Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-03
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Tho board or public works submit ted
the contract for the Main and Fiwt
and Second South street paving, STAT.
lug that the committee had executed
IA bond In the sum OF S35, 600 with John
Sharp aud &. w. Lyman. The baard
then says that the bid Of the Barber
company IL sl75 higher than the low
est bid, aud gave the following reasons
for accepting the higher BID; Fret,
the Barber contrary Ia an old establ.
ished company, having long expert.
ence and "a national reputation M con-
tractors fur asphalt psvements. Sec.
oud, they have every facility nscos.
sary TO execute the wOfE, and are able,
In our opinion, 10 DO Il more promptly
and efficiently than any other bidder.
Third, II il the Unanimous opinion Of
| this board that the Interests OF the
property owners will be best served by
awarding the WORK 20 the Barber COM
| ppuy, and we therefore act and recon.
mend accordingly.
The bids Were IA follows;
Cul@er Jenniusa Paving company Of salt
| Lake CITY
Curliug-;.,...,...... .......posc per linear foot
/ iaWuF with san istoue.... Si.N - ="
| Paving win asphnlt,.....,,.- saw " 4"
tiiohdsnen s. w. Morrison AID /. q.
| Conn
lioilahan, Grn,h and Morris OF salt Lake
| City
Five inch cufbinF,., 100 per linear foot
| Paving with graniic block $3.50 per square yard
Paving with sandstone
Paving with hituminous or
asphalt rooh.....~.... s3.3i per square yard
q. a
| Nalncc.)
Ryan and griffin Of Salt Lake City
fwclneh curbmE, sand.
htone-..,.., .......... Si.l5 par linear foot
| Five inch curhing,granta tl.lO per linear foot
Paving with granite block $40 per square yard
/ iaiiuk with kanusiorc
hloek,.,"..... ....,..-,.-. Is per aqare yard
| Paving with asphnlt.....,. i5 ior square Yard
/ Paving with bnuuiinous or
uHphnltic rncA, -. ..,..,..a 10 Per suuArc yard
| tBondsmcn Matthew cullen and Allen q.
Camphen)
Ilobson and wilkersou OF Ogden
Five, iurn enthusiastically nor linear foot
| Paving with grauito block lis pcr snnaroiyari
Paving with hituminuus or
usphallc fOrk....t..... a.aO Der squnrp ward
tbondsnen-E' T. Collin and Seth ". Moui.
Barber Asphaltum Company OF New York by
u. O. bquirun, attorney IN TACT
fNcinoh curling, sand.
a. hlnhc'...:''' VI per linear foot
Pawng with sandstone
lock.g9''.,.,..:.....,. 40 per square foot
rawns With sspeaii....sl.lsA per sqsare loot
Nhohuhmnh-s' W. lyman and GGorge Y, Wal.
laced
POLAND moved that the bid OF the
BGtU.t Asphalt company DO yeJecied.
Hardy seconded the motion.
Rich moved that ali the representa-.
tivea Of the competing biddets he al.
lowed TO present the claims OF their
respective companies.
Evans seconded the motion.
beatdsley moved to limit eaeh
speaker 10 fifteen minutes.
Slmondi moved to amend by limit
Ing them TO ten minutes.
Moran said he was not opJosed 10
hearing from each Of the firms but he
was certainly opposed 10 tho m spssk.
ing from amy other standpoint than
that set forth In the specifications.
He moved rs substitute that each
representative bo allowed 10 sneak ma
long us he wished--all night II neces.
sary.
the BARBER CO.'S STATEMENT.
MIR. Squlrea OF the Barber AsphaIt
Company that the "lnrge sxperiencejj
OF his company comprised the laying
Of 7OOO,OJD square yards. Az TO the
plant that his company wished 10
erect hero would b. permanent. It's
cost would be at least $50, 900 exclusive
OF the ground oil which 1t would be
erected. IL wRB true that their ma
terial was brought from the West
iuditsj II was mined by COOLER. II
wnn used because II had no equal 30
iar rs discovered IL Utah asphalt
should prove a success, the Barber
company would become layers OF thu
same, 1t had several thousand acres Of