Imperial Valley press., 1920-09-07
CONCRETE BID
LOWEST IN
H|GHW WAY
OFFER
Subject Referred to Engi-
neer Jessup and Highway
Commission, to Report t,
Report to Supervisors To-
morrow Morning.

-Four sealed bids for the conStruc-
tion of the Imperial Valley highways
were opened by the board Of supervis-
ors meeting in conjunction with the
highway commission today. Following
the reading of the proposals by County
Clerk Cook, the matter was retired
to the Chief Engineer, Jessup, and the
highway commission, to be referred
back to the board of supervisors to-
morrow morning at 10 O'Clock.
The lowest bid was submitted by
Peterson, Dillon & Patterson Co., for
a concrete highway, accompanied by a
certified check for $4,000. The COM
pany offered the construction of the
roads of the entire valley omprising
the Brawley- Calipatria road; Calexico-
Ell Centre; Imperial -Holtville high
ways for 20 "a cents per foot.
The McPeak, Burton & Bucklin Co..
cf-Los Angeles, submitted bids on all
work, quoting 34.3 per foot for con-
crete work.
Warren Construction company, erst-
while favorite of the highway commits
sion, submitted figures on all types. of
pavement specifying type a., at 31.5
per square foot. Type &C" construc-
tion was set at the same figure.
The George H. Oswald company, the
fourth bid opened, offered the con-
struction of the entire highway system
with type "A" pavement at 33 cents
a square foot. Type &C" construction
was given at "a cents. Both are War
renite pavements.
Specified work, if done separately,
by the Oswald company was given as
follows:
Brawley- -Calipatria road, type "A",
35 cents. ss
Calexico-El Centro road, type "a.
33 3-4 cents. 49,.
Imperial -Holtville road, type &C.,
"a cents.
Calexico-El Centre road, type &C..
Sd cents.
All bids were submitted on the basis
of the county's furnishing sand and
gravel Fred Lack of the highway
commission, suggested that the county
engineer be called upon to compare
with the figures originally submitted.
This was given as the reason for re-
ferring the matter to the highway
commission.
A supplementary bid accompanied
the bid of the Peterson, Dillon & Pat
terson company, signed by H. H. Peter
son, president of the company. He
offered the construction of the Calexi-
o-Et Centro highway at 30 IA cents,
in competition with the county force
account construction.
The reason for the Calexico-El Cen
tro bids being lower than other parts
OF the valley highways was explained
by the short haul between the two
cities. Heber, being between the two
towns offers and intermediate point of
operation. This condition does not ex-
ist in other parts of the valley.
The bid of Peterson, Dillon & Pat
terson, the lowest bid on concrete
pavement is $1,47S.40 lower than the
slowest bid on each mile or 5,534.72
lower on the entire contract.
AS Imperial county furnishes the
rock and sand on both types and as
the concrete does not require grading
of the materials, and is not as compli-
Gated in the percentages of the diff
ferent grades, there is still a much
greater saving in the concrete road bid
over the bid submitted by the War
renlte people, it was explained.
The comparative costs for the two
experimental stretches of roads, one
of Warrenite and one of concreta,
were not presented at the netting II
is said that tn cost of concrete roal
was much less than that Of the 1Wagf,
pppita 'sf ''N' AZ 't++N p . t't'a'A $50.