El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
To PAVE FORT
ROAD At LAST
County to Pave Post Road
With Bitulithic; Con
crete Bids.

! The Fort Bliss road is to be paved
at last
A motion by county commissioner
George Penden. seconded by commits
sioner Seth B. Orndorff that Maple
street. from Dyer street to Fort Bliss,
he paved with bttulithic carried satur-
day morning. commissioners Penden
and orndorff voting yes" and COM
missioner James Clifford. no"
County judge Adrian Pool asked per-
mission to file a written protest
against the motion. as 1t failed to call
: for bids on other paving material
McCurdy Protests.
.. {. McCurdy. general sales man
/ ager Of the southwestern Portland
Cement company, also entered a bro
test against the spending of any of
the $l25,O00 set aside for the upper
valley in any other section of the
county You agreed to spend S125,-
600 on the upper valley, and I do
not think you should deviate from
that plan"
We agreed IN California 20 set
aside that amount for the upper val
I ley. but that was before we gave COM
missioner Walling $4,000 for the east
| ern part of the county" said commits
sioner Orndorff.
Il am mistaken then. as to when
. gUu LulQ me OF Lle agreement re-
I piled Mr.. AIcCurdy
Concrete Cheaper.
| The bids today prove conclusively
that you are going to get concrete
! cheaper than bitulthic." continued Mr.
! McCurdy, land as a taxpayer I pro-
test against the action Of the court in
| specifying that bitulithic shall be used
on the fort road"
I'VE are giving you a chance to
| prove what you can do with concrete
] IL n
err Pendell we know what bituli-
thic is and we know that concrete is
, still an experiment"
Want Competition.
1--WE are merely asking that the
work be thrown open to competition,
replied Mr. McCurdy- Il know this
that some Of the people are favorable
to concrete on. Maple street Capt
| A. P. Watts, for instance. has ex-
pressed a desire that concrete be used,
as it is the intention OF the military
authorities at Fort Bliss to ask Tor an
I appropriation to continue the road
with concrete on into the TeserYa-
POOLS Statement.
"An I want" declared judge Pool
1 sis that we have some competition
on the road. want 70 see the natter
open for bids for both hitulithic and
concrete. There Is nothing unfair
about that"
.'WeII, so long IS I am a member
I Of this court I am never. going TO
/ favor concrete paving simply because
! it is chaper than bitulIthic," de-
! clared commissioner Orndorff
Pay Extra Deputies.
County auditor Roy D. Barnum was
Instructed to pay for the help Of extra
deputies put on by sheriff Peyton ).
Edwards for guard duty.
Bids for Valley Road.
| Bids for the paving of seven miles
4 of the upper valley road WIN cOhcIete
,a1 - II
: tv commissioners court saturday
I morning. The Lee Moor Construction
! company and S. s. Franklin, both OF III
Paso. were the two lowest bidders ana
I II will require a tabulatiou to deter
! mine which is the lower. The county
1 engineer will report on the bids Mon
On the concrete paving the Lee
{ Moor Construction company Dlu
! cents per square yard, while Mr.
| Franklin's bid was SO cents. on other
| material and work. however, there are
| differences that leave the matter OF
which is the low bidder iiSI IN DOUBT
| The bids were as follows;
| Lee Moor Construction Co.-Grading,,
| 20 cents: scarifying old road cent
per square yard: rolling and Shaping
/ cents per square yard: concrete pay
| ing, 30 cents per cubic yard; l---f
! concrete for bridges. $40 per CUBIC
ward: 1876 concrete for bridges, $50
per cubic yard; steel. cents per
! pound; extra rock Sl-tS per cuI t
! ward: extra gravel 81 cents per cuolc
I Yard. unscreened gravel, As cents per
I cubic yard; time for completion, lou
V. Z. Wares bid.
Y T. Ware-Grading, p l--c: scarf
/ fyine. 21-2c: rolling and shaping.
/ 31-2c: concrete paving. SLID; l-Z-4
/ concrete, $3.50; 1-3-6 concrete, S'-fV'
steel. Sc: extra rock, sf.2O; extra gray
/ el S5c; unscreen gravel soc; time wv
Roach 3 stansel. Memphis, Tenn
I Grading. 25c: scarifying. sc; rolling
I and shaping, &c, concrete pdNlnE'
! S1.25; Id concrete Slo' I-2-o TV sa.
J extra gravel, $l10; unscreened gravel
roc; time 175 days.
/ California Firm.
/ California & Arizona Constructor
! CO.-Grading. 1Oci scaritylns, &c. ron
/ ing and shaping. 1c; concrete paving
I s1.OS: 1-2-4 concrete, $3.50; 1-5-6 con
I crete, Sc. steel. &c: extra rock, Si-'0'
extra gravel. S1.25; unscreened gravel
| 81; time $50 days.
] Western Paving Co.. Of San Antonio
Grading. 1Sc. scarifying. sc; rolling
I and shaping. 1c; concrete paving. Sl0''
/ LA concrete, SO; steel. Sc: extra
, rock, $3.50; extra gravel, 5oS, un-
/ screened gravel. sec: time. 100 days.
! Kroeger. Nayfield q Shaw-Grading,
: 12c; scarifying. &c; rolling and shap-
I ing. &c; concrete paving. vac; l-Z-4
concrete. SAG, l-3-6 concrete, S'-9''
| steel 1-2c. extra rock. $3.50; extra
/ gravel. $40: unscreened gravel. 2Sc.
Granitoid Company
Texas Granitoid Co. San Antonio
! Grading. u pc: scarifying, &c; roll
! ing and shaping, &c; concrete pavlng'
CSC: 1-2-f concrete. S13; 1-3-6 con-
crete, S12: steel. &c; extra rock, So;
extra gravel s1.O5. unscreened gravel,
Soc time. 100 days.
S S FrankIin-Grading 45c. scar
flying. &C. rolling and shaping, &c;
concrete paving. SIC: I'D concrete,
81: 1876 concrete. s6.75; steel. 4 l-2c;
extra rock. $3.50; extra gravel. e0c;
unscreeued gravel, Use: time, $50 days.
After the bids were opened, a mo-
ton prevailed that the bids be re-
ferred to the county engineer with in
structions to report Monday morning.
County Judge Adrian Pool was au-
thorized to invest s25S6 Of the perma-
nent school fund in % Allamore school
house bonds.