Highway Officials Weigh Low Bids On $1 008 318 Road Projects
State highway commissioners heard county bid requests as they eyed awards for several projects. Low bids included F J D Autremont for 11 miles of grading and drainage on Port Arthur Beaumont highway at 163 447 and Central Bitulithic Dallas for a bituminous concrete roadway on Highway 1 to the Santa Fe crossing at 128 174. A proposed Galveston causeway widening financed by a PWA loan costs 1 350 000 with 20 feet added width. The Sabine County bridge and other items were discussed as federal flood relief funds shape plans.
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Vast New Mexico Coal Riches Stir Optimism Across the Plains
The piece extols Colfax County’s coal wealth with a 30,000 million ton claim and a $400,000 monthly payroll. It muses on New Mexico’s future, contrasts frontier history with modern progress, and urges travelers to view Chicago’s Century of Progress and to appreciate the United States from coast to coast.
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