Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-22
CONTRACT LET TO PETER sHu'
CART FOR SIX MILES, PRePAR.
AToRY TO PAVING,
jos CONTRACTED AT
5sa CENTS PER YARD
Based on County Engineers Estimated
Yardase. Grading Will Cost Sss,2ss
For Six Miles-Work to Be Begun
Oct. I and Finished Dec. IS, Except
ina -four Mile" Hill.

y contract for grading stN miles Of
the primary road system. to prepare
tor paving With federal lind state AID.
was let by the board OF Supervisors
late Saturday afternoon to Peter b.
Snugart, OIL Nevada. The contract was
uwaIuCu LOr o992 cents per CuvIC yard
ana in aua!tion actual cost Tor extra
\. ora, suLn a, LION II.S fences ana pIdG-
lilo O~NeI,s, l,lN1..s u"l uv'sr Itt''
Plus IL per cent Lne sradlns !nc.Uu-
eu IN the contract tuhcs III t"O mics
on the Lincoln highway, DOtn east ana
west from the lIly limits, ana two
mines Of the SuuIn Center street road
from the city limits.
Based on County Engineer HickoA 5
estimate oil 64.36I cubic yards Of eartn
To be moved. the contract Tor the SIX
miles totals s3S,2sS, an average Of
S6,S>3 per mile. The price is $500 a
ml.e higher than the engineers esu-
mate, or $3.50 Tor the entire job.
Contractors Busy; Few Bid.
Because Of the iateness of the sea-
son. the provision that the work had
to oe done this fall and the fact that
50 many grading contractors are busy
are given as the causes why there were
only three bidders. Shugart was the
only one of the three who was willing
10 sign a contract 10 do the work be-
fore winter. The contract requires
that he begin work Oct. and that the
job, with the exception of -Four Mile
hill, he finished by Dec. Is. Shugart
NJ hid
the whole job, the others having 50
much work that they would not I'M
dertake all of the six miles.
In addition to Shugart.s bid for the
work on the Lincoln highway east, w.
II. Dugan, OF Omaha, bid 81 cents per
cubic yard. He was the only other
bidder on this division OF the work.
He also bid IS cents for the South
Center street division Of the work.
Tim Ryan bid 81 cents for the Lin
coin highway, west of the city. but did
not bid on the other two divisions OF
the work.
Delay Hill to Spring.
Neither Ryan nor Dugan would
agree to start the work before June l.
1920. Shugart. who was awarded the
contract iOT lNe H44iiiSlLl- 1i1A 4SS@N-'
which he sublet, signed the contract
that work is to start Oct. L He has
two grading outfits he will put on the
jobs at about that time
The contract provides that all of the
work except the grading OF -Four
Mile" mill is to be finished by Dec. Is
and that the plan for the revision OF
this hill is subject to the approval al
the state. highway commission before
being finally adopted.
Grading Prices Higher.
A comparison OF the price OF 59fs
cents. at which this contract was let
and similar county grading contracts
awarded earlier In the year reflects
the higher cost for labor and the dis
inclination of most contractors to take
on the JOB at this season. The Gil
man-Legrand road contract vas let for
Il cents early in the year, and the
Clemens road contract for 46A cents
in July.
One quite important reason why the
bids on this job were higher than
either Of the others was because there
are no heavy cuts from which large
quantities of earth must be removed,
save at -Four Mile" hill. The grading
under this contract is practically all
light. and much. of it is the mere Shift
ing of earth from hills to lower spots
to bring the road to the grade required
by the state highway commission for
permanent roads.