Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-27
Big CONTRACTS
FOR ROADS LET
Over $2,O00,000 Involved in
Sixteen Sections Given
Out Last Night

First contracts Tor road construc-
tion under the Sproul administra-
ton awarded last last night by
| Highway Commissioner Sadler and
it is the plan to have work started
with the least possible delay. The
contracts let are sixteen in number
and aggregate $2,094,499.72.
Bids will be opened Friday for
SIXTY miles. including some of the
main routes.
Awards were made as follows:
Strabane township, Adams county,
$50 feet of reinforced concrete
pavement on route 1928: NJ, Bennett
& Sons, Indiana, Pa, s1s2.22s.5O.
Spring township, BerkS county,
S,9S4 feet of bituminous surface on
concrete foundation on route 149;
Eastern Paving Co., Philadelphia,
$53,S0S.94.
Pine Creek township, Clinton
county; 1856 feet of bituminous
surface on concrete foundation on
route %: Bush & Stewart, Williams
port, s11S. .462.S9.
Clinton Heights borough, Delaware
county, i5.745 feet bituminous sur
face and brick on concrete founda-
ton: Eastern Paving CO., Philadel-
phia, $69.537.6S.
st. Mary's borough. Elk county,
1896 feet of brick: Foundation Co.,
| New York City, $53, 3,6S4.77.
| Springfield township, Erie county,
$3.50 feet concrete on route Sc;
Highway Construction Co., Erie,
S54. .00S.30.
Harbor Creek and Northeast
townships, Erie county, 25,ST2 feet
concrete; Griff Construction Co.,
| s162, ,593.97.
Georges. Nicholson and Springhill
! townships, Fayette county, 26,112
| feet concrete and hillside brick on
route 116: Reagan & Lynch, Union
town, S242,S40.92.
| Fairview and Girard townships
Erie county, 1922 feet concrete on
route S6; Highway Construction Co.,
Erie. S99,213.20.
jefferson, Morgan and Franklin
townships. Greene county, 34,25e
feet concrete and brick on route
26S: Con Oil Tank Co., Pittsburgh
s325. 5.490.05.
county; $500 feet concrete; Saudel
Construction Co., Lancaster, $40,
4S2.50.
Union and Taylor townships, Law
renee county, 1906 feet concrete OF
applications 799 and S51; Burns
Bros. New Castle, $3S.S0O.S0.
Upper and Lower Macungie town
ships. Lehigh county, 35,035 fee
concrete on route 157; Blaisdel
Contracting & Engineering Corpora
ton, Brooklyn, s240,101.6S.
| Coolbaugh township. Monroe
county, 23.510 feet concrete on rout'
16S; Foundation Company, New
York City. S141,627.40.
| EIllSland hnrnn0h Tf0Oa county
1924 feet concrete; R. ]. Delong
Williamsport, ST2,S15.S6.
Conewango and Broken Straw
townships. Warren county. 1855;
feet concrete on route IS; Edward T
Beck. Warren, s203, 3,S06.26.
Bids for the construction of 1874:
feet of brick pavement in Clarion
borough were deemed excessive, ant
all were rejected.
Assurances of cooperation from
Franklin and Indiana county peopl
that they would interest their count.
authorities in improvement of road
brought from Highway Commission
er Lewis S. Sadler the remark tina
the Commonwealth might be abb,
to do even better than expected
The mmissioner said that all thu
q States estimates for construction O.
the primary road system were made
upon the present prices. If the
market prices fall, he explained, the
State VIII have more money to spenC
for permanent Improvements.
delegation of half a hundred
men from Chambersburg ant
Franklin county townships north oi
Chambersburg discussed the situa.
ton regarding roads in that county
| The visit was arranged by Cham.
bersburg Chamber of Commerce and
Motor Club. The delegation de.
clared that it would endeavor to i'm
press upon the Board of COUNTY
Commissioners the necessity for i'm.
mediate road construction.
II. w. Armstrong of McEwensville
and DR.. Maule and NJ. r. Hockey
of Turbotville brought up the ques.
ton of improvement of the Susuue.
hanna Trail from Milton to Muncy
| j. Elder Peeler and County Com
missioner A. P. Lowery of Indiana
and Orr Burlington, r. L. Ralston OF
! kittaning, and Miles Schall, Elder.
/ ton, saw the commissioner rela.
tive to the old Kittaning trail. from
Indiana through Shelocta and Elder.
ton to Kittaning, which they said
was preferable to the route from
Indiana to Home. Plumville. Saga.
more. and Rural Valley to Kittaning
carbon county people saw the
commissioner relative to construc.
tion on route No. 10, near Weather.
ly. This delegation consisted of ]
c. Loose, County Solicitor w. G.
Thomas, James Walker of Maucl
Chunk, ]. H. Stauffer and Thomas
Martin, Hazleton; James r. Null.
hearn. Lansford: and r. B. Craig
Lehigh Gap. Craig, Walker anc
| Mulhearn are county commissioners
They said they were unable to say
until next week what Carbon county
will do for itself in the matter OF
road construction.
w. A. Baird of Cambridge Springs
Attorney c. Victor Johnson of Mead.
vile and Assemblymen II. II. Finne,
and ]. A. Belard of Crawford COUNTY
discussed with the department N.
road from Conneaut Lake to Harts.
town and south through AdamsvilIe
to Greenville. They also saw Gov.