Show erf E VS BITI MINNS concrete CONt RETE FOR HIGHWAY cpr E SHOULD BE DECIDED BEFORE advertising FOR BIDS BID 8 0 OFFICIAL pai CIAL 71 U ILE S GAI gait t 2 SE VA DI SOP CD a 1110 EXPOSED the salt late like tribune of f sunday le unity aj 1 1922 an article n page eight all states statte get V 8 oad heir yh should prove par helpful to o arbon county ta taj clevere Sl avers evere jim n dying thel their highway f an as applied to the paving of AJ khe 1 in mile 6 atlee 14 cattle cat ile oate gate road k the arelela deah with a rei review few of the umber of wile miles and kind A types 0 04 built with fadeal ai to date boete oata of the various ams u gad other at ata the following will deal only with tin tailed called dhigh types of highway con oa ruction receiving ce iving federal japport eap sap port e bita ailious cartret a thia this ie is the term for lt v d all ether other form of bituminous eon con ite tion rine rete and brick but par eula irly titu bituminous minous cowe rete oil rete etc concree CoE con creti cret 6 to I 1 favorite crite we are advised thit federal fe leral aul WAI alven to the of a tota A 7 mile of 4 4 high type 10 va f which S 5 miles 13 1 I per tent of otal represented bituminous concrete 1 1651 U miles 79 3 per at of total moncrete on one crete rete and P mile miles 76 per cent f total brick accordingly tle tl e mileage of concrete ec elving federal aari val outranked outrank he e bituminous i concrete ou ereta cyp typed ore uval ah times ani an i 4 briedt pore or ban teis cimei t I 1 mel looking at it another concrete eone rete outranked all oabe klinl bt f ishiah ghigli type or so lard sur n face co road roads in the ratio of almost 4 to L 1 this program of roid conati notion in which concrete to 0 o overwhelmingly pro pre nominated omina ted was appi approved oved only aft eithe noet oat thorough investigation pos elble ble by the he very verr highest road authority on earth arth 1 e th tha aull VAIA state states bureau of public bublic made roads concrete costa more the sah sat lain tribune artt ble also advises that the cout concrete rete roads cost more per mile than the us u types the a average crage tot edit t tot the for per er being bein 39 per mil mile a and u for the alter debritt this fact A ae eted stated concrete led the ill aminous variety by elx six to une ones it could be easily shown wh Jone or rete oads cost more than roads particularly those consisting of a bitu inoue surface on other than a concrete use no weer the government figure figures anet not presented are tho the average or word than miles of both ty types res hould bould be b sufficient e evidence that this a i true thie this desalin the fact that ao a halt hatt the tile principal ingredient in bl ominous ninin costs from two 0 tw two 0 an ani I 1 one alle half times as a ninth much aa As ortland rt and cement the principal ferreli cut ia co merele the bitu lithie people have advised that road consisting stin g of a two anth Bitu lithie wearing aa surface on an a four inch uch black or bituminous base au e imposed ed va a four inch such gravel grayel base there here ia is no manufacture baader such as portland cement or spalt ia in this gravel base would cost nore than a concrete road 7 13 1 S inches thick with wt i a binder of portland bement for its to en tire re thickness vol to the pal paving whip of the price rice to castle gate into road the opulent people ople on the he other band have taken the he opposite view ob bously one or the he other is i wrong cheaper be that as it may it might be re ded that when the state road toad corn com rate mission sion unanimously 1 voted but recent 17 y to ak for badr on concrete eone rete exclusive ly for the til raving 10 mile price to castle gate project the witult bitu lt people put forth every eff oTttO ortto induce the we road to volke that mot de elelta and testate bato bitu lithie in the cau call ter bil bits this la 14 sufficient evi evl dence it la Is nile bl leed ed that the hita hito people at heart agree wilts ilie the cement that pan ran wasily be 1 con strutted ted at leea less conohan co conn conr ete cete on the basis of the conand tred to dalp for obviously when two or more tapes of are in d in a specification and ae ase requa abed beA on tome the govern ment city county or any ary other body having of tte te matter let i morally