Smyrna times., 1927-06-08
RECEIVE BIDS FOR WIDENING
HIGHWAY ABOVE STATE ROAD
STATE HIGHWAY CONSIDERS
WILMINGTON CAUSEWAY PLAN
No Awards Are Made Until Highway
Chief Goes Over Bids-Delega-
tiOns Appear Before Board

No Awards Are Made Until Highway
Chief Goes Over Bids-Delega-
tiOns Appear Before Board
Members of the State Highway
Commission in session at Dover We'd
nesday afternoon opened bids on a
contract to widen the state highway
from State Road to Wilmington,
distance of 5.245 miles. The contract
was not awarded The bidders were:
E. Riley Mixner Co., Goshen, \. T.,
$2O9, ,862.5O; Francis A. Caniso, Phil
adelphia, 1920, O,44125; George & Lynch
Dover, $209, 9,310.50; Harry 7. Camp
bell Sons, Inc, Maryland, S215, 1868;
D. E. O'ConnelI & Son, Philadelphia,
$208,623; Union Paving Co., Philadel-
phia, 3218,012. 80; Dalton Bros. Paoli,
Pa, 1921, ,526.5O; Mizzola & Minori,
Philadelphia, $199,68O William Eisen-
berg, Camden, \. J., $198,551.50.
The board also received estimates
on contract for new road from
Midway to Angola a distance Of So
miles but no award was announced in
connection with this work The bid
derS We're; William " TIuitt, Lin
coin, S168,281; Walter Roach George
town, S144,425.3O; George & Lynch,
Dover, $154,8O2.25; Old Line Con-
struction Company, Chestertown Nd,
$139,979.75
After opening of the bids had been
concluded delegations We're heard for
a road from WilliamsvilIe to Sound
| Church on the road to Fenwick Is
land Campmeeting, a distance Of 3
miles. Congressman Houston spoke
for the delegation.
The second delegation was from
Milford asking for road from
Slaughter Beach to the state highway
BY way Of Angora, a distance Of BE
miles.
a third delegation Of nearly TOO,
headed by Dr. l. J. McCollum, asked
for a road from Wyoming to the
Maryland line by way of the Kent
County AlmShouse, the plea being
made that it was one Of the most used
roads il the county and leading to the
greatest fruit district in the state
The last delegation heard was from
Laurel asking for a road out from
Laurel to Hearn's X-Roads to ward
Gumboro
Mr. dupont, chairman Of the com
mission. assured all the delegations
proper consideration of their appeals
The commission considered several
matters, including the authorization
of the chief engineer to prepare plans
and advertise for bids for the Little
Creek wharf, authorized by an act Of
the last Delaware Legislature
The commission also decided to
complete the road from Dover to kits
Hammock, with gravel, distance Of
3l4 miles.
Tile board also authorized the com
pletion Of the one-half mile Of road
from Bethany Beach to the state
lands recently purchased.
The commission passed on the road
from Columbia to Sharptown, in Sus-
sex county, distance of one and one
half miles; also the road from Shaw
nee to Greenwood and the road from
Little Greek to Cowgill's Corner and
Leipsic, distance of three miles.
It was reported that the Street and
Sewer Department of Wilmington had
agreed with the Commission relative
to the causeway leading to the new
bridge, whereby the state will pave a
road 54 feet wide and the city will
take care of the drainage, curbs, side
walks and lights
A report having been received on
the referendum vote taken in Dover
week ago last Monday relative to
the Governors avenue route through
Dover, J. Hall Anderson, a member
Of the commission, made plea for
Dover, calling attention to the fact
that Dover had contributed at her
own cost and expense to the highway
system, a bitulithic pavement from
curb to curb on State street and a
cement road on Division street. He
, argued that action be taken without
undue delay to give Dover a boule-
ward to relieve the congestion on
State street He then read Mr. Buck 5
letter to Mayor Wallace Woodford
and moved that said letter be approx
ed by the commission, and that the
commission direct Chief Engineer
Buck to cooperate with the city auth
critics in an endeavor to secure OPP
tions at the city's expense for the
necessary rights of way over the Gov
ernor's avenue route, that being the
, route referred to in Mr. Bucks letter
to Mayor Woodford