The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-18
CONTRACTS
FOR S1,409,646
ROAD PROJECTS
State Accepts Bids as Part
of S5,0OO,OO0 Program
to Give Jobs.

Contracts for s1,409 ,646 in high
awarded by the State Highway
Commission as part of the 100000
program to be completed by The
first of the year to provide employ
ment for thousands Of joble5s.
A total of "a bids we're received
with the low bids totaling approxi-
mately 100000 under the engineer
ing estimates.
The projects and contractors are
as follows:
Lake and Porter Commissioned
ing and structures on 6763 miles on
State Road 30, from one mile south
of Merrillville to three-fourths mile
east Of Lake Porter line. Ralph
Myers, Campbellsburg, s118,677.
Madison County - Paving 1853
miles on State Roads 236 and g.
from Main-st road south Of Ander-
son to p. C. C. 81 st. L. railroad
j. r. Hiatt Co, Indianapolis, $135,-
DAT.
County Project Let
Allen County-Paving 05 mile on
State Road "a, and paving gap at
underpass to Pennsylvania Rail
road in Fort Wayne. No bid under
estimate.
Martin County-Drainage work on
.083 miles on State Road so, one
mile northwest Of Shoals. E. r.
Campbell, Sandborn, s8391.
Warrick County-Paving IL miles
on State Road Sc, one mile south
east of Yankeetown. Hanson Bros,
Inc Evansville, $4605
Marion County-Surfacing $685.
miles on State Road %, from Eng
lish-av in Indianapolis to New
Bethel. Lewis Dehmer, Kokomo,
$109,7
Tippecanoe County - Paving .857
miles on State Road So, Northwest
ern-av in West Lafayette. D. M
Vaughn, Lafayette, $51 ,778
Lake CONTEMPLATING 1885 miles
on State Road 6, Ridge-rd in Gary
William D. Vogel, indianapolis $72,-
378.
No Bids Under Estimate
Monroe and Brown Counties
Surfacing 1868 miles on State Road
46, from four miles west to three
miles east of Monroe Brown line.
Ralph Myers, Campbellsburg, $685.
493.
Grant County Surfacing 6347
miles on State Road 81, from Mier
TO Marion. N. B. Putnam Co., Fort
Wayne, $32,964
DaUipcc aIH Martin CO,Iptioc
Surfacing 2776 miles on State Road
40 from KnightstoWn south to IN
diana Soldiers and Sailors Or
phans Home. No bids under esti-
mate.
Allen County-Widening and re-
surfacing 1878 miles on State Road
$50 from State Road so to one-half
mile west Of Georgia Kile Ki1lman,
Salem. $88,679, Widening and re-
surfacing 1l88 miles on State Road
q, ClintOn-st from st. Mary's River
north in Fort Wayne. Brooks Con-
struCtion Co., Fort Wayne, $70737.
Other Contracts Awarded
Lawrence County - Surfacing
1878 miles on State Road $50, from
State Road so to one-half mile west
of Georgia. Kile Killman, Salem,
$88679. Surfacing 224 miles on
State Road $50 from one-half mile
west to is miles east of Georgia.
Kile Killman, Salem, $29 ,237
Gibson County-Surfacing 1913
miles on feeder road from Ovens
vile to U. S. al at Fort Branch.
Cast Construction Co., Warsaw,
$78,824.
Perry County Surfacing 1923
miles on feeder road from Camel
ton north to State Road 81. Hart
g. Hart Columbus, $44,363
White County-Surfacing 6.615
miles on State Road 119 from Buff
falo to PulaSki-White line. No bids
under estimate.
Pulaski County-Surfacing 4.737
miles on State Road 119 from Pu-
laski-White line to Pulaski No bids
under estimate. Combination bid in
two projects in White and Pulaski
Counties. Cast CONSTRUCTION Co.,
Warsaw, SOB 200
Use State, Federal Funds
hOlhOt NouiltS -olA ldCiIlS o3oo
miles on feeder road from Whitehall
to Bloomington. Ralph Rogers a.
Co, Bloomington, $57,178.
Dekalb CONTEMPLATING 671 miles
on State Road 6, Main-st in Butler
Rand and Deal, Elkhart, 40,714.
Jay County-Improvem of .655
miles on feeder road, w. Main-st in
Redkey. c. G. DeBolt Construction
Co. Richmond, $4559.
Some of the road projects will be
financed with state funds, others
with WPA and PWA grants.
Sixth WPA Shooting Victim Dies
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