if not legally leg ally obligated to let the contract for the tho to the lowest bidder regardless regard lees of type or kind of assume Aai up for example that the gov ern eminent menty 1 avers oeta tests for concrete couf cont crete rete and bittinI aPAt onit ruction are applin able to aguon ar uon bounty 1 e c hinlle in lie for jou concrete cretti aad and for bituin altu inous ione I 1 now the moment ave a place these two tw type types ilk 10 eo ati tion it in I 1 not anat atlin but it evidence mat wu wo 1 both as ecial equal in price and equal in iti despite the fact that chere it 1 more 1 between their a cosie costs possible titus advising advie ing the world eo so to i ja tr tir we regard the i two ile tapes equaw bils il s in price and id quality what in I 1 go g g to be tb the inesita ine vital i ie Is mi tt t I 1 why we vie are going to invite inflation and we are going to get it iti too to pie the price of toiv tow crete roada naw that hat th price of te ce deot is a jf finite bigej quan is at most like liec an bock book to all 0 or all engh ngi wo ala his telling th the 0 contractor or er that thit thit pa to I 1 wy vi 1 l L t murl much a can fn erotic t inore per mile hin it real 1 lv iv la Is worth and he be cr they behic being mor iv v heibman are going to take advantage 1 of the fact add surplus profit to their bla and beat concrete eon rete by T then nen the tile state being m orally obligated to let he contract tp to tle lowest retson elble bidder would be the type selected the tho people would foot the unnecessarily imposed burd burden n of per mile er or for the entire project of 10 6 mutt and ind the world would mould go cu on ae as bedre beire be ire with only one more little bliek mark to iti IN discredit die credit should protect public if we woul I 1 amply protect carbon county wity and the state at large a born such possible inflation lif lation and we will first decide pi pa tle the ind of road we deem be healt lilied fait 64 0 tho the work f be it concrete bituminous con arte bretey wood or stone stona block and then advertise exclusively we will then not ile 1 showing allowing our hand to 0 or laying our cards on the qi 10 s by me plainly adaist ig wb 1 S we are wining to pay the most ely of the types included in the call forbids for bids invariably determine this then bid dla diflo on the worrill worx aill ill bi bg wore prone t to stilt lion it legitimate bits 1 MA bu based on oil actual cost ot plu plus reasonable profit rath er than what the traffic will bear and the public will be the beneficiary 1 your protection in this abse if indeed such Is required a the lega legal right to reject any or all bids end and e probably the only ease where adver using for competitive type types la is justified ie in where th interest interests controlling the market for those constituent materials not commma to ail all type e or materials if common in widely different proper tiona bakow an in inclination to manipulate the barket 0 so o controlled rit rolled to th ills dis advantage of th portland ce ment for example exam Is a a constituent ya of and peculiar to concrete As ahalt oa on the other tu is a ib 1 ent of and pecullar to bituminous eon con truc tion sand guild end and gravel or brusta rushed ed stone are riale rials common to both types of pavements and in approximate i y the ania auie proportions Tris ai as the state tat has alre already suly for the portland cement for ahli and other project projects and at a price fri cald said lower than tt it ia Is being sold to iny other tate state in the anion if it not be dangerous from this stand point to advertise exclusively for eon con arete rete whether the state in a I to the same extent exten 1 against por possible sible manipulation of the market IS not known first be aser tallied before considering to advertise exclusively far r asphalt or tous t lat last week the stage over the uintah railway arrived la in vernal by way my of jensen because an tee jam had bad oj o arre burred d in bt green at Al Alha fiandra aura which made mode tt st to use the ferry boats thie this Is t very unusual and the first time an ice fee jam baa bits oceA occurred ia in december to prevent traffic at Alhand re 80 then the water has been very high in the river which is also very unusual far this time of the year vernal express Ex prees |