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THE UNION-RECORDER. MILLEDGEVILLE, CA., NOVEMBER 1«, 1*33
0 eO rgia Editor Tells of His
First Night Ride in An Airplane
rim T. w. Wrt»ek of Oaritoa
Cow*' Her»M F&. t. Nw
York as Reporterof TSbPayer.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: When Eastern
k in poit recently innugurat-
n ; c ht plane service between At-
* nn J New York City arrange
* nL "Tf made through Georg'i.
,,r All ance for Mr. T. W.
wrench, editor of the Charlton
HeraM at Folkston. and e : ghth dis-
trkl alliance Board or Control.
«>». '» ™ k ' th ' “ cor -
e^ondent for this newspaper.
Similarly, the first trip Mr.
(pieoch ha= made to the world’s
city was by means of the
m ost modern of transportation. He
tell* here how it feeh to speed;
threuch the night, 2,000 feet above |
the earth.)
By T. W. WRENCH
(Special Correa pendent for The
pn ; tn-It reorder.
if one had not been observing it, itj
would never have been known. There
was an upward flting motion o'!
UKCES PUBLICATION OF
COUNTY STATEMENTS
AT REGULAR INTERVALS
Miixell Say* Taxavyer* Entitled I
Reports of How Their Money
Spent.
upward trlting motion
course, unt : l an elevation w a5 -e»eh- j
d that placed us in the right air:
current for travelling. Some two
thousand feet we were advised is •
bat lor northbound night flying.
Thought- of denger were as fore-1 n
iJ T
(By Georgia Newspaper Alliance)
Sorn- three weeks rgo the Georg'n
Xewtcpaper All’ance advised the writ- j
,t, n ; ho had b’en voted the hon-
nf flv rig as a passenger to New 1
York a ■ its representative, abroad
.... i„t( • model eightren-nateonger
fnndor plane of the Eastern Air.
Tran port This message came ns the J
in* hanging over his eas.y
chair, if. that state of neutrality
occasionally grots into down
So U th. where the malarial mosquito
-make- h'e habitat and feeds on such
irdivdiml'j that can be inoculated
and l>t come subject to their poison.
Taking an air trip, reaching d'zzy
height-, did not sound so well, but
nothing was further from my
thought than failure to get in shape
for this trip.
fane the tme I was in f'*t shape
to go ns high as the ace would
take me. The question was popound-
ed me as to nerve; if I did not fear
rath nn aditenltitre, having never
r before? The thought
of our great President, Franklin D.
isc-velt, came in my mind; that
expressed just after his inaugu
ration. that surely the American
people would pot let the fblo'eh
fear of fear predominate at the mor.:-
it that courage meant iso much to
them Fear fe, according to my con
tention. mostly a child of the imagi
nation. and why ahould I, in the face
of this great treat, allow myself to
be persuaded that dangers lurked
e more in the air than on terra
firma?
Some friend was wanting to know
If I was going to deep in the air
ship. My contention was why do that
when I was riding for a thrill and
the better and most exciting events
come in your conscious moments?
No sleep, says I, on the trip!
HU One Big Moment
Well, with a Saturday night
plinc. a country editor was aboard
for his one b'g moment!
Wthout a hig of trepidation, every
Toovement of the slip and crew was
watched. As the motion of the en- j
• started, I found there were two
motors, twins, two pilots, and finer j
’’-‘■I. a charming little hostess who !
wn'eh'il in lgrt than one hundred
■■'nil ten pounds. That reminds me i
that we passengers were weighed in .
along w ith our baggage. The gross
wo eht i-, recorded of all the load. |
human, .nail and baggage. That made 1
* ,1( the question as to the weight j
°f the flying graft—a mere matter j
°f fir tcen tons. The n’ght wa*> -be- j
rnning t 0 grow dark, the stars were .
