Show I HIGHWAY WAY CONTRACT LET Nevada N yada Contracting Firm Submits Low Jow Bid Wheelwright t Second When bids were opened In the United States bureau of public roads this morning for constructing more than five fI miles of the East Rim road Zion national park the Nevada Con Con- Contracting Contracting Contracting company of Fallon Nev Nes' was visa the lowest bidder The bid was District B. B J. J Finch will recommend to Washington that the contract be awarded to the Nevada company Wheelwright Construction company of Ogden was a close second lowest bidder with a bid for The bid was from the C. C R. R H Adams company Yreka Calif The engineers engineers' estimate was 66 Construction of ot the federal aid project proJect eel aroused wide nation Interest some 32 contractors from various parts garts of the United States for tor plans plan I and specifications When the bids were however there were only 13 contractors who bid for the Job tunneling 1 The project will Include of feet teet of solid rock and 28 yards ards of excavation im improvement isa- isa Improvement The road rORd will be an Important provement In a part port of Utah's scenic wonderland The tunnel will be the Us longest t on an automobile road triad In the United States Th TM The tu tunnel alit wUl be he 22 feet leet wide with a height of 15 fe feet Klesel Kiesel Offices of the tise bureau In Sn the tho building proved to-be to too small for the represents ta the manY nY owing o to event ent ent firms 5 contracting of of or chamber of nf f the the large lame room and I used for the opening of ce was ass the bids |