The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-26

At its meeting last evening the board
of public works recommended that the
contract be let for the largest sidewalk
contract ever awarded in this city. James
Kennedy. whose company only yesterday
filed articles of Incorporation, but who
has been in the contracting business in
Salt Lake for years. was the successful
bidder. His offer was the lowest. as will
be seen by the figures given at the head
of this item.
The board recommended unanimously
that the contract be awarded TO the low
est bidder. and if the city council, at its
meeting on Monday, approves the recon-
mendqtion, Kennedy may proceed with
the work.
Work for This Fall.
Originally sidewalk extension No. los
comprised fifty-two miles and a fraction
of sidewalk in the district east of Main
10 Thirteenth East street and south OF
Ninth South TO the city limits. Elimina-
tons and alterations in the plans have re-
duced the distance TO approximately fifty
miles. City Engineer Kelsey will, at the
next council meeting. recommend the
elminr ton of certain portions of the work,
and doubtless the council will endorse the
recommendation.
When the plans and figures for this
work were first prepared. about two years
ago. 1t was estimated that the cost would
be $4,000. Since that time. there have
been alterations and changes which have
brought the estimates down to 10000. II
Will be seen. therefore, that the contrac-
tors who submitted tenders calculated
pretty closely.
II was a source of no little speculation
as TO how close the engineers in Mr.. Kel-
sey's department could come to guessing
the amount the successful contractor
would offer the linear foot. The assist
ant engineer put the mark at 67I2 cents;
the Kennedy bid was 81 lilo cents.
Fifteen miles of the work are TO be COM
pleted this year. The whole contract must
he completed by the 3ist day of October
1909.
Will Require Material.
Experts figure that the entire job will
call for fifty thousand cubic yards of con-
crete. a mixer is capable of turning out
approximately one hundred cubic wards a
day. IL is manifest. therefore that there
Will be vast amount of cement and
crushed rock, and plenty of mixing ma
chimes required.
The $4,000 bond must be filed within
five days: the $4,000 certified check was
filed with the bid. and is now locked up
in the safe.
The city's portion of this work will be
si2.6oo.SO. and the abutting property will
nave to pay the remainder of the cost.
The Portion Eliminated.
City Engineer Kelsey recommended the
elimination of those sidewalks from ex-
Ninth South to Downington. 60Sl feet;
Harvard, north side. Ninth East 10 canal
1.623 feet; Harvard. both sides, northwest
corner lot 3d. Ninth East to canal one
block. block 3. Park View subdivision of
block ia, Five-acre plat A to Thirteenth
East. 1.S14.S feet: Tenth South, north side
State to Fifth East. 2.S79 feet: Catherine
both sides, from Harvard southwark 926
feet; Verona, both sides, Clysdale to city
limits, 524.T feet: Cooley both sides. north
from city limits. 50S.2 feet; Downington,
north side, east from Eleventh East, 5O2
feet; total. 14.25S-45 feet, or approximately
TWO and three-quarter miles. The elm
mated portion would cost about $4,000
Hundreds of Miles of Walks.
During the Informal discussion which
TOOK place during the consideration Of the
bids and the talk incident 10 sidewalk ex-
tensions generally. it developed that dur
ing the last three years ninety miles of
sidewalks have been laid The fifty miles
10 be added within the next year will
bring that up 10 a total Of hundred and
forty miles. and there are two more big
projects on the fire" These are ex-
tension district No. l26. in the southwest
efn portion OF the city, comprising 1917
miles. and extension No. lbs in the north
western portion of the CITY comprisinr
70 miles These, when completed, viii
bring the total of sidewalks in Salt Lake
up TO approximately 200 miles.
Estimates Are Allowed.
number of estimates were favorablv
recommended by the board last night.
The principal items are: Fourth martial
estimate OF ?. J. Moran. paving district
NO. 81. SlS.533.50: Davis & Heuser sewer
extension No. 1856 $11671.7O
Inc board Will meet again a week
hence, Friday, Oct. 2
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