The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-07
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HIGHWAY BIDS
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ten, besides the three low bids the
others being as follows:
Alabama Concrete Products Com
pany OF Selma, Ala: Southern Road
Company of Birmingham, beginning
work in Is days with completion in
S65 days
Hancock Brothers of Mobile, to be-
gin work in 20 days. with completion
in 335 days.
J. s. Holloway Construction Com
pany of Meridian. Miss, work to begin
in 80 days and completed in 500 days.
Pittn1an Construction Company of
Atlanta work to fbe completed in 365
days.
F. w. Long and Company OF Jack
sonville; work to be completed in $50
days, beginning in 80 days.
Doullut-Williams of New Orleans,
Work to be completed in S65 days. to
begin in 20 days.
Meyer-Gre enWald Constructor Com
pany to begin work in 80 days, COM
pletion in 400 weather working days
G. II. Turner and Company of PEN
sacola, work to begin in 20 days; COM
pletion in 400 days.
Following the reading Of the bids,
the meeting adjourned until three
O'CLOCK in the afternoon, In order that
in the interval the bids might all be
talbulated and checked. The commits
eioners were assisted in this by
Thomas A. Johnson, bond trustee, and
the county engineer.
After some preliminary business of
the afternoon session, which include
resolutions in regard of the Gulf
Beach Highway, the bidders were ex-
cluded from the room, and after some
consideration of the bids, representa-
tives of the three firms making the
lowest bids were called in for the pur-
pose Of securing all possible informa-
ton on the bids
Charles 3. Parker, representing
Speed and Company in the de-
tailed information which he gave, in
reply to questions put to him by the
board, stated that he would refer them
to the state highway department Of
Kentucky, as to reliability to put
through the job in the right way. He
spoke of other contracts which this
company had satisfactorily fulfilled,
among which was one in North Caro-
lima, and he declared that his COM
pany was fully able financially to carry
out the contract in every way. He re-
ferred to strong bonding companies,
and said that he had letters to the
American National Bank here.
Mr.. Parker pointed out that great
part of the money which will be paid
out for the building of the highway
will be placed in circulation right here
in Pensacola. Asked as to labor, he
said that Escambia county labor would
be used with the possible exception of
some skilled labor, which might be
brought in-but that this would be
only in very special cases.
Asked as to the rate his firm would
pay labor, he said that they would
conform to the price here, paying the
same rates as were general. He also
declared that equipment was entirely
adequate.
Walter B. Elcock, district manager |
of the Portland Cement Association,
who was at the meeting, was called in
by the board, and spoke in the highest |
terms of the Speed Parker Company. |
Mr.. Elcock said that he was in no way
interested in the company, burt merely |
In Pensacola because of his interest
in the matter as a whole in it's rela- |
ton to cement. He. stated that the |
were most fortunate in |
such a low bid which was |
Is cents square yard lower than he
would have figured it, had he been |
representing a company.
Mr.. Elcock said that he had known
he firm for six years and knew them
10 be thoroughly reliable in every way
and fully able to finance the project. |
Others were also called in who knew |
Mr.. Parker and gsvs witness to the |
act that the company was thoroughly |
reliable.
Before his withdrawal from the room
IN being INTERCEPTED, Mr.. Parker
stated that he would use Escan1bia |
county material at far as possible. in
he road work, if he was awarded the
contract.
Mr.. Parker was followed by Mr..
Ewing of the Doullut and Williams
Company of New orleans. who gave
in line with those given byI
Mr.. Parker. In connection with the
county material Mr.. Ewing said that
hey would open a gravel pit of their
,wn, close by
c. H. Turner Of the Turner Con-
'tructioh Company, when called in for
urther information on his bid declared
hat he had all the money he needed
or the work and then some-Fhatl
ravel and cement would be purchased
light here that he would use both
white and colored labor-and that his
'lans contemplated running q line from
he electric company's line~to out near
Iarris' store, in order to facilitate
york and prevent accidents.
There was considerable disappoint-
nent locally that the bid OF the Tnr
er Construction Company should
ave been SO much higher than that of
he Speed-Parker Company, as there
Tas a very general feeling that all
Kings being equal, the people of Es-l