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Life in Russia Described in
Talk Prepared by M. E. Jones
Following is the text of a speech prepared by M. E.
Jones, prominent businessman and farmer of Alma, who
recently spent several weeks with an American group on
a tour of the Soviet Union.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
Ordinarily I am very reluctant
speaker, and have always tried to
avoid this chore. For the first
time in my life, however, I am
anxious to talk to anyone who
will listen to me. Also, for the
first time in my life, I am scared.
Winston Churchill once said,
“Russia is a riddle, wrapped in
a mystery, inside an enigma.” In
my nine days in Russia, visiting
three cities and two or three
hundred miles of countryside, I
did not solve that riddle, nor can
I give a comprehensive report
on that vast country. If conditions
were reversed, and a Russian
visited Boston, New Orleans and
Denver, he would have an in
complete picture of America. Be
fore I mention any conclusions,
let me tell you a few experiences
upon which I base these conclu
sions. These experiences were
sketchy. At the end of my talk,
I will attempt to answer any
questions you may have to the
best of my ability.
We were invited by an unoffi
cial group of Russians who want
ed Americans representing Busi
ness, Science and Culture who
were concerned with co-operation
between our country and Russia,
to visit them. This appeal ex
pressed the belief that an exchan
ge of ideas between people with
the same interests in the two
countries would lead to better
understanding and more friendly
relations between our people.
The Georgia Department of Ag
riculture organized such a group
on the Farm level, who would
make the trip at their own ex
pense and I was happy to be
included. It was a remarkable
group of men. Many of them
had other businesses, but they
were thoroughly conversant with
Forestry, Dairying, Beef Cattle,
Hogs, Chickens, Sheep, Peanuts,
Peaches, Com, Wheat and small
grains. I believe you could have
set our group down anywhere
on the Globe and we would have
had the know-how to scratch out
a living, although most of us
were too old to scratch very deep.
It would be well to compare
our background in America with
that of Russia before we form
any opinions. In America a small
number of people seized the land
from the Indians. From time to
time there would be a lottery or
a land rush, to claim land for the
new owners. My own farm, I
am told, was won on a lottery
ticket of one dollar in 1832 when
it was taken from the Cherokees.
On the other side of the picture,
Russia is an old Country. They
have had millions of people for
thousands of years. The COM
MON people of Russia have
NEVER owned land. They were
Serfs under the Czars and the
Greek Orthodox Church. They
are still Serfs under the Soviet
Union. Although they have had
a Revolution, they have only
swapped the tyranny of the
Czars and the Church for the
tyranny of the State.
After a laborious check thru
customs our party arrived at the
Ukraine Hotel in Moscow. This
building occupies an entire block
and has been completed only
four or five years. It is really
more of a monument to impress
the viewer with Soviet progress,
than it is an efficiently run hotel.
The center section is twenty
eight stories high, surmounted by
a spire with a Red Star at the
top. It has a spectacular location
on the Moscow River. There are
five other such tremendous build
ings, including the Moscow Uni
versity, scattered throughout the
City. Any visitor from a vantage
point could not help being im
pressed with these recent addi
tions to the Moscow skyline.
Since most of the local citizenry
never enter these buildings (and
indeed if they did would have
nothing with which to compare
them), they are no doubt im
pressed.
But once inside the disillusion
ment started. We could not even
enter our Hotel by the imposing
front door. It was cold and a two
by four had been inserted be
tween the handles of the door to
keep it shut and the drafts from
the lobby. We entered by a small
side door. The lobby was a mo
notonous white marble, on floors,
columns, and walls with no pict
ures or draperies to add warmth
or color. There were red floor
runnens with green stripes lead
ing to the elevators and up the
steps. We could not enter our
dining room from the lobby, but
had to climb the stairs to the
second floor, walk down a long
corridor, down more steps to the
first floor again, all on the self
same red runner with green
stripes. Can you imagine an A
merican Architect making a din
ing room so inaccessible? The
elevator operator adds to the
confusion by refusing to stop
on the second floor, either up or
down.
