The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-13
OUTSIDERS INSIDE
ON BIG CONTRACTS
Board of Public Wcrks Opens
Bids for Much Costly
Work.
BARBER ASPHALT PEOPLE
LOW ON STREET PAVING
James Kennedy Is Only Salt
Laker Who Submits Low
est Bid.

The Barber asphalt people, represented
by their Denver agent, submitted the
lowest bid Wednesday for the three big
paving contracts TO be let by tho Board
OF Public Works or this city. P. j.
Moran, tho only other bidder bid consld-
erably lowcr than the Barber people on
the asphalt portion Of the work. but he
was lost in the stretch when tho bids for
grading, curbing and miscellaneous work
wore included. Mr.. Moran also was una
BILE TO land either OF tho contracts for
watermains and sewers, although his bid
was next TO the lowest in each instance
Utah or California Asphalt.
Tho Barber people voted on refined
Utah asphalt from Buena Vista Utah
while Mr., Moran bid on refined Caliior-
MIA asphalt the same was used on
East South Temple street.
The paving bids. City Engineer Kelsey
Said after he had tabulatcd them, arc
the lowest ever submitted in the city
when the price OF materials is considered.
only one home bidder landed anything
and he Is James Kennedy. who is now
doing q large amount OF work for the
city. ]. w. Percival. who was the lowest
bidder on watcrmolns. is a resident OF
Omaha; S. Birch, who was the lowest
bidder on cement sidewalks, resides at
Fargo, n, d, the Barber people, as is
well known, have number of headquar-
terss one OF which is at Denver,
Bids on Asphalt.
The bids on the asphalt portion of the
work are as follows: Utah asphalt, five-
year guarantee. $780,, ten year. sl9SE;
California asphalt, nve-year guarantee.
81. .5; ten year. S95
The bids on watermalns, sewers and
sidewalks aggregate $22O,SiS.7O; tho paw
ing bids, fVe-year guarantee, reinforced
concrete, aggregate sl97 $685.; tiye-year
guarantee, plain concrete work, SlS3 S307b.SJ. |
When the Board OF Public Works met |
In the Council chamber at 3 o'clock |
nI N. fDr IN he
there were large number of Interested |
persons present including the bidders,
who numbered eighteen.
Must Accept Warrants.
Before the bids were opened 1t was an
nounced by Chairman Leonard OF the |
board that the Specifications had been
amended, by adding n section which pro-
vided that the contractor would be paid |
by the city, out OF the general fund, for
the cost of the work on intersections and
tho city'e portion opposite streets and
alleys the balance or the payment to be
made in city warrants from a special
ting property-owncrs, the warrants to
draw per cent interest The remainder
OF the section read as follows:
Must Accept Warrants.
And 1t is further understood and
agreed that the city is to be exempt from
Improvement for which the abuJting
has been assessed, and
inc contractor hereoy agrees TO accept |
such warrants in fun payment for said
portion of said Improvement for which
property-owncrs are assessed
And II is hereby understood that the city
Will exercise the authority conferred
upon by statute TO collect said assess
ments"
No objection was made to the inser-
ton OF this section by any OF the bid
ders. The only change made by the sec
tion is to provide for the payment for the
work from the scrip Issued against the
property.
Work Of Opening Bids.
The work OF opening the bids then began
and they were as follows. the order here being
changed and the payirg bids. which were
opened Inst. being given first:
Paving on Main street, from Fourth to Ninth
r. j. Moran
Flveyear guarantee ........,ss,....-.S6e $50. 0lS 95
Ten year guarantee .................. 10. SIS IS
Barber Asphalt Paving Co
Five-year guarantees ...s.........s.... 60. .96i IS
Tenyear guarantee a.r,,---.,,....,.,,s, 62.Sei IS
Work on State Street.
State street from Fourth to Seventh South
street including blocks from West Temple TO
Second East street;
P. ]. Moran
Eiye.year guarantee .............-.'@ 80 90 9s4 @ 90
Barber Asphalt Paving CO.
Fivo-year guarantee .....s.s............ 9.li320
rcn~year guarantee -.,-,.,s...r.s..s..s 92.025 20
On First South.
First South street, from west Temple TO |
Third South street;
p j Moran
Flve-year guarantee .....,............s 8! As 20
Tenrycar guarantee ..-.........b.,..ss. 81 rs 10
Barber Asphalt Paving Co.
Fiveyear guarantee .-,rr,s,s.......... 50, $50 20
Tcn-ycar guarantee .--...,---..,s...-s. S1,io0 20
Barber Still Low.
Bid on the work. with plain concrete
P j. Moran
Fivo-yeor guarantee ....'.......,...-,' g. 81 IS
Ten-year guarantee Observation-Disclosures, s., ,$3l 70
Barber Asphalt Paving Co
Fivcyear sunrentce ......,-.-.sssss... %. .975 90
Tenyear guarantee ......s-......--..-.. 6l,Sl5 65
All the Same Here.
State street, from Fourth South to Seventh
South and Fourth South from West Tomple to
Second Eost street.
P J. Moran
Five-y,nr guarantee .,.-....,........1 80, 7el 60
Tcn-yerr guarantee .s......-........., 81, Sol co
Barber Asphalt Paving Co.
F1yeyenr guaranteed .................s. 81, $50 90
renyea guarantee 80. 7i9. 70
More of the Same.
First South street. from West Temple TO
Third West street
+. j. Moran
Eiyo,year guarantee '..''''''..'....-'s tS 3se -
Barber Asphalt Paving Co.
Flveyear guarantee .-.-..-..-.-s.-.... 10, go IS
BIDS on sewers. cement sidewalks and water
main extensions were as follows:
Watermains.
Thirty thousand feet OF 'six-inch pipe; 5000
feet Of cght-inoh pipo and 500 feet OF ten-inch
pipo
] W Percvol. "a 2l4 90
p. j, Moran 81 t2S co
Midgley Bros ..,-...,,..s....... l5si2 90
James Kennedy ........5s.......-.-..,,s 1l5l. 80
Hanley e. So 2i6. 90
y. 3 Sherman NJ Co........,....,..... eO4IO. % |
Sewers,
Scyenty-hve thousand feet OF crht-lnch pipe |
2iGo feet of ten-inch pipe. 1900 feet Of twelve
inch pipe
James Kennedy ...,..,....ss,.........S 81 2Si 90
L. J. Moran 81 l65 0D
Hanley Richie .ss,.... 95 $50 90
y. s. Sherman NJ Co III 30. 90
Cement Sidewalks.
Six hundred thousand square feet. four Inches
thick. and 10000 feet. six inches thick:
S Birch ~ 27o 90
R. S. Blose 9s $50 ~
p O'Neill a. Go5. 60
Young & .s...s....s...ss... &c 80 %
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