Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-04
ASK FOR PAVING
BIDS NEXT MONTH
SUPERVISORS PREPARING TO
GET OFFERS FOR SIX MILES
OF PAVEMENT.
INCLUDES ONE AND HALF
MILES ON FOUR ROADS
Pavement viii Extend From City
Limits East and West on Lincoln
Highway North on Third Avenue
and South on Center Sstreet-con-
tract May Not Be Let.

THE board Of supervisors is pre-
pairing to advertise for bids for six
miles OF highway pavement to be laid
next year. Preparations are being
made by the supervisors and County
Engineer H.4O. Hickok to receive and
Open the bids probably the first week
inJDecember. The paving to- be in
claded will be one and one-half miles
east and west on the Lincoln high
way and an equal distance north op
North Third avenue and south on
South Center street.
Whether the contract will be. let. or
not depends on the bids. 1t is very
probable II the contract is not let the
work will be readvertised for let
ting early next year.
ss preliminary Work Done.
The preliminary work for this hard
surfacing is completed. The grading
on the Lincoln highway east and
west of the city, North Third avenue
and Center street was done last
yepr and this year. The engineering
work also has been completed.
An effort was made to let con-
tract for part Of this paving early
this year but prices were SO high
that the supervisors gave up the
thought Of attempting the work. l:
Is thought that perhaps prices now
may be lower, If not in December
then probably early in the year.
Has Some Advantage.
The specifications for the paving
ting. The pavement will be eighteen
feat wide. seven inches thick at the
edges and eight inches in the center.
The mixture will be crushed rock,
sahd and cement.
The board Of supervisors will have
some advantage over many Iowa
counties In being able to furnish the
crushed rock. The countys quarry at
Rock Valley Is prepared to deliver
crushed rock on cars at the quarry
sitting In large quantities. The coun-
ty will be able to advise contractors
1 IN advance Of the price at which the
county will be able to deliver this
cfWshed rook. Is II expected that til,
price will be considerably less
than the going commercial price. f.
o.b. this city would be, even If it
were possible to procure the crushed
rock.
III Ii probable that the supervisors
aIso will be able to advise contrac7
tors in advance at what price the
County will be able to deliver sand on
cars I. o. b. this city or at sand pits
In the county. It is presumed that
county aid in procuring both sand
and stone at guaranteed price will
have quite material influence in
reducing bids.
Expect Data on Sand,
Investigations OF sand and gravel
deposit on the Warren Nichols farm
III Marietta township. which was
made by the county, led the super
visprs to believe that a large supply
was available. Before determining on
PURCHASE or condemnation to procure
theFsupply. the county engineers Of
ftce tested the deposit and later the
state highway commission sent a
crew OF Investigators. who are sup
posed to have made very thorough
AID. exhaustive tests.
The county has not yet been ad
vised OF the result Of these tests. but
this information will he at hand be-
fore paving bids are opened, anu the
county will determine the cost of
getting out the sand.