>t and my well-wishers said, “You
(By Georgia Newspaper Alliance)
Atlanta, Ga—Local government
s the business of the people who
•hould be kept advised of the in
come and expenditures of their com
ity management, according to
to my mind as if I had been in] *°hert C.‘ .lizell, executive of the'
nn automobile, in fact the trip T Taxpayer* League of Atlanta, who!
made up from Folkston, with a young] ^ appealing to League leader^ in 1
nutomobilist covering some 200 miles 0,1 Motion* of Georgia to get behind!
to Macon in four hour? discounted j 1bc ‘movement requiring city and
nil danger one would have >t flying, I count y governments to publish fi-'
I felt sure. The automoMl'rt wanted' nanc *al statements at regular inter-
to know if I was uneasy over flying.! vt f*-
“Why”, I suggested, “when every! “Large corporation! either pub-
curve we have paused today on this] Wflt their financial ,<tat*ments or
trip might he more dangerous”. I ma 'l copies of their statements to
remember th» hW-ont of n tirr of ever y stockholuer.” Mr. Miell said,
an automobile near Brunswick rec- “Every citizen has a right to know
ently on which occasion the car wb «t is being done w : th the money!
turned turtle three timer. landrig ho or she is paying into the treasu- 1
one passenger in the hospital with j r *e> of the local governments, and
a broken vertebra. There can noti it is time taxpayers demanded the i
potvibly be as much danger in' *ame of the t city and county gov-!
rtrn’ghtwny flyrig a» curving around ornments.”
highways with never nn idea of whnt' Honest meal ndminirtrat : ons will
we might possibly meet. j endorse sue* - suggestion, accord-!
Well, the night was srtarrv and ing to Mr. , v ho anted that
clear, the blue derne never looked. antagonism an<i combat can he ex-
more genial, end beneath us we nected only in instances where the
were passing flickering lights, local administrations fear unpleas-,
Catting an eye backward, we saw ant reaction when the administra- ;
Atlanta with its myriad of lights tivo activity- are mndo public. j
fading into the d : stanee. We wore, “Publ : c spirited citizens will get;
traveling at a rate n f 123 nrlea nn behind the movement and will pledge,
hour, yet one would never know it their representatives in the Georgia]
from the motion of the ship; just, house and senate to put through j
l ! ke "oekiTig a baby i*o sleep, nn such a bill at the next session. Some
'•o-y moton .and in truth we never] local governments will follow the
h't an air pocket, a? thev call it. j hones' example set by Lamar and a
There was once or twice a notice-, few other counties and. without
able d : p. but almort immediately it waiting for legislation, will publish
qoioothed and straightaway we were
on our course.
It was thrilling, of course, seeing
the night lights come and go, hut
never a thought came to me of any
thing but the sublimity of the oc
casion, the blue above and darkness
below. Range lights flashed out their
signals toward the heavens gtrding
us on the way. Thcnp night lights
over Georgia showed the electric
lights like stars, and from our height
of stftne 2,000 feet in the either,
they twinkled more like lightning
bugs than stare, tiny hits of flashing
lights.
Cr&'sng the state line ‘‘nto 5
semi-annual if not auarterly state
ments,” Mr. M'zell .stated.
TURKEYS FOR SALE—Call mo
Farmer* Market fo> your TURKEY
—Oaljr few ia county engage them
early. L. R. Laagley.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
National Recovery Highgway Project
No. NRM 341-A Eat. * NRH
341 -A County of Baldwin
Sealed proposals will be received
by the State Highway Board
Georgia at the General Office at No.
Carolina, we found more myriads of 2 Capitol Square, Atlanta, Go., jjn
lights. And, in just one hour and
thirty minutes after we took the a ! r
from Atlanta we found the plane
landing in Greenville, S. C., the
drop forewarned being pereeptable
when the moW ceai?d its hum and
began a soothing drone. Just a lit
tle tifting morion. An oW*ervier
would have noticed the earth rising
up to meet you as if we were head
ing in uphill. The jaw was taken up
by the shock absorbers and the ride
to the apron at the airport on earth
gave us our only jolt.
Hoateu Di<p«1i Monotony
Mail was dropped here, a few
moments pause and up and gone
again, hitting the earth twenty
minutes later at Spartanburg. With
these bindings, we were beginning,
t. Id 1*, u. old-timer. A formerl
Forsyth attorney, a frequent
til 10:00 A. M.. Central Standard
time, November 24th, 1033, for furn
ishing all labor, material, equipment
and other things necessary for the
construction of one bridge over
Oconee RVer and paved roadway
approaches, located in Baldwin
county, on what is locally known as
the Milledgeville-Sparta road, other
wise known as National Recovery
Highway Project No. NRM 341-A
Ext. & NRH 341-A in Baldwin
county. The work will be let In one
contract
The Approximate Quantities are As
Follow*:
ROADWAY
5.276 Acres Clearing and grab
bing (lumo sum).
