Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-14
BRIDGE CONTRACT
AWARDED

The contract for building the river
bridge between this city and South
Danville at a meeting Of the Com
mittee on Public Grounds and Build
ings held at Harrisburg Tuesday was
awarded to the King Bridge Company
of Cleveland, Ohio, at its bid of $l34,-
800. The contract carries with it
time limit of SIX months. 1t may be
some two or three weeks before work
will begin on the new structure.
Attorney W. Kase West and County
Commissioners Cook of this county
and Beck of Northumberla county,
were present with the Committee on
Public Grounds and Buildings
The principal object of the Attorney
and the two Commissioners in appear
ing before the Committee was 20 de-
termine if it could be induced to
change the wing wall at the northern
entrance of the bridge i'll order that it
might conform with improvements that
the Borough has on hand.
The proposition as explained by At
torney West asks that the wing wall
instead of running into the river bank
as at present be extended down toward
the Water Works TO meet a large re-
tanning wall which the Borough con-
templates building.
The Committee on Public Grounds
and Buildings declined to take the
matter up at present. as the bidding
firms had submitted proposals based on
the plans and specifications as filed.
| The Committee stated, however, that
after the contract was awarded and
the engineer appointed, If the latter
official should recommend the change
in the wing wall as described then the
Committee would ratify it The cost
of such wing walls, if any, over and
above such walls shown in the specifi-
cations will have to be borne by the
two counties of Montour and Northum
berland. From the expressions OF the
Committee and of the representative
of the King Bridge Company, who was
present, it did pot seem at all unlike
ly that the matter of wing walls can
be adjusted to the full satisfaction of
all parties.
At2p. III. the Committee on Public
Grounds and Buildings went into ex-
ecutive session for the purpose of con-
sidering and awarding the contract
for bridges. An hour or more was
spent in deliberating when General
SNYDER came out of the room and in
formed Attorney West that the con-
tract for the Danville bridge had been
awarded to the King Bridge Company
at its bid. The time specified is that
the bridge shall be completed in six
months No construction engineer was
appointed yesterday.
General Snyder explained that it
would take at least ten days to pre-
pare the contract and that it would
probably be two weeks before the King
Bridge Company would be ready to
proceed with the erection of the bridge
Mr.. West on behalf of the County
Commissioners while at Harrisburg al
so made some inquiries concerning the
Maryland Construction Company,
which has the contract for building
the road between DanvilIe and Maus-
dale. Assistant State Highway Com
missioner George Statler on long dist
ance phone called up this Maryland
Construction Company, whose offices
are at Philadelphia, and was informed
that it will be here on the ground next
Monday to begin work.
The rumOr current that the con-
struction Company contemplates bring
ing crew of colored men here to
, build the road which has caused
good deal of dissatisfaction among
our citizens was found to be unfound-
ed. In reply to the question the Con-
struction Company Informed Mr.. Stat
Ter that it would bring only its main
men along and wherever possible
would employ laborers who reside in
Danville or vicinity