Smyrna times., 1928-03-07
OPEN BIDS FOR MORE STATE
HIGHWAY WORK IN DELAWARE
MEETING OF STATE HIGHWAY
COMMISSION LAST WEDNESDAY
Aside From Opening Bids on Two
Contracts, Many Delegations From
Down the State Were Heard

SOAALA6StSS many DNANi5ahAOA'o AOAiA
Down the State Were Heard
AT the opening of bids at Dover
last Wednesday by the State Highway
Department for two contracts, there
were an unusual number of bidders on
the main contract, namely, Contract
SO, being strip Of road SOP miles
from Greenwood-Sha School in
Sussex county. There were sixteen
bidders in all on this particular con
tract, as follows:
Contract 90: William Eisenberg &
Son, Inc, Camden, n. j., 1928, 1880
for stone road; 1921, ,063.50 for Stag
road; Eastern Asphalt Co., Philadel-
phia, stone, 1922, 1850; Stag, $244,-
O18.60; Field, Barker & Underwood,
Philadelphia, stone, 1921, ,068.00; Stag,
S218,284.00; E. Riley Mixner Co.,
Goshen, n J., stone or Stag, $217,-
1850; Walter Roach, Georgetown,
stone, $211, ,10400; Stag, S208, ,668.00;
Hunter Shupshire, Philadelphia, stone
or Stag, $751; 7602.5O; Union Paving
Co., Philadelphia, stone, 22,591.20;
Stag, $258, ,238.2O; George & Lynch,
Dover, stone, S2O8, ,296; Stag, $199, ,596;
H. C. Kuhsten, Wilkes Barre, Pa,
stone, $19O,531.50; Stag, $215,731.50;
Harrison Engineering Construction
Company, Buffalo, N. Y, stone, $685.
528; Stag, $227,148; P. D. Phillips &
Bro, Salisbury, Md, stone, $202,0O7;
Stag, S199,107; Highway Engineering
& Construction Company, Selbyville,
Del, stone, S189,171; Stag, $160,250,
Glow bidders); Development Construc-
tion Company, Baltimore, Md, stone,
$217 7,566.4O; Stag, S216, ,522.40; w. w.
Truitt, Lincoln City, Del, stone or
Stag, $2O1,8O9; John J. Ruirck, Inc,
n. Y, stone, S198,636; Stag, $230,536
Contract 1O5: Roadway, Whining
ton Causeway, O,562 miles, the bidders
were as follows:
Mazda & Corano, Philadelphia,
S87,47O; D. E. O'Connell & Son, Phil
adelphia, $76,175; George & Lynch,
Dover, $85,640; Sutton Construction
Co, Philadelphia, S85,875; W. W.
Truitt, Lincoln, Del, $87,384. No
awards were made
Announcement was made by Chief
Engineer c. D. Buck that there would
be another letting of bids in about
five weeks, at which time there would
be several contracts although not
very large ones.
Some eight or ten delegations, most
ly from Sussex county appeared be
fore the commission asking for i'm
proved roads, all of which were heard,
but no assurances given as to con-
struction. They included the follow
ing:
Gumboro- Millsboro road to Frank
ford, a distance of four miles.
Roxana to Frankford, a distance of
five miles.
Thompson Station to Milford Cross
Roads in New Castle county, two and
one-half miles.
Bridgeville-S -Sunnyside School, Sus-
sex county, four miles.
Bridgeville toward the Maryland
line, nine miles
DUPONT Road to Shortly, Sussex
county, three miles.
Pennington to Andrewville, Kent
county, nine miles. Also another del
egation asking for extension of road
from Andrewville to State Highway,
a distance of about two miles.
Flowers Station to Maryland line,
Sussex county, a distance of four
miles.
North of Greenwood to State High
way, two miles.
Laurel to Heane's Cross Roads to
Wards, between eleven and twelve
miles.
Pennington Andrewville to Green
wood Road, distance of four miles.
Prior to the opening of bids, the
State Highway Commission held a
business session in their rooms, at
which they voted to cooperate with
Wilmington in widening Front street
from Market to King street.
The commission also approved of
the road from Thompson's Station to
Milford Cross Roads in New Castle
county.
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