The Bozeman courier., 1927-06-24
CALL FOR BIDS
ON ROAD WORK
MONTANA HIGHWAY BOARD CONTEM-
PLATES As MILES, NEW BRIDGES
AND 12 PROJECTS
Governor Recommends Pardon for Aged
Chinese; Contract for Soldiers Home
Hospital Awarded; Objections to Ac-
ceptance of COrbin Hall Voiced
(By Our Helena CorrespOndentl

NDy OuE hele0a correspondent
Calls were issued a few days ago by
the Montana highway commission for |
bids on IL road and bridge projects to |
be contracted on June "a. The road |
| projects total about As miles. The work |
| is to be done in Phillips, Carbon. Park,
Meagher, Liberty, Saltwater, TOOle and
| Mineral counties. The commission re-
Gently let contracts for half a million
dollars.
Projects included in the new call are:
Dodson-Malta road in Phillips county,
4286 miles, grading and surfacing with
crushed gravel.
Four pile bridges on the same project.
Brtdger-Silesia road in Carbon county,
7.042 miles, grading and surfacing with
crushed gravel
Wilsall-White Sulphur Springs road in
Park county, 5.687 miles grading and sur
facing with crushed gravel.
Steel bridge across F1athead creek on
same project.
Same road in Park and Meagher coun-
ties, 6.326 miles, grading and graveling
Chester-T1ber section of Shelby-Ch
e ter road in Liberty county, 1928 miles,
grading and graveling, westward from
. east city limits of Chester.
f Ftfty-seven-foot timber pile trestle
4 across Cottonwood creek on same project.
y Shelby-Sweet Grass road in Toole
county, 5.941 miles grading and gravel
ing, extending north from north CITY
: limits of Shelby.
y Laurel west, road in Saltwater county
o 6.97 miles, grading and graveling.
Thirty-one bridge across Hensley
q creek, 23-foot bridge over Cove ditch and
u l2l-foot bridge over Allen creek, all steel
S, on same project.
One hundred ninety-foot span, stee
ID and concrete bridge over Clarks Fork o.
" the Columbia near Cyr in Minera
IS county.
II Wong Chong Kee, serving to 10 year
Id in prison and subject to a $1,000 fine
A. has been recommended by Gov j. T
Erickson for pardon. He was convicte
nj in Yellowstone county in May, 1926, o
- selling narcotics. The recommendatiO
~, is made on the understanding that tn
" man will leave Montana and not return
Governor Erickson also has recommends
rs reduction Of the sentence Of two and one
gh half to five years which Forrest FowlkC
n is now serving in the state prison. Il
was conN lcted Of assault in Yellowstor
lr- county. His wife is dead and four Chi
n dren are dependent upon him for SUI
IN port.
ids The jury in the suit brought by A.
far Norton of East Helena against the Gre
cir Northern Railway company to recov
. $4,000 damages for the death Of b
tad son, Harry, who was killed in the acc
avs dent that occurred December "a, 191
he when street Car was struck by Gre
mo Northern train at the East Helena ro
crossing, and four people were killed, I
turned verdict for the railway cor
@ @ras pany.
ra- Contract for construction of a hospit
naG at the state soldiers home at Columt
Falls was let by the state board of e
ties aminers to Simms and Dern of Kalisp
ual on bid of $8,47920. The building "
of be an addition to the present womel
the building, 20 by 40 feet, two stories anc
basement. Private hospital rooms, We
ate and quarters for nurses will be provid
on The legislation allotted $4,000 for
81 work.
Objections to acceptance to CorE
,,o hall, new women's residence hall at I
way State university, Missoula, and release
49, ~ the contractor, H. j. Hammill, from
10y .at:S, bond, were considered by the state boi
"AAA Of examiners recently.
The board had before it a report o
-old contractors committee, G. ]. Forl
Jar architect; Ray Pew, painting contract
hen Q. H. Elliott, general contractor, and
llch G. Hugenin, state architect. 1t g
heard orally Mr.. Hugenin, G. H. Cla
stry president Of the university, and M,
ster Brannon, chancellor.
oeen The report discussed construction
S of the building in detail, advises SC
changes and commends the contraC
.roor for rushing the work. The building
= IF occupied a month before expiration
So1s the contract, Hammill now is at W
Mr. 49, NJ ~ ~ eels AsIi, anOCner uOI
the OOAJ' A'O "O'iOAA was Usefen
n0 An award of $4,000 industrial ins
ance for the death of her husband
- coal miner, was given Mrs. Mae Nj
tain dovs eSo rrIo@ i,,Ira+ o q
Oned Jie+rict count fo,. HT11sseIs11o11 coS-,1t
- HGD tI the state industrial accident board, WI
10y had denied her claim on the ground t
nted retba,. than a1, i11S;1SstioI it,o
in Catobpc Trout In street