The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-01
P.J. MORAN SECURES
PAVING CONTRACTS
His Aggregate Bid on the Four
Extensions Amounts to
90,I77.6l.
SLIGHT HITCH OCCURS
IN MAIN STREET WORK
Board Does Not Want Curbing
and Guttering Replaced
at This Time.

Contracts for six public improve
mcnts, calling for total expenditure
of $95,47764, were awarded by the
board Of public works Friday evening,
Pour Of the contracts were on street
paving extensions, covering nine
blocks, and the others on a screening
tank and house for the Twentieth
ward pipe line in City Creek canyon.
The paving cxtcnsios were awarded to
r. j. Moran and the pipe line screen
ing tank and house to Zorbe & Walk
or, the only bidders, their bids being
$3.50 and $3.50 respectively; extra
concrete, $7.75 a cubic yard.
The other bidders on the paving OK
tensions were the Clark & Henry Con.
Struction company of Sacramento, Cal,
and the Barber Asphalt company, The
bidding was sharp aud close, tho aggre
gate of Moran's bids being ouly
$702 81 less than the aggregate bids of
the next lowest bidder, the Clark &
Henry Construction company, and on
firm beat Moran by 1865. The aggrc-
gate Of the bids was as follows.
Moran. 00,t776i; Clark s. Henry,
91,150.45; Barber 500. .l530i.
The separate bids were:
Paving extension 3O-Clark & Henry,
S35,0l4.s1; Moran, So, ,739 81; Barber,
35,514.65.
& Henry, s3S,354 90, Barber, $3S,
734 6s.
Extension 44-Moran, $12,ol5 26;
Clark & Henry, $12,259 .05; Barber,
$12.S52 0s.
Extension 46--Morau. S5.326. IS;
Clark & Henry, S5,5il 50; Barber, $5,-
$50. 73.
Streets to Be Improved.
The improvements are to DC finished
in $50 and 100 days and arc bounded
as follows: Extension 80 two blocks,
Twelfth East from South Temple TO
Second South; extension %, three
blocks. Seventh East from South Tenn
pie TO Third South, extension u, two
short blocks, B street from First ave
nuc 70 Third avenue; extension A, Two
short blocks, 4 street from First ave
nuc to Third avenue: total nine blocks.
On account of the city council hav-
jug virtually decided on bringing paw
ing extensions i26 and l2S under the
new ordinance taxing the cost of inter
sections to the property owners, which
Will save $4,000 to the city, there
were no bids on these improvements
Bids now will he opened at the meeting
of the board May IL. The first exten
sion is IN the second ward. estimated
cost, Sl37.697 The second is in the
third ward. and will cost $l25,655, it
is estimated.
hitch has arisen in the repayiug,
resurfacing and rccurbing and gutter
ing OF Main street from South Temple
to Fourth South street. The city coun.
ell in committee of the whole. Thurs.
day evening, authorized the board TO
advertise for bids Immediately, but the
board mcmbers are practically unit
in agreeing that the curhing and gut.
tcring do not need replacing at this
time. and decided not to authorize the
clerk OF the board to advertise for bids
just vet. Believing that it would be
cxtravagancc TO replace the present
stone curbs and cutters with cement
curbs and cutters. the board decided
to consult with the mayor and The
council engineering committee before
advertising for bids under the plans
and specifications which call for cement
curbs and cutters, and fixed upon 4
o clock Tuesday afternoon as the time
for the conference.
This will work little delay. however,
as the advertising may be made fol
lowing the conference with the mayor
and engineering committee in time TO
receive bids MAY 2S. The work then
may he started juno /, which will give
ample timn 10 complete the improve
mcnt before the G.. \, Il. national Gu
campment in August,
The next step in the improving of
Main street viii he the putting in of
stone crosswalks, and this will be got
10 as soon As it is decided whether the
present curbs and cutters will be al
lowed 10 remain or are to be replaced
with cement.