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Show LOCAL CONTRACTOR AWARDED JOB ON REDWOOD ROAD The state road commission Sat- urday awarded to A. O. Thorn Construction Con-struction company of this city the contract for building a new highway high-way on Redwood road after the federal government had made an additional allocation for the work. The local company's bid of $385,-852 $385,-852 was the lowest of several submitted, sub-mitted, and it exceeded the engineer's engi-neer's estimates, making an extra grant necessary. The commission said that highway costs have risen since the original plans were made. The contract calls for building a new two-lane highway from North Temple to Seventeenth South streets; four lanes from Seventeenth Seven-teenth to Twenty - first . South streets, and two lanes from Twenty-first to Thirty -fifth South streets. . |