The Mankato free press., 1923-09-14
Road Betterment Con-
tracts Cost Less
CUT MADE In BIDS
Commissioners c. NJ. Babcock
Accepts Proposals For
Eleven Projects

made available and mostly at pre-.
war prices. the lowest received tins
year, Charles M. BaococK, sta.e
highway commissioner, this week
announced awards or contracts for
eleyen beIIerments on widely ais
.tr.buted sctIons OF the sta.e system.
Ac AS. incluGes more ILa. seveuty
II, miles OF new graansS seven and
ore naR miles or paving SIX OF
.,enng anu tnir,een new orluseS.
ine work, as p.eVIousiy annv@nc-
ea, Is to Ue paiu LOT uainiy WAN
co.nsy acknowledgements oond IuAus.
Contractors are 10 START ~i.nout ue-
iay anu u pusu cUnsCrucSion LnaI
.ue puu,ic may peSIn USING Lue nlsn-
" av Impros eiiie4i,s as soon aS pos
sIuIe AWARDS were on TIE loweoI
Did IN eacn Case, with an exception
wuere o.Ae DIuQer foceiVeu I.sioe
aInLu unit OF Woth taxing al nis eQaIp-
n.e..t ana a ulvIslon msS LAa.e Win
lie next lowest 20 expeulte opera
lions.
Projects, put under contract with
a Jew oIhers 10 be let Lnls Lall Will
coiupiele TINS SurIacing OF ali new
grauIng on the trunK routeS, accord
- 20 jOnn n. MuaIen, n.sL ASSISTANT
eomm.ssioner allu CIIiel nIsn"ay e.i-,
glneer.
Lower prices were offered at this
three -fourIns as many O.Q-erS ..s
at the previous competition. De-
creases were altrlUuleu lo me iact
that contractors are enabled TO
carry on some work during thS
wi.Iei nlon.ns. Free no.iCes given
by Minnesota newspapers la ad, ancs
or the ieLLllg are creuIteu Dy Com
..Ilssioner Baocock with securing
iower figures anu giving contracts TO
small AID local bIuders. Tne ma
.orIty o. the Jobs were bid In al
prices from 10 TO 20 per cent under
the advance estimates by nisn"Ay
enginee.s. Commissioner baDcock
EXPRESSED Satisfaction at the resait
approximately 10000 lineal feet
Of new type steel cable guard rail-
was contracted for on low Dad or
% cenIs-la llneal foot instaIed.
Tentative awards, with explana-
tory comments by highway officials.
IoAlow.
T. II. No. 3-Kellogg Minnesota.
eleven miles graailg and nve
briages-Nelson, r rulton and Nelson.
Minneapolis, gr-d.ng at $lzs,S.S; a.
e. Beeklan, Lac City, mono-ithic
Bridge company, st. Paul, 375 loot
bridge at $31, 94y; Independence
B,idge Company, MINNEAPOLIS, one
45-foot and two 50-iOot bridges IT
S2o,366, and Ormand and Feder.
Rochester, So foot Drldge at $l4,450.
The above Improvement on the
Whitewater Bottoms section OF Il.
H. NO. 8, which is three feel under
water at tiles, will maze the route
fro q olxxyo a n. Ia
except on stretch south OF Vino
ma where an Improvement Is to be
put under cont. act this fail.
T. H. No. 3-St. Cloud 81. Joseph.
7.3 miles of grading and payiAg,
,brldge-AP. w. Roark, Thief River
Falls, grading az SS9,43J: 0s,saa
and t1aLiett, Crosby, concrete paving
at $171.632, and Independent Bridge
COMPANY, 12O- foot bridge at $lU.340.
This project viii eliminate all
angerous grade crossings on the
route near st. Cloud. The paving
was bid at $-.24k a square ya.d,
compared with $2. 46 on the T. II.
NO. 45 project between saltwater
and st. Pun, recently contracted.
L. H. No 4-Bemidji- Nary, six
miles grading, to Beck aud hartman,
hellner, at S10,16z. A new con-
necion south from Bem4uji WAGE
will shorten the distance between
that city and walker oy six lniIes---
Z length of the job.
T. HI. No. lV-benson- -Kerkhoven,
twenty Lilies OF grading and .
bridge-M. w. Barna4d, minneapolis,
grading az SsU,1ol; p. NJ. BEL Fer
gus Falls, mOnolithic culyerts al
,2,40I, anu Pederson Bros, Monte
VideO. 40-foot bridge at $4,3f9.
Completion will mean 200 miles OF
continuous permanent giade on L.
H. NO. ten from Hennepln codnty
TO Dakota line near Bro~Ls sai4e5
54K to s'art 1T rnce on new loca
near Benson and on old hne
November /, 1924.
T. H. No. 17--Garvin- Currie Cor
ner, S.5 miles grading: G. H. Lowe,
Wflmont, grading at $24.6S0. and
Theo. Jensen, Tracy monolithic
culverts at Sass. Will complete i'm.
proyement Of T. H. No. II except
piece near Hanley Falls.
T. H. No. 23-In st, Cloud, SO mile
ment with city which Is paving full
width Of street with asphaltic con.
crete-Cost $13,394.
T. II. No. 42-Elgin Doty, slA
miles graveiilg-Dieseth and Berg
erud. Fergus Falls at S9,36U.
Will complete gravel tsurfacing o.
route between Rochester aud Waba-
sha.
| T. H. No. -Caledona Spring
Grove, ten miles grading-N Nelson,
S47, and G. H. vickerman, = Mono.
lithic culverts at $10,316.
4. Fl. No. 44-Spring Grove Mabe!,
eight miles grading and a bridge
Nelson. Fulton and Nelson, gradin,
at $75,121; w. T. Baxter, Webster
Jity, Ia, monolithic culverts, Div.
A, at $3.50; Martin Sagdalin. Sprine
Grove, monolithic culverts. Div. n
at 1855, and David Graham, fifty.
foot bridge at S6,6S6.
T. III. No. 44-Mabel- Prosper. etyh
miles grading and a bridge-Nelson
Fulton and Nelson, grading at s91
404: w. T. Baxter, monoiithic cul
verts at 1854; Benson and x rnpula
Minneapolis, one 90 foot and tive 80
foot bridges at $17,4So. and John J.
Kerr: Rochester 2o-foot, bridge at
T. II. No. se-In Rochester 200
foot concrete bridge. at Independ
ent Bridge Co.. at $27177O. City Of
Rochester Is to contribute Sc 0rI0 to
brirge funds to pay for additional
width and for ornamentation. Calls
for bids on additional projects are to
be issued soon.
Always TeasInu