Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-12-29
BIDDING FOR TIE WORK.
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The State Wagon Road Commis.
sion yesterday commenced session
which will close when the contracts
Tor the construction of the Rreater
portion Of tho State wagon road shall
have been let.
Yesterdays meeting was taken np
largely with opening and reading, the
forty-two bids which we're piled in a
heap on Secretary Hunters desk.
The bids with the accompanying
bonds we're referred to a committee
composed Of Commissioners Macnab.
Crane and lreton, and OH their report
will largely depend tho awarding Of
the contracts.
The heaviest bidder was Sol Cam.
eron, OF Spokane, who deposited a
certified check for $l0,0D0 in lieu Of
bond. Mr.. Cameron pnt in several
tids, the largest of which was for
$S5, 900, for which amount he agrees
to build the Salmon river division of
the road, Il distance of 514 miles.
This bid included bridge across
Salmon river. Without the bridge
Mr.. Cameron will huil.l the road for
$73,500 Another Of Mr.. Cameron's
bids is for the construction of the
road in that portion of the Salmon
river division between John Dumacas 5
place AID point one mile beyond
John Day creek, distance of fifteen
miles, for $4,000.
Winters, Parsons & Boomer, firm
OF Bette contractors, also put in bids
for heavy work. For building of the
I.emhi division, a distance of thirty
six miles, they ask $2l,o50; for the
Custer division, forty nine miles.
$l7,850; for the Boise county ii-
vision, 2;t miles, 1850, or "a total
OF $50, $3.50 for the construction of the
road from Binner to Salmon CITY.
w. I. Saunders, Of this city, and
Stanley & Allen, of Emmett, bid
$11 900 each on the BOISE division.
All the bids for constructing the
road in Custer, Lemh, and Boise
counties are below the appropriations
for the respective sections. In the
case of Boise county the appropria-
ton is $1,000. The lowest bid for
the road proper for that division is
$10,85O, but considerable will have
to he added TO the surplus IN order
to build the bridge across the PAY.
cite. This emergency may he met
by applying surplusage from the ap-
p:opriations from Boise, Custer aud
Lemhi to the bridge and securing the
balance of the deficiency from the
three counties.
1t is said the northern division of
the road cannot he built within the
appropriation and just what action the
Commissioners will take OH bids for
that section is matter of specula-
ton.
The southern division of the road,
will, however, he built at once, thus
giving direct communication between
Boise and Salmon City aud opening
up rich country.
There are number of bidders in
addition to those mentioned in the
foregoing, but most of them only
propose to construct small sections of
the road. They Yre: w. II. Payne,
War'iner; Z. E. Burns, Wallace; o.
E. P.nwell, Charles kulanquin, Mr..
Grertson, A. NJ. Ingram, +. Shissier,
Grangevillr; ..oln Pllner, ketchum
Eudlev, Walter g. Wilson, Custer:
Jesse Coulter, Ande Henry, Murray
Missouri Valley Bridge company,
Salt Lake; Thomas Henev, Mullen;
Mr.. Mat,hewson, a. NJ. NARROW, II.
ID. Allen, Peter Smith, C9ur d'Alene
City; D. B. Sanburn, Starner.