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HOSKINS
Luckiamute River
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T10S-R6W-Sec30
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1902-____ & ____ - 1963
May 24, 1902: "Notice is hereby given, that I will receive sealed bids for the construction of a covered Howe Truss bridge at Hoskins Oregon. To be completed on or before July 1st 1902. Bids to be opened Monday May 26, 1902 at 10 O'Clock a.m. The county court reserves the right to reject any and all bids. G.W. Waggoner, County Surveyor of Benton, Co." (The Corvallis Times)
May 28, 1902: "The contract was awarded for the new bridge at Hoskins. The contract was awarded to H M Stone. The bids and bidders were: H M Stone, $449; R M Gilbert, $700; W H Milhollen, $534; C F Royal, $790; J B Tillotson, $594." (The Corvallis Times)
August 9, 1902: "The county court at Wednesday's session, refused to accept the bridge built by Contractor Stone across the Luckiamute river at Hoskins. The next day the contractor offered the structure to the county at $50 less than the contract price, and the county accepted the proposition. The cost of the bridge under the new arrangement is $399, the contract price of it was $449.
The court's action is understood to have been taken because of the failure of the contractor to comply with the plans and specifications in all particulars. The drive way under the plans was to have been sixteen feet wide, but as built is only 15. Several other variations are mentioned as having been made by the contractor. The bridge was inspected last week by Commissioner Jolly and Acting Bridge Superintendent R. M. Gilbert.
In rejecting the bridge, the county judge acted as spokesman, and said, in part: 'The county court submitted its own plans and specifications for the building of this bridge, and asked for bids thereon. You agreed to build the same in accordance with those plans and specifications for a certain sum of money. The court awarded you the contract over several other bidders, and has been and still is ready to carry out its part of the agreement.
'Examination of the completed structure which we are asked to accept, discloses that in a number of matters you have not followed the plans and specifications. You have varied therefrom for your own benefit and the county's injury. We expect to apply business principles in the handling of finances of the county and to administer the same with the same care that we would apply to our own individual interests. When we say that a certain piece of work is to be done in accordance with certain plans and specifications, we expect it to be so done. If not we shall not receive it, and we desire to be so understood. Therefore, the Luckiamute bridge at Hoskins is rejected.'
Contractor Stone says the bridge he built is better than was provided for in the plans and specifications. If he is right, the county comes out considerably ahead, for it gets the bridge for $50 less than the contract price." (The Corvallis Times)
October 16, 1962: "The covered bridge at Hoskins will have to be replaced, but it will have to serve for a while yet, County Engineer C.C. Hanson said today.
The storm of Friday knocked out a post on the bridge and will have to be repaired before the bridge can be used. It will be fixed enough to carry light loads until a new bridge can replace it, Hanson said." (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
October 24, 1962: "The covered bridge at Hoskins will be replaced with an open bridge.
The Hoskins bridge was structurally damaged by a tree that was toppled during the windstorm.
The Hoskins bridge is presently being designed. The plans include use of the present concrete substructure on which the 75-foot covered bridge rests. The new bridge will be about 137 feet long. No estimate of the cost is yet available.
The school bus was continuing to use the Hoskins bridge although some question of safety was raised. However, a 12.5-ton county machine was taken across the bridge to test it and had no difficulty. The school bus weighs about five tons." (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
August 14, 1963: "A low bid of $31,024 from Ross Brothers Construction Co., Salem, for construction of a new bridge over the Luckiamute river at Hoskins, was opened by the state highway department Tuesday and the Benton County court said today it was highly pleased with the offer.
The state is handling the job for the county on the federal aid project which will replace the old covered bridge at Hoskins on the Hoskins-Summit road, County Road 54.
The old covered bridge was badly damaged by the October 12 windstorm, when falling trees cracked the main support timbers. A weight limit has been in effect since, with log haulers using the structure at their own risk.
Existing concrete piers on the old bridge will be utilized as bases for the new bridge." (Corvallis Gazette-Times)