Tombstone epitaph., 1922-05-28
PAVING WILL START HERE SHORTLY

Bids for paving the first five miles of the Bisbee-Tumbstone state high way were opened at the office of the State Highway Department in Phoe- nix Saturday ai;ernooB. There are two bids that are under consideration. one of which will be accepted and paving will start shortly after the de- cision is made as to which is the low est and best bid.
 At first a little opposition to the paving developed through misinform- ation. but President McGregor of the Warren District Commercial club is said to have remarked that the oppo- stion would he dropped by that body.
 None will come from the Douglas Chamber of Commerce. according to President George Buxton. its advisa- ability now being conceded by all the people who have been informed Of the real facts in the matter. since the letter of the state highway engineer was sent to the Warren District Com mercial club
 The awarding of the contracts will ha let in A few daya
 The paving is to be asphaltic-con- crete. compressed to two inches on solid foundation. the same kind as under similar conditions is approved by the |. :. department of public road sand which has been in Gse ia Phoenix for five years without a blemish. and which has been used e3- tensively in the northwest
 Four of the bidders also entered bids for the surfacing Of five addi- tional miles of the road It is the hope of the highway department. al though funds are not now available. to arrange for the financing of the additional mileage and to let one con trict for the entire ten miles of road. By July. federal aid funds for the work will be available and with funds which will he ready by that time from the .5 per cent fund of Cochise coun- ty. it is expected the financing of the extra project can be accomplished
 The bids received for the job were as follows:
 The Borderland Construction com pany of Tucson. bid g cents a yard. total s49.10;; no bid for extra five miles; complete in 60 days
 The Fl Paso Bitulithic company. bid $l.59 yard. total sS3.952: extra five miles s15i yard: complete in loo days.
 White d Miller company Of Phoe- nix bid 9s cents a yard. total $51.144: extra five miles. Ss cents: complete l20 days
 The Phoenix-Tempe Stone company of Phoenix bid sl4i a yard, total s16.- 032; extra five miles $l.3I1-2 q yard :: complete I20 days.
 The McPeck Burton Bruckman company or Los Angeles bid go cents yard. total s5e.212: extra five miles 99 cents yard: complete 90 days
 The White & Miller company in their bid agree 10 surface the entire 10 miles at the rate of of S9 cents a mile if awarded to them or the five miles for 9S cents. The difference in the two forms of bids from this con- pany. one for five miles and the other for ten miles amounts to approxi- mateIy s10.500.
 The contract for the job will call ! for the surfacing of road IS feet wide and inches thick. The road was originally surfaced with caliche and al present the surface will form very good base for the asphaltic concrete surface. Surfacing is nee essary because the wind blows away the caliche as rapidly as traffic pull verizes it, leaving only the larger pieces and soon the entire surface will be destroyed