Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1919 — AVERAGE ABOUT $40,000 A MILE [ARTICLE]

AVERAGE ABOUT $40,000 A MILE

In the State Highway Contracts Awarded Last Week. Contracts awarded last week by the state highway commißsion_for about 43 miles of roads, were as follows: National road, Vigo county, West Terre Haute, west to Illinois state line, 4.66 miles. A. J. Yawger & Co., Indianapolis; concrete, $147,908.10; commission estimate for (miles, $36,925.44. Range line road, Howard and Tiptdn counties, from south line of Center township, Howard county, south seven miles; L. C. iHodglns, Kokomo; concrete, $242,943.34; commission estimate for mile, $42,703.7*5. French Lick road, Warrick county, Boonville to Vanderburg county line, 10.275 miles; 6. R. Adams Construction Co., Princeton; concrete; $432,497.37; commission estimate of mile, $42,703.75. French Lick road, Lawrence county; Bedford to Orange county line, 12.436 miles; Wabash Construction Co., Vincennes; concrete; $503,157.54; commission estimate for mile, $42,507.02. Jackson highway, Johnson county, Greenwood to Franklin, 8.452 miles; Morris & McTurnan, Fairmount; concrete, $288,397.45; commission estimate for anile, $37,- ■ 09.91. To Lawrence Jenkins of Frankfort the contract for building the concrete highway along the range line of Ceniter township in Howard county north to the Miami county

line, 2.98 miles, for $98,395.28. The commission estimate was $123,034.49. The Federal Paving Co. of Chicago was the lowest bidder on the other road, for which the contract was not let at once. The road is 11.382 miles of the Lincoln highway in Lake county, from Schererville east to the Porter county line. The Chicago company bld $373,156.38. The commission estimate was $418,424.62. This contract has not yet been let and it was said at the commission office that possibly it will be some time yet before the award is made.