Smyrna times., 1931-03-11
ASK S67,128 To CONSTRUCT
WILMINGTON STREET CUTOFF
PHILADELPHIA AND CON
CORD Pixies TO BE LINKED
Bids Opened For Widening the du-
Pont Highway Down State From
Milford to Georgetown

The State Highway Department,
at Dover, last week opened bids on
the construction of the new Forty
third street cutoff in Wilmington;
the widening the DUPONT Highway,
between Georgetown and Milford;
the construction of the steel super
structure on the Marshallton
Bridge. and the laying of five miles
of road between Millsboro and
Bryans Store, as well as two other
smaller jobs. The low bid on the
Forty-third street cutoff, which
will connect Market street and the
Philadelphia pike with the Concord
pike and help to divert traffic from
the former section, was SCI, 1850,
asked by Frank Mallalieu, of AL
den, Pa. The cutoff will be .874
of mile long, and will run over
the beds of Miller road and Forty
third street. Other bidders on the
cutoff were: George and Lynch,
Dover, ,S67, ,485; Suburban Construc-
tion Co., Philadelphia, S68,672.50;
D. E. O'Connell and Son, Ridley
Park, Pa, 1851 so; and the Con
tinental Contracting Co, Balti
more, S78,84O. George z. Shock
ley, Rehoboth Beach, was low bid
der on the Marshallton bridge su-
perstructure and Walter Roach and
Sons, Georgetown, on the DUPONT
highway widening. Their bids were
respectively, $19,677.50 and S133,-
875. Other bids opened were: Mar
shallton Bridge Steel Superstruc-
ture-J. A, Bader, Wilmington,
S21 1884; Frank Mallalieu, Alden,
Pa, $22, 2,2615O; George E. Shock
ley, Rehoboth Beach, S19,677.50.
St. Georges-Drawyers, fencing,4 81
miles Walter 1. Newton, Newark,
$2650 c. A. Paugh, Brookside. n,
Y, S3926; Nichols Construction
Company, Glenolden, Pa, S2347. so;
Continental Construction Company
Baltimore, Md. S465O; George and
Lynch, Dover, $2470: George NJ. D.
Hart and Sons, Townsend, $2337.-
so; White Brothers, Supply Com
pany Wilmington S2607; Horace
T. Potts and Company, Philadel-
phia, S3574.5 so; Boyce Brothers,
Stanton. .S2329. 80; Smyrna Concrete
Products Company, Smyrna, 81
$3.50; John H. Knox, Inc, Clinton,
n. j., S3797.
Georgetown-Milford DUPONT Road
widening, 1854 miles Continental
Construction Company, Baltimore,
Md, S152, ,735; George and Lynch,
Dover, $161 $50; Field, Barker and
Underwood, Philadelphia, S143,-
1926; Highway Engineering and
Construction Company, Selbyville,
S135,5 ,525; P. D. Phillips Brothers,
Salisbury, Nd, S144, ,621; Walter
Roach and Sons, Georgetown, ,S133,
875; w. w. Truitt, Lincoln City
i S144 sos; Old Line Construction
Company, Chestertown, Nd, S141,-
461.
Millsboro-B -Bryans Store, miles
Field Barker and Underwood
Philadelphia, S112,17S.50; Cont
mental Contracting Company, Bal
timore, Md, S121 ,9S5; Old Line
Construction Company, Chester
town. Md, S1O3, $4,000; George anc
Lynch, Dover, S115, ,2295O; High
way Engineering and Construction
Company, S1O1 ,864 so; P. D. Phil,
lips Bros, Salisbury, Md, S109.O8O
William w. Truitt, Lincoln City
S110,413.
Observation-Disclosures fencing
4.31 miles C w. Paugh, Fields
boro, N. j., S3645; Walter 1. New
ton, Newark, S2497; George anC
Lynch, Dover, S2304; Nichols Con
struction Company, Glenolden, Pa.
S2231; George MD. Hart and Sons
Townsend, S2212.50; Horace T
Potts Company, Philadelphia, So.
233.40; Smyrna Concrete Product.
Company, Smyrna. S2338; Boyc,
Bros, Stanton, S2231.96.
Bryan's Store u Hardcastle =
Clearing and grubbing 4.6 miles
w. E. T. Truitt, $3.50; Old Lin,
Construction Company, $1O,620