Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-19
STATE HIGHWAY
HAS CONFERENCE
O'Neil Says Cut Out the Red
Tape; Bids Opened For New
Construction Today

Engineers and road superintend-
ment were told by Commissioner
ONeil at the opening of their annual
spring conference at the Capitol to-
day to work in harmony with town
ship supervisors and to exert not
only extra efforts but their own ini-
tiative to meet the problems of road
repair which will arise this spring
on the highways of Pennsylvania be-
cause of the weather war conditions
an9 the heavy movement of truck
trains across the state The Com
missioner said that he wanted sys-
tenn, but not red tape, and that the
men could appeal direct to him on
reasonable grounds.
Each engineer and superintendent
will be called upon tomorrow to
make detailed report on conditions
in his district and then a schedule
for spring work will be made up. A
regular program has been prepared
and addresses will be made by ex-
perts on various road. topics. after
which a general discussion will take
place.
First Deputy State Highway Com
missioner Joseph w. Hunter, in
charge of the Bureau of Township
Highways. spoke on the work of the
Township Bureau and at the We'd
nesday session Second Deputy State
Highway Commissioner George II.
Biles on THE Maintenance of
Reads"
On Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock Ex-Governor John X. Tener
will address the convention.
Mr. O'Neil to-day opened bids for
proposed state road construction in
Butler, Huntingdon, Lawrence, Ly-
coming and Tioga counties, aggre-
eating 1855 miles. Bids had been
asked for a road about three miles
long in Ants and Snyder townships,
Blair county. but no proposals were
received.
The following bids were received:
Butler county, Adams township,
LEO miles of reinforced concrete;
State Highway Route No. 500:
Summit Construction Co.,
Akron, Ohio ,......... $52,320.6t
Norman ]. Boyer, Butler,
IA. ..........,........ 59,252. so
d. w. Challis & Sons, Sc
wickley, Pa. .......... 6S,773.37
Butler county. Slippery Rock town
ship; Route No. 73, Section 1 $50
miles of reinforced concrete:
Summit Construction Co.,
Akron, Ohio ..........S12S,99 ,995.73
Huntingdon county, Brady town
ship; State Highway Route No. SO.
Section >; 5.42 miles of reinforced
concrete:
P. w. Finn & Son, Altoona,
Pa. .................. $3.50, ,S37.36
William C. Evans, Amber,
ia. ................. 291, 1850
D'Onfro Brothers, Bristol,
conn. ''....'... rejected
Lawrence county; State Highway
Route No. n, Section. ?; 2.S3 miles of
reinforced concrete:
Peter f. Connolly, Elmira,
N. Y. ... ......... ....... 1925, ,936.40
NJ. j. Scanlon, New Castle,
Pa. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $134,SS6.90
Lawrence county, Big Beaver and
North Beaver township; State High
way Route No. n, Section 1; 4.9S
miles of reinforced concrete:
Peter f. Connolly, New
Castle, Pa. $217, 1880
Burns Brothers, New Cas-
tle' Pa. ................ 237,705.00
NJ. j. Scanlon, New Castle,
Pa. .................... 214,653.60
Lycoming county, Muncy Creek,
Muncy and Fairfield Townships State
Highway Route No. is. Section /;
G.97 miles of reinforced concrete:
Walter A. Godcharles, Mil
ton, Pa. ................$ $259,111.49
Busch & Stewart, Inc,
Williamsport, Pa. ...... 269, 9,969.49
Vicenzo Di Giorno, Fayette
City, Pa. ............... 26,634.S5
Tyne & Wiley Co, Bing-
hamton, N. Y. .......... 266,776.79
Serafno & Barber. Bing-
hamton, N. Y. .......... 269.477.3S
Lycoming county, Montoursville
borough; State-aid Application No.
472; 1.S4 miles of reinforced concrete
and vitrified block:
Serafino & Barber, Bing-
hamton, n. Y. ......... $161, ,6SS.25
Tyne & Wiley, Bing-
hamton, N. Y. .......:. 129, ,411.55
Busch & Stewart. Inc,
Williamsport. Pa. ...... 135,S54.57
Vincenzo Di Giorno, Fayette
City, Pa. ................ l4S,S29.2O
c. f. Wood. Inc, Albany,
n. Y. Observation-Disclosures. 157,1S1.05
Tioga county. Delmar township;
State Highway Route No. 22, Section
l; 1.73 miles of reinforced concrete:
j. C, Bradley. Corning, --.
N. Y. ................. $9IS47.6O
Irving G. Horton, Reading,
Pa. ............... 9S,7S2S4
Commissioner O'Neil announced
that awards would be made later.
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