The Brunswick news., 1922-12-12
PROBABLE THAT
FORMER WILL Be
A LIVELY EVENT
II is Understood That Several
Bids Have Already Been
Received.
1T is ALSO PROBABLE THAT
BRIDGE CONTRACT TO BELET
Two Bids For the Bonds Were
Received by Clerk Townsend
From Toledo, Ohio, Yester-
day and Many E&pectedy..

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The Board .of. GynDs sCountyss cod.
missioners viii hATa.a ~na si5gs ieeefs1
ing at their sqsla ~ = the
court house 5his. N qr2 b .fosstl lse 9pr.I
pose Of opening biuss3os fl.s sS3EbnfI
St. Simon highway hos5s So fojjs
receiving bids for the g.bns.faeEi! 4;
OF the bridge which will cop&ee
beautiful island with the tsAss III
A number Of -afss5 ssH fsssS fies
Interested in both ifhA sie III the
bonds and the buildfAg 9f ssh6k6ridge,
were in the city yeste1faB gsd it dsl
more than likely that bonds &iif{,,, ,,se5
sold and the contract for the yhpiAge
awarded. ~
The advertisements calling foE Hifl&
on three different contracts have Been
published for the past month and
number of contractors have been in
the city looking over the speeifica-
tions, etc, preparatory to submitting
bids.
The amount ayailuble fer the CON
struction Of this highway, includin1
all Of the fills, bridges, etc, is s50,oOlS
TIC ana0uni was raised by the. ssss:;sis;;. ;s:;is;;Is I
pf bonds, s175,000 hs the coiiHtS,
like sum by the city. Two
fSbiete surveys Of the proposed
AWAY have been made under the
aElIpervision of the state highway de-
partment, and each estimate SUBMIT
ed placed the approximate cost
around 100000 The additional $50
600 was decided upon by the city
and county, however, Tor any emer-
gency which may rise and in the event
the bids were in excess Of the esti-
mates prepared by the state engineers
1t is generally expected that the
contract viii be awarded at the meet
ing Of the local highway commits
soners today, and in the event
it is, then it is generally Understood
that active %ork will begin on or
about January /, az it is provided in
proposal for bids that work on twsS
OF the contracts must begin within
fifteen days after the awarding Of
the contracts; this calls for the
clearing Of the entire right Of way
and the fills The remainder of the
work must begin as soon as possible.
The work on constructing this
highway will be in charge of the
state highway engineer and the work
will be paid for as it progresses, 80
per cent of the amount done each
month to be paid for on or before
the tenth Of each succeeding month
and the remaining 10 per cent to be
paid thirty days after final compile
tion and acceptance
The awarding Of the contract to-
day will mark the real beginning Of a
piece Of work which few years ago
was consideder imaginary, When the
subiect was first approached there
were citizens who were quick to say
sit cannot be dane" others who esti-
mated it would cost millions and mil
lions of dollars. AS a matter Of fact
there were but few people in Bruns-
wick who really believed that the
building of highway connecting st.
Simon Island WITH u the mainland
within the next decade But those
WHO ubu SLuuAcu Up f1LNatlOu were
not discouraged by the knocks they
received; they We're called dreamerg
and all Of that, but they continued
their efforts, and after one or two
surveys by private engineers who es-
timated the cost at less than a half
million dollars, the city and county
became interested, and through their
efforts the state highway department
agred to make the preliminary sur
veys. and two Of them, completed in
every detail, approximately the cost
at 100000. With this information in
hand, from engineers of known ability
bond elections We're soon called by
both the city and county, and they
were both almost unanimousl car
ried, and within the next two or three
weeks active work on the great nigh-
way will begin.
In all the total bonds to be disposed
Of today is s4OO 10000 Oh this amou
the city has ss175,0QosO0 ST. sirseFs
highway bond and s5Q,O0Q.qO voted Tor
sewerage extension sga 6stteFment
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