The corridors and bed rooms
had oak flooring, laid with green
lumber in a herringbone design.
After the lumber dried, the
cracks filled up with trash. The
bithroom walls were of the
poorest quality white tile I ever
saw. I do not believe I saw a
piece that was not chipped or
split and the workmanship was
the worst imaginable. They ap
parently threw away the squares,
the levels, and the straight edges.
Our shower was like the head on
a sprinkler can, loose at the top
and someone had tied a rag a
round it. Since there was no
shower curtain, we did not use
it. In some hotels, we found the
hot water on the left in the basin
and on the right in the tub. It
was tiresome beyond belief to
find the same tile, the same floor
runner, the same hardwood
floors in almost every hotel and
public building in Russia. There
being no competition in business
whatever is decided upon as a
proper material, is used through
out the Nation.
We spent Sunday in Moscow,
and after attending Church (too
long an experience to tell here),
we went to the Kremlin. The
Communists maintain a Museum
here to show the people WHY
they were so impoverished be
fore the Revolution. They have
tied the Czars and the Greek
Orthodox Church together, try
ing to prove to the people that
they were their common enemy.
The magnificent Crown Jewels,
the Jewelled Robes, Icons, Bible
Covers, the Elaborate Dresses
and Gilded Carriages show the
possession of fabulous wealth,
while the people were in Serf
dom.
After leaving the Kremlin, we
went into Red Square which was
jammed with people. For the
first time in my life I saw a real
multitude — an ominous signt.
I had an uneasy feeling in their
midst. How long would I last
if I had a loaf of bread — the
crowd was hungry, and stamped
ed in my direction’ Moscow’s
eight million people live in Gov
ernment owned apartments, ex
actly alike, row upon row — like
so many rabbits in hutches. The
apartments are too small for
comfort. There are no lawns to
cut, no gardens, no basement
workshops for leisure hours.
Each family has just enough mon
ey for the bare essetials of food
and clothing. There are practi
cally no privately owned auto
mobiles.
The people have nothing to do
but walk the streets on Sunday.
This is literally true, for the side
walks will not hold them.
They are all over Red Square,
they crowd the Kremlin, they
form a line a mile long to file
through Lenin’s Tomb, content to
stand four hours in line. Lenin
once stated, “Religion is the Opi
ate of the people.” Now, in my
opinion, Lenin is the Opiate of
the people. Wherever we went
in Russia, there was his statue,
and every performance began
with his picture thrown on the
screen.
Whenever we took a picture of
a Russian, he wanted it taken in
front of a Statue of Lenin or some
achievement of the Soviet Union.
I'm sure he felt this was evidence
of his loyalty. Nowhere in Mos
cow did we see a happy, carefree
group of people. They appeared
grim, unsmiling and deeply wor
ried. The people own nothing
but the clothes on their backs.
The clothes are a sight. The fab
rics, the colors, the styles are
somewhat less than mediocre.
One man said they looked as if
they had been cut out with an
axe.
From Moscow we flew eight
hundred to a thousand miles to
Krasnodar near the Black Sea.
We were not permitted to take
i pictures from the plane, but as
I we flew over the Ukraine we
I saw black, fertile prairies. The
। people here were most cordial
and seemed individually very
much like our Americans. When
our busses arrived in the villages,
the children would sing a song
of welcome and present each of
us with a bouquet of flowers.
Each community had its Palace
of Culture where excellent pro
grams were prepared for us af
ter a Farm tour or during a
meal. The Russians have practi
cally no TV (I never saw one),
and they place great emphasis
on the development of the indi
vidual’s talents.
At Krasnodar we were enter
tained at five P. M. by the Pio
neer Group, which is the top ten
per cent of the young people
from seven to seventeen. They
sang, danced, played instruments,
and recited in English. One fif
teen year old boy played his own
i composition on the piano. It was
very difficult. At seven P. M.,
’ we attended an Amateur Theatre
with performers from many
unions — Electrical, Textile, Oil,
Farmers, etc. They competed in
choirs, instrumental groups, dan
ces and comedy acts. Their tal
ents were amazing, and could
make the Ed Sullivan Show. All
ages entered without self con
sciousness into the ballet and
folk dancing.
