The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-21
BIDS WILL BE
OPENED MONDAY
Board of Works to Take First
Step Toward Long-De-
layed Action.
MAY CLASH WITH COUNCIL
QUESTION OF FORM OF CON-
TRACT WILL CAUSE TROUBLE.

The board or pubic WORKS meets Mon
day morning TO open bids for improve
ments, the estimated cost of which is
nearly 100000. This meeting has been
postponed from time TO time since June
20, and now all hopes of having any of
the work completed or more than begun
this year have been given up AS a re-
suit the payment of the city'S portion
will not be made a tax on this years rev.
enue, which is already OVerdraWn, but
will have to be met by the next admins
tration. The work consists of sidewalk
extensions Nos. 50 and 12l and sewer eX-
tensions Nos. IFS, $50 and 1s2.
Delay Exaperates Land Owners.
The delay of the board in opening bids
on this work has been particularly exas-
perating to property owners on sidewalk
extension No. So. This is located on the
north bench, and is part of the work
which the Utah FireprloOfing company
failed to do because a lenient council re-
leased it from its obligations. The assess
ment in this district was made in 1905 I'M
der the Morris administration and the
work commenced and pushed rapidly.
Many of the property owners at that time
paid their assessments in full. believing
that the work would be completed at an
early date.
When the ''reformers'' took charge of
the city the Utah FireproorIng company
began to slight its work, making various
excuses for such action. A period Of in
action lasting until last April followed.
and then the company was released from
its contract Practically no work was
done by it during 1905, and neither the
council nor the board of public works
made effort to make the company live
up 10 its contract Sidewalk extension
No. ~ is a small affair, and extends
along jefferson, Indiana and Titusville
avenues.
Sewer Extensions Were Delayed.
The sewer extensions were all included
in the contract to J. 2. Kennedy last
March which was declared Illegal be-
cause IL was not signed until the law reg
ulating improvements passed by the last
legislature went into effect. The assess
ments for all this work were levied early
in the spring, and the board of public
works and the council have recently dis
covered that as the new law provides for
the prosecution Of work from the levy
ing Of the assessment to the final pay
ment of contractors, II would not ap-
ply 10 any work where the assessment
had been made before the law was en-
acted. AS a result Of the blunder at that
time the whole work has had TO be adver-
tised over again at considerable expense
10 the taxpayers and the completion of
the sewer will be delayed another year.
1t is probable that the old contract form
in use before the new law went into eff
feet Will be used.
Sewer extension No. $50 lies between
Fifth and Ninth South streets and east of
the gravity sewer. 1t will cost about Sl0O-
900. Sewer extension No. 1872 is bounded
bl TIE HOTln Dy COuJ0 street,
the south by Ninth South street, on the
west by Second West street and on the
east by Main street 1t Will cost about
$4,000. Sewer extension No. 179 Is bound
ed on the north by First North street. on
the south by South Temple street, on the
west by Third West street and on the east
by Main street. The estimated cost is
500
One Of the difficulties the board will
confront after it lets the contracts is the
form of contract to be used. This was
presented to the council some time ago
for approval, but no action has ever been
taken on it by that body. The board
finally became discourse ed and realiz-
ing that the contracts must be printed
ordered this to be done, notwithstanding
the fact that the council had not acted
The council is understood to be strenu-
ously opposed to several provisions I'm the
new contract and a merry fight between
that body and the board is expected be-
lore the contracts are finally approved
The contract form was drawn by the CITY
attorney to conform to the new law