Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-21
Commissioner Bigelow Gives the
Cause of Good Highways
a Boost Today
MANY SOUGHT THE WORK
Lively Bidding For the Eight Con-
tracts; Work Will Start
Promptly


opened and contracts awarded for con-
struction of seventeen miles of State
Highway to be built on the State aid
basis. 1t was the largest letting at
the Capitol in long time and many
contractors turned up to get a share
of it. Work is to be started at once
The first bid was for the Creek road
extension from Croydon station on
the Ne wYorok division of the Penn
sylvania Railroad to the Newportville
road, a distance of approximately a
mile, in Bristol township, Bucks coun-
ty. Alternate bids were received on
amiesite, fllbertine, warrenite, union
ite and asphaltic bituminous maca-
dam, penetration method. The road is
TO be completed by the first of De-
cemher. The bids received were as
follows:
Frank McNerney, Easton, S17.752.53
(amiesite); George c. Souder, Ian
caster, S17,504.25 (asphaltic bitumi-
nous macadam). S20,S11.S1 (amie-
site); Manwaring & Cummins, Phila-
delphia, $16,650.62 (asphaltic bitumi-
nous macadam, S17,55S.O5 (amiesite); :;
W. c. Evans, Amber, S19.S61.2O (as-
phaltic bituminous macadam), s21,-
S66.60 (amiesite), s24,S76.O5 (war-
renite); Edward Bader, Philadelphia,
$2O.191.65 (amiesite); Charles T.
Eastburn & Co, Yardley, S19,35O.06
(asphaltic bituminus macadam), SIS
S4S.71 (amiesite). S22, ,S59.51 (warren-
ite); The B. F. Richardson Company,
Philadelphia, S23,09S.59 (unionite5 !;
Union Paving Company, Philadelphia,
S1S.O4IS0 (filbertine); The j. F..
Shanley Company Philadelphia, S15,-
62S.44 (asphaltic bituminous maca-
damp, SIG, ,525.S7 (amiesite).
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highway running from the Sellersville
borough line south to Derstines' Mill.
thence westwardly to the Telford bor-
ough line, in West Rockhill township
and Telford borough, Bucks county.
This road is to be completed by July |,
1918. Alternate bids were received on
amiesite, filbertine, warrenite, union
lite and asphaltic bituminous maca-
dam. penetration method. The bids
received were as follows:
Neff, Horn & Co., Slatington, sS5,-
SS6.15 (asphaltic bituminous maca-
damn, S45,276.15 (amiesite). $46,276.-
10 (warrenite); Edward Bader, Phil
adelphia, S40,SS1.2S (amiesite); w. C.
Evans, Amber, 33,75S.5S (asphaltic
bituminous macadam), sS9,12l.OS
(amiesite). s47.O57.5S (warrenite) :;
Charles T. Eastburn & Co., Yardley,
S4O,445.54 (asphaltic bituminous ma
cadam), S39,15S.54 (amiesite), SAL
95S.94 (warrenite); The B. F. Rich
ardson Company. Philadelphia, s46,-
919.95 (unionite); Union Paving Com
pany Philadelphia, $35,617.69 Oil
bertine) Frank McNerney, Easton,
SS4,S0S.95 (amiesite).
Tioga Road
The next biu opened was on nearly
two miles of brick BLOCK paving to
be constructed in Blossburg borough,
Tioga county, over the highway run
ming from the bridge over the Tioga
river by the way of Williamson road
to the line separating Blossburg bor-
ough from Hamilton township, and
thence over the Williamson road by
the way of Carpenter street to the
Erie Railroad tracks This highway
is to be completed by July l. 1915.
The following bids were received:
W. c. Evans, Amber, S7O,476.O4;
McNerney Construction Company.
Canton. S64,172.04; Empire Contrac
tors Material and Equipment Com
pany, Newark, \. j., $6O,314.9O: Mon
roe Paving Company, Langhorne.
S74,360.S2; Hassam Paving Company.
Worcester, Mass, s67,927.99; B. II.
Coryell. Williamsport, S6S,9Ss.3O;
Neff. Horn & Co. Slatington. s74.-
O06.90; South Shore Construction
Company, Erie, S6S,327SS; Simpson
Mltchell-Crosby Company, Punxsu-
tawney, s63.75419.
The next bid opened was that for
about $4,000 feet of brick highway in
Franklin township, Greene county.
which is to be an extension of the
present road and will run from the
south end of that pavement near the
property of w. F. Blair in a south
erly direction on the Smith creek road
to the end of the macadam road near
the property of Mrs. Juliana Tenant.
This road is to be completed by July
next. The bids received were as fol-
lows:
John Dandrea & Co.. Patton. $50
S2S.S5; John w. Hallam, Washington.
S67,212.35: Bell-Bockel Company,
Inc, Altoona, S62,596.42; Frederick
Robinson, Waynesburg, S64.OSS.97;
w. F. Blair & Son, Waynesburg, S64.-
S96.6S.
The extension of the Sugarcreek
road from the Sugarcreek- jackson
township line to the Shaw bridge over
Sugar creek in Jackson township.
Nenango county. was the next bid
opened This highway differs from ali
of the others constructed by the State
Highway Department in that il is
only IA feet in width instead of 16
feet, local conditions having been the
cause of the change. This road Is IN
be finished by November ! next. The
following bids were received:
G. W. Ensign, Inc. harrisburg
s13,S23.46; Simpson & Metz. Eric
S12,365.42; Northwestern Construc-
tion Company. Franklin. s12,991.7O.
Ridgway Road
The next bid opened was for more
than mile of brick block paving run
ming from the intersection Of Main
and Depot streets by the way of
Depot street and Front street to the
east borough line in Ridgway borough
Elk county. This road is to be com
pleted by December 1. The follow
ing bids were received:
b. II. Coryell, Williamsport. s27-
S21.25; Charles T. Eastburn & co
1ardley. S30,066.52: Barrally & Inger
sol, Rochester. n. Y, s29,517.42; John
Dandrea & Co, Patton, $29,636.O5;
Simpson & Metz. Erie. s2S.597.SS: In
Hurley Inc, Fredonia, n. Y, S27.-
90245
The next bid opened was for water
bound macadam to he built from the
southern end of Leechburg bridge to
the village of Deronda i'm Allegheny
township, Westmoreland county. This
road is to be finished by the first of
July merit. The following bids were
received:
M. Bennett & Sons, Indiana, s54.-
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