Evening journal., 1918-05-16
BIDS Lower. EXPECT
. TO BUILD new ROADS
Continued From First paee.l

lrohunueu from First Page.l
aggregate in some instances was s20,-
600 to $4,000 less on some OF the most
important materials used In road con-
struction than the bids opened in
April.
The contracts opened were as fol-
lows
Contract No. i-Kent county. i05
miles cement concrete road from Dover
to Cheswold. Del: Heyman 4 Koodmsn,
Of Jersey City, n j., total bid, lnclud-
ing all materials. bridges. drains, catch
basins, etc. si5s, s,25iso; Frank L. Cohen
Buffalo n. y. sisi .49i.3O.
Contract No. 300 miles cement con-
crete roadway from Cheswold to
Smyrna, Kent county Frank l.. Cohen
Buffalo, n. Y. s2i35eJ.
Contract No. 3-New Castle county
246 miles vitrined brick roadway, with
concrete foundation Penny Hill Road
Frank l.. Cohen, Buffalo. n. Y, s2i9..
Oi95O; Richard Hopkins. Troy. n. Y.
S2li. .O322O.
Contract No. New Castle county
80 miles yitrlfed brick roadway with
concrete foundation: Frank l.. Cohen
Buffalo, n. Y. sii7.i72iO: Eastern Paw
Ing Company, Philadelphia. s37i 2si so
Victor Olson Company. Youngstown
Ohio, S3i9,2o9.70; Fisher & Crosier, Bal
ilmore, Md, siO3, ,3s26s
Contract No. Sussex county, 60t
miles cement roadway lDelmar %
Laurelli ". =. Walker aud r. l.. Savage
\. y. S23i ,63i.6O; p. c. Humphreys
Hackensack, ~ j., s261. .3S9iO: Cau1man
q Garcey. New York. S25s,3ss.
Contract No. 6-Sussex county, i.oC
miles cement concrete roadway Laurel
and Seaford' Cauffman & Garcey. New
York, s2Os .3s4.
Contract No. Sussex county. 66i
miles cement concrete roadway (Seaford
20 Bridgoyillel: Caunman & Carey
New York. s2s5. s9s.
Contract No. Sussex county. 6.3t
miles cement concrete roadway ELLEN
dale 90 Milford Frank L. Cohen, Buf-
falo. y. Y, s250,S77.
Comparison with the bids received a
month ago and yesterday shows The fol-
lowing:
In contract No. 1, the strip OF road
from Dover TO Cheswold. 400 miles
si93,325.90 10 April. Yesterdays bid FOR
the same strip OF road. including ma
terisl, bridges, drains. ETC., was Si5S,-
25is0, a difference OF S35,0ei.
IN contract No. 3 the Penny Hill
Road, submitted IN April, was 1922 COS.
800. Yesterdays bid for the same road
was s2ii ,03220, a difference OF $50
1852.
In contract No. 4. New Castle county
road. the bid In April was si9i,si9E
Yesterdays bid was s3i9, ,25970, a dif
ference Of Sii5.5J935.
In contract No. 3. there were no bid
in April. yesterdays lowest bid beins
Dclmar 10 Laurel.
In contract No. 6, road from Laurl
TO Seaford, 400 miles, the lowest bl
/. yesterday was s20S3ei.
In contract No. z. seaford and Bridg
VILE Road. COT miles. lowest bid yc
terday, S2s5.s9S.
In contract 10. g. Glendale 20 M
+, ford. extension OF dupont Boulevar
! the lowest contract was s2J0SI7
In all OF the above contracts 10 W.
stated that prices were based on pre-
= ent freight rates and capacity 70 hand
J material etc.
After an the bids had been read. Chi
p Engineer Uphsm asked permission
g the commission that he be given d'
OF two In which TO make compile
tabulation. singing out the lowest
each case. on materials. etc. The boal
, granted the permission.
Governor Townsend just before q
meeting adjourned informed on col
tractors and bidders present that q
; delay would be had in awarding o.
contract 20 the lowest bidder as 500
as it was ascertalnod.