Arizona republican., 1922-03-03
.WORKON NEW
TO.
BE RESUMED
Immediately
Following Award OF Con-
tract Company Begins
Preparations For Re-
sumption Of Activities

Twoliy Brothers Construction com
pany. awarded the contract FOR the
completion Of the 3OS-mile paved road
program or the county "Wednesday
night by the county highway com
MISSION, Will begin laying concrete
Monday morning, Chairman A. II.
Jones OF the commission announced
yesterday. The construction com
pany began making preparations fot.
the resumption of the paving OF the
county roads yesterday morning. fol-
lowing the signing OF the contract
on Wednesday night.
The sand and gravel plant AZ Tam.
pc was started in operation arai1
ana the company began to gather ffs
forces together for the start Mon
day morning. PREPARATIONS have
peen made by the company to rush
all necessary materials TO Buckeye.
where the first concrete OF the hal
ance OF the program Is TO BE- laid.
Wlthln a short time, the highway
commission stated yesterday. IL IL ex-
pected that the Twohy Brothers COM
pany wiz have four or five paving
macnines In operation in the county
ana tne work Will be rushed in order
that tho remaining 1861 miles Of tbe
program will be finished on Dec. ri
1922, the time Twohy Brothers bv
their bid agreed to finish the pro-
gram.
When the company finished paving
under the first bond issue there re-
NAMED TO be paved about ~ miles
or the road into Buckeye and the
company left their rails, tracks, pav-
ing machine and all equipment III
place so that to begin laying con
crete all that Is necessary Is 10 get
the material to the place and a crew
Of men. The company also has quite
q bit OF equipment in the Chandler
district, the commission said, and
operations probably will be started
IN that district at once.
Sixteen Miles q Month
TO finish the program by the time
agreed, the commission stated yester-
day. il win be necessary for Twohy
Brothers to complete the laying OF .
little more than 1G miles OF paved
road each month during the next ten
months. This win include not only
the actual laying Of the concrete,
which can DO laid az the rate or about
one-balf mile a day, but the excava-
tons, preparations Of subgrades and
the making Of shoulders after the
The commission stated they were
Of the opinion that the connpany
would have no trouble in finishing
the program IN the time agreed, pro-
viding nothing arises TO stop the pro-
gram When the entire program Is
finished it will be the largest paved
road program In a single county in
the United States and will mark the
completion OF ore OF the largest prof.
ects of this kind ever undertaken In
the country.
Issue Statement
In explaining why the highway
commission accepted the bid OF
Twohy Brothers company for the
compilation of the program instead OF
the bid Of the California Construction
company, Chairman A. f. Jones OF
tho commission yesterday made the
following statement:
After three years OF studying the
various types OF roads making IN
vestigations and receiving the opin-
ions Of engineers and other commits
sions engaged in building roads. the
commission arrived cit the conclusion
that the concrete roads were worth
more TO the taxpayer than any other
type. While many protests we're re-
ceived by the commission, the large
number of petitions filed with the
commission indicated that the ma
jority OF the people in the county
wanted the cement roads.
Nearly every settlement or sec.
ton in the county asked that their
individual portion OF the program be
paved with concrete, even II the re-
mainder OF the program was TO be
paved with asphaltic concrete, indi4
eating that tho majority Of the peo-
pie were in favor OF cement.
"An exhaustive investigation OF the
amounts spent by other counties and
states in the upkeep OF their roads.
consisting of both types, also con-
vinced the commission that the con.
crete roads were the best buy on
the market today. While il is true
that there is nearly $4,000 difference
mile in the cost Of the two types
OF road, the experience OF others has
led us to believe that there is also at
least that amount OF difference in the
value OF the two roads.
Bid Worth More
THE fact that the bids received for
the two types OF road showed only a
difference of approximately 3l4O0 a
mile together with the difference or
from seven TO eight months in the