3.000 Acres Clearing and grub-
170,000 Lb» Reinforcing StceL
LUMP SUM Structural Steel.
S00 Cu. Yds. Excavation No. 1.
100 Cu. Yds. Excavation No. 2.
67.000 M. B. M. Bridge timber
16 feet, treated.
11.200 lin. feet Timber piling 16
fee', treated.
060 Lin. Ft. Timber piling un
treated.
4.194 Acres Clearing and gubbingi
(lump etfm).
LUMP SUM Removing present
bridge.
1,300 ?q. Yds. Plain Rip Rap. j
Said work shall begin within ten
(10) days after formal execution
of contract and shall be completed
within 100 working days. The State,
Highway Department shall in no
way be bound or obligated by any |
b‘d or award until the execution of.
a forma! written co- tract by the
State Highway Board. When such
contract has been executed, written
notice shall be given the Contractor
at which time, and not before, work
may be commenced.
Contract executed pursuant to this
notice is binding on the State High
way Department, as quell. Said con
tract will not create Yablity. ex
press or Implied, against the under
rigned members of the State High
way Board ns individuals, either
rrparatriv or collectively; nor against
any employee of the State Highway
Board or the State H’ghway Pepar:
riient, in hi*- or her individual capa
city.
The minimum wage to be paid un-
drr th : s contract shall he 30c per
hour for unskilled labor and 40c per
hour for filled labor. The attention
of bidders i • directed to the Special
Previsions covering employment of
labor, method- of construction, sub
letting or assigning the contract,
and to the use of Domestic materials.
Plans and specifications arc on
file at the office of the under-sign
ed at Atlanta and Macon, Ga., and
at the office of the Board of County
Cornmlpaionere of Baldwin county
at Miliedgeville, Georgia, where they
may be inspected free of charge.
Copies of the plans may be obtained
upon payment in advance of $3.00.
Copies of the General SperiJications
may be obtained upon payment- in
advance of the sum of $1.00 which
sumi’ will not be refunded except to
the successful bidder who will be
furnished a complete set of plans
and specifications free of charge.
Upon compliance with the require
ments of the Standard Speaifica-
t ! on» ninety (90) per cent of the
amount of work dtne tn nny calen
dar month will he paid for between
the 10th and 16th day of the suc
ceeding month, probided that pay
roll have been * submitted as re-
qured, and the remainder within
thirty (30) days after final com
pletion and acceptance. Proposal*
mu t be submitted on Tegular form*
which will be supplied by the under
signed and must he accompanied by
n certified cheek or negotiable
United States Bond* in the amount
of $6,500.00 and must be plainly I
marked “Proposal for Road Con
struction,” County and number and I
show the time of opening as ndver-l
Used. Certified checks of the three
lowest bidder.* will be immediately
cashed and deposted to the credit
of the State Highway Board. Whe-.
return* of deposit* are made to bid
ders these returns will be made by
check of the -Stnte Highway Board.
No check of the State Highway
Board will be given in return for
vhe certified check deposited by any
of the three lowest bidders until the
lowest b : dder has qualified by execu
ting contract and bond and the certi
fied checks given by the three low
est bidders have cleared. B : dders
Bond or Cashier i checks will not be
accepted. Bond will be required of
the aucccssful bidder as required by
law.
Bid* will not be received from
Con ractors who have not been
placed on the qualified l ! at of con
tractors at least three days prior to
the opening of bids. No proposals
will be r sued to nny bidder later
than 5:00 P. M., Central Standard
time of the day prior to the date of
opening bids.
Every contractor applying for
proposala must submit at the rame
tinie, on a form which will he sup
plied by the undersigned, a state
ment of h ; s contracts on hand.
All bids must show total for each
item and total of amount of bid.
Right is reserved to delay the awar'
of the contract for a period of not
to exceed thirty (80) days from the
date of opening bids. Right it re
served to :*ject any and all bids and
to waive all formalities.
This the 13th day of November,
1033.
