The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-27
DEA[ WITH BUYERS NUT YET CL0SED: RELEASE SOUGHT
Bids Opened By Commission On Road Connecting Gads-
 den And Birmingham
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU 1
 THE AGE-HERALD : Ont0Omery Ala ,June 26

The state highway commission to- day refused to authorize new pro- jects for future construction, this ac- the governor because of uncertainty as to whether the recent sale of sS,000,000 worth of road bonds to leans will be finally consummated
 It was stated that the buyer had become dissatisfied with the deal before 1t was irrevocably settled and the money paid, due to certain tech. nical points. 1t was stated It was buyer to be released might be due to . recent bad break in the bond market. The state has retained the &6o,ooo bond required of the pur- chaser along with all other firms which qualified as bidders, and the belief was expressed that the mat ter would be smoothed over Attor- ney General Harwell G. Davis has gone to New York with this idea in view.
 No Contracts Let.
 No contracts were let today but it was stated that those on which bids have been opened will be let We'd nesday. contingent upon the sale of the bonds. It was remarked incl dentally that the commission had all ready mapped out program by which the entire proceeds of the $3,000,000 bond sale will be disposed of by July l. 1924.
 The commission. in accordance with Governor Brandon's request, voted down a request of citizens of Cham bers county for an extension of the Roanoke-LaFayette road within the corporate limits of Lafayette.
 ot ho bf f~h way department on a road entirely across St. Clair county to connect Birmingham with Gadsden, via Ash vile. 32 miles in length, and the con- tract Is expected to be awarded We'd nesday. Owing to the unusual length $4o0.00o. The low bid for Section A was $165,570.17, submitted by Phillips and company of Birmingham; for Sec ton B, $177,490. by the Donahue Con- struction company of Tuscaloosa, and for Section C., comprising bridges along the road, $49,196.01, by W. c. Houton of Atlanta.
 Bids were also opened on the high way in Crenshaw county from Brant- ley to the Covington line, the low bid for the road work being $224.- 1l1.92. by Fountain &s Myers of Hat iesburg. and for the timber bridges, $S0,062.S2. by the same company, and concrete bridges, $63,9O9.75, by Keen an & Kyser of Selma.
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 Offer To Lend Money.
 The commission received from the Sumter county board of revenue an offer to lend the state $70,000 for building road to connect Living ston with the Mississippi line, the money to be used for grading, build ing bridges and providing drainage, the surfacing to be applied when more funds are available while that state shall refund the money later. The matter was allowed to lie over until the next meeting.
 The commission refused to recon slider the location of the Headland- ADbeville road in Henry county, which will go by way of Tumbleon, with Newville off tho highway
 A survey was authorized for a new bridge over the Choctawhatchee c at Newton in Dale county. this &C., tion being taken at the request of Probate Judge l.. F. Sessions
 Commissioner Callan, who had giv- en notice of a motion to reconsider the location of the bridge on the Montgomery Birmingham highway over the Alabama river at Reese's ferry. withdrew his motion when no hostile delegations appeared and the location was definitely fixed at Reese's ferry.
 EIGHTEEN STILLS CAPTURED