Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-10
OPEN ROAD BIDS
FOR 9 COUNTIES
O'Neil Plans For Connecting
Up of Many Important
Links of Highway

| - ~NSh opShSu DluS LOT the COnStruC-
ton of improved roads in Cambria,
Lackawanna, Washington, Allie
gheny, Lehigh, Butler, Westmore-
land, Montgomery and Venango
counties and will make awards soon.
The project for the improvement
or state Highway Route so, in jack
son and East Taylor townships,
Cambria county, was divided into
two sections for the convenience of
bidders. On Section 4-C, located in
East Taylor township. which calls
for s,S7S feet of vitrified block pave
ment, sixteen feet wide, the bidders
were as follows:
E. H. Brua, Hollidaysburg,
IA ............. STS,S55 4S
Mainwaring & Cummins,
Inc, Phila., Pa. 900. 92,934 80
G.. t. Morgan, Johns
town, Pa. .......... $4,000 rs
John L: Elder, Ebens-
burg, Pa. ............ 1854 46
Richard Hopkins, Troy,
n. 1. SUI 6O
The bidders on Section Alb, located
in Jackson and East Taylor town
ships, Cambria county, which calls
Tor 11,070 feet of vitrified brick
pavement, sixteen feet wide, were:
Mainwaring Il Cummins,
Inc, Philadelphia Pa. S109,SS9 so
John L. Elder, Ebens-
burg, Pa. ......... 95,SS1 60
+. H. Brua, Holidays
purSs ia. Sb,52O. 3
The Lackawanna county project is
| located in Moosic and Old Forge
boroughs and is to be constructed
| by the state-aid method, being APP
! plications Numbers 4S7-442. 1t calls
for 6,562 feet of reinforced concrete
| pavement, sixteen feet wide. The
bidders were:
O'Brien Brothers, Avoca,
ia. S2,SUS 10
H. b. Sproul Construction
Co., Inc, Peekskill,
n. Y. ................ S5,13S so
Hagen Lumber Company.
Scranton, Pa. ........ 44,1S2 40
p. ]. Boyle Construction
Co, wiikes-Barre -. s2.ss5 II
Gibbons & Buckley, Phila-
delphia, Pa. ......... 25.4sS 90
Matthias Stipp & Son.
Scranton, Pa. ........ 27,641 65
Herrick Construction Co.,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. -. 3S,792 90
John ]. Phillips, LaPlume,
ia. bS,56S 90
The bidders for the proposed con-
struction on State Highway Route
los, located in Cecil and North
Strabane townships, Washington
county, were:
Peter F. Connolly, Ell
This project calls for 1s,SiS feet
of vitrified block and reinforced con-
crete pavement sixteen feet wide, and
is designated as Section 1.
Only one bid was received for the
Allegheny county work, which is To-
Gated in South Fayette township, on
State Highway Route los. 1t calls
for 1852 feet of vitrified block and
reinforced concrete pavement, six
teen feet wide:
Robert Swan, Jr. Co.,
Pittsburgh, Pa. .....S210,720 90
Another project proposed for
| Washington county is located in East
Bethlehem township, on State High
way Route Number 26S, and calls
| for $500 feet of vitrified block and
| reinforced concrete pavement, six
| teen feet wide. 1t is designated as
State-aid Application Number 7SS.
| The only bid received was from
| Crossan Construction Co.,
Brownsville, Pa. ..$75,322 90
The improvement proposed for
| Lehigh county is located in Hanover
| township, on State Highway Route
| 159, and calls for 1857 feet of re-
! inforced concrete pavement sixteen
to twenty and one-half feet wide.
| The bidders were:
]. c. Bentley, Elizabeth,
| n. j. ....... ....... .SI2,So1 SV
/ George H. Hardner, Allen
town, Pa. ............ 69,374 so
Richard Hopkins, Troy,
n. Y. ........... 76,SSs 90
Mainwaring & Cummins,
Inc, Philadelphia, Pa. 1926 So
! The state-aid project for Butler
county is located in Clinton town
ship, and is Number AIT. 1t calls
for $500 feet of vitrified block pave
ment, sixteen feet wide. The bid.
ders.were as follows:
Robert Swan, Jr. Co.,
Pittsburgh. Pa. S64,105 81
Norman ]. Boyer, Butler,
Kennedy Contracting Co,
Utica, \. Y. .......... 34,729 81
One bid was received for the pro.
posed improvement in Westmorelant
vitrified block pavement, sixteeT
feet wide. 1t is located in Eas
Huntingdon township:
Rimonti Galiardi, Con-
| nellsville, Pa. $40, $50 81
The proposed construction which
is contemplated for Montgomer!
county runs through Upper More
land, Abingdon and upper DuollI
townships. for a distance of $50
feet. The specifications call for Z
pavement sixteen feet wide, which
is to be of reinforced concrete con
struction. The bidders were as fol
lows:
Mainwaring G. Cummins,
Inc, Philadelphia ..S50,651 6;
Amber, Davis Co., Phila-
deIphia .............. 44,34s 6t
The Juniata Co., Philadel-
phia, Pa. ........ 45,511 O;
The Venango county project is 10
Gated in Cornplanter township, ant
is State-aid Application Number 6S1
A pavement sixteen feet wide anC
1857 feet in length is called for anC
the type of construction is to b,
vitrified block. One bid was re
! ceived from
Elmer NJ. Love & Son,