Evening journal., 1919-05-01
M'nICHOL TO BUILD
new STATE HIGHWAY
Lowest Bidder on Ia IL
Miles from Bridgevllle
to Harrington
DOVER-MILFORD AND S
CAUSEWAY ARE NEXT
leclal to The Evoning journal.

Special to The Evening Journal.
DOVER, Del, May i.--At the openin
up OF bids here yesterday by the stat
Highway Department for the construC
Hon OF ii5 miles Of concrete highwa
in Kent and Sussex counties, there wer
seventeen bidders, the largest numbe
yet known on state Highway conslruc
tlon Mr. Losh. representing the Fed
eral Bureau or Public Construction
said IL was the largest number yet eX
perienced by him with but one excep
tion, that being I'm the State Of Penn
sylvania. Mr. Losh stated that many o.
the bids were the lowest he has known
Of during the present year. a fact as
stated by him, to'be very fortunate for
The State Of Delaware
The bids opened yesterday include
a. miles No, iOl from Bridgeville ia
Greenwood Sussex county; 4 miles
no. iil from Greenwood 90 Farming.
ton. the latter town in Kent county,
and 597 miles No. y, from Farming
ion 30 Harrington
Fully two hundred representatives Of
The bidders were present at The open
ing Of bids Governor Townsend. presi-
dent Of the department. presided and
superinionded the opening OF the bids.
assisted by Chief Engineer Charles NJ.
bpham. The bidders and bids were as
follows:
iIeyman and Goodman, Jersey City
Bid on contract No. A. siii. .6i2; con-
,ract No ~, s2i2, iO3OO.
McNichol q Sons Paving Company
philadclphia-N0 i0. SfiS.5i0,32; No. A.,
si25092. as; No, ~, si9l l039i9.
David d. Elder, Wilmington, Del. and
Philadelphia, pa--Conlract No A, $780,
e2070.
Lynch Construction Company. VIII
mington. Dol bid on an three con-
tracts as foilows-No. 10. si703f65O:
No. n, si39,369; No. r. s2i9,96125
Langhorne Company, Inc. n. Y.-No.
so, si69,75i. No. A., siii.9iS9O; No. AZ.
s2ii,Q395O.
Hartford p. Walker. New York City
No ~, s2i7.35i
Frazer & Brace Co.. New NOrk-NO
30. S207 $40: No. A. Si13.i3615.
Amber Davis Company Philadelphia
No. 80. sis5,393; No. n, sl56.3s5 No. y,
S25i. .3i3.
Bates & Rogers CONSTRUCTION Com
pany. Chicago lll.-No. 40. si65. 1900;
No. A. sl992302O; No. ~. $3.50. .957 20.
Frazier Davis Construction Company.
Moline. lll.-No. 10. siS2 03O; No. A.
Si63.i23; No i2, S2iS.SiS25
Fisher and Carozza. Baltimore. Md
No. TO- sis5.35i No. A. si56. 1880; No.
-. s2i007O50
Warren Moore and Co., Philadelphia
No 10, Sill $1,000; No. a, sii66T2.9i;
10 ~, S220.5si.iS.
n. G. Colling, Baltimore, AId.-No. 70,
S256. .63S.
Claiborne Johnson & Co.. Baltimore.
Md.-No. 10. siS7,Ii9; No. A., si55.565.- /
eS No. i2, s23s 9O325.
Macarthur Bros. New York-No. TO- /
si5769i 30; No. A, s2i6726; No. i2, |
Si90.560.
Qulnlan & Robertson. New York-No
i0 si9S,501; No. II, si59,9575O; No. ~,
s2i6.923.
D. G. Aronbe-g, Norfolk. Va.-No. 10.
iSi,043; No. a, si5i ,2373O; No. ~, s23i-
5ii.
The McNichol Paving and Construc-
ion Company Of Philadelphia, bring
NE lowest bidder, was awarded an
hree contracts.
Chief Engineer Upham states that
With the completion Of The roads above
contracted for there win be com
llete road through Sussex county and
n Kent county as far north as Har-
'ington.
Early IN June the contracts VIII be
lwarded for the Dover-Milford road
which was gone over yesterday by
members Of the department the route
'einy by way OF Dover. Rising sun.
Magnolia, Frederick and Milford
Chief Engineer Upham also stated
hat by June 10 it Is estimated that
throughout the State One-half mile OF
'oad construction will be completed
'ach day.
preliminary plans are completed for ,
'ebuildlng the causeway leading into
Wilmington Definite action viii ba
AIKEN on this project at The next meet
ng Of the commission.
The contracts for the road between
Dover and Smyrna, are being pushed
NTH all speed possible and It is hoped
% have the road from Dover 90 Ches-
void completed within one month at
east.
The contract work between Delmar ]
md Laural Is exceptionally tine. and N
federal Representative Losh states that Il
I Is the best work he has ever seen. 4