Early the next morning we had
a two hour ride to a collective
farm. The main highway was
, paved, but as we passed thru vil
i iages we could see that the side
roads were frightful ruts that
had been impassable to motor
traffic since last fall. We passed
no intersecting highway, which
condition had been apparent
to us from the air. A
system of highways, such as we
know in America, is non-existent
in the part of Russia we saw —
supposedly the Bread Basket of
the Nation. When we arrived at
the collective farm we were most
warmly received.
We sat down to a briefing with
the Farm Manager, the Agrono
mist, the Veterinarian, the En
gineer, and the President of the
Collective Group. It was formed
in nineteen fifty from four so
called little farms, and comprised
forty five thousand acres. They
presented many figures to us of
what they were doing and pro
posed to do. There were eleven
villages on the farm, there were
four doctors and forty nurses.
The people live in small houses
approximately eighteen by twen
ty five feet divided into four
rooms, built of brick or abode
with thatched roofs. There is not
a flush toilet nor a telephone in
any house. They get their water
from wells.
There is no electricity, no pave
ment except the through road.
After a tour of the farm, during
which they showed us their live
stock, they entertained us for
lunch at three P. M. at the Pa
lace of Culture. The four course
meal took two hours. They are
a proud and hospitable people
and readily admit that they do
not have the things to eat that
they gave us. The first course
was bread and butter with cold
meats, caviar, and cheeses; the
second Borscht; the third, the
meat and vegetable course and
finally desert. After lunch the
farm workers put on a show for
us in the auditorium that lasted
two hours. They played every
conceivable instrument, sang,
danced folk dances and ballet —
all singly and in groups. They
stress the development of indi
vidual talents even on the farm
level.
I am convinced that the com
mon people of every Nation want
peace and when we met with
them on a person to person bas
is, we realized that they have
the same desires, hopes, and as
pirations that we have. It is dif
ficult to be with them as guests
and hosts and think that some
day our children and their child
ren may be looking down a rifle
barrel at one another.
I am not remotely concerned
about Russia conquering us in a
military way. To my mind power
is built on a strong agriculture,
a strong transportation system,
and industrial capacity. I do not
think their agriculture is strong,
indeed they say so themselves.
Transportation must have high
ways, railroads, shipping and air
planes. They do not have a high
way system or motor transport.
We saw two diesel locomotives
in nine days. The rest were steam
locomotives, usually pulling small
trains. I would guess that the
Southern Railroad pulls more
tons of freight in one day than
is pulled in the entire Soviet
Union. The river freight we saw
on the Don River was nominal.
Russia does have excellent air
planes.
I did not go into any Industrial
Plants. We passed one in Rostov
where thirty-five thousand people
were supposed to be employed —
sixty per cent of whom were
women. I suspect there is a good
bit of the American Indian in the
average Russian male. We saw
many men on the farms, but most
of the people we saw working
were women. The same thing ap
plied in the cities where women
laid brick, plastered, ran cranes,
busses, swept streets and did com
mon labor in the parks. The men
may be in the Army, or resting
at home.
Now, I told you at the outset
that I was afraid for the first
time. I am afraid, not of the Rus
sians, but of the American people.
For fifteen days I had been be
hind the Iron Curtain, nine in
Russia, and three each in Poland
and Hungary, her Satellites. I
had seen how lack of competition
can strangle a country. Capital
ism has been a dirty word in our
Nation for many years, and yet
it is the difference between Serf
dom and Freedom. If there ever
was a show window for a com
parison between Capitalism and
Communism, it is in Berlin. West
Berlin is a thriving, modem
prosperous city, separated by an
ominous wall from down-at-the
heels, fear ridden East Berlin.
My concern is that the Ameri
can people do not comprehend
what has made America great.
As I entered the plane in West
Berlin, I picked up an English
edition of the New York Times
and read where, according to the
Gallup Poll, the American people
favored a Bureau of Urban Af
fairs in the Cabinet at Washing
ton by a vote of five to three.
