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William A- Smith Contracting
Co., and Brown & Root, Inc.,
both of Anchorage, have enter
ed the low bid of $129,366.94
for construction of a new* bridge
over the Moose River.
Their bid, Richard A. Down
ing, commissioner of the depart
ment of public works, said, was
about $1,450 under the depart
ment’s estimate, and was $36,
000 under the next lowest bid.
Other bidders for the project
were Fred Nygren, Delta Junc
tion, Industrial and Commercial
Construction, Fairbanks, and M
B Contracting, Seattle.
The work on the bridge, to be
constructed about a mile west
of Sterling, calls for grading,
drainage and surfacing of .153
miles of the Sterling Highway
and constructing a 159-foot con
tinuous steel bridge with a con
crete deck, cast in place con
crete piles, concrete pile caps
and concrete abutments.
The contractor ill have 170
working days to complete the
project once he receives notice
to proceed.
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Bd. Appointed
A 7-man planning board for
the city of Kenai was appointed
at the regular city council meet
ing last week.
Mayor John Swanson said the
board would set up zoning reg
ulations, building codes and
generally plan for the city’s
growth.
Appointed to three-year terms
were John Warren and Glenn
Robinson. Eileen Crandell and
Mac McGahn were given two
year terms, and Elsie Seaman,
Donnis Thompson and J. R.
Lietzke, one-year.
Also appropriated at council
meeting was a 17-acre plot of
ground for a future barge dock,
open for public use, for the
city. Permission has been giv
en to barge companies for use
of the area in exchange for a
city dock.
During the discussion on
property taxes, council set up a
new fund for those residents
who live across the river. Any
money collected by the city for
property taxes from these per
sons will go into the special
fund for improvements for the
area.
Elks To Build
Plans for building a Lodge
Hall was one of the main topics
of business at the last regular
meeting of The Soldotna Bill’s
Club (Elks) last Thursday. The
Elks will build on land donated
by Jack Farnsworth in Soldot
na.
On April 1st, the Homer Elks
will be guests of the Soldotna
Bill’s Club and will initiate
their new members preceding
an initiation dance for all Elks,
hteir ladies and guests at the
Soldotna Theatre.
The club will have election of
officers at their next regular
meeting April 7th.
Cauliflower is recorded in
human history as early as the
sixth century B.C.
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