Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-01
aUPERvIsoRs AWARD WORK FOR
NJ BUILDING MORE THAN TEN
MILES or HIGHWAY.
INCLUDES CRAWLING
ROAD TO MARIETTA
Highways in Which Work Will Be
Done Are Marietta, North Third
Avenue, East Main, and South Center
Street Contract For Ono Bridge Is
\ Awarded-Mors Work to- 30 Let.

Contracts for permanently grading
more than ten miles Of the county road
system, and surfacing with gravel four
ana one-half miles, were let by the
board OF supervisors Monday afternoon.
The contracts mark q very important
step In local road building, as they
are for the first permanent road work
and hard surfacing to be done in the
county since the county's road system
was established
The contracts are for moving APP
proximately 100000 cubic yards OF
earth and 1850 cubic yards of gravel
In addition to the grading contracts a
contract Tor one bridge, part Of the
highway revision. was let,
Contracts Awarded.
The contracts for grading range all
the way from 81 cents per cubic yard
for the Marietta road to ~ cents per
cubic yard Tor the East Main street
road. The one contract let for gravel
surfaclng was for 80 cents per yard
mile, which Is for hauling cubic yard
OF gravel one mile and spreading 1t.
For shorter or longer distances OF haul
the price will be proportionately less or
more.
The contracts let were:
Marietta road, city limits in Summit
street to Marietta. four and one-han
miles; estimated grading 2s.473 cubic
yards; estimated crawling 1866 2SGG cubic
yards; awarded to Tim Ryan. Love-
land, FL cents per cubic yard for grad
ing ana 50 cents per yard mile for
sravsline-
North Third avenue, from city limits
north three and one-half miles; esti-
mated grading, s0,029 cubic yards:
awarded to William Cox, Vinton, for
23.5 cents per cubic yard.
East Main street from city limits
east ono mile; estimated grading.
1888 cubic yards; awarded to p e.
Shugart, Nevada, for 81 cents per cubic
yard
South Center street, one mile at G.
NJ. & st, p. crossing in Jefferson town
ship; estimated grading, 26,s33 cubic
yards; awarded to Morrison Construc-
ton Company. Des Moines 24.7 cents
per cubic yard
South Center street road Just south
Ul Lie I6btIOAU CIOSJ6lUS was lSI u LiC
Hey -Keeler Construction Company.
waterloo. for 1920, for a 50z2o foot
concrete arch bridge.
Two Contracts Not Let.
There were eleven bids for all or part
OF the road building ana three for the
BRIDGE In each case the bid accepted
was the lowest for the contract
awarded
The two contracts for the Marietta
road, from Marietta to Albion, the one
with Marietta township, the other with
Iowa township. were not awarded
Ryan, TO whom was awarded the
contract for the road from this city to
Marietta, filed the lowest bid for the
Marietta township section OF the road
from Marietta to Albion. His bid was
2l.7 for grading and 50 cents for gravel
ing. No bids were filed for the Iowa
township section Of this road.
Because Of lack Of understanding be-
tween the supervisors and Marietta
township regarding division OF the
cost between the county and the town
ship for some grading at bridge In
the township, the contract was not let
for the Marietta section of the road.
An effort IL being made to get the Iowa
township section done for the same
price as was bid for the Marietta
4 township section. 1t is expected that
the effort will be successful and that
both contracts will be let In few
days.
Provisions Of Contracts.
g. Coykendall, district engineer for
the state highway commission, who
was at the letting to advise the board,
regards the bids for grading as very
] fair, except perhaps the one for the
East Main street road The bids for
this work were all several cents per
cubic yard higher than for any Of the
other roads. The contractors explained
that allowance had to be made for the
nature Of the soil the probable loss
OF time, and the additional expense in
case wet weather interfered.
All the grading and graveiins Is to
be done under specifications furnished
by the highway commission. The roads
are to be graded twenty -four feet wide
In the cuts and twenty six feet wide
N II the flls.
The crawling In the Marietta road is
to be ten feet wide, and six inches
4 deep In the center and four inches
( In each side. The county Is to fur
nish means Of loading gravel at the
Swearingen pit, from which will be,
furnished 30 per cent OF the gravel for
this Job. The rest OF the gravel will
10 taken from the James Andrews pit,
where the contractor Is to do his own