The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-04-10
CONTRACT is AWARDED.
Norfolk Concern Will Build Highway
Through Bamberg County.

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folk, Va, firm of road contractors.
Bids for this work were received by
the Bamberg county commissioners
and were opened at the office of the
commissioners one day last week.
State Highway Engineer Roy Pen
nell, of Columbia, was 'present,
as was also a representative of the
contracting firm. A certified check
for $500 was deposited with the
county authorities as an evidence OF
the good faith of the bid, the amount
of which is S27,515. The length OF
the road is 12.17 miles, and extends
from New Bridge, on the South Edl-
to river, to Buford's Bridge, on the
Salkehatchie river, traverslng the
entire breadth of the county.
The specifications call for the COM
pletion of the road within 200 days
from the time the work is started,
which the Beasley company stated
would be about May l. 1t will be
seen, therefore, that the road Will
probably be completed about the first
of next December.
At a meeting of the county COM
missioners last Monday the award OF
the bid was ratified, and the follow
ing resolution was passed.
Resolved, that the bid of J. r.
Beasley & Co., of Norfolk, Va, sub
mitted on April 2, 1919, for building
the lumbia-Savannah highway
through Bamberg county, is hereby
accepted and the State highway engi-
neer is requested 70 have the con-
tract executed
The Beasley company is one of the
largest firms of road contractors IN
the South. They have full equip
ment of road building implements.
The construction of the work will be
under the direction of the highway
engineer, and, being under federal
supervision, the people of the coun-
ty may be assured that the road will
be permanently and properly built.
AS has been stated heretofore, this
is link of the Columbia-Savannah
highway. Eeach county through which
this road passes may obtain federal
aid in it's construction, the United
States government putting up dollar
for dollar up to a certain amount.
Bamberg has taken advantage of this
opportunity and one of the attractive
features of the matter is that none
of the ordinary county funds of Bam-
berg county will be used in this road
construction.
The money derived by the county
from automobile licenses has been
set aside exclusively for road work.
Supervisor Mcmillan states that the
county treasurer now has on hand
approximately $1,000 from this
source. With the amount yet COM
ing to the county from automobile
license taxes, the fund will be in
creased this summer to approximate
ly $4,000. Notes will be given by
the county authorities for the bor-
rowing of the remainder of the coun-
tvs share of the Columbia-Savannah
highway construction, and the auto
mobile license taxes of next year and
the year after will be applied to the
payment of these notes. The county
will receive more than sufficient
funds from this source in the next
two years to pay for the road, with
out touching any of the ordinary tax
money of the county.
The county has yet to its credit
about SIS, 900 of federal money, and
Supervisor Mcmillan states that ar
rangements will be started in the
near future for the construction OF
the Bamberg link of the Augusta
Charleston highway.
The contract of the Beasley COM
pany does not include any bridge
work. There are no long bridges on
the road, excepting those connecting
Orangeburg and Allendale counties.
The State highway engineer states
that additional federal funds are
available to help in the construction
of these bridges. Short bridges are
constructed over the Lemon swamp
branches, but these have only recent
ly been built by the county and are in
good shape at present. All other
bridges have been done way with and
culverts built.
It is understood that Orangeburg
and Allendale counties will take up