County Saves Money by Re-bidding Road Contract
After rejecting initial high bids, local commissioners secure a $10,600 contract for the highway from Grant’s Corner to White Bluffs.
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Gordon Wilson of Sunnyside was this week given the contract for the construction of the state highway from Grant’s Corner through White Bluffs to the old water tank corner. Bids on this road were first opened in April but the commissioners rejected all of them at that time because they were too high. The county saved $500 by readvertising, as Mr. Wilson’s bid was $10,600, or $500 less than the one he submitted in April. The bid of A. H. Zane of Hanford was $189 more than that of Mr. Wilson. The contract provides that work on the road must be started within ten days.
“The county saved $500 by readvertising, as Mr. Wilson’s bid was $10,600.”
The perpetual struggle between infrastructure costs and taxpayer budget oversight echoes in modern municipal planning. Like many roads in the now-defunct townsite of White Bluffs, the specific route mentioned was likely abandoned or repurposed following the government acquisition of the valley for the Hanford site.
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