The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-12
STATE STREET PAVING,
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS WILL
NOT ACCEPT 1T.
Claim That the Contract Was Not
Complied With-Report of En-
gineer Kelsey and Chairman
Haines.

The board of public works has de-
cided not to accept the State street
pavement, and the chairman will in
struct the Pacific Paving company of
their non-acceDtance Of the work, I'M
der the five years guarantee clause in
the contract. The chairman and city
engineer We're also instructed at the
last meeting of the board to complete
the Second South street sewer. and de-
duct the expense from the final esti-
mate of Contractor Harigan. This ac-
ton was taken in accordance with the
recommendations of City Engineer KEEL
sey and G. l.. Haines, chairman of the
board. Their suggestions were made
in letter TO the board, as follows:
IN accordance with your instructions
of Oct. IS, we beg leave to report as
follows, IL the matter Of the final ac-
ceptance of the State street pavement:
The contract with the Pacific Paw
ing company for this work. reads as
follows:
q" II being expressly understood and
agreed that the city engineer shall not
finally approve, nor the board of public
works finally accept, the work before
five years from the date of its compile
tlCn, and then only in case that it shall
be IN perfect condition. and that dur
ing said period the entire pavement
shall be kept in continuous good re-
pair, and that it shall be optional with
the city, at the expiration of said term
of five years, to require the contractor
To further maintain the pavement in
similar and continuous good repair for
the additional period of Is years. upon
paying annually therefor during the
term the sum of cents per square
yard for every square yard of pave
ment laid under this contract
The contractors have been making
extensive repairs to this pavement. but
it is still defective. and under the
terms of the contract. the city engineer
and board of public works are prohib-
tied from accepting it unless it shall be
in perfect condition. We. therefore. rec
ommead that the pavement be not ac-
cepted.
Some of the asphalt used in the
pavement contained only a small per
centage of .bitumen. This material was
not disiategrated in passing through
the steamer, but came out in Jumps
and these Jumps, with other foreign
matter, were mixed and laid with the
other material, Notwithstanding the
city engineers protests. A copy of the
city engineers letter to the Pacific Paw
ing company's letter is hereto attached.
Wherever these Jumps extended to the
surface Of the pavement, they have
disintegrated, leaving holes varying in
size from one-eighth to four inches in
diameter. The larger holes have been
repaired by cutting out the Jumps and
reiaying in the material, but the smaller
ones remain, and will become enlarged
as the edges are worn away by travel
We also recommend that the con-
tractors be required to keep the pave
ment IL repair for the additional term
Of = years. in accordance with the
terms of their contract.
The cost to the city for keeping the
pavement II repair for the additional
period viii be $1,199.12 per year. Re
spectfully,
z. c. KELSEY,
City Engineer.
c. S. HAINES,
Chairman