Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-02
CONTRACTORS BID
ON PUBLIC WORKS
Awards To Be Made Today On
Paving and Sewer Con-
struction.
AFFECTS MANY DISTRICTS.
Sidewalks, Streets and Underground
Work to be Undertaken In Many
Portions of the City.

At it's meeting held last evening, IN"
board Of public works opened bids for
improvements the aggregate cost ot
which will be $3.50 5e2.99, for which tho
contracts will be awarded today +.
J. Moran was tho chief bidder in the
paving contracts. while James Kenne-
dy and Davis & Hcuscr were the low
est bidders OH the sewer work. Other
bidders we're S. Birch. who was award
ed the contract for the one sidewalk
extension, the Barber Asphalt com
pany. J. y. Hanley, Frank Doran,
Zerbe & Walker, ana Strange & Nc
Guire.
Although tho total sum of improve
rnents foots up nearly 100000. the
clty's portion win be only about STA
900, as in the paving contracts the
grading work is all the city Will have
to pay for. the Intersections being al
ready laid in most cases. In tho sewer
work the city pays nothing, and for
It only pays for the inter-
sections and half the grading cost
The bias in detail were az follows:
Paving extension No. IS. Fifth East
street, between South Temple and
Third South streets.
Barber Asphalt company, $50
square yard for laying asphalt along
ahutters' portion and Al cents per Gu
bic yard for grading. For the CITY 3
1917 q square yard for laying
asphalt and ~ cents yard for grad
ing.
r. j. Morau-For laying asphalt
along abutters portion, SO. % square
yard and 30 cents q cubic yard for
grading, ror the city's portion, $50
a square yard for asphalt and "A cents
A ward for grading.
Paving extension No. 80, Fifth South
between Main and Second East streets.
Barber Asphalt company-For abut-
-eTs portion, S3.47 a square yard for
aging asphalt and 45 cents cubic
yard for grading. For city's portion,
u. 81 q square yard for asphalt and 81
,ents u yard for grading
T.. j. Molan--For abutters portion,
g. - a square yard for asphalt and 81
'ents for grading. For city's portion, |
a 80 a square yard for asphalt and 81 |
ents for grading.
Paving extension No. ~, p street,
between South Temple and First |
venue.
Barber Asphalt Company-For abut- |
ers' portion. $3.50 a square yard fol |
aging asphalt and 40 cents q cubic |
'ard for grading For city's portion, |
a "a "A square yard for asphalt and 81 |
,ents for grading.
p. j. Moran--For abutters' portion |
y 81 "A square yard for asphalt and IS |
cents a cubic yard for grading. City's |
portion, S4SS square yard for asphalt |
Ind 70 cents for grading.
Entire estimated cost Of paving, SIS,- |
700
For grading Third South street, be-
tween Eleventh and Twelfth East
streets
p. j. Misunderstanding at "a cents a
cubic yard Approximate cost $4,000
No other bids.
Sidewalk extension No. l2l, Eighth
south street from Eighth to Ninth |
West streets. Titusville avenue from
Ninth South to Jordan river, Indiana
,venue from the river TO Cheyenne
street. Cost by terms of lowest bid
n. 24O.
j. D. Hanley- For laying cement
walk IL cents square foot and II
1ents a foot for grading.
Frank Doran--For laying cement
walk IS cents a square foot FOR lay
ng walk and 121a cents for grading.
s. Birch For laying walk 1913 cents
4 square foot and for grading 81 cents
u foot.
zerbe Il Walkcr-For laying walk,
lSIs cents a foot and for grading 90
cents a foot
Contract will be awarded to Birch
Sewer extension No 1S5. Main street
TO the BtaNltN sewer ana fDLn 20 Nlhln
South streets. Price Of lowest bidder
S72. g6S 81.
strange & Mcclure. 81 O5 Il foot.
Davis & Ilcuser, s1S2 a foot
J. d. Hanley, Sl.ji II foot.
James Kennedy, 81 80 a foot
Contract win be awarded to kenne-
dy.
Sewer extension No. 1856, Third avenue
10 sixth avenue and A street TO the
reservation. Price OF lowest bidder
17.3s4. Az.
j. u. Hanley, SIT a foot.
DAYS g. lIcuser, 81 .65 u foot,
James Kennedy. SIZE Il foot
Lowest bidder Davis a. Heuser.
The board also ordered several water
main extensions, transacted routine
business and passed estimates amount
ing to SIS, 900 in favor OF various con-
tractors.
The passage Of the final estimate ia
favor OF p. J. Moran on the new
water supply main was held up, as the
contract called for the completion Of
the work by July 10, while It was not
finished until Jan. Z.
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