The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-10-21

n Wearing Surface Upon Base Pre-
pared BY the County nj Its Direction
ON the Road From the City Limit
ON the West OF Diacifoot, Commonl,
known nv the Bridge street Rond
TO the snake River Bridge, and IN,
Road From the North City Limits o.
the, City of Biackfoot TO the Sugal
Factory, Known as the State High.
way.
In the above entitled NATTER due and
lawful notice having. been given by
publication in The Idaho Republican
a newspaper of general circulation, for
a period of thirty (30) days, asking for
sealed bids for the construction of a
wearing surface upon a base prepared
by the county on the present state road
and the sugar factory road and 1t
having been designated in said notice
that sealed bids would be received on
at 10 o'clock a. m. al. the office Of the
board of county commissioners of Bing-
ham county, and the hour having ar
rived. the board indicated their
They were informed by the clerk that
there were no bids on file;
Thereupon, the matter was continued
until 2 p. m. of said day. Now comes
]. c. Mcguire, contractor, and submits
hissopen written bid to the county com
check in the amount of two thousand
and no-100 ($2000.00l dollars, payable
to the order of said board, the follow
ing are the words and figures of said
Dated at Blackfoot, Idaho.
September 20, 1913
To the County Commissioners,
Bingham County, Idaho.
Gentlemen:
AS per your advertisements I propose
to lay a two inch Bitulithic wearing
surface on the road leading west from
Blackfoot to the sugar factory, APP
proximately $4,000 square yards under
Warren Bros. company standard speci-
fcations, using either crushed stone or
gravel In the mineral aggregate, for
following conditions to cover the work:
Road to bridge. The present road
way to be brought to the proper grade
and shaped and rolled by. the county.
and rolled BY the county a foundation
course of crushed stone or crushed
gravel, having all particles under one
inch screened out. This foundation
course to be of sufficient thickness to
which to lay the Bitulithic wearing
surface. Approximately one cubic yard
to eighteen square yards of roadway
will be used in this course.
.IlOdu W sugar IdCLOFy. lH6 present
macadam roadway to be searifed and
redressed by the county, sufficient adj
ditional crushed stone or gravel to be
q dded to provide a firm clean open
foundation upon which to lay the
to be brought to the proper
grade and rolled firmly by the county.
Upon either of the above prepared
foundations we will lay two inch
wearing surface using War
rem RrnS standard Snacifiaa-
lions as above referred to.
We will furnish FIVE year guarantee
against any and all defects due to
ta ts, WoeIrkmanship or, material in
The work to be, started Immediately
upon completion of the Fort Hall road
work in Bingham county and be fin
ished within sixty working. days. Suf-
case of delays due to strikes or other
causes beyond our control.
Payments to be made by the county
In cash or negotiable warrants not
for all work completed during the pre-
ceeding. month; 10 per cent being re-
tanned by the county until each road
Is fully completed, at which time full
payment will be made.
by the county to make contract
This proposal Is conditional on the
award of both of these roads and is not
to be considered If only one of the
If the county will haul the bitulithie
surface from the paving plant
to the work in dump body trucks. we
will make reduction of 10 cents
per square yard, in the cost of the
work.
II, after the work is completed it is
desired to waive the five year
guarantee further reduction of 5
A certified check for 100000 payable
to the order of the commissioners Of
Bingham county is enclosed.
Respectfully submitted,
j. c. MAGUIRE.
If we secure contracts in the spring
Of 1920 or during the time we are do
ing the above work. from the City Of
Blackfoot for paving any city streets.
we will refund the county 10 cents per
square yard on account Of installation
work.
Thereupon, after due consideration
by the board, it is ordered that said be,
and the same Is hereby accepted at
s1.S5 per square yard, for the con-
of wearing surface on the
roads herein mentioned, and 1t Is
further ordered that the county at
necessary legal binding contract and
examine all the commissioners minutes
in connection with this matter and de-
termine whether or not they are in
the proper form.
1t is further ordered that that part
Of the bid of J. c. Mcguire hereafter
given be rejected
IF the county will haul the bitulithic
wearing surface from the paving. plant
to the work In dump body trucks we
will make reduction of 10 cents per
square yard, In the cost of the work"
In the Matter of Re-Describing the
Voting Precincts Of Bingham County
I for the Convenience of Compiling
siOners' District.
In the above entitled matter, it was
that the following de-
scribed boundaries are the boundaries
Of the voting precincts of Bingham
board as hereinbefore given:
Tradition: Townships four south Of
range 40, three south and -four south of
range SO and three and four south Of
Willow Creek: Four south of range
], three south of range Al, two south.
Of range III and two south of range 40
and three south of range. 40.
Goshen: sections 49, IA, 23, "a. rs,
26, "a, IS and SO in township south Of
range 81, all of townships one south
3S except sections s, 6, and in town
ship one south Of range 80, and all Of
township two south of range 81 .ex-
cept. sections 6 and z, township two
south range 38 and 80.
Jameston: All Of Sections 20, "a, 25,
rs, So and 36 in township one north of
range 81; section /, 2, IL and IL In