STATE HIGHWAY BOARD OF
GEORGIA
J. J. Mangham, Chairman
Max L McRae, Member
W. E. Wilburn, Member
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SEE OUR WINDOW
H'autiful night for the t
And so I did, but you wait for the
v,or >‘ *hnt is coming.
After the mtotor was started I
J:mcd that it took some 75-mUe
Pace to fly the ship from old mother,
earth. We rose, the wheels hung low ‘
a socket and kept spinning.]
ey were pivot-hung on shock ab-1
•orber*. rising they hung some foot |
Dr mnr “ out, and when landing they
gradually took up when striking the'
Parti. !
passenger, gave un information a* to |
his many trips and how easy rt was
to grow accustomed to air riding. It
never grew monotonous a- the
charming hostess gave us coffee,
sandwich or cookie. After we got
going, and the atmosphere cleared
in the cabin, cigarettes were pasrd
for those that would smoke.
Next came Greensboro, our first
stop in North Carolina, and by the
wav, some lovers furnished amuse
ment in that field for we a f r rider?,
they were so taken with the big
bird dropping that they forgot the.r
attitude of love changng.
When we mentioned at the air-
74585 Cu. Yds. Common and bor-
excavaton.
port knowing someone
a Greensboro,
Our
wings spread out with a eov-
some 92 feet span. The body,
. . the bird was 90 feet long, the
"Vide capacity being some 70 feet,
V ,, a a w’dth of some ten feet. Seat-
“Parity of eighteegn paasengere.
th-s night we hid a lght load.
‘Then seated, the charming horteas
* aw to it that we were strapped ta,
comfortably seated in chairs seats
^rtilar to the parlor car chairs on
™ ,!r °ad trains, arranged
hack.
up. or the most comfortable
ay- The window.* gave os a view of
. " BTeat outside, ventilation com-
through small individual vents
our they being arranged so
' 0 civ * y°u a direct or indirect
urr, "t of fresh air.
Nat Scared A Bit
e n ** w “ "“'ll so easily that
a telephone directory was passed Mid
soon connection wan made with Mr.
5. F. Mills, former Folkstonite. W?
give him greeting and 8T0t a graci
ous “God be with you on the trip .
Here we got a little thrill m the
weather report that foga were gatn-
ering and that landkig ahead might
not be so good. Howt rer, after re
veling with some 400 gallons ef
«ras t we learned that we were con
suming 80 gallons per hour that the
jpood ship could go 500 mler- on a
filling, or in event of an emergency
,Uy up between 7 and 8 hours by
cruising That gave us a relief as
k „„ .** !*
<"• *»
town °! ti™- S'" *» O'”” 1 '"-
T I'?"* M “ p *
Ilk, . «•!»«*• ti ' ker ’ „
prlifd ~
.kkh TO CUT'?!’ °" r
„„„„ „ vi.«ed !" m *>■»" h”*'
77658 Sta. Yds. Overhaul on exca
vation.
61,551 Cu. Yds Hydraulic settle
ment of fills.
205 Lin. Ft. 18" Corr. Metal Pipe
SD.
144 Lin. Ft Culvert pipe removed!
I
151 Lin. Ft. Culvert pipe relaid |
SD.
1.52 Cu. Yds. Class B Cone. Hwis.
removed.
26 Each Concrete R W. Markers.
1 Each Po-V for F. A. P. Marker.
1 Each Plate for F. A. P. Marker.
1 Each Arrow for F. A. P. Mar
ker.
14.071 Sq. Yds. Grassing slopes
& shoulders.
2,364 Lin. Ft. Guard rail.
6,325 Fq. Yds. Lrmerock base.
1,332 Gals. Tar prime coat
2,397 Gals. Bituminous material
(asphalt).
121 Tons Aggregate.
100 Tons Extra limeroek.
2 Each Concrete SpBIwmys-Type
No. t.
2 Each Concrete SpiBways-Type
No. 2.
212 Lin. Ft. 8" Corr. Metal Pipe
slope drains.
LUMP SUM Constructing, traffic
service on, and removed detour.
BRIDGE
60 Cu. Yds. Seal Concrete.
1200 Cu. Yds. Class “A” Concrete.
490 Cu. Yds- Class “B” Concrete
pier shafts.
250 Cu. Yds. Class “B” Concrete
pier footings.
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