The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-21
I. }. Moran Completes Bi
Within Less Than ID
the Time Limit. 4
STREET IS NOW ONE OF
FINEST IN THE ca
California Asphalt Has
Used and the Approx
Cost Is $19O,OOO.j

Within his time limit by ?
2. j. Moran Friday completed, +,
of paving First South street .
ond to Thirteenth East stree,
there arc two half.blocks vet,
the asphalt coating placed mi
but these would have been 4.
had it not been for the fact u
was a disagreement between /
ting property owners as to
OF material TO be used. which
disposed Of in short order ius1|
as the property owners pef
The contract. as let to Mr.,
called for Utah asphalt, bnt
was agreed that California
might be used where all the
property owners on a block !
a request for that material
exception Of the First Coupr
church and DR.. T. 3. Beatty.
holding up the two half.biof
toned by insisting upon Utah
all property owners on the strl
for California asphalt, and ID;
material used. 4
In his contract with fhe citt
paving of this thoroughfare. M,
agreed to do tho work within Z
When a question was raised 4
time limit, Mr.. Moran said to !;
ell: ~ have fixed the time;
"a days in order to protect
but ! believe 1 can do the wor,
half that time. | cen at leas
you gentlemen that will proc
the work as rapidly as possibt'
This Is Going Some.
It was on April 90, Just eeve
OF 210 days ago, that Mr.. Nor,
the work Of paving the streei
finishing it in this time he u
a record that he is proud Of
nothing of the satisfaction Of I
erty owners, none OF whom exp
work to be finished up this We
First South street is now OF
haudsomest thoroughfares in
any other city. From Second l.
East the pavement is eighty 4
between curbs.. and from 81
Thirteenth East it is sixty fe-
street is parked upon either
paved driveways lead into all
licences. where they are needed
the bids submitted by Mr.. Ml
cost Of the eighty-foot paven
fixed at SAT- q front foot 4
asphalt and S10.27 for the @
product. On the sixty,foot ST
cost was fixed at 1884 and I
spectiveiy. Nothing but q.
asphalt has been used, howe'
tho cost OF the work is appro
100000.
1t is q tribute 10 Mr.. Moran'
and business ability to say thal
accomplished this piece Of wori
than ore-half the time in VI
had to complete it, but the ts.
still larger when it is taken \
sideration that, while this grtl
of work was in progress, he K
gagged In paving q number O.
in other portions of the city,,
work, as well as the First Sou
paving, has been brought tol
factory conclusion. Ii
The paving Of First SOUTH
the removal of 100000 cubic
dirt and the lowering of the
much as five feet on a con
portion OF the street. Mr.. ny
had the contract for paving
the tracks of the Utah Light Z
way company. but the conf
sisted him in every way poss'
there was no delay on this acf
Congratulations Are pu
Mr.. Moran is not only to
graduated upoI the manner J
he has pushed this work to COB
but the abutting property ov
to be congratulated upon the :
they now have one OF the q
most artistieally finished spi
the entire country.
One of the features OF the
First South street is the asp1
way which Moran laid from Z
into tho grounds OF the hoe
81 the present time Mr..
engaged in several other laye
of work. the most important
ertv owners being the gradm
going on on Hillside avenue,
east side of Judge W, II
handsome residence on Capiso1
this point Mr.. Moran is Temf
immense amount of dirt. ana I
that is being established men
TO the holders of property u
calitv. Mr. Moran is using q
shovel on the work, w9ic1 1oa
the labor of moro than iuo
an example, this steam saovea
wagon with two cubic iee'
in fifteen seconds. N