It made me sick at heart for I
had just witnessed such a com
pelling demonstration of how a
Bureau for this and a Bureau for
that can completely paralyze a
Nation. Bureaucratic Govern
ment is wasteful, lethargic, and
in the end will consume the
people it governs. Any govern
ment that is big enough to do
everything for you, is big enough
to take everything from you.
In the field of Agriculture we
have a perfect example of how
our Government assistance can
so complicate the economy that
neither Democrats nor Republi
cans can find a solution to it.
This program started in a small
way in nineteen fourteen, and
remains our number one inter
nal problem. A few days ago I
saw President Kennedy on TV
advocate Governmental Medical
Care for the Aged, and state that
America was thirty years behind
Europe in this regard. With all
due respect to our President, I
believe we are several hundred
years ahead of Europe because
we are handling this matter in
dividually — maybe somewhat
inperfectly, but not a fraction
as imperfectly as the Govern
ment will be able to do it.
Please do not get the idea that
I think President Kennedy is the
source of our trouble. He is very
little better or very little worse
than any President we have had
for years. For thirty years we
have been rushing towards a cen
tralized, welfare state.
The American people love their
Government and with full stom
achs, feel (or hope) the Gov
ernment can solve any problem.
Also that there can be Federal
expenditures without using mon
ey. Governments are run by men,
and men love power ... If you
want a completely centralized,
welfare state, take Communism
now —for that’s all it is. Then
the curtain can be drawn around
us, but let’s not delude ourselves
by calling it a curtain. It’s a
shroud.
As I flew back to Atlanta from
New York our plane was at
thirty-five thousand feet. It was
a bright clear Spring morning,
and for miles around I could see
patches of cultivated land, pat
ches of woodlands, and hotnes
scattered all over the face of the
landscape. This thought came to
me: — Almost every person down
there either owns his home and
land, or is trying to buy it. How
different from Russia where no
one owns anything. And then —
a further thought — can our peo
ple wake up in time to pursue
this way of life?
I pray God the answer is, YES!
ELECT
Judge Woodrow Waldroup
Superior Court Judge
Waycross Judicial Circuit
You have an opportunity of
electing a Judge who was not
appointed.
The people are more capable
of electing a competent Judge
than an individual is to appoint
one.
You have for the first time in
twenty years the privilege of
selecting between two people for
Judge.
You have an opportunity of
electing a person who has had
14 years experience as a trial
Judge of the City and County
Court of Coffee County.
He is a graduate and holds an
LLB Degree from the University
of Georgia Law School.
Judge Waldroup is an able and
efficient Judge.
He is married has three child
ren ages 13, 11, and 4. Baptist,
Mason, Legionaire and a Veteran
of Foreign Wars.
Your support will be appreciat
ed. 8-2
where
I stand
ON HIGHWAYS: I am deter
mined to reorganize the
State Highway depart
ment and take it out of
politics. We will build roads
with efficiency, for less
money and with no political
pressures. My administra
tion will provide for State
maintenance of rural roads
and will speed up comple
tion of our Interstate
Highways.
SANDERS
for GOVERNOR
Commerce Dept.
Uses Resources to
Attract Industry
ATLANTA — The Industry
Division of the Georgia Depart
ment of Commerce utilizes every
resource in attracting new indust
ry to Georgia and to encourage
expansion of existing industry.
Jack J. Minter, director of the
department, said contacts with
industrial firms in New York, O
hio, Michigan, Connecticut, Illi
nois, Missouri and Kansas have
produced encouraging results.
Minter quoted Industrial Divi
sion Manager Hoyle Yandle as
saying that although every con
tact did not result in bringing
new industry into Georgia, "We
feel that ultimately our conferen
ces with officials of these manu
facturers will prove of inestima
ble value in future visits with
these and other industrial lead
ers.”
In addition to out-of-state vis
its, many communities in Georgia
have been urged to be uniform
in evaluating their assets so that
a concrete proposal can be pre
sented to prospects searching for
a location for an industrial facil
ity.
