Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-02
HAS DECIDED TO BUY
RE|STERST0WN PIKE
Maryland Commission to AC-
quire Last Toll Road En-
tering Baltimore.
TO PAY AVERAGE PRICE
OF $500 PER MILE
State Board Also Awards Contracts
for 0iling Certain Highways
and for Other Work.

The Maryland state roads commission
announced a few days ago that 1t had
arranged for the elimination of the last
toll road entering Baltimore city, when it
decided to purchase the Reisterstown
turnpike at an average price of $500 per
mile. The commission will pay the
Reisterstown Turnpike Company $3.50 a
mile for the pike as far as the hotel at
Reisterstown, and 1880 a mile between
that point and the corporate limits OF
Westminster. in Carroll county.
An agreement has been reached also by
the roads commission with the county
commissioners Of Baltimore and Carroll
counties by which the latter will main
tain the pike in its present condition un-
til it is improved by the counties under
the state-aid law. After such improve
ment the roads commission will take
over the pike as a state road and main
tain it as such thereafter.
oiling Contracts Awarded.
The roads commission awarded con-
tracts for oiling the state roads. The
contracts were given at the contractor
bid price, in accordance with the recon-
mendation Of Chief Engineer Henry G.
Shirley, and are as follows:
Residency No. /. known as Salisbury
residency. 100000 gallons, s9,6s9s0. Resi-
dency No. 2. known as ChestertoWn resi-
dency. 5000 gallons, $7,05S.56. Resi-
dency No 3, known as Baltimore resi-
dency, 238, 900 gallons. s15,600. ResidencJ
No. a. known as Frederick residency. 225,
900 gallons. s12,932. Residency No. 5
known as Cumberland residency. 2o2.oO'
gallons, s14,700. Residency No. 6, known
as Hyattsville residency. $4,000 gallons
| s11, 800. Residency No. Z, known as l.
/. Plata residency. $4,000 gallons. $5.730. IL
The commission has also awarded thu
| following contracts for road work:
In Baltimore City.
baltimore city, Frederick road from Ty
son street to Font Hill avenue. OF
mile, which includes the paving owe
| Gwynn's Falls bridge. awarded to tn
American Paving and Contracting Com
pany of Baltimore. at its bid Of $15.62s.4
for vitrified brick paving.
Baltimore city. for finishing up tn
grading on Liberty Heights avenue from
| the Reisterstown road to Galloway ave
nue., 150 miles, awarded to Fisher 6
Carozza Of Baltimore, at their bid 0
s23S4o.
Baltimore city. section nine-For tn.
making of tho fill to the north approach
|
and Cromwell streets, awarded to Howard
10. Firor of Baltimore, at his bid o
S5,017.sO.
| baltimore city-Russell. Bush ant
Rideeley streets, which Is a section Of tn
Annapolis boulevard O.S3 mile, AWARDED
to the American Paving and Contracting
Company of Baltimore, at it's bid OF $37.
52l.sO for redressing granite block ant
sheet asphalt paving.
Resurfacing National Pike.
| Anne Arundel county-Repairs to tn
Severn bridge. at Annapolis. awarded t
the Annapolis Dredging and Pile Driving
Company, Annapolis, at its bid Of 81.
294s5.
| Garrett county-National pike. from
Oakland to McHenry, 3.73 miles. AWARDED
| to H. W. Kaylor Of Hagerstown, at hi
bid Of $7,45O.40 for resurfacing.
! Howard county-For building through
Elkridge from the Baltimore and Obi
railroad crossing to the point Of inter
section of the state road, 0.23 mile
awarded to f. Ward Brown Of Port DE
construction.
Through Chesapeake City.
! Cecil county-For the construction o
the road through Chesapeake City. IL
| miles. awarded to the II. Il. Sproul Con
tracing Company of Peekskill. N. Y, a
its bid Of $5,730.41 for concrete construc
ton.
Charles county-For the construction o
the road between Bel Alton and Lothian
2l6 miles, awarded to the Austin Bennett
Construction Company of Baltimore at it
bid of s5,84S.36. for gravel construction.
Queen Anne county-For improving
the section of road through the town o
|
H. B. Sproul Contracting Company o
Peekskill, N. Y. at its bid of $500. TO
macadam construction.
Six REQ Purchasers.