified the commissioners they have applied for a permit through Indiana Department of Environmental Management to operate a hog finishing facility on the east side of county road 400 West, about a half-mile south of Ind. 67. The site will include just one building.[[In-content Ad]]
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