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Show Highway Stretch to Cost $66,121 One of ths most difficult places of highway on tha Wendover route across ths western part of the state to construct hss been 1st to K. H. Lamas of flaldura. whs proposes pro-poses to build this section of ths road for IM.121. The contract awarded carried . yarda of borrow material, on moving which tha low bid waa 44 centa a cubie yard.- -The engtneer'e eetimate was M cents and tha only other bid, that of Krott at Bundy. waa still higher. There ia alao In the work the hauling and framing of 12S.00& feet, board measure, of lumber, TiracUcally aU of which will ba of heavy dimensions, snd the driving of U04 linear feet of twelve-Inch piling for and of 1SOS feet of sight-Inch piling for ths bridges. Brldgea will be constructed con-structed on the salt beds opposite every brides on ths railroad, which parallels the road at a distance of Hi feet, and culverts will be constructed con-structed every few hundred feet. Ths engineers estimated that tha labor would coat tlt.ee! M. In addition to this tha etate will supply sup-ply materials costing lm 71. and when ten per cent additional la allowed for engineering and in-pectlon in-pectlon costs and for contingent expenses, tha total coat of the road, under the enginser's estimate, would ba 171 471 34 for tha IH miles, or 111.174.41 a mile. The Lamas bid wss ttt.U4.tt for labor, making the total eoat. with materials and contingent allowances. allow-ances. 144.121. or I10.M7.54 a mile, for the road bed complete except for the gravel , aurfadng. The Kraft at Bundy bid brought ths corresponding total to MS.tlt It. |