Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1934-03-21


State Highway Department. at its office
Dover. Del. until 200 o'clock P. M, East
ern Standard Time, March %, 1884, and al
that place and time publicly opened fol
contracts involving the following approx
mate quantities, Contracts 285 and BAT oil
which are under the provisions of the Ma
tional Industrial Recovery Act:
CONTRACT 2S5
THRU SMYRNA I7O Mi.
Concrete Pavement
1880 Gu. Yds. Excavation
1890 So. Yds. Top Selling
100 Tons Broken Stone Base
10,950 Gu. Yds. Concrete Pavement
1880 So. Yds. Removal Old Concrete
$500 Lin. Fit. Rubber Expansion Joint
$500 Lin. Fl. Cork Expansion Joint
100 Tons Bituminous Concrete Surface
80 Gu. Yds. Glass A Concrete
10000 Lbs. Reinforcement
$4,000 Lbs. Catch Basin Castings
Manholes
5000 Lin. Fl. D. S. t. C. Pipe
OR
$500 Lin. Fl. Concrete Sewer Pipe
13,400 Lin. Fl. Parkway Curb
200 So. Yds. Concrete Gutter
$500 Lin. Fl. Concrete Curb
1000 Lin. FIT. Gable Guard Rail
1000 Lin. Fl. Wood Shoulder Curb
200 Lin. Fl. 10'' c. !. Pipe
CONTRACT sos
PORT MAHON ROAD 2 Mi.
Marsh Fill
Lump Sum
CONTRACT SAT
WIDENING WEST & WASHINGTON
ST. 0.SI3 Mi.
3,400 Gu. Yds. Excavation
2,4OO Gu. Yds. Concrete Base Central
OK Mixed)
1880 So. Fl. Concrete Sidewalk
10000 So. Fl. Brick Sidewalk
1000 Tons Bituminous Concrete Sur
face
20 Gu. Yds. Glass A Concrete
500 Lbs. Reinforcement
$500 Lin. Fl. Concrete Curb
IN Performance of contract shall commence
within ten (l0) days after execution of the
contract and be completed as snecified
Attention is called to General Inforna-
ton for Bidders" in the proposal specif-
cations. and contract agreements. Atten-
tion is also directed to the special provis-
ions covering sub-letting or assigning the
contract and to the use of domestic ma
terials. when financed wholly or in part
from National Industrial Recovery Funds
and especially called to the fact that the
funds for N.R.H., N.R.M.. and MRS,
projects were obtained from the provisions
Of the National Industrial Recovery Act of
June 16. 1888. for the purpose of providing
employment and fastening industrial re-
covery.
The employment agency of the National
Re-Employment Service for Contract 2s5
is Kent County Re-EmploymeEt Office, Do
yer. and for Contract BAT the agency is
National Re-Employment Bureau. 9Th and
King Streets. Wilmington.
The minimum wages paid will be thirty
five cents per hour for unskilled labor and
forty-fve cents per hour for skilled labor
in New Castle County and thirty cents per
hour for unskilled labor ard forty cents
per hour for skilled labor in Kent and
Sussex Counties.
Al: thiy payments will be made for 90
each month.
Bidders must submit proposals upor
forms provided by the Department.
Each proposal must be accompanied By
a surety bond. certified check. or money 70
the amount of at least ten (10) per centum
of the total amount of the proposal.
The envelope containing the proposal
must be marked Proposal for the Con-
struction of State Highway Contract
NO.. s..-
The contract will be awarded or rejected
within twenty (20) days from the date OF
opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any or all
bids.
Complete sets of plans and ,speciHca.'o-.
may be obtained after March Is, 1884,
upon receipt of two dollars ($2.00)for each
contract, which amount will not be re-
funded.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Dover. Delaware