The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-06
BIDS ARE OPENED
FOR PUBLIC WORK
improvements Now in View
Will Cost More Than
100000.
STRANGE & MAGUlRE
UNDERBID p. J. MORAN
Board Postpones Action Upon
Tenders Until Next Fri
day Night.

Bids were opened by the board OF pub
lie works 1T Its meeting Friday night loi
public improvements amounting TO more
than $500 U0O. and estimates were passed
for work already done on improvements
amounting 10 about $4,000. The most
important matter under consideration WAS
the bids for paving Third south street
with asphalt from state To Tenth East
street. The bidding on this work WAS
very sharp, as there were four Compcu-
tors after the contract, and among thcln
were two new contracting hrmS. L.
Moran WAS undcrbid by Strange 81 Ma
guirc by about $4,000. The board did not
award any Of the contracts, but postponed
final action on them until next Friday
night. Mayor EranStoTd was present at
the meeting of the board and took an
active interest in the business transacted.
The bids received for the Third South
street paving arc as follows:
Strange 6 Maguirc, Salt Lake $li5S52 -
l., j. Moran. salt Lake. ........ lGl,iO2 so
Bryant, Ford Mclaughlin PAY
ing Co. Waterloo. la a........ b,2u' .oS
Barber Asphalt Paving CO., san
Francisco .,.... .......,..... l'"''o"' IL
ON sewer extension No. 29S. which in
cludcs the area bounded hy West Capitol
street and Second West aud Fourth
North and Fern avenue. there were three
bids, as follows: JumCs Kennedy Con-
structIon company, SlL50G.27; Strange &,
Masuirc. SlS,oIc; Mckay x Reed, ST.
1861.
One Little, Lone Bid.
There WAS only one bid on scwcr cN-
tension No. 20. that OF the James Ken
ncdy Construction company. amounting
10 $lol.S32.0 This extension includes
the area bounded by South Temple and
Third North and from Second 10 Eighth
West street.
A bid was received from Zcrbc &
Walker for installing new weir and
screens In CITY creek. Owing TO the fact
that the bid did not state Il total amount
for the entire work, IL was referred 10
the city engineer for tubuntIou. The
price for excavation was $50 per cubic
yard. which was considered too high by
,he board and the cuGinccr. and it he
quite likely that some other arrangement
VIII be made FOR That part of the work.
The matter VIII he taken up again aud
disposed OF at the next meeting of the
board
=. j. Moran submitted u bid FOR put
Ting in n concrete waterway across the
intersection Of First South and Seventh
East streets. The waterway VIII be sin
teen inches deep and three feet wide,
and the amount OF the bid WAS $lGS The
matter was referred 10 the city engineer
with authority 10 order the work done
II II Is feasible in put in "A waterway OF
that depth at the intersection mentioned.
The fna estimate of the Campbell
company. amounting To SsI7l.5J.
Tor constructing the wooden Stavc pipe
line from TN" pumping plant tu the inter-
ccptlng sewer, was held up tor a week
and VIII be disposed of at the meeting of
The board next Friday night, Acting
Ctty Engineer CLANCY would not recon-
mend the acceptance of tho work. FOR
the reason that he claimed the plpo line
was not built according 10 specifications.
He explained io the board i'm what par
ticularS the contractor failed To comply
with III" specifications, and IL was de-
cidcd 10 hav" the two inspectors who
represented the board Of public works
during the contraction of the pine line
present AT lhc meeting next week and
give their views on the subject.
Estimates Approved,
The estimates approved by tho board
were i, j. Moran. street paving $656j. 90:
Davis Iteuser. North Temple street
aqueduct Slb.65l.SI; +. J. Moran. street
paving. S2i.2fi.9S; Davis & Heuser
sewer contract. S5js.26: Mary r. Pea
body. paving The intersection at Second
avenue and Virginia street, $l0o.23
several letters indorSing elevators in
stalled in western cities by the Van
Emon Elevator company were read. The
der ON the contract for Installing Il new
elevator on the city side of the city aud
county building. but there was some
question raised as To their elevators Civ
ing perfect satisfaction. and The matter
has been laid over for several weeks
past.
Tho board will hold a special meeting
tonight FOR The purpose OF further con-
sldcrlng that matter. IT Will also CON
sidcr the question OF approving the now
motor NJ The sewer pumping plant at IFS
meeting tonight. The motor has h.en
thoroughly tested aud found satisfactory
out some of the members OF the board
wanted To see II in operation before final
iy accepting il.