Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-19
PAT MORAN GETS
some more JOBS
The Official Contractor Lands
Contract, Although Above
Estimates.
PENALT TIES NOT ENFORCED.
Contractors Show That Board Of
Works JIanipcrcd8 Then, iii Their
Work. Lumber Strays Away.

Patrick J. Moran, the official COIL
tractor, was given three more paving
contracts at his own price last night
by the board of public works. His
aggregate bids are s9.504.ss above the
estimates OF City Engineer Louis g..
kelsey. Since Moran has run all his
competitors out Of the market. he has
gradually raised his prices. In view
Of the4fact that Moran does good work
and the city has no trouble With him..
the board OF public works and the coun-
ell feel that they are justified in giving
him the contracts at any Price There
is no other city in the west where the
contractors are allowed to do work
for amounts higher than tho city en-.
glneer's estimate. In Salt Lake CITY
before this Searsthere never was a con-
tract let that was higher than the es-
innate. III
The Bids opened last night We're on.
three extensions and the aggregate bid
amounted to- S105,37S. 81 The estimate
of tho city engineer was $50, S4S.21.
ThegEeparate extensions and the bids
and estimates are us follows:
EStension34S. Eighth South between
Main and State streets, s1S,509.67.
Extension IS, Stale street from Sew
enth South to Ninth South. ss6,3I1IT05.
Extension 55, First West street be-
tween South Temple and Third South
S553n.37
The estimated cost. submitted by the
city engineer, was 500, S4s.21. distributed
as follows: Extension As, s11.7S5 80: eS-
tension 50, s35,3T.05; extension 55. s49,-5
$50. OF.
# The aggregated bids ore ss,5O4.Ss
above the aggregated estimates. divided
as follows On extension ds, S1,863.1S;5
on extension 80. $1,000; on extension So,
s5,64l.10.
ESCAPE THE FORFEIT.
Shea & Anderson, who built the con-
5duit on the Salt Lake e Jordan canal
escaped q penalty Of S525 at the hands.
sut the board of public works. Although
they were several days behind the time
specified for the completion Of their
contract they showed that they were
tllampered in their work by the orders
given by the board. Frank NJ. Mathews.
land and water commissioner, also took
away the lumber out of the old fumes
which We're given to the contractors
under the plans and specifications. They
had to buy new lumber for tin,bering
tine DSctiVAllOlt. illlu tlliS TuSids SNi
to certain extent. The city council
allowed them $500 for tho lumber and
$50 damages. When this came up
City Engineer Kelsey said that there
was no! excuse for the land and water
commissioner taking the lumber away
stBy the way" Interrupted Chairman
II. q. Mcmillan 1--WE have never been
able to find out where that lumber went
tor
j. d. Hanley. who had the Waterman
contract for 1908. was given his final
estimates and the. board failed to en-
force a number of penalties amounting
TO $40. He was overtime on several
extensions, but the delay was the fault
OF the board OF public works and not
the contractor
Andrew D. Burt was finally awarded
6the contract last night for laying stone
scross-wal ks. His bid was 40 cents a
cubic yard for excavation and 60 cents
for hauling and laying the stones where
the haul is a mile or under. For each
additional mile he will get 10 cents.
The contract will amount to approx
imately $4,000.
Black & LETTERS bid of s1,024 for the
erection of an additional garbage sta
+ ton was referred to T. ]. Armstrong
for consideration. The city engineers
estimate was $500 and the board thinks
this is too much.
Don O'Brien and w. o. Norrell were
appointed as inspectors last night by
the board Norrell was candidate for
county auditor on the American"
ticket last fall.