The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 29, 1949, Page 7

FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1949 FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY, PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRA- TION, APRIL 27, 1949. SEALED BIDS will be received at the office of the Public Roads Administration, * 416 Federal and Territorial Building, Juneau, Alaska, until 9:00 A.M. on May 16, 1949, and then publicly op- ened for furnishing the materials and performing the work for con- structing Alaska Forest Highway Project 1-B7, G3, Grading, Surfac- ing and Bridge, Tongass Highway, Tongass National Forest, First Judi- cial Division, Territory of Alaska. The project is 1.579 miles in length and is composed of grading and sur- facing and a 230 foot reinforced concrete bridge. The principal items of work involved in the project are as follows: Extra and Miscellaneous Force Account Work, All Reqd.; Clearing 15 Acres; Grubbing 10 ied Excavation 90,- sified Excavation 550 Cu.Yds.; Unclas- for Structures Unclassified for Structure: sified Excavation (Bridge) 150 Cu.Yds.; Excavation for Borrow, Case 1, 9,000 Cu.Yds.; Overhaul (1000¢ free haul) A 335,000 Sta.Yds.; Special Overhaul of Bor for Ttems 26 and 102, 1,000 Cu.Yds. Crushed Gravel or Crushed Stone Surface Course, Class 2, Grading B, 4,500 Cu.Yds.; Concrete, Class A, (Air-entrained low alkali cement) 654 Cu.Yds.; Concrete, Class S, (Air- entrained low alkali cement) 195 Cu.Yds.; Reinforcing Steel 108,000 Lbs.; Steel Handrail 472 LinFt.; Culvet Pipe 960 LinFt.; Sectional Plate Pipe 112 LinFt.; Removal and Disposal of Existing Bridge, All Reqd. Plans and specifications may be examined by prospective bidders at Public Roads Administartion, 419 Federal and Territorial Building, Juneau, Alaska; Public Roads Ad- ministration, 208 Broadway-Oak Building, Portland, Oregon; Asso- ciated General Contractors of Am- erica, Benjamin Franklin Hotel, Seattle, Washington; Associated General Contractors of America, Multnomah Hotel, Portland, Ore- gon; Associated General Contractors of America, Lousac-Sogn Building, Anchorage, Alaska. Where copies of plans and specifications are request- ed, a deposit of $10.00 will be re- quired to insure their return. If these are not returned within 15 days after opening of bids, the de- posit will be forfeited to the Gov- ernent. Checks should be made pay- able to the Treasurer of the United States. Plans and speciications may be obtained at the office of Public Roads Administration, 419 Federal and Territorial Building, Juneau, Alaska, and Public Roads Adminis- tration, 208 Broadway-Oak Build- ing, Portland, Oregon. In addition to the project on which bids are now being invited, it is proposed to issue invitation to bidders within the next week for a project involving repair to the Carlanna Creek Bridge near the north city limits of Ket- chikan. Bids on this project will also be opened May 16, 1949. No plans are yet available for this work but the Public Roads Administration engineers in Juneau and Ketchikan will have general knowledge of the work which should enable interested contractorc to view the site at this time. H. A. Stoddart, Division En- gineer. Last publication, April 29, 1949. First publication, April 27, 1949. More than 21% billion dollars worth of new life insurance was , purchased by United States resi- dents in 1947. (1000" free haul) 10,000 ¢ Cu.Yd.Mi.; Pit Stripping (Art. 6.1) ! JEOLCGICAL SURVEY TRIANGULATION WORK FOR SUMidE_I_! 10 START The advance party for the sca- |son’s triangulation work out of the Geological Survey office has |rived in the persons of J. H. Lang- | hofer and R. C. Foley. These mi are from the headquarters of t | topographic section, Denver dej {ment of the Geological Su | from which the Alaska departm |is handled. | The summer's work is the Scuth- east Alaska Project which includes the Skagway, Glacier Bay, Ly Canal, and Ketchikan areas. Und as has been r seasons, will for photogram- | | multiplex. N.n | parties compoe of about 30 men will be on the all summer project | lasting until a:out the end of September. To aid in the project, a helicop- ter will take men to various peaks to ce bronze tabl on the ation points. This in Lang- €r's {ifth season here and Fole nd. Langhofer is project engi- and Foley is the field ¢ “:nt Crew members are to arrive on the Baranof. e — oft e I neer [Republicans Plan | Campaign for 1950 (By Associated Press) The Republican party, with its sights on the 1950 elections, is !Ivlanmng to forge campaign am- munition at a series of regional meetings. Starting probably in Sep- i tember, the meetings were planned originally to’ discuss farm problems —and to woo the farm vote, tut Senator Robert Taft now wants public health and housing included in the agenda. THOMPSON PASS OPENED; LOADS ARE RESTRICTED ! Col. John R. Noyes, Alaska Road | Commissioner, has received word [lhat Thompson Pass, north of Val- z, was opened Monday for limit- ed trafiic. As the road is soft and ‘wet, no heavy loads are per- mitted yet. There still is danger from roadslidi It is necessary to ford Low River at Mile 16. “We hope,” said Col. 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