The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-03-16
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PAVING CONTRACT
c. H. ATKINSON PAVING GO. OF
BROOKINGs ONLY BIDDER.

AT lengthy session of the city
commission last evening the matter
of opening bids and awarding a con-
tract for the construction Of paving
that is to be done this spring was
disposed of. At that time the $685.
600 worth of waterworks bonds went
begging for the reason that the city
auditor had received no bids.
The successful and only bidder on
paving was the G. H. Atkinson Paw
ing company of Brookings. Mr.. At
kinson himself was present last eve-
ming and today all matters pertaining
to the contract are being adjusted.
The various portions of streets to
be paved and improved are designat-
ed as follows: District No. 6, north
side of railroad tracks to Third street
south; District No. Z, Third street
south to Fourth street; District No.
8. on Center street from west line Of
Lincoln avenue to the center line Of
Lee avenue; District No. 8, on Center
street from the center line of Lee ave-
nue. to the center line of Blanche ave-
nue.; District No. 10 ,on Center street
from the center line of Blanche ave-
nue. to the east line of Highland ave-
nue..
In the contract let last evening a
different rate per front foot prevails
in several districts because of the
variation4n the widths Of the street.
:, Walter MarQuart of this city Sc
cured the contract for the construc-
tion of curbs and cutters, also side
walks. the latter of cement. His
price for one course concrete curb
complete was CSC per lineal foot and
$1.05 for two course. One course
combined curb and gutter was priced
at $1.48 and this was accepted since
one course construction was decided
upon. Mr.. Marquart will lido the side
walk work. including the filling for
25c per square foot. He also gets
$12 for setting and connecting storm
and water inlets.
A number of business men and
others came out to assist in deciding
which OF the different types OF paw
ing should be selected for the paving
program. They had wood block, con-
crete, bitulithic, sheet asphalt and
asphaltic-concrete on the list for a
choice. 1t was finally decided that
inasmuch as the bitulithic was the
cheapest and that that type had given
good service on Egan avenue, 1t would
serve the purpose intended.
The Atkinson Paving company SUBJ
mitted the following prices for btu
lithic in the different districts: No.
s, $4.48 per square yard: No. and
8, the same; Nos. 8 and 10, $4.15.
The contract with this company also
includes the following items: con-
crete headers. Csc per lineal foot;
steel corner bars for curbs, zoe per
foot; concrete alley approaches. 81
per square yard: curved steel corner
bars for curb, Csc.
The city will have the foot 'front.'
age past the public library park; in
front of the postoffice and fronting
the city hall to pay for. The cost for
that will be in the neighborhood Of
$1,000 to $4,000. The ESTIMATED
cost per lot for paving will be over
$500. The last paving that was put
in was much cheaper. running close
to 1898 per lot. but those were times
when both material and labor were
cheaper than they are today. The
question with us should be: "Can we
afford not to pave, even though the
proposed work is to cost US SO
much?" It is hard telling when costs
will be reduced, perhaps not in years,
and the program we have outlined
should not stand over a long period
while hoping for cheaper construc-
tion.