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The Delta Independent
Delta, Delta County, Colorado
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Delta City Council awards contract to Grand Junction firm Claybaugh & Simpson for graveling city streets at an estimated $42,000, with work to start in ten days and finish by October 25th.
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CLAYBAUGH & SIMPSON
Claybaugh & Simpson, Grand Junction contractors, have been awarded the contract for graveling Delta's streets.
Bids were opened by the Council at their meeting Tuesday, and after due consideration the bid submitted by the firm in Grand Junction was accepted.
The bids submitted were as follows:
Hotchkiss & Girardet, Delta, excavation, 62c per yard; surfacing, 15.8c per square yard; culverts, $2.65 per foot.
Weir Bros., Delta, excavation, 70c per yard; surfacing, 16c per square yard; culverts, $1.70 per foot.
Claybaugh & Simpson, Grand Junction, excavation, 60c; surfacing, 15.5c per square yard; culverts, $1.55 per foot.
The total cost of the graveling according to the contract as let is estimated at about $42,000.00
Claybaugh & Simpson have let a sub-contract to Weir Bros. for concrete work amounting to about $7,000.00.
Work will be commenced in about ten days and must be completed by October 25th. The specifications call for a smooth, even grade, three inches below the surfacing. Four inches of gravel, crushed so that no pieces will be larger than an inch and a quarter, will be put on, sprinkled, and rolled.
The extent of the new streets will be about a hundred blocks, or a little over four miles.
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Delta
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Tuesday; Complete By October 25th
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contract awarded to claybaugh & simpson for $42,000; sub-contract to weir bros. for $7,000 concrete work; work to cover 100 blocks or over four miles.
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City Council opened bids Tuesday and accepted Claybaugh & Simpson's lowest bid for excavating at 60c per yard, surfacing at 15.5c per square yard, and culverts at $1.55 per foot. Specifications include smooth grade three inches below surfacing, four inches of crushed gravel (max 1.25 inch pieces), sprinkled and rolled. Work starts in ten days.