Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-07
BRIDGE BIDS ARE
HIGH, BOARD FINDS
PoSTPONES LETTING OF TWO
LARGE BRIDGE JOBS UNTIL
WEDNESDAY,.
BIDDERS FOR STEEL
TRUSS BRIDGES LOWEST
Supervisors Take Bids For Rainbow
Arch, But Find Bids For Bridge With
Patented Feature Much Higher
Wait For District Engineer Before
Letting Contract.

The board of supervisors Monday
afternoon opened bids for two Of the
largest bridges to be built in the
county in several years, found the bids
high, and postponed the letting until
Wednesday, when W. F. Beard. dis
comm ssion. will be here. The super
visors received bids for steel truss
bridges with concrete abutments and
floors. and for rainbow arch bridges,
the latter a reinforced concrete bridge
of pleasing design and patented fea-
lures. In each case the board found
bios Tor the steel arch bridges lower
than for the rainbow arch.
One OF the bridges. a 11O-foot span,
is for the Lincoln highway over Tim
Der creek at the Rock Valley mills.
The other a l00-foot span. IS for
township road across Minerva creek,
north of Moninger The lowest bid for
the bridge for Timber creek was made
by the Des AToines Bridge and Iron
Company of s15,SS3. The lowest bid
for the Minerva creek bridge was SIS
900, made by Ingersoll- Stouffer Con-
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bids were for steel trusses.
Bids For Highway Bridge.
The bids for the itG-foot span steel
truss with 20-foot roadway for the
Lincoln highway were: Des Moines
Bridge ana Iron Company. s15, 3S3;
icy -NeeIaT Construction COMPANY,
Waterloo. $15,S97; Iowa Bridge Com
pany. Des Moines, s15. $50: Fitield Con-
struction Company. Waterloo $16.999
The bids for the rainbow arch.
11o-foot span with 20-foot roadway
We're: Alexander & Higbee, Des
Moines, $500 with piles); Hey
Keller Construction Company, Water
loo $685.; Iowa Bridge Company
$685.; F. E. Marsh & Co, Des
Moines, s17,250; Fifeld Construction
Company, SEAT.
To each Of the bids for the rainbow
arch must be added $50, which covers
the cost Of making the plans, which
were prepared by F. E. Marsh & Co,
which controls patented features, the
cost OF inspection by that firm and
royalty on the patent With this item
added to the lowest bid for the rain
bow arch, the lowest bid for the steel
truss Is s2+5 below the lowest bid for
the arch when the item for piles. o.
si,3s2 Is added TO the bid on the steel
truss The argument is made for
the arch that 1t will require no cost Of
upkeep for painting exposed steel, as
will De the case with the steep arch,
and that it IS much handsomer in
design for so important road as the
highway.
Minerva Creek Bridge Bids.
The supervisors called for bids for
three different kinds of bridges for
Minerva creek. They We're 10o-foot
steel truss with a 16-foot roadway
100 foot steel truss with an 1sroot
roadway, and a 100 foot rainbow arch
with an 18-foot roadway.
The following were the bids: For
100 foot steel truss, 15-foot roadway;
Ingersoll- Stouffer Construction Com
pany, city, $1,000; Des Moines Bridge
and Iron Co., s9,o64; Iowa Bridge
Company. 1910; HeyKeeler Con-
structtQn Company, $500; Fffeld Con-
structi5n Company, SO, 1852.
For 1o0-foot steel truss, 18toot
roadway: Iowa Bridge Company, So
$40; Des Motnes Bridge and Iron Com
pany, se,999 Hey-Keeler Construction
Company, s10,279.
For 1o0-toot rainbow arch with -
foot roadway: Alexander & H!sbee
$1,000 with piles); F. E. Marsh &
Co., $4,000; Iowa Bridge Company,
slO,772; Hey-Keeler Construction
Company, $1,000; Ffheld Construction
Company, s11,111. To all the bids for
the rainbow arch must be added $3.50
TO cover cost Of plans, inspection, and
royalty.
The lowest bid for the 100 foot steel
truss with 18-foot roadway is :1,3S7
lower than the lowest bid for the rain
bow arch and the lowest bid for the
1N0-foot steel truss with 16foot road
way is 1881 below the lowest bid for
the rainbow arch.