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Bigelow Awards Eleven Contracts Across Pennsylvania
Eleven highway contracts were awarded by late Highway Commissioner Bigelow across multiple counties, with some bids held for further investigation and others rejected as too costly. Awards cover asphaltic concrete and brick block paving in Chester, Montgomery, York, Cambria, Lycoming, McKean, Tioga, and Westmoreland counties, with bidders including M. Bennett & Sons, D. K. OConnell & Sons, Bell Bockel Co., and George C. Souder, among others. The article also notes a bid rejection in Westmoreland with a remark that state work could be done cheaper, and shifts to the Paxtang Park theater scene in Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bigelow
B. F. Richardson
Philadelphia
Corcoran Construction Company
West Chester
M. J. Farrell
William C. Evans
Ambler
R. H. Johnson & Co
Wayne
Neff, Horn & Co
Slatington
Chester County
Kennett Township
D. K. O’connell& Sons
Avondale
Geo. Souder
Lancaster
Rnest Palmer
Wallingford
Ambler Davis & Co
Edward Bader
B. KF
Wickersham
Kennett Square
Montgomery County
Upper Dublin Township
Telford
D. Webster Anders
William Co. Evans
Abington
Cheltenham
J. F. Shanley
Charles T. Hastburm Co
Yardley
Edw. Bader
Manwaring & Cummins
Sigafoos & Poore
Riegelsville
Fayette County
Fayette City
Hoblitzell & Price
Meyersdale
Ridge Bros. Co
Pittsburgh
Thomas Arrige
Charleroi
Cambria County
Taylor Township
Conemaugh
Bell, Bockel Co
Altoona
Henry Bolar
McKeesport
Samuel Gamble & Co
Carnegie, Pa
Monongahela Construction Co
John L. Elder
Ebensburg
Suppes Contracting Company
Johnstown
Baker-Owen Construction Company
Barnesboro
Bell Bocket Company
York County
Stewartstown
Dwyer & Co
Hopewell Township
George C. Souder
Lycoming County
Montgomery
Busch & Stewart
Williamsport
W. H. Lyons
Sunbury
Monroe Paving Company
Langhorne
B. H. Coryell
G. W. Rockwell
McKean County
Port Allegheny
John Sheehan & Co
Bradford
Simpson & Mitchell Co
Punxsutawney
Tioga County
Mansfield
Simpson Mitchell Company
G. W. Ensign, Inc
Harrisburg
Empire Contractors’ Material and Equipment Co., Inc
Newark
N. C
State Highway Department