Smyrna times., 1931-10-21
BIDs FOR HIGHWAY WALKS
Estimated SSS,416.5O AS Lowest
Cost For S4.1O Miles of Work
Work for One Hundred Men

Estimated 33,416.5O As Lowest
Cost For S4.IO Miles of Work
Work for One Hundred Men
/ The Joseph S. Hamilton Com
pany, of Wilmington, was the low
bidder on three sidewalks to be laid
along State roads in New Castle
county, when bids were opened at
Dover by the State Highway Com
mission yesterday. The sidewalks
viii total 40 miles in length from
Farnhurst to the Wilmington city
line. Rose Hill School to Eden Park
Wilmington, and Wilmington city
line to Shellpot Park. There were
no contracts awarded yesterday,
but contracts will be awarded as
soon as the bids are gone over by
the highway engineer. The work
is a portion of that mapped out by
the State Highway Department
some time ago to relieve the unem-
ployment situation and it is pro-
vided that all work possible shall
be done by hand. 1t is expected
that more than 100 men will be
kept employed on these sidewalks
for several weeks. The total cost
of the work at the lowest bids will
be S33 ,416.50. This work was de-
cided upon by the State Highway
Department some time ago. Since
then the department has decided
to issue S1,OOO,OOO in highway
bonds and to construct a number
of new roads as well as these side
walks. There are a number of
other sidewalks to be constructed
in addition to the new roads. Bids
for eleven projects, including both
sidewalks and roads, will be open
ed on November IL. The State
High Department has been gener-
ally commended on the decision to
build sidewalks along the high
ways. In addition to giving work
to unemployed men, it is declared
to be the best safety measure that
the State has decided upon in some
time. The construction Of the side
walks will make it unnecessary
for depestrians to walk on the
roads in these sections and posi-
bility Of accidents will be lessened.
Bids to be opened on November III
will be for much larger amounts
than the bids yesterday because
considerable grading for roadways
and filling for others will be in
cluded in the work to be done. The
department has decided that wher-
ever possible hand labor will be
used. This will only be changed
when the cost Of using such labor
is considered prohibitive. The bids
received yesterday were:
Sidewalk, Farnhurst to Wilmington City
Line. 2.35 miles Continental Contracting
Company, Baltimore, Md, S25,1S George
and Lynch. Dover. $27,455: Edward a.
Daler. Coatesville, Pa, S20,572: Edward
De3 Sabatino and Sons. Wilmington. $19.-
63S; Joseph S. Hamilton and Co., Will
mington. sl5.4f9; A. Vantrisk and Sons.
Wilmington. S23.356; J. A. Bader and
Company, Inc, Wilmington. S19.475.20; /;
D. Z. OConnell and Son. Wilmington.
S23.034. Joseph S. Hamilton Co.. were
low bidders).
Sidewalk. Rose Hill School to Eden Park,
1925 miles-Andrew Mitchell and Company,
New Castle. S19.734.5O; d. E. O'Connell
and Son. Wilmington. $l6.526; Joseph S.
Hamilton Company, Wilmington. S12.I82.-
so (low bidder) Continental Contracting
Company. Baltimore, Md. S20.S24: George
and Lynch. Dover. $20.0O3 Joseph Thomas
New Castle. S16.622.04; Ernest De Saba
tino. Wilmington. SIT. 7.256; J. "A. Bader
Company. Wilmington. SI6.S79.20.
Sidewalk. City Line to Shellpot Park.
0.5O miles Joseph Hamilton Company.
s47s7 Clow bidder) Universal Contracting
Company. Ardmore. Pa. $593O: Andrew
Mitchell and Sons. New Castle. s5796
Continental Contracting Company. Balti-
more. Md. s732O; ID. E. O'Connell and
Sons. Wilmington. Del. $3.50; Edward
Daler. Coatesvile, Pa. s6380; A. Van
trisk and Sons. Wilmington, 1925; Ern-
est DeSabatino. Wilmington. S54S0; ,. "A.
Bader and Company, Wilmington. S6247.4O.
Three -Four Wheel Drive Trucks. 3 1-2
ton-Alban Contracting Company, Balti-
more. Md. S13,228.5O; Four Wheel Drive
Truck Company. Clinton Grove. Wisconsin.
S12.735.