Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
ASK BIDS FOR
81 MORE MILES
Highway Department Will Gro
Over the Five-H Mile
Mark by August First

ING oIdtc highway department
which to-day opened bids for more
than 103 miles of highway con
struction. announced hat it would
receive tenders on July 20 for ninety
seven more miles. Bids have been
opened since the first of the year
for than 453 miles and con
tracts let for 334 miles at 81 S.244,-
S1s.07. Much of this work has
been started and if the plans of
Highway Commissioner Lewis s.
Sadler r carried out the greater
part OF the work awarded since the
middle of February will have been
completed by the time winter sets
in.
The work to be let late this month
VIII include stretches OF main high
way in Montgomery, Chester. Erie.
Lawrence, Washington and West
moreland. Most of the roads will
couple up with highways being i'm
proved by the State and counties
or by counties.
The projects for which bids will
vi July - IlCluUe the
following: Adams county Butler
township, 23.246 feet; Adams coun-
", Tyrone and Strahane boroughs.
1888 feet; Beaver county, East
vale borough and n. Sewickley town
snip, 1f,4Sl feet; Bradford county.
Athens, Sayre and S. Waverly Dor
oughs, 1927 feet; Bucks and Mont
gomery counties, New Brition and
montgomery. 1888 feet: Chester
county, Franklin and New London.
21,61s feet: Chester county, East and
West Marlboro townships. 1O.5O9
feet; Chester n Delaware counties.
Tredyfrin and Easttown township
n Radnor township. 46.Sl5 feet;
crawford county. Vernon. 1853
feet; Crawford county, East Mead.
1850 feet; Erie county, Girard
township and L. Springfield bor-
ough, 10000; Erie county. North
east township, 1900: Erie county
Mill Creek township. 2I.12O; Fay
cite county. Menallen township, 49,
%lS feet; Jefferson county. Pine
Creek township. 25,972 feet: Law
renee county. Union and Mahoning.
1883 feet: Mifflin county. Armagh
township, 24,049 feet; Montgomery
county, Springfield. Whitemarsh,
Upper Dublin and Lower Gwynedd
townships, 37,723 feet: Montgomery
county, Il. Norriton, 5,575 feet:
Northampton county, Bethlehem and
Lower Nazareth townships, 1855
feet; Susquehanra county. Hopbot-
tom borough, Lathrop. LenoX, Har-
ford n New Milford townships,
5S,S06 feet; Union county, Lewis
township, 11,4S4 feet; Washington
county, +. Bethlehem township.
q AN0 fanr. w oh IN ufnn nnNrnfu Con
o%nsburg borough, 1.IO6 feet: West
moreland county, n. Huntingdon
township, 7.4S4 feet; Westmoreland
county, Hempfield township, 1906
feet. .
Bids are also asked for the con-
struction of two bridges. One of
these is a triple span structure in
Nicholson township and borough.
Wyoming county, on the Lacka-
wanna trail. The other is on route
No. 127, in York township, York
county.
One OF the construction jobs for
which bids will be opened July 20.
is that on the William Penn High
way, in Armagh township, Mifflin
county. where il is planned to put
down 24,049 feet of new construc-
ton. Another important piece of
york is that planned for route No.
Al, in Adams county. north and south
of B~iglerville. on the road between
Carlisle and Gettysburg. Additional
construction is also planned for
Adams county on highway route No.
12S, which connects Gettysburg and
Harrisburg. Important construction
planned for Bradford county is that
or route No. PSI. between Towanda
and Waverly, y. Y, n of the prin-
cipal north-south routes in Pennsyl-
vania. In Crawford county 1868
feet of brick and concrete are plan
ned for route No. 50. We OF Mead
vile. Another job IN Crawford
county is that on route No. SO, on
the thoroughfare between Meadville
and Titusville.
uled for Erie county. 1t is planned
to put down 20.400 feet of new
highway on route No. Sc, which is
the t~horoughfare connecting the
Ohio and New York highway sys-
TENS through Pennsylvania An
other job is that in Northeast town
ship where 1900 feet of concrete
will be put down south of the Dor
ough of Northeast. In Mill Creek
township. on the Ohio-New York
link, 21,120 feet are scheduled.
In Fayette county nearly 20, goo
feet of brick and concrete will be
put down on route No. 112. west of
Uniontown. This is on the road con-
Meeting Uniontown and Waynesburg.
In Jefferson county, 25,972 feet of
concrete and brick are scheduled
for route No SO. the thoroughfare
connecting Brookville and Dubois.
Lawrence county gets an important
piece of construction, 29,62S feet of
concrete and brick being planned
for Union and Mahoning townships,
Immediately northwest of New Cas-
tie. on the road leading to Youngs-
town, Ohio. One of the greatest
jobs for which bids will be opened
July %, is that on route No. 1873,
Montgomery county. from Philadel-
phia city limits to Springhouse.
Additional Lackawanna trail con-
struction is that on route No. 3,
where 53,SO6 feet of concrete is 10
be laid in Hopbottom borough,
Lathrop, Lenox, Hartford and New
Milford townships.