The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-23
BID ACCEPTED
FOR BUILDING
NEW PAVEMENT
County Commissioners Would
Pave Stretch From End
Main Street. to Prison
PRELIMINARY
STEPS
Letting of Contract Depends
Upon Ultimate Success in
Raising Of Funds

this morning passed resolution
taking preliminary steps to pave Il
section of the Red Trail from the
east end of Main street to point
just beyond the state pcnitentiary.
The resolution asked for the letting
Of contract to the Haggart Con-
struction Company Of Fargo for bit
ulithic pavement.
Under the proposed pavement
plan, federal aid for half \thc cost
would be obtained, the county's
share Of state aid used and efforts
made to have the state furnish
more money because Of the peniten
tiary, and have the Northern Pacific
and 500 lines contribute.
Commissioner Bachman voted "no"
on the resolution, saying that he
would not favor it., if the county
had to bear heavy share. He was
told that the resolution was prclim-
mary and that the contract would
have to be signed later if the plan
went through, and he then changed
his vote to "ayc."
Commissioner Bachman, during
:, the discussion, also asked County
\ Auditor johnson why he had not
demanded money Bachman said he
understood for coming from the
state for money put on the concrete
road to the bridge. The auditor re-
piled he understood that it was
necessary for the county to put in
more money and then it would get
the money for use on new project.
The proposed contract for the
pavement of 1884 miles east from
Main street would be $123,365.lO for
and two-inch top of Warrenite btu
lithc. Bids ranged from $115.409.S0
for one type of concrete to $780,
{ 636.S1. The bidders were Haggart
NConstruction Company, General Con-
struction Company of Minneapolis,
S. Birch and Sons, St. Paul; North
ern Construction Company, Grand
Forks.
The low bid is considerably higher
than the cost of paving on the last
stretch of concrete on the road from
the bridge to Mandan. That stretch
of 1896 miles cost $82,619.88, under
contract with the Northern Construc-
tion Company, or $40,745.22 less than
the contract for paving about the
same distance on this side of the
river.
The resolution of the board of
/, commissioners follows:
y Moved by Commissioner Moynier,
seconded by Commissioner Soder,
whereas, on the 22nd day of
December, 1924, bids were submitted
to the Board of County Commission
<trs Of tho County Of Burleigh for
the construction of the Federal Aid
Road from Ninth street in the city
of Bismarck for 2.3S4 miles east on
the Red Trail, being known as Fed
crai Project No. 244, in accordance
with proposals Of the State High
way Commissions:
"And whereas, The Haggart Con-
struction Comr.ny Of Fargo, North
Dakota, has g,ubmittcd bids, and are
the lowest responsible bidders in all
kinds of col .struction submittcd:,fr
"And Wk k,reas, Warrcnite BTU
lithic pave5acnt on four inch
Jasphaltic concrete base is deemed by
this Board the most desirable pavcr
ment to be used for the construction
Of said road:
"Thcreforc, Be 1t Resolved by the
Board Of County Commissioners of
Burleigh County, in the State of
North Dakota, that said board, and
said Board does hereby recommend
to the Chief Engineer and Secretary
Of the State Highway Commission
that the award of contract for the
work Of Federal Aid Project No. 244
be given to The Haggart Construc-
tion Company of Fargo, North Da
kota, on the following class Of work,
namely, road grading and paving,
and that the type of pavement re-
commended be the Warrenite Btu
lithic wearing surface on four inch
. asphaltic base, on the following con-
ditions:
That all parties benefited by
said work shall certify to the State
Highway Commission that they and
each of them will pay their
proportional part of the cost Of the
construction of said road"
Roll call Moynier, aye, Soder, aye,
Bachman, aye. Swanson, aye.