The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-28
CONTRACTOR URGES
STATE TO PROTECT
IT'S HOME INDUSTRY
Man Contends High.
way Body Should Specify
More Home Work
s473,74s.sI IN CONTRACTS
Bulk Of Money to Be Spent
for Road Grading in Jobs
Awarded at Meeting


giving It Q certain amount Of con-
tract work was urged on the state
highway commission today by r.
Norman, Bismarck. representing the
North Dakota Concrete Products
company with plants at Mandan ana
Minot.
Specifications for constructing prt-
mary highways required the use Of q
large amount Of concrete pipe. For
secondary highways. however. the de-
partment specified . cheaper metal
pipe.
Most OF the roads To- being con-
structed are so-called secondaries and
concrete pipe makers have suffered 9
reduction In their business. II IS
only fair to home industry, Norman
contended, that its material be speci-
fled on some Of the states work.
The highway commission took the
matter under adviSement.
Winter Census Planned
At the suggestion Of Senator j. e.
Eastgate, Larimore, the commission
decided to conduct a winter traffic
census In some places to determine
the cost of snow removal per vehicle
and the percentage Of AUTOMOBILES
can use the roads kept open. The
idea Is to ascertain II the state =
getting Is moneys worth from FUNDS
spent on Snow rer1OvalA
The 1880 highway construction pro-
gram IS to be considered this after
noon.
Contracts totaling $473,748.Sl were
awarded by the commission Friday,
Although the bulk Of the money VIII
be spent for road grading jobs. some
OF It will be apportioned to the pur-
chase Of metal pipe for culverts and
s36,A50.0O will 60 for the purchase OF
guard rail. Contract for the guard
rail was let to G. Cronkhttc.
Grading Jobs Let
Grading jobs awarded follow: Nor
Lon county, 1912 miles south from St.
Anthony, Stevens Brothers, st. Paul,
$50, 60.54.
Barnes, Ransom and La Moure
counties, 1884 miles along county
lines. M. E. Lien, veblen. 8. D.. $685.
5l4.34.
cas- county. 9.l3 miles. Buffalo
north, w. H. Noel company. James,
town, $l6.772.96.
Stutsman, Logan and La Moure
counties, 8 miles east Of dackie on
county lines. A. J. Jackson. James
town, $22,A28.s3.
Divide county, 5 miles south Of
Crosby, 6.5 miles north and south OF
Ambrose and 81 miles north Of Moo
nan, B. NJ. Ledahl, Noonan. $52,020.93.
Bottineau county, 9 miles, Kramer
north, w. II. Noel company. James,
town. $l7!637.02; l4.l7 miles southeast
from Omemee, Shultz Brothers. Mi
not. $3S,359.
Rolette county, Gil miles. northeast
Of St. John, John Coughlan. st. John.
ST., 344.l2.
Rolette and Towner counties. 10.72
miles from Mylo east and Bisbee west.
william Fahey, Lakota. $22.3l7.68.
Grand Forks county. ga miles from
Mayville west. Barnard Curtis, Min
neapolis. $27ysoo.l3.
Concreto 0i1s Accepted
Concrete structural contracts on
various Jobs totaled 464yOo7.24.
Successful bidders were Z. A. Mo-
line. Shuts Brothers. ]. J. Rue and
Sons, Bismarck; Dakota Concrete
company. Minot, and J. A. Jardine.
Fargo.
Concrete pipe contracts totaling
16.Sl6.2l we're awarded to the North
Dakota Concrete Products company.
Mandan, and the Concrete Sectional
Culvert company. Fargo.
Contracts for corrugated metal pipe
on grading Jobs awarded today to-
tailed 42o,13zJOo. Successful bidders
were the North Dakota Metal Culvert
company. Fargo and the Northwest
Sheet and Iron Works, Wahept0n.