The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-05-19
PAVING CONTRACT
GOES TO SPOKANE
STANDARD ASPHALT COMPANY is
LOWEST BIDDER ON DIS
TRICT Is AND IA WORK

The city council last night at a
special meeting awarded contract to
the Standard Asphalt Paving company
of Spokane for the improvement Of
districts No. 13 and IA, including paw
ing, grading, curbing and laying of
storm sewers. District No. 13 includ-
es "B' street from Polk to Hayes
streets and Hayes street from "B" to
'C'' streets and district No. IA includ
es jefferson street from Third to
Fifth streets and Fourth and Fifth
streets from Washington to Jefferson
streets. l-4ia asfFSHf sEaS
The total contract price in district
No 13 is $21,714 and in district No..
IA is $11,0O4. The contract calls for
the laying of Warrenite- -Bitulithic
paving with one and One-half inch
pressed rock base at a price of 1928
total contract price includes cost Of
grading, curbing, paving and laying
OF storm sewers. The contracts will
be signed within week or ten days
and the work of grading and laying
curb will start the first part of June.
Same Type Paving
The city of Moscow has three paw
ing districts in which the same type
of wearing surface and base has been
laid, namely district No. 10, including
Third street from Polk street to Hayes
street and distrist No. IL, including
First street from Washington street
to Van Buren, street, laid in 1917 and
district No. 12, including Blake ave-
nue. from University avenue to Riden-
baugh hall, laid in 1918. This paving
IL all in fine shape at the present time
with no surface cracks or signs of
wear and with not a dollar spent in
maintenance up to date.
In districts no 10 and II, laid in
1917, the price paid for pavement was
$2O8 per square yard. In districts
No. IL, laid in 1918, the price paid
was $3.50 and $2.55 according as to
whether same was laid on cuts or
fills.
The contract price of 1929 per
square yard is considered fair price
taking into consideration the present
financial, labor and freight conditions,
as compared with the same conditions
In 1917 and 1918 and prices paid for
the same pavement in other cities. IN
1917 and 1918 the contractor paid 80
and 40 cents per hour for labor; now
he will have to pay 45 and SO cents,
an increase of 25 per cent In August
1920, freight rates increased 70 per
cent for this territory. Yet the price
is one cent per square yard less than
that paid in 1918. The city of Tekoa,
Wash, recently awarded contract
for bitulithic pavement at price OF
$2.70 per square yard.
Other Bids Received
Bids were also received on five inrh I
and six inch one course concrete pave
ment as follows: in district No. IL,
from H. George of Spokane, on five
inch concrete, $220 per square yard
for pavement only, ,5O2 for total OF
of contract; on six inch concrete,
$245 per square yard for pavement
only, $22, 1920 for total Of contract.
From N. w. Byers and Co. Of Spokane,
on six inch concrete, $3.50 per square
yard, $24,440 for total contract.
In district No. IA, from H. George,
on five inch concrete at 1920 per
square yard for pavement only, $1O,-
397.5O for total Of contract; on SIX
inch concrete, $2.45 per square yard
of pavement only, $11, ,347.50 for total
of contract From N. w. Byers on
six inch concrete, $3.50 per square
yard of pavement only, $12,674.7O for
total of contract.
Thicker Concrete Best
The city council did not consider il
wise to lay five inch concrete pave
ment in these residential districts as
the experiences of other localities In
dicates that a thicker concrete than
five inches is needed to get the best
results The state of Washington is
laying highways of concrete with.
thickness of from six to seven and one
half inches Last year Pullman
laid a concrete pavement in the resi-
Dental district with a minimum
thickness of six inches.
The total contract prices submitted
In the two districts on the Bitulithic
pavement with one and one-half inch
wearing surface and six inches OF
rock base WIS $32,718; on
six inch one course concrete, $685. ;
4997O, a difference of $781.70 in favor
Of Bitu1ithic pavement Members OF
the council expressed themselves as (
preferring bitulithic pavement for ]
these districts. A contract was there
,ore awarded to the Standard Asphalt
Paving company|as the lowest bidder.
M0NTANh-InAH0 MIN