Smyrna times., 1923-05-23
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
OPENS MORE BIDS FOR ROADS
CONSTRUCTION SEEMS TO BE ON
INCREASE BECAUSE OF LABOR
Three Contracts Over in New Castle
County, Including One From Town
send to COldwell, Given Out

Bids for five contracts were opened
at a meeting of the State Highway
Commission held at Dover Tuesday.
Two or more bids were entered with
the Commission for every one of the
contracts. The meeting of the Com
mission occupied three hours.
That prices of road construction
work are becoming higher was shown
in the bids returned at Tuesdays
meeting. The prices offered are al
most equal to the war time prices.
Scarcity and high price of labor are
offered by the contractors as being
the principal reason for the high
prices.
The first bids were for contract
number CN-11, for a road from Town
send to Coldwell, 4.35 miles. The
low bidder on this contract was Will
liam Eisenberg of Vineland, N. j.,
whose price was $152,879.7O. Other
bids submitted were E. Riley Mixner
Co., SwedesbQro, N. j., $159,82750.
McNichol Paving and Construction
Co., Philadelphia, S171 $4,000. Mich
ael Staub, Pitman, n. j., SIP, 2,5O8.75.
There were two bids for contract
CAS-, for the fill at Appoquinimink
bridge. Cook & Jester, Lincoln City,
bid S2,340 and A. Lee OrreIl, Odessa,
quoted $2,49O.
F. Cataldi & J. P. Mangilli of Will
mington had the low bid on Contract
Number CK-8A, for highway drain
age sewer through Camden. Their
price was $4,101. George and Lynch
of Wilmington had the low bid on
contract CK-8A, for highway drain
age sewer through Camden. Their
price was $2,690, while F. Cataldi and
J. P. Mangili of Wilmington bid
S4,1O1.
There were three bids on contract
CN-7 for the Marsh road in New
Costle County, 2.21 miles. A bid of
S137 ,494.00 from the Baton Construc-
tion Co., of Philadelphia, was low.
Other bids were E. Riley Mixner Co.,
Swedesboro, n. j., $151, ,444OO, Nc
NichOl Paving and Construction Co.,
Philadelphia, $156,955.0O.
On contract CN-1O, Bear State road
in New Castle County, 2.746 miles,
the low bid was entered by D. E.
O'Connell & Son, Ridley Park, Pa.
Their bid being $97,487.72. Other
bids offered were E. Riley Mixner Co.,
Swedesboro, n. j., 166, 6,536.50. Nc
Nichol Paving and Construction Co.,
Philadelphia, $111,728.O0. Michael
Staub, Pitman, \. j., $115,662.OO.
Several delegations appeared before
the Commission requesting roads in
various sections of the State. A large
delegation appeared to support a re-
quest for an improved road from the
dupont Boulevard through Dagsboro
to Ocean View by the way of Vines
Church. Another delegation from Sus-
sex County wanted a road from the
main State Highway thru Laurel to-
wards sSharptown, Md, a distance of
about two miles The third delega-
tioR requested the Commission to con-
slider the completion of the limestone
road in Northern New Castle County
to the Pennsylvania State line. Part
of this road has been constructed and
connects with the Lincoln Highway
near Newark.
Notice was received by the Com
mission that a public hearing on the
plans for the new bridge over the
Nanticoke river at Seaford will be
held in the Acorn Club in Seaford on
May 21st. The meeting will open At
7.3O P. NJ, standard time and will be
conducted by the United States Bu-
reau of Navigation.