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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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Sacramento's state department of public works awarded highway contracts worth $450,000 and received low bids over $700,000 as part of a 'million a week' program to create 50,000 jobs by January 1, with construction starting in October for 4,000 jobs.
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SACRAMENTO, Sept. 16. (U.P.)—Announcing contract awards totaling approximately $450,000 and low bids amounting to more than $700,000, the state department of public works today had completed launching the first unit of its "million a week" highway construction program designed to create 50,000 jobs before January 1.
During the three-day bid-opening period, offers of contractors for the various projects amounted to $3,417,448, a saving of better than $200,000 on the engineers' estimates for the work. Actual construction of the first unit is expected to begin during October, with jobs supplied for about 4,000 men.
Contracts awarded included:
Imperial county—Oiling 6 miles earth shoulders on border highway between Araz and Colorado river, V. R. Dennis Construction company, San Diego, $5,576.
Low bidders late yesterday were:
Riverside and Imperial counties—Shoulder oiling 21.7 miles of Los Angeles-San Bernardino-Calexio lateral, Matich Bros., and Geo. Gardner & Sons, Elsinore, $21,994.
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Sacramento
Event Date
Sept. 16
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contracts awarded totaling approximately $450,000; low bids over $700,000; total bids $3,417,448 saving over $200,000; expected to create 4,000 jobs starting october.
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State department of public works announced contract awards and low bids for highway construction projects as part of 'million a week' program to create 50,000 jobs before January 1. Specific awards include oiling in Imperial county by V. R. Dennis Construction company for $5,576; low bid for Riverside and Imperial counties by Matich Bros. and Geo. Gardner & Sons for $21,994.