Minter said that during fiscal
year ending June 30, Yandle
made 42 appearances at the invi
tation of Chambers of Commerce,
church, farm and service groups
and Industrial Development
Corporations. These local groups
were seeking information which
would enable them to utilize their
industrial potential to provide
employment for their people.
“The task of attracting indust
ry to Georgia is not an easy un
dertaking,” Minter declared.
“However, the rewards are of
such magnitude that anyone may
take pride in every effort put
forth where the economy of this
great state may be improved.”
Certificates to
Honor Deceased
Veterans Available
ATLANTA — Presidential Me
morial Certificates to honor the
memory of any deceased veteran
who has served in the armed
forces may now be obtained
from the VA upon request by the
next-of-kin of the veteran, it was
reported this week by Pete
Wheeler, Director of the Georgia
Department of Veterans Service.
The Memorial Certificates are
being issued by the Veterans Ad
ministration from its Central
Office in Washington, D. C.
Only one certificate will be is
sued in the case of any veteran,
and it will be issued in the fol
lowing order of kinship prece
dence: widow, oldest child,
mother, father, oldest sister, old
est brother. Where there is no
next-of-kin, a request from a
close friend or associate will be
honored.
In the case of a veteran whose
death has occurred since March
9,1962, the VA Regional Office
will automatically initiate neces
sary procedures for issuance of
the certificate upon receipt of
the notice of death.
TB Hit 85 Georgia
Children in 1960
Tuberculosis was discovered in
85 children under 5 years of age
in Georgia during 1960 according
to figures released by the Bio
statistics Service, Georgia Depart
ment of Public Health. Nine of
these children were less than 1
year of age. Death claimed 5,
all under one year old.
More than 2,000 children under
5 years of age were found with
active tuberculosis in the United
States in one recent year the
National Tuberculosis Association
reports. Nearly 200 babies died
with the disease that same year
according to their statistics.
Medical authorities of the Geor
gia Tuberculosis Association re
commended that all children, no
matter how young, have a yearly
tuberculin test. This simple in
jection on the arm will tell whe
ther the child has picked up the
TB infection. A child who has
been infected with TB germs, can
be treated with isoniazid, an anti
tuberculosis drug, to prevent ac
tive disease from developing. If
an x-ray of the child shows signs
or other symptoms of active di
sease, treatment is essential. Usu
ally two or more drugs are used,
not only to clear up the TB, but
to prevent such Life-threatening
complications as meningitis (in
flammation of the covering of
the brain and spinal cord,) and
miliary tuberculosis (TB spread
throughout the body.)
Since children normally have
limited contact with adults out
side their immediate families
and close relatives, finding a
child with a positive reaction to
a tuberculin test makes finding
the source case of TB much sim
pler. If an adult in the home has
tuberculosis, generally a child
will have picked up the germs
in normal contact.
Finding these source cases and
bringing them to treatment will
eventually help with complete
eradication of this number one
infectious disease killer.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, July 26, 1952
Legal Advertising
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
GEORGIA STATE HIGHWAY
AUTHORITY PROJECT NO.
RAB (4) SP 1777 (13)
COUNTIES OF BRANTLEY
& GLYNN
Sealed proposals will be re
ceived by the Georgia State
Highway Authority at its Gen
eral Office at No. 2 Capitol
Square, Atlanta, Georgia, until 11
A. M, Eastern Standard Time,
August 10, 1962, for furnishing
all labor, material, equipment
and other things necessary for
construction of one concrete
box bridge culvert, 4 bridges,
and 1.429 miles of paved
approaches on the Nahunta-
Brunswick Road, State Route 50,
as follows: three bridges and 1.-
307 miles at the Satilla River,
one bridge culvert and 0.061 mile
of approaches at Buffalo Creek
Fork, approximately 33 miles
west of the Satilla River, and
one bridge and 0.061 mile of
approaches at College Creek, ap
proximately 12.8 miles east of
the Satilla River.
