Show ea maly rk on UALA ly ty TM Sp meville ville companies file low estimates on jobs in duchesne chesne district MAW MAN TEAM CLAUSE TO AID employment road commission slated to act soon on award of contracts for project ct dirt will fly within a fawd few daya on 10 52 4 worth ot of highway ampro work in duchesne county especially adapted to the use of manual and team labor it the low bids opened monday 1 by I 1 the state slate road commission are accepted the bids however are in each ease caso approximately 20 per cent higher than the engl engineers rulers estimate the acceptance or rejection ot of the bids will be acted on in the near future by the commission the work contemplated is the to a width of 20 feet ot of gravel ot of the federal aid road load U S 10 40 beaw between een Dil duchesne chesne and myton lyton miles preparatory to application of 0 in an oil gravel mulch on oil this section next spring tile the specifications call for the use of a maximum of man and team lalar labor alar abor and for completion of the work by april IS 15 gravel r accessible gravel has been found at convenient points alent alon the route and there will be little hauling to be done in excess of the distance ot of two miles the federal specifications under which the contracts are to be let require quiro re all hauling ot of less than two miles be done by team in the interest of 0 unemployment relief such work will require use of a large number of men and will contribute materially to the unemployment relief said E 0 knowlton assistant engineer of the state road commission who presided at the opening of the bids this project is adapted to aci such specifications the project Is divided at antei lope only four bids were ed on each project from W W clyde company and A 0 thorn of springville Spring ville young ogden of richfield Richtie ld and B D D Palfrey Fal freyman marl of provo the springville Spring ville con tra etora were the respective low bidders the clyde on the miles between duchesne and antelope at for tho the labor and a total cost to the state which supplies some materials and allows 10 per cent tor for inspection and contingencies of 0 gravel hauling on this lob job Is bid at 22 cents centa a yard mile which allows for a 48 cent an all hour minimum wage for man or 65 cents for man and team and a maximum of 30 hours a week per man the lie engineers estimate showed a total of dauline haulms estimated the thorne bid was low on the antelope stretch of miles at for the labor and a total cost to the state of hauling bid of 0 mr C thorn thorne orne e was a at 27 cen cents s a yard mile but lower bids on other items brought ills his total bid to about less than the clyde bid the engineers estimate here was total it if the low bids are accepted the total going to the contractors is from which are to ba paid the rental of equipment arid and the supplies furnished by the contractor and his profit the remainder going tor for labor which must be furnished by the local committee thess these usually consist of the county commissioners who represent the various local agencies handling relief work and the project engineer representing the state road commission |