The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-04-12
Eleven Contracts Awarded At
, Special Meeting Held By
Commissioners Tuesday
LOCAL BIDDERS GIVEN !
MAJORITY OF CONTRACTS
Township of Blackduck Plans
Largest Road Jobs Let at .
This Special Meeting -. S:.

Road contracts amounting to a
total expenditure OF, $25, 386.45 were
allowed at special meeting Of the
board Of county commissioners held
at the court hose Tuesday, when
sealed proposals on number of small
road jobs, recently advertised, were
received. The board met at 10 A.
NJ, opened the bids, and adjourned
until 2 o'clock in the afternoon At
the adjourned session, all new road
contracts were let, the majority of
which are in the southern end OF
Beltrami county. =. ~
Contracts for clearing, grubbing,
ditching, grading, turnpiking, hauling
and installing culverts and work in
cidental to construction of the var
ious jobs advertised.
Halvor Amundson of Debs was the
successful bidder on Job No. 2,102B,
on county road No. 81, from the west
quarter corner of section 10, south
about one-half, mile in the township
of Roosevelt. His bid was $524.35.
Job No. 1908 on county road No:
1925, from the southwest corner Of
section IS, Stevenson township, north
to the north quarter corner of section
20, Minnie township, went to John
Anderson and Swan Larson of Thor
hult on a bid of $3,897.68. H..
K. K. Meland of Pinewood was
awarded the contract on job No.
22O5, en- county road No. 81, along
the east line of section Is in the town
ship of Buzzle. His bid was $685.. so.
Contract on job No. 21O1, on state
road; No. ::9;1untheF.e east. and north
sides Of section 4 Of the township Of
Liberty was awarded the bid OF E.
R. Lee Of Puposky, whose estimate
was entered at 81 ,642.78.
Job No. 2202 on state road No:3,
along south side of section 16 in the
township of Grant Valley was award
ed to Strawbridge and Suckert on a
bid of $746.06. & -.
Stone Peterson of Solway was given
the contract on job No. 22O7, on
county road No. 48, from the center
of section 16 south to the south quar-
ter corner of section 20 in Jones town.
ship. His bid was entered at $780,
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The contract on job No. 2102A' on
county road No. 81, from the west
quarter corner of section ~ south
about one-half mile in the township
of Roosevelt, was awarded the bid OF
Mathisen & Gelen Of Pinewood,
whose offer was -$940.94. s. 49,. .
Job No. 22O4, on county roads No.
Sc and 27, from the southwest cor
ner of section 80, east to the village
of Funkley in the township of Hornet,
was awarded to Robert ConneH OF
Blackjack whose bid was $2,578.74.
He was also the successful bidder on
Job No. 2O02, on county road No. 81,
along the Minnesota & international
railroad in sections l, IL, 13 and "a
in the township of Hornet, his bid on
this project being So, $780,
Hanley & 'UnderhiH of Staples were
the successful bidders on the two
largest jobs offered at this session.
They secured the contracts on Jobs
Nos. 1905 and 1904. Job No. 1905 is
on county road No. lib, from the
southwest corner Of section Is to
the southwest corner Of section ID
in the township of Blackjack; while
lob No. 1904 is on county road No:
is, from the southwest corner Of
section 80, north Of the northwest
corner of section 6 in the township
of Blackjack. The bid on JOB No.
1905 was $3,514.70 and on job No.
1904 the bid was $5,523. O5.