Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-03-24
IA Wing \ CONTRACT
TO NC -MlOOS
81. PAUL CONCERN HAD Low BID
FOE RoYAIsToN-BELLE
ss.5: s PRAIRIE PROJECT


ty board Of commissioners Tuesday at
ternoon the contract for the paving Of
Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 27
from the Benton county line, just be-
low Royalton, through Little Falls to
Belle Prairie, a total distance Of ap-
proximately l6 miles, was let to Nc
Cree -Moos sand Company Of St. Paul
Mike Barrett's bid for grading was
accepted, as was that Of A. B. Peter
son for monolithic culverts. The total
amount of the three bids for the com
pletion of this work was approximate
" $349, ,622.4 49, c.. n. Bahcock,. state,
highway commissioner, was present
and the bids were satisfactory to him,
which means that there is little doubt
of any further delay on this paving
project. All the bids we're taken to
the state offices to be checked over
and while it is possible that the total
may be changed one way or the other,
it is not likely that the difference vii
be great. r - - S$$: s;zs>
McCree-Moos and Company promised
completion of the paving job by Octo-
Der Is. Representatives who were
present stated that the company is
and will be on the job as soon as the
proved. -
Eight bids were received for:: tho
paving from Royalton to Little Falls;
six for the stretch from Little Falls to
Belle Prairie; nine for grading; SIX
for monolithic culverts and six for
portable culverts. The Russell Grader
Company was awarded the contract
for furnishing portable corrugated cul-
verts for the projects at $407.75. This
amount was not included in the total
given above.
The bid Of the McCree- -Moos and
Company was $l.99 per square yard,
for gravel base paving for the JOB
from here to Belle Prairie, known as
Project No. 27-Ol and F. A. P. 264. On
the Royalton-L4ittle Falls job, known
as 27-22 F. A. P. l54 their bid was
$l.99 for gravel base paving and $2.2S
for the crushed rock base. Only 1000.
tons Of crushed rock will be used, so
that the proportion Of paving of this
class will be only about third Of
the entire amount.
On grading Mike Barrett's bid was
80 cents per yard and cents per yard
overhaul on Project 27-22 and 25 cents
per yard and 11A cents per yard over
haul on 27.0l. Adolph Peterson was
second lowest bidder for the grading
with 81 cents per cubic yard on the
entire job. A. B. Peterson's IS bid On
the culverts was $22.50 per cubic
yard fiat, including Steel The next
lowest bid for this job was $500 more
Besides Mr.. Babcock the following
from the state highway department
were present at the meeting Tuesday
Geo. c. Scales, division engineer; @. =.
Kipp, construction engineer; and Chief
Engineer Mullen. E. S. Norstrom of
the federal bureau Of public roads was
also present. :,
The cost of the paving will be ap-
proximately $2l, 1875 per mile, or about
10 per cent less than the lowest bid
received at the meeting in December,
The bid of Butler Bros. then was
1928 per square yard for gravel base
concrete, "a cents higher. -.
The following submitted bids on the
paving job and some Of these also bid
on grading and culverts:. -,
Pickus Engineering Company Of
Iowa; ;:s' ).
johnson, '9dl g Drake: & Piper, Miin'ne,po- in
lis; = -, ....]ss :s ~.
! Stems, Helmers &, SchaAner, st,
Paul; : -.: 81 -;
Mccree-Moos Company, of St. Paul;
Foley Bros, st. Paul. . -: ,.:..s,.. :.
McCusick . Contracting Company,
Hibbing;::s Is ~. IT,, =. .;-;!,.
Miller Hutchinson Company Of South
Dakota; -. :; 1.-- .-.
ostrander & Hallock of Crosby.s,,...