The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-06
LOW RECORD IS
SET BY BIDS ON
HARD ROAD JOBS
Biggest Letting of Contracts I'm
States History Averages
S26,900 Per Mile.

Springfield, Ill, Oct ga rec
ord breaking low price of $24, 6S5
per mile, including cement was
established at Tuesdays opening of
road bids, Governor Small an
nounced today after going over the
figures with Colonel c. r. Miller,
director of public works, and Frank
t. Sheets, superintendent OF high
ways. The new low cost record
was made on approximately eight
miles of highway in Mclean coun-
ty. The average cost, including ce-
ment, for over $50 miles of cement
roadway, was $2S,z33 per mile.
$4,000 Cut, Small Says.
Leaving out of consideration
about eighty miles, where unusual
ly heavy grading on expensive
bridge work is encountered, a new
low cost mark of $26,900 for the
remaining 100 miles was reached,
the governor said These figures
are for lS-foot roadWays complete.
In discussing the last bids re-
ceived by highway officials, Gov
ernor Small pointed out that the
cost per mile is over $4,000 less
than the $4,000 demanded last
spring, when he began his fight for
lower prices and declared that $780,
900 was the limit to which the state
would go except under extraordl-
nary conditions.
Highway officials today were still
checking the bids on the largest
single letting in the history of the
state, but said the figures indicat-
ed that contracts for practically all
of mileage can be awarded
In addition to the bids on more
than $50 miles of paving, the state
| has under consideration contrac-
tors proposals for over seventy
miles of grading alone, and 60
| bridges.
| AS a result of the Tuesday bids
| the state will spend approximately
! $3,S98,950 additional for new roads
| early next year.
! Bids and Contractors.
Apparent low bids and the prob
able successful contractors III
| Tuesdays letting, together with the
| cost per mile and the total costs
/ follow:
Route Section 26, Vermillion
county-.1S miles; Charles W.
Clark, Clinton, Ind; $26,760; total,
3,743.
Route 2-Sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, z,
s, and 10, Jackson county, Perry
and Washington counties-67.75
miles; H. H Hall, East St Louis;
| $30,23S; total, $1,570,000.
| Route 4-Section 8, Livingston
| county-2.65 miles; d. A. Myers,
Peoria; $2S,56O per mile; total,
$5S,413.
: Route 4-section IA, Mclean
county-7.91 miles; A. F. Conway
company, Chicago; $24,6S5; total,
$144,S71.
Route 7-Sections 5, Z and 8,
/ Henry and Bureau counties-13-13
miles; A F. Conway company, Chi
cago; $27,360; total, $276,100.
Route 9-Section IL, Woodford
and Mclean counties-627 miles;
Hedges Construction company,
Chicago; $2S,440; total, $135,755.
Route 10-Section 4, Champaign
county-6.0S miles; W. C. Meenly,
Frankfort, Ind; $26,420; total,
$119,211.
Route 10-Section rs, S and 8,
!Piatt county-1273 miles; Becker
Enghart company, Rochester, Ind;
| $26,oS total, S247,000
Route 10-Section IL, Macon
county-4.2O miles; w. C. Meenly,
Frankfort, Ind; $27,970; total,
$91, O91
Route 10-Section 16, II, Is and
10, Sangamon county-18.33 miles;
w. C. Meenly, Frankfort, Ind; $2S,-
165; total, $393,S00
Route 10-Sections 81 and %,
Sangamon county-12.56 miles; AL
lied Construction company, Omaha,
Neb.; $50, 800; total, 1921, 900.
Route 13-Section /, Williamson
| county-5.81 miles; Keokuk Quar-
~ & Construction company, Keo-
kuk, Iowa; S28,210; total, $123, 0S2.
county-4.99 miles; Keokuk Quarry
& Construction company; $2S,400;
total, $106, 933.
Route 18-Sections 9 and 10, Du-
page county-12.2S miles; Cook
County Construction company; $685.
$50; total, $235, 900.
Route 23-Section 2. LaSalIe
county-473 miles; R. f. Conway
company, Chicago; s26,5S0; total,
500, 947.
Grading Contracts.
Apparent low bids on grading
contracts included the following:
| Sections ga, GA and IA, War
rem and Henderson counties-16.9 90
miles; Andrew & Hanan, Keokuk,
Iowa; $102,400.
Sections liza, Peoria county
1877 miles; Lawrence Bros;
| $25.76S.
Section "a. Jefferson COUNTY
$50 miles; Heating Bros; $16,1S3.
Probable successful bidders on
bridge work on the state highway
system last Tuesday included the
following:
Bridge Work.
Section B. Macon county; Bresie
Road Supply company, Nation;
1899.
Section 2-B, Jefferson county; NJ.
Frazier. Louisville, Ill; $14,64
| Section lib, Jackson county;
Reilly & Reilly; $5.046.
Section Alb, Jackson county;
Reilly & Reilly; SS,675. Civilians
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