The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-16
BIDS FOR PAVING
ARE ALL REJECTED
City Engineer Instructed to Re-
advertise for Bids
Thereon.
ONLY TWO PROPOSALS
SUBMITTED TO BOARD
2. j. Moran and the Barber As
phalt Company Compete;
the Former Lowest.

Tho Board OF Public Works rejected
all bids for street paving which were
submitted at the meeting Friday night
and the City Engineer was instructed to
| readVertise for bids. tho advertisements
| to be placed in several Eastern engineer
| Ing journals and the bids to be opened
| July 6.
| The members of the board all expressed
| themselves as rcgretting very much that
| this action was necessary, but In View
| that the lowest bid submitted for the
| work on Main First and Fourth South
streets was S1l. i5s 40 higher than the low
bid submitted under the former call. that
| they did not feel justified in awarding the
| contract and thereby increase the cost
TO the taxpayer something over so cents
foot for the paving
| While the low bid on the East Second
| South paving was somewhat lower than
| the estimate prepared by tho City En-
glneer, the bid was figured on the Same
| basis as the others had been, and there
! fore the board took the same action In
| regard to this bid.
| But Two Bids Submitted
| But two contractors submitted bids the
| Barber Asphalt company and P. j. Mo
| ran, being the same bidders who sub
| mcnt the conditions being reversed this
| time, however, Moran being the low bid
| der and the Barber company the high.
Another aspect of the transaction is that
Morans present bid Is considerably
higher than the Barber companys for
mer bid and the latters present bid is
Sid s great deal higher than NoF0"'' present
Mr. Rooklidge OF the board stated that
the representative of the Barber company
had informed him that the REASON that
the Barber company had made such an
increase In their bids was that the price
of asphalt had raised considerably since
IN
board was at loss TO understand that
statement. nasmuch rs Moran had not
been affected In the same way, his bid
being lower than 1T was at first. Tho
following Is a statement of the former
and present bids submitted by both con-
Germs.
Former and Present Bids.
For paving state street from Fourth South
South street from West Temple street TO Sec
ond East street.
=, j. Moran April IL June 10
Reinforced concrete curb. -
Ten-ycar guarantee rSlGp l6l 80 so.S2ol 10
renyear a, suaranteo s2o2s 20 slo2 oa1 80
For paving East Temple street from Fourth
South street 70 Ninth South street.
p. ]. Moran April IL Juno l5
Reinforced concrete curb.
Tcn-ycor guarantee ,,,-,...S 1O6fS 80 81 Ool. 2o
Barber Asphalt Paving CO.
Ten-year guarantee .,......S g. Soi IS IO6i6 80
For paving First South street from West
Temple street 10 Third West street
p. J. Moran April IL. June 10
Reinforced concrete curb.
Ten-year guarantee ......,-S 5l, 2SS 10 1856 95
Barber Asphalt Paving Co
Tcn-year guarantee .,...s.rS i'siVoE 20 o. i65 20
For paving Second South street from Third
East street to Tenth East street
p. Moran April IL. June 10
Plain concr0tc curb.
Ten-year guarantee .,.r-.-. Sl06. ls9 30
Barber Asphalt Paving Co
Tcnycar guarantee SlOl, SOB 90 Sis GsS so
Total of Moran's Bid
MI % -
including the East Second South work,
is S3l9.S7660. and that OF the Barber COM
pany 1913 $685. a difference of 500 80 IS
In favor OF Moran.
The bid for the macadamIzing of South
Sixth East street was also opened 1t
was the bid of Hanley & Rltchc for
S0,9l9 and being Sl16 in excess OF the cs-
innate prepared by the City Engineer,
was also rejected by the board