The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-14
PAVING CONTRACT LET
Ford Paving Co., of Cedar Rapids,
Lowest Bidders. Will Begin I,
Actual Work Next Week.

j Lowest Bidders. Will Begin Il
Actual Work Next Week.
The contract for the paving to be
done in Leon this summer was
awarded by the. city council last
Thursday to the Ford Paving Co.,,
of Cedar Rapids, who were the low
est bidders, their total bid being
F$79,062.2S, this bid being $637.7S
lower than their nearest competitor,
Dunnegan & Wright, of Shenandoah,
whose bid was $40 9,699.90.
There were seven bids filed. The
council decided that the paving to
| be used would be four inch brick
blocks with sand filler, and there
| were six bidders on this class of
| lows: 5E
Grant Construction Co.,
Oudnd ..p So,0l I -
JOS. Horrabin & Co.,
DeS MOineS :. ... S2,S58.6O
Dearborn Construction
Co., Waterloo =. -. S6,24100
Ford Paving Co., Cedar
Rapids ;. ). ....... 79,O62.2S
ClLy ~ SdIlSOu, MAI "''
ShalltOWn =. :. ;. 85,202.2O
Dunnegan e Wright,
Shenandoah. =. 79,6s9.90
The Des Moines Asphalt and Paw
ing Co., filed a bid on only one kind
of paving, asphaltic concrete, their
bid being S1.70 per yard or $69.-
6O2.2O for the entire job. ~ ..
The city council went over all the
various kinds of paving and filters,
ahd an investigation was made
where different kinds of paving had
been put in, but We think very wise
ly decided that brick paving with a
sand filler was the best thing for
Leon. FF& . -.....
The bidders were pretty close to-
gether on the brick block price, their
bids ranging from $500 to $2.2O
per square yard.
There was quite a variation in
prices for the curbing, grading, gut
ters, etc.
The contract is pretty big one,
there being 32,S60 square yards of
paving, 900 linear feet of curb
ing, 1910 feet of curb, 1912 feet of
header curb, $50 feet of false curb,
l3,5OO pounds of gutter plates, and
other items in the contract.
BY the terms of the advertisement
for bids, the successful bidder was
given ten day in which to sign the
contract for the work and was to
commence work on the paving with
in ten days from date of signing con-
tract. The Ford Paving Co., signA
ed the. contract on Monday, SO that
they will probably commence actual
work on the, paving some time next
week. They are among the largest
paving contractors in the state, hav-
ing plenty of equipment, and are the
same firm who did the paving at AL
D1a, and are now at work on a con-
tract at Shenandoah. They expect
to employ as much local labor on the
work as they can secure, so there
Will not be any reason for a man in
Leon to be idle within the next few
months.
= The brick used for the paving will
be Des Moines Flint brick, and the
city council will see that every car
load is tested in thorough manner
so that no inferior material Is used.
Morris Gardner was appointed al
committee to purchase a rattler in
which the bricks will be tested; and
any not up to the standard will be
rejected.
The paving will mean busy times
at the depot in this city, as all-of the
brick and sand will be shipped in
and it will take between six and sew.
en- hundred car loads of material for
the contract.
The city. council have contracted
with Hall & Adams, of Centerville,
who made the preliminary survey
and estimate for the paving, as en-
gineers in charge, and they will in
spect all work and material used on
the paving contract.
The streets are going to be pretty
badly torn up for the next few
months, putting in water and sewer
connections and the paving, but we
can afford to put up with this incon-
venience for a time after which the
paved streets will be thoroughly ap-
preciated by all who travel over
them. HYh-