The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-02
RUNNING UP THE COST
Board of Public Works Adds to
Expense of Reservoir.
WANT AN IRON FENCE
ENGINEER KELSEY INTENDS TO
KEEP PLANS FILED.

The board of public works met last
evening to take action toward calling
Tor bids for fence to enclose the new
reservoir at the head of First South
street and for valve houses at the
point of diversion there and on the line
of the conduit, but nothing was done
The board believes that it should have
the plans of the city engineer before it
preliminary to calling for bids and
Engineer Kelsey takes issue on this
point
In a communication to the board the
engineer stated that the plans were
on fle in his Office, the proper place
of inspection, where any person who
desires to see them or to have any
thing explained may be accommodated
Since the engineers specifications for
pubic work have been revised by the
board TO suit contractors, Mr.. Kelsey
claims that he has no assurance that
the board will not attempt to further
interfere with his prerOgatiYes by re-
Vlslng his plans which have already
been approved by the city council
AS to the matter of having high,
tight board fence erected around the
reservoir by the lowest bidder, as di-
rected by the council, the board con-
cluded to do what it could TO suit the
wishes of residents in the extreme east
ern part of the city and a communica-
ton was ordered addressed to the
council suggesting that the fence on
the south and west sides of the reser-
voir be of iron pickets, the cost of
which would be about 5000. To cover
the stored water with an iron roof, in
accordance with Chairman Dooly's
idea, would cost over $4,000
Cost of the Reservoir.
Engineer Kelsey's final estimate to
the Excelsior Wooden Pipe company on
account of the construction of the
reservoir was considered to the extent
of recommending to the council that
the claim be paid, passing up to that
body the question of whether the
penalty of 81 200 for forty-eight days
delay on the work should be enforced,
Notwithstanding that il was admitted
by the board members that the fault
for the delay was with P ]. Moran,
who was nearly a month behind filling
his part of the contract to furnish the
special castings for the connections
with the pipe system.
In the course of the discussion 1t
was confessed that the board was
blameable for letting a contract to
Moran without providing for a time and
penalty clause.
Adding to the S24, 423. so, which has
already been paid to the reservoir con-
| tractor, the sum of $7.711.34, the amount
| of the engineers final estimate, inclU-
sive of the penalty for delay, it was
! found that the cost of the Improvement
! is $6,210.74 in excess of the original
| contract price, which was $25,924.50
| The excess is almost all attributable to
| the fact that the reservoir was made
| deeper than was at first intended
| Other items amounting to $1,79321 are
| charged to the reservoir account, but
these are for the city's expense of in
! specting and supervising by the board
| the work as it progressed.
1t was decided to call the council
attention to the advisability of having
/ the water meters that are now being
/ installed near the curb for large con-
sumers of water enclOSe' in brick
! basins instead of rough wooden boxes
and that the work should be done by
| contract on blanket bids covering a
! long period.
A. G. Giauque, contractor for the ex-
| tension of sewer laterals, gave notice
! that he would lay the Evans & Howard
pipe, which he deems of inferior quail
I ity, under protest. The communication
was merely filed.f