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Show ROAD BUILDING I COST LOWERED Early Bids Show Decline Throughout Country, Says Report The cost of rdad construction is on , the toboggan, according to an announcement an-nouncement by the department of ag-I ag-I rlculture. It says: "JEarly bids for the construction of r, ,i, ,i aid roadi indicate that pi ices during thi coming season will be materially ma-terially lower than last season. While I bids hav not been received on any large ultimo of work, there Is however, how-ever, enough to indicate a lower level ( Of pri' es. "Grading has been bid at 1". C3 1-2 and 30 cenls a cubic yard in MiSOSUrl I Arkansas and Minnesota, respectively las compared with an average of 35 cents for the section In which these tat are loi ated In 1921 Prices of reinforcing steel in place range around d cents, fs compared with the 1921 price of 8 or 9 rents. land bridge Steel at 4 3-4 cents against 7 to S cents. "A few bids, for the best grade of concrete of ab.,nt 17 a cubic yard have een received In sections where ihe 1921 price was about $2f a cubic I yard. 'Prices bid for the construction of I concrete roads per square yard are as follows. "hio. $1.52; Colorado. 2.27, find Georgia, J' S8, as compared with an average for the whole country' during dur-ing the period 1916-1920 of $2.57 a square yard." r |