The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-04
VINCENNES CO. is
GIVEN CONTRACT
BY FISCAL COURT
Will Build Concrete Bridges
Over Perkins and Clarks
Rivers.
Much Lower Than Any
Other Bidders
HOLD SESSION THIS MORNING


cennes Bridge company. OF Vincennes,
Ind, for the erection OF concrete
bridge over Ciark's river on the Ben
ton road. for si7 900, and the bridge
over Perkins creek on the Cairo road
for $4,000 by the fiscal court this
morning. The bid OF the vincennes
Bridge company for the Clarks river
bridge was $3.50 lower than the
nearest OF ten bidders. The company
agreed to build the bridge. according
to the plaps and specifications the
county adopted, and on motion OF
Magistrate Emery the contract was
awarded the company, which will
make bond of $4,000. or double
the amount OF the bid. The company
submitted bid of 3d. 800 for the
erection of the bridge over Clark
river. according to its own plans. but
the court decided 20 use Johnson's
plans.
Much interest has been aroused in
the contracts and the court room was
filled with contractors and sub-con-
tractors, who we're interested in the
bids.
The bids opened were as follows:
vincennes Bridge company. of Vim
cennes, Ind. Clark's river, sI7 600;
Perkins creek. $4,000. Meacham
Construction company. OF Hopkins
Vile. Clark's river, S23.59O.45. Per-
kins' creek. s5.6S4.3l. Converse
Bridge company, of Chattanooga,
Tenn. clarks river. $4,000, Per-
kin's creek. $s.70O E. Bert John
son. Clark's river. $2O.9S9; Perkins
creek. $3.497. w. I. Young Bridge
company, Of Nashville. Clark's river,
s22. 800. Perkins creek. $4,000;
Nashville Bridge company. of Nash
Vile. Clark's river $21.95O; Perkins
creek. $4,000; Chattanooga Bridge
company. Clark's river, $4,000.
Perkins creek. sS,s00;. The
Decatur Bridge company. of
Decatur. H., Clark's river
$4,000. George A. Gardner. Clark
river. s17,19O; Perkins creek-a'
cost plus ten per cent. Austin Bros,
of Atlanta, Clark's river, s23,S15;
Perkins creek, $4,e20.
The Meacham Construction com
pany had in an additional bid, agree
ing to build the Clark's river bridge
according to its plans and specifica-
.ions for s19.222. and the Perkins
creek bridge for si.777. The Vim
cennes Bridge company would not
take the contract for only one bridge,
but its bids were the lowest for both
bridges.
Magistrate Broadfoot objected to
the letting Of the contract so quickly
and he made a motion that a commit
tee be appointed to investigate the
bidders, as he considered the success
full bidder too low in comparison with
. the other bids that we're submitted
No second was secured to his motion,
and Magistrate Emery's motion to
award the contract TO the Vincennes
Bridge company was passed unani-
mously.
Magistrate Bleich made a motion
that Bert johnson. former county
road supervisor, and one Of the bid
ders, be secured to superintend the
construction of the bridges on behalf
of the county. No second was secured
10 his motion
]. T. olivent. president, and Albert
Niche, agent. Of the Vincennes
Bridge company. we're present, and
announced that they will be prepared
to begin work as soon as the water
reaches a low stage, which will be in
about 60 DAYS. The firm does con-
tracing work over the entire country,
and Mr. onyent replied to any objec-
lions that the court might have be-
cause his company underbid the other
bidders.
County Road Work.
The contract for the grading Of
the comfy roads was taken up and
the contracts by districts were let to
the lowest bidders. The lowest bid
ders were. Fifth district, o. W. Raw
llinson. SIS mile; sixth district, W,
III Yancey. $3.50 mile; Seventh
district W E, Lane, $3.50 mile;
Eighth district, si225 a mile.
The bids for the road work were:
n cbolson. Fifth. s14; Sixth. SIS;
seventh $3.50: Eighth. ~s12.75.
WI Yancey. Fifth, sl4.45; Sixth
sts5o. seventh. s1i; Eighth, s1s.
w, E. Lane, Fifth sie.so; sixth.
is,r. seventh sl25O; Eighth, $12 .25
O W. RawliusOn, Fifth, sis.
w i Lamb. $50 mile for any
district. ftG