Smyrna times., 1925-07-08
~ MY ROAD CONTRACTS 70. 70
m IG'I1qdIIE II OVER HALF MILLION
ONE IN KENT FROM Will
ONLi cOoyE TO MARYLAND LINE
Err Roads Up in New Cas-
Five are a.,tv Comprising in All Fif-
tie 'O teen or More Miles

=. construction of new roads
Blos S,. e. Castle and Kent counties to
in Ne" 'onnt of more than half mil
the al,Ua IlIIars were opened at Dover,
lli9Il,.a.Jay lion uoii, at a meeting of the State
NednssT'cC " ls1 commission. While the con-
Hlgn"@! Tore not awarded it is gener-
ally O't,. 4So contracts, following a tab
gwen gwen 'I Of the bids and a verifcatiOn
nia'iUn no reosDonsibility o of the bidders
on5 oI la acceptance of the bonds furnished
WIN Tsaro VIZ were six contracts on which
~ i",,s wore submitted, five of them in
o- olus Castle county and one in Kent
Ns~ ,.r The greater number of bid
JorI'. 5ors ..abmitted prices for the con-
OsLs 1I,.tion Of the 4.87 miles of roadway
S..n.oon 80, Cbristiana and Newark in
wv, castle county, twelve contractors
W. Vino tbe work. Eight contractors
,Sr,itted prices for the construction
y +bo seyen-mile stretch between
willow n Grove and Maryland state line
n F OCOnnell and Son, of Ridley
port Pa the lowest bidders on three
of tho contracts, withdrew their bid
~ fourth and it is expected they
will he awarded the contracts for
those on which they were low.
An tbe Sussex County road build
mo proiects were held up pending a
Jseision Of the State judiciary on the
ysIiditv of the S1,OOO,OOO bond issue
authorized by an act of the recent
LEGISLATURE. Whatever action the
iudces take it is believed will be too
ia+e TO allow any work to be done on
roads in that county during the pres
ent year.
Largest Bid on 7-Mile Road
The largest contract on which bids
were received was the construction of
the Willow Grove Maryland State line
road. This is a stretch of seven
miles and the bids were as follows:
R.. l. Bonham Company, Bridge
town, y. j., $256, ,79O.5O; Field Barker
and Underwood, Philadelphia, $780,
O64.5O; Froeming Brothers, Milwau-
kee, Wis, $258,247; MacNichol Paving
and Construction Company, Philadel-
phia, S293 .5OS.5O; f. Riley Mixner,
Goshen, y. j., S243,725.1O; David
Shontag, Baltimore, Md, S247, ,597. so
Meredith and McVaughn, Castle Shan
non, Pa, 55,305.00; Frederick Cor
Oza, Baltimore, Md, $262,486.7O.
The second largest contract calls
for the construction of 4.87 miles OF
roadway between Chirstiana and New
ark and the bids were as follows:
Broad Creek Contracting Company
Baltimore, Nd, $189,O172O; Froeminq
Brothers, Inc, Milwaukee, Wis, $685..
S29. Highway Engineering and Con
structOn Company, Selbyville, Del.
2O9O5S25; F. w. Lovett, Newark
SlSll3O60; MacNichol Paving anC
Construction Company, Philadelphia
Sl4,l9940; E.Riley Mixner Company
Goshen, n. j., S183,375.77; Mereditl
and McVaugh, Castle Shannon, Pa
Sl65,l8925; D. E. O'Connell and Son
Ridley Park, Pa, $171,376; A. lie
Orrell, Odessa, S199,482; William W
Iruitt, Lincoln, Sl75,64268; Benjamin
Foster Company, Philadelphia, S195,
I5O1O; Frederick Coroza, Baltimore
Nd S19OS45.O5.
Other Projects Bid On
The other contracts and prices sub
mtted are:
Contract CN %, Point Breez,
Scnool-Faulk Road,1.49 miles; Bato
Construction Company, Philadelphi;
S'o'fS5; Juniata Company, Philadel
Pnla, S7O,26O.5O; f. Riley Mixnel
Goshen, N. j., $65,8O5; Alfred Mellow
ell, Elsmere, S8l ,9O7.
Contract 81, New Castle, Sixt
5%eeE-lO6 =. miles: Henry E. Patol
Philadelphia, $5O,148.25; Broad Cree
contracting ~ Company, Baltimore, Md
Sco4'05z.0O; E. Riley Mixner COMPANY
TOSnen, N. j., $46,27O.25; Highwa
TNuglneerng N and Company, Selbyvill
Ssl1 C1 So5,859.60; D. E. O'Connell
2on' Ridley Park, Pa, S42,O23; L. J
Eeg Orrell, Odessa, ,S54 ,O26.5O; Fred
r' rlsl' Ekton, Nd, $59,564.5O; Wi
"ar Irultt, Lincoln City, S45,481.4I
\ contract, CN-25, Washington sire,
We" Castle, 0.447 miles-Baton Coz
C;n 9.luGtlon Company, $16,294.5O; Bros
m UaeeA Contracting Company, Bait
C'' cure Md9 S17295; Z. Riley Mixn,
FFO1pany, ois Goshen, N. J., $1,000;
e., e. = az Connell & Son, Ridley Park, P;
1155oo'z1ZoO; 15o, 91:; A. Lee Orrell, Odessa,S1G
eIs Is' e0o William w. Truitt, Lincoln Cit
Sl8,O8l isu T. FlSh' Elkton' M
svl''. GOltfaet CN-26, Valley Road-Pen
I1ia I,yNanla Line, O.966 miles-E. Ril,
0,Gd' 01ler' Goshen, N. j., S5O,4O8; D.
so SG1Sell 51S & Son, Ridley Park, .Pi
~ '01o, ae Stewart & Donoho, Wilmin
eol5 , SCo'z'015; C'-' William W. Truitt, Lii
'''n City, 49,259.
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