Smyrna times., 1918-05-22
NIlIl-DOVER ROAD TO
CONSTRUCTED THIS YEAR
-. HIGHWAY COMMISSION
'IS, ooc CONTRACTS FOR WORK
oovsr Road Contracts Given
Sn'."a r,a sections, Above and Below
" o,...voId.-Other Contracts

4 ,.Doyer Road OC''' "N'S
%r ',o sections, Above and 6eIo"
'chsswOId.-other Contracts
=. State Highway Commission held
ln' ..,irc in Dover Monday to receive
! n''r .'oort of Chief Engineer Charles
. iIassm If5 relative to the bids re-
...5 .f last Wednesday for road con-
s'+i ..',tion in Delaware. Mr.. Upham
'ni,s been asked to tabulate them
s,TS !, r,Ee recommendations in accord
!. gitb his views. The commits
~ i'..,, adopted Engineer Upham's
] ..,,t ' and awarded, as he recon-
! ''"isd. contracts No. l, for the road
~ Dover to Cheswold; No. 3,
] 5.,,v nsm Hill; No. 4, Wilmington &
] Si,dsluhia Pike; No. 5, Delmar to
i.n,sl. No. 6, Laurel to Seaford;
SeafOrd to Bridgeville. Ac-
\, VAS deferred on contracts Nos. 2,
SssvOld to Smyrna, and 8. Glendale
Mlford, until slight details can be
.,iu,ted with the bidders. These are
,'tiuustiOns of the du Pont Boule-
nM 7. Coleman du Pont, a mem
!, Of the Commission, has agreed to
Nv the bill on contracts Nos. 1, 2
j8 The Smyrna-Dover road is let
r under two contracts. Contract
Ina is from Dover to Cheswold and
mtrsct No. 2 is from CheswOld to
I ;ryrns The Dover end was lower
nan engineers estimate and the up
VI end was SO, 900 higher than en-
tDesrs estimate. Regarding the
Snuna.Dover road. Engineer Upham
avs: ut is very desirable and es-
ntisl that it be completed this year.
p readVertise No. 2 contract (Ches-
nId to Smyrna) according to our law
/ nuld require about five weeks from
he date of decision This would
nsn that the contract would be
! brown in to the late fall, and a pos
! biity of its not being completed this
yssr This would probably be taken
4 into acrOunt by a contractor in max
lg up bis new proposals, and consid-
red as a contingency that would add
b bis expense of completion. Another
n0le serious objection to readvertis-
lg this contract for new proposals
night mean that the travelling public
d the State of Delaware would be de-
Fived Of hard surfaced road during
the next winter, or be obliged to use
n unimproved road for another year. "
Engneer's Recommendations Adopted
The meeting, which was held on the
seventh floor of the du Pont Building,
Ea attended by all of the members
y the commission except JOSIAH
Aai'el, who is still in the University
a@pltal, Philadelphia, where he wa,
Hcsntly operated upon for appen
a'lds' In the report, Engineer Up
an recommended the awarding o.
@ntfacts for all Of the projects undet
Sa'lderatiOn with one exception, tn,
Raa from Glendale 10 Milford, fo
'lleh he recommends new bids b,
sEa' The lowest estimate on thi
va $3.50, S77, which was submitte,
Y Frank L. Cohen of Buffalo, N. Y
lae engineer recommended the con
NOctiOn Of the following roads, hi
aaaent in each instance being ap
pended.
''nlract Prices smYrna-Dover Road
contract No. dover to Ches
WV 4'Uo miles-Prices below en-
suTst estimate; recommends awar
u'ymsn & Co. of Jersey City
=. Ss~Sn' concrete; cost, $154, 1876. 80
sso s:u oa reinforced concrete pipe, $155,
~. s,gOv; " with corrugated metal pipe
s.S '.pS' 0Sz'SO. Contracts No. 2--Ches
~' .nu % Smyrna, 4.9O miles, cemen
.'ls'e-Prices s..sa SO, 600 above engin
F,,', ss'lmate; recommends award I
s9o7 5s-A ~ l, Cohen. Buffalo, NY; cost
II. ',OS; oO with corrugated meta
,,s,, sss, ,. SzSS' 1876; with reinforced cor
3''s pipe, $239. 1O7.
0'll and Philadelphia Pike
2ts sasisct an No. a-Penny Hill roac
ea,.s' nss' Vitrifed brick, with col
Syi,0ooi % ,ou1oatiOn. approximat
sv,,d estimate; recommend
n 'p V 70 Richard Hopkins of Tro,
No - cost $237, 1872. Contra,
Pike ; Wilmington y & PhiladeIphi
sssvs. 70 miles of vitri6ed brio
pics' ~ with concrete foundation
bvl sna;l rrp'O&lmate (brick surface b,
spa,5 +siasers' 3 le estimate; recommenc
O ot%'A v 'Ae Victor Olson Contrsctin
s4.7O' '0ong'tOwn, O., cost, s343,
Laurel and seaford Road
eno e NO. B. 5,-DaIr,o. -