Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-24
EIGHTY JOBS, DIVIDED INTO
GROUPS, AWARDED FOUR
CONTRACTING CONCERNS.
TOTAL COST $,3e057,
SLIGHTLY OVER ESTIMATES
Miller. Fifiefd Construction Company,
Waterloo; Ingersoll- Stoufer engi'
neerins Company, City; A. p.
Muhsen, Marion: NJ. NJ. Stark 4
Co., Des Moines, Successful Bidders.

| Contracts were let TUESDAY aiter-
noon by the board of supervisors for
four groups of bridges and culverts,
comprising in all eighty structures,
covering the work of this nature to
be done in this county this year. The
contracts, awarded to four different
contracting firms, call for an out
| lay of sl3S,057. or only $2,lO1 more
| than the estimate made by County
Engineer H. o. Hickok. when the
plans and specifications were pre-
pared. Hickoks estimate was $l3S,-
| $50.
Fourteen contracting firms sub
mitted bids. most of the bids being
/ on but one or two of the groups. The
successful bidders were:
Group miller Fifield Construc-
ton Company, Waterloo; bid, s2l,-
J 500: estimate, s23,495.
Group 2.-Miller-Fifield Company;
| bid, $4,000; estimate, S39,9S9.
! Group 3.-Ingersoll- Stoufer Engin-
eering Company. city; bid, Except
! ing three items). $37 1884: A. p. Nun
! sen. Marion, (remaining three jobs
| of this group including fifty-oot pony
| truss. three foot straight box culvert.
and twenty four foot slap, all in
Washington township, s14,S43; total
$52,S27; estimate $49,SSS.
Group IN. NJ. Stark & Co, Dies
! Moines: bid, s24,7S0; estimate, S20,-
SIS.
Fourteen Bidders Compete.
Fourteen bidders competing for the
contracts were Cole Bros, Ames:
Miller F'ifield Construction Company.
| Waterloo: NJ. o. Burnett, Marion;
]. F. Fuller & Sons. Grundy Center;
! \. NJ. Stark & Co, Des Moines;
Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Com
pany. Des Moines; Federal Bridge
Company. Des Moines; A. A. Swan
son. Waterloo; F. E. Marsh & Co,
/ Des Moines; lngersoll Stoufer En-
cheering Company. city; c. A. Hol-
vik. Cedar Rapids: Alexander q
Higbee, Des Moines: A. Olson Con-
struction Company. Waterloo. and A.
P. Munsen, Marion.
In group three a saving was made
by letting the contract for three
Washington township bridges. TO A.
?. Munsen. The bid Of the Ingersoll-
Stoufer Engineering Company was
higher than that of Munsen's. With
the contract price still is the largest
of the four groups, and the number
of items greater.
Comparative Prices, 1919 1920.
Prices this year are higher than
a year ago, but due allowance was
made for this in the estimates. the
county engineer coming remarkably
close to the contract prices.s For che
construction work the contract price
shows an advane of about Sc yard
over last years prices. An advance
of virtually $40 per cubic yard for
extra concrete work also is shown
but this item of expense is not ma
terial az little if any extra work will
be done. Piling and leads come ~
cents per lineal foot higher than a
year ago. Bids of the successful
contractors for extras. follow:
Extra yards of concrete in place
above elevation Of footings-per cubic
yard: Miller Fifield. s35: lngersoll-
stoufer s3s: A. 2. Munsen, s34; n.
NJ. Stark. s45.
Extra yards of concrete in place
below bottom Of footings, per cubic
yard: Miller Fifeld, s3S; Ingersoll-
Stoufer, $40: A. p. Munsen $40; n.
NJ. Stark, $50.
Concrete not placed: Miller Fifield,
10 cents: Ingersoli- Stoufer 90 cents;
A. P. Munsen. 20 cents: n. NJ. Stark.
10 cents.
Piling measured in leads, per lineal
foot: Miller Fifield. So cents: Inger-
soil Stoufer, 81; A. z. Munsen. 81:
y. NJ. Stark. 81
Concrete and Steel Structures.
All the bridges and culverts includ :
ed in the list are to be of reinforced
concrete. The county engineer esti
mates that 1859 cubic yards Of con-
crete. 240 $50 pounds of Reinforced
steel, and 85,919 pounds of straight
steel will be required in the work.
The list includes seventy-tuo box
culverts, two fifty-foot pony trusses.
wv H'N'' Aoo' pony u u:S, three
twenty foot slabs, one twenty-four-
foot slab. and one thirty two foot l.
beam bridges. g.. ..
The larger bridges include a sixty
foot pony truss in Taylor township, a
tWenty-root slab IN Minerva, a. thfr-
ty-two-foot 1-beam in Logan. a
twenty foot slab in Logan. fifty
foot pony truss In Washington, a
twenty four-foot slab in Washington