The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
BIDS TABIJLATED ON 6-MILE ROAD
 FOR JEFFERSON
Project Involves Paved Link On Birmingham
 Montgomery Highway

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Aug. a. Tabulation of bids was completed at the state highway department Friday Cn a project comprising 8.97 miles of paved road in Jefferson county, on the Birmingham-MOntg highway. Bids were received on several types of paving, and q comparison of low bids for the various types is of in tercst.
 For plain cement concrete surfacing, the l0N bid was submitted by the Newell Contracting company of Bir- mingham, $170,739.S7. For rock as- phalt the low bid was that of the Uvalde Paving company, Dallas, Texas, S241 ,920.S1. For sheet asphalt, low bid was submitted by the Morgan Hill Paving company of Birmingham, $219,- 502.26 The low bidder for warranite bitulithic was the Southern Roads company of Birmingham, $216, ,201.22. For bituminous concrete, Portland base, the low bid was by the Morgan Hill Paving company, $202, ,131.26.
 The low bid for grading and drain age work on the project was by J. J. MeCarty of Birmingham, $127, ,3S0.13.
 Other Bids Tabulated
 Bids have also been tabulated for 6 three-mile project in Pike county, be- tween Troy and Orion ond sand clay type. The court of county commis- sioners of Pike county were low bid ders, $25,909 50.
 Gov. W. W. Brandon left Friday for Camp Mcclellan. He will attend the ceremonies on Saturday, Governors Day" at which colors will be presented to the historic 167th infantry. The governor of Mississippi will be on hand for the occasion.
 Tabulation of tho following bids was completed at the highway department Friday afternoon:
 Jefferson county, eight-tenths of a mile of road near ROebuck, low bidder for bituminousa concerto, portland base, was the Independent Pving com pany of Birmingham, $24,516.53; for warrenite bitulithic portland base, Southern Roads company, Birmingham, sac, ,297 .64.
 MissIssipplan Is Low
 Escambia county, gravel surfacing zine miles of road between Brewton and ATidalusia, low bid was submitted by Myers Construction company of Hattiesburg, Miss. $7S,S11.31.
 In Choctaw county, for 6.3 miles of surfacing between Butler and Rider wood, low bid for gravel was by F. l.. Ellis, Gainesville, $411O7a.30. and for chert, Bennett Brothers, DOthan, $43,- 47O.5O,
 For 8A miles of road in Sumter county, comprising section A of the project between Livingston and the Mississippi line, low bid for grading was by the Western Construction com pany, Little Rock, $49547. 10; for gravel aurfacing, J. W. Gwin, $74,- 6S3.e0; .Chert scurfacing. Sam B. Boyd, Columbia, Miss, $71, ,410.80; laWhide surfacing, Morgan-Hill Paving company, Birmingham, $101, ,572.62; for bridges, Nixon and Phillips, Lineyille, $34, ,7O352,
 Tabluations of bids for section B of the Sumter project was not completed today,
 Award of contracts for these various prospects, Is expected when the high way. commission meets Monday,
 aS0 Quarts Captured-Capture of 230 quarts of red whisky in raid in Jefferson county with a Stakeholder car, was reported to law enforcement Headquarters, Friday, The man in charge of the car escaped,
 In another raid in Jefferson coun- try. a Ford car, 30 gallons of whisky and four hen were captured Two 40O- gallon stills were seized in raids in Jefferson county, With 1900 gallons of beer, A raid in Birmingham yielded about 400 grains of morphine.
 In Tuscaloosa county, one 125 and one 60-gallon still were captured, with 200 gallons of beer, two gallons of whisky and two arrests. An S0-gallon still, with 1000 gallons of beer, was seized in Lee county In Mobile county. 2 120-gallon still. ione of 50 and one T5-galI0n, with $50 gallons of beer, 20 gallons of whisky were seized and three men arrested. Capture of 100 gallons of beer, quart of whisky. and two ar- rests were reported from Etowah coun- ty. In DeKalb county, Ford car, 50 gallons of whisky and a 6O-galI0n still were seized.