Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-06
CONTRACTS LET FOR
MUCH HIGHWAY WORK
State Highway Commission
Held Session at Roseburg
Yesterday

Roseburg, Sept. 6.-Contracts were
awarded by the state highway commits
sion here yesterday for the improve
ment of the first three units of the
Pacific Highway in Douglas county
Actual work probably will be under
way within Is days. Tho contracts are
to be completed by June l, 1918.
The Warren Construction company of
Portland, was awarded the contract
for improving mat portion of the high
way extending from Oakland to Yon-
Gala, at a cost of $94 90J.74. This is a
distance of ten miles. Harry Hildeburn
of Roseburg, and w. 7. Johns of Port
land, also submitted bids. The improve
ment of the road between Comstoek
and Leona was awarded to Hall & So
lium of Eugene, at $57, ,946O2. The
Warren Construction company's bid
for this unit was $62, 2,1l5.12. S. S. Schell
a local contractor, was awarded the
contract for constructing the road be-
tween Leona and the Lane county line
at cost of $26,7S7.
Those portions of the bids submitted
by Mr.. Schell and hall & Solium, which
referred to laying the macadam sur
| face, the commission considered erces-
sive Because of this action, $Sl25 was
deducted from the original bid of Mr..
Schell, while $26,38S was eliminated
from the bid of Hall & Solium. The
commission will readvertise for bids
for laying maeadam ON these two units
of the road.
State Engineer Num- said the bids
were about $4,000 below the original
estimate.
Thirty three miles of road is affect
ed by the contracts and all of the bad
spots Of the Pacific Highway between
Roseburg and the Lane county line will
be eliminated
Simon Benson, chairman of the COM
mission, said he is now comforting with
the federal government relative to the
improvement of the road over Roberts
Mountain and in Canyon Creek Can
Won. These improvements will be made
Jointly by the state and government on
a $3.50 basis.
The work authorized here yesterday
will be paid for in Douglas county read
bonds, which will be accepted by the
successful contractors at par.
The three members of the commits
sion were present when the contracts
were awarded.
Columbia Route Selected
The state highway commission in
meeting held in a Southern Pacific
train Yesterday travelling between Rose
burg and Eugene, decided to issue an
other $5OO,0O0 worth of the $6,00O00O
road bond issue inside Of the next 20
days and definitely decided on the
Columbia River Highway through
Hood River, Wasco and Sherman coun-
ties.
The commission decided to designate
as a section of the Columbia river high
way in Hood River and Nasco coun-
ties that portion from Hood River to
Mosier along the river line, rather than
over what is known as the Seven Mile
hill. There has been a sharp dispute
over the location OF this portion Of
the highway. Another sectional fight
that was settled along the same high
way waged around the location of tho
road further east, and the commission
determined that the highway shall run
from Sherman, via Wasco, Mcdonald s
Ferry and Arlington and on up the nv
er. turning away toward Pendleton.
State Highway Engineer Num- was
instructed to make a definite and final
location of this highway within as
short time as feasible.
Oregon City Candy Road
The state highway commission, at
meeting in Portland yesterday, award
ed the contract for the construction
and paving~of road on new grade
from Oregon City to Candy, in Clack-
amas county, to the Oregon Hassam
Paving company.
Tho new road will be eight miles
long, and will have no grade exceeding
5 per cent. The contract price was
$145,721.
The paving company submitted fig
ure OF $2.37 a cubic yard for rock to
be used on the road, but offered to
reduce this to $2.1s if the state or
Claekamas county will deliver rock to
it at New Era at 81 yard. This prob
ably will be done.