Plans and Specifications are
on file at the office of the under
signed at Atlanta, and at the
office of the State Highway De
partment, No. 2 Capitol Square,
Atlanta, Georgia, and at the
office of the Division Engineer of
the State Highway Department
at Jesup, Georgia, where they
may be inspected free of charge.
Copies of the plans may be ob
tained upon payment in advance
of the sum of $12.00. Copies of
the Standard Specifications may
be obtained upon payment in
advance of the sum of $3 00,
which sums will not be refund
ed.
The Standard Specifications
of the State Highway Depart
ment of Georgia have been a
dopted by the Georgia State
Highway Authority and will
govern any construction under
these proposals.
THE APPROXIMATE QUAN
TITIES FOR ROADWAY ARE
AS FOLLOWS:
44.070 Acres Clearing and
Grubbing Roadway — Lump
Sum
22.193 Acres Clearing and
Grubbing — Per Acre
154600 Cu. Yds. Unclassified
Excavation and Borrow, Includ
ing Ditches and Shoulders and
Including Material and Haul
1.428 Miles Special Subgrade
Compaction and Test Rolling
60 Cu. Yds. Structure Exca
vation
75 Cu. Yds. Foundation Back
fill Material, Type II
114 Cu. Yds. Class “A” Con
crete Culverts
11330 Lbs. Bar Reinforcing
Steel
50000 Sq. Yds. Seeding
21 Tons First Application
Fertilizer
3140 Lbs. Second Application
Fertilizer
108.2 M. Gals. Water for
Grassing
58230 Sq. Yds. Sprigging with
Overseeding
LUMP SUM Remove Existing
Bridge, Sta. 9x64
LUMP SUM Construct, Main
tain and Remove Detour CD
Structure, Sta. 9x33
802 Lin. Ft. Remove Guard
Rail
656 Lin. Ft. Guard Rail
12 Each Concrete Spillways,
Standard 9006, Type 2
430 Lin. Ft. 10” Corruguated
Metal Pipe Slope Drain
311 Lin. Ft. 30” Reinforced Con
crete Gutter
16500 Sq. Yds. 6” Soil Bitumi
nous Roadmix
54400 Gals. Bituminous Materi
al for Roadmix, RC-3
15700 Sq. Yds. Bituminous Sur
face Treatment, Stone Size M-6,
Type II
5910 Tons Soil Cement Stabi
lized Base
850 Bbls. Portland Cement
2970 Gals. Bituminous Prime
900 Gals. Emulsified Asphalt
Tack Coat AE-O
100 Tons Asphaltic Concrete
"A”, “B” & “E” — Leveling
2310 Tons Asphaltic Concrete
“A” or “B”
1730 Tons Asphaltic Concrete
“E”
57254 Gals. Asphaltic Material
APPROXIMATE BRIDGE
QUANTITIES ARE AS FOL
LOWS:
LUMP SUM Superstructure
Concrete, Bridge No. 2, Sta. 1485-
x3l, Satilla Overflow
LUMP SUM Superstructure
Concrete, Bridge No. 3, Sta.
1528x05, Satilla River
LUMP SUM Superstructure
Concrete, Bridge No. 4, Sta.
1549x20, Satilla Overflow
LUMP SUM Superstructure
Concrete, Bridge No. 5, Sta. 7x96,
College Creek
LUMP SUM Superstructure
Reinforcing Steel, Bridge No. 2
LUMP SUM Superstructure
Reinforcing Steel, Bridge No. 3
LUMP SUM Superstructure
Reinforcing Steel, Bridge No. 4
LUMP SUM Superstructure
Reinforcing Steel, Bridge No. 5
LUMP SUM Structural Steel,
Bridge No. 2
LUMP SUM Structural Steel,
Bridge No. 3
LUMP SUM Rehandling Struct
ural Steel Furnished by State,
Bridge No. 2
4455 Lin. Ft. Concrete Handrail,
Standard 3622
490 Cu. Yds. Class “A” Con
crete
45 Cu. Yds. Class “A” Concrete
Deposited in Water
65400 Lbs. Bar Reinforcing
Steel
120 Lin. Ft. Prestressed Con
crete Piling, 12”
5600 Lin. Ft. Prestressed Con
crete Piling, 14”
6505 Lin. Ft. Prestressed Con
crete Piling, 16”
4 Each Prestressed Concrete
Test Piles, 14”
11 Each Prestressed Concrete
Test Piles, 16”
640 Lin. Ft. Timber Piling —
Untreated
1 Each Timber Test Piles
1 Each Loading Test on 14”
Piles
3 Each Loading Test on 16”
Piles
1 Each Loading Test on Tim
ber Pile
130 Cu. Yds. Bridge Excava
tion No. 1
15.222 Acres Clearing and
Grubbing Bridge Sites, Lump
Sum
LUMP SUM Remove Existing
Bridge, Sta. 1485x31
LUMP SUM Remove Existing
Bridge, Sta. 1549x20
LUMP SUM Remove Existing
Bridge, Sta. 7x96
LUMP SUM Remove Portions
of Existing Bridge, Sta. 1528x05
LUMP SUM Construct, Main
tain, and Remove Detour Bridge,
Sta. 1485x31
LUMP SUM Construct, Main
tain, and Remove Detour Bridge,
Sta. 1528x05
LUMP SUM Construct, Main
tain, and Remove Detour Bridge,
Sta I*>4ox9o
LUMP SUM Construct, Main
tain, and Remove Detour Bridge,
Sta. 9x96
LUMP SUM River Gauge Sup
port
2 Each Cofferdams
3045 Tons Stone Plain Rip Rap
OR
4870 Sq. Yds. Sand Cement Rip
Rap
Said work shall begin within
ten (10) days after formal exe
cution of contract and shall be
completed within 360 working
days. When contract has been
executed, written notice shall be
given the Contractor, at which
time, and not before, work may
be started.
Contract executed pursuant to
this Notice is binding on the
Georgia State Highway Authority
as such. Said contract will not
create liability, expressed or im
plied, against the undersigned
Chairman of the Georgia State
Highway Authority as an indivi
dual, nor against any employee
of the Georgia State Highway
Authority in his or her individual
capacity nor against the State
Highway Department of Georgia,
nor against any officer or em
ployee of the State Highway De
partment in his or her individual
capacity.
Proposals must be submitted on
regular forms which will be sup
plied by the undersigned, and
must be accompanied by a certi
fied check, cashier’s check, nego
tiable United States Bonds or oth
er acceptable security in the a
mount of $20,000.00, and must be
plainly marked “Proposal for
Road Construction,” County and
Number, and show the time of
opening as advertised. Check of
the low bidder will be cashed
and all other checks will be re
turned as soon as the contract is
awarded, unless it is deemed ad
visable by the Authority to hold
one or more checks. If an unusu
al condition arises, the Authority
reserves the right to cash all
checks. Bidders Bond will not be
accepted.
A charge of $5.00 will be made
for each proposal issued.
Such a bond will be required
of the successful bidder as requir
ed by law for contractors con
tracting with the State Highway
Department of Georgia.
Contracts will not be awarded
to contractors who have not been
placed on the list of qualified
contractors prior to the date of
award. No proposals will be is
sued to any bidder later than 9
A. M. Eastern Standard Time of
the date of opening bids.
All bids must show totals for
each item and total of amount of
bid. Right is reserved to delay
the award of the contract for a
period of not to exceed thirty (30)
days from the date of opening
bids, during which period bids
shall remain open and not sub
ject to withdrawal. Right is re
served to reject any and all bids
and to waive all formalities.
Upon compliance with the re
quirements of the standard speci
fications, ninety (90) percent of
the amount of work done in any
calendar month will be paid for
by the 25th day of the succeeding
month, and the remainder within
thirty (30) days after final esti
mate is approved by the En
gineer.
This the 20 day of July 1962.
GEORGIA STATE HIGH
WAY AUTHORITY
JIM L. GILLIS, SR., CHAIR
MAN
WILLIS N. HARDEN,
MEMBER
CLARKE W DUNCAN,
MEMBER. 8-2
