The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-29
LARGE CONTRACT
GOES TO MORAN
He Will Resurface Main Street
From South Temple to
Fourth South.
WORK TO BE COMPLETED
FOR BIG ENCAMPMENT
For the Entire Work City VIII
Pay the Sum of
S55, ,546.79.

ne lbO5IH OF INDllt NDlhSs bI ~
| meeting Friday night, awarded the con
tract for tho rcsurfacing, reguttcrlnG
and recnrbing OF Main street between
South Temple and Fourth South strcts,
The work TO be completed before the
assembling of the g. y. H. encampment,
to r. j. Moran for the sum Of S55,-
Ji6.7g. which sum also includes the cost
of taking out the stone paving blocks
i'll the cross walks Of the above streets.
Due TO the fact that Mr.. Moran in
serted in his bid a clause in which he
proposed 10 take up and remove all OK
isting stone block pavement on Main
street, with the exception Of that used
by tho street railway. and the hauling
of the stone 10 any point designated by
the Board of Public Works. not TO cX
cced one mile. for twenty cents per
square yard, and complete tho work
within the specified time, the the con
tract was awarded TO him Mr.. Moran
was the only one 10 put in bid on
this work. Mr. Moran 5 bid for the
paving Of Third South street between
West Temple and Third West was laid
over for one week as was also the bid
of a. d. Burt regarding the stone
cross-walks.
Only One Received.
AT the opening Of thc meeting Me
MILAN called for the bids on the cross
walk work and the only one TO respond
was a. ID. Burt. Before The bid was
opened, c. ID. RookIige said that mas
much as the Main street contract called
for the removal of the cross-walkS and
also the rcpayin@ of the street. he was
OF The opinion that the contracts hinged
upon each other As the contractor do
ing the work on the cross-Halks would
come In conflict with the man doing
the paving work, Mr.. Rooklidge had
looked into the matter Of the paving
work, and when he found that Mr..
Moran WAS the only one to submit a
bid on the paving, he had told him to
submit a supplementary bid for the
cross-walks. On tho motion Of Mr..
Roollidge, the bid OF Mr.. Burt was laid
over for ono week and the bid OF Mr..
Moran was opened,
The bid as per tho specifications Of
the City Engineer called for the sum of
53,790.l9, which, plus the supplement
tary bid as suggested by Mr.. Rooklidge
for the cross walk work. brought the
total up TO s55.5Ie.7o. city Engineer
5. G. Kelsey bad estimated the cost OF
doing the work at $4s,il9.S0 and there
was some discussion when it was seen
that Mr., Moran 8 bid was more than
$4,000 above the estimate.
Mr.. Roolllidge was of the opinion
that the contract should be awarded
and allowed to go TO the council for
the difficulty of the work on Main |
street and the very short time i'll which |
the work was to be completed, If il |
were TO be finished in time for the G.. |
\. Il. encampment. there was no time !
TO be lost, and after discussion, the !
members of the board were Of the same
opinion.
Moran's Second Bid.
The second bid Of Mr. Moran for the |
paving OF West Third South called for |
the sum of $52, ,079.9O, and this created |
some discussion and comparison of |
the cost with that of other streets. |
Mr.. Moran stated to the members of |
the board that the estimates were ar
rived AT as carefully as in the past.
but the board wished 10 look into the !
matter more fully, and as there was
plenty of time to consider the sub.
jcct. the bid was laid over for ono
week.
The estimates of James Kennedy for
work done ON sewer extension No.
112, for which there WAS due from
the city the sum of 5000 -6l. was al
lowed, as was also the estimate on
sewer extension 1S5, for which there
was due from the city $Jl6l 10.
The second and final estimates of
Shea Anderson. vino built the con
crete conduit known as the Jordan and
Salt Lake canal. which is north of
Mill Creek and for which there is due
from the city Sl969 80. minus 1928.
the penalty attached 10 the contract
for the delay Of twenty DAYS i'm
the work. was allowed This |
was after some discussion. in which Mr.
Rooklidge was OF the opinion that tho
contractors should pay the penalty, ae
they had signed the contract knowing
the penalty was attached
Other Business.
The sum Of SOL So was allowed TO
j. D. Hanley for thc work on the
water main extension No. 22o, on Pier.
pont street. between Ninth and Tenth
west. Due 10 the fact that the city
had been The cause Of the delay i'm
The work the forfeiture of SlO per
Law was not demanded.
j. W. Mcllen offered the city $1,000
+ he wcrc allowed 10 do the grading
,f Fourth North street from East Capi
ol to the Wasatch drive. This was in
consideration that he he allowed to
His bid was accepted. and tho board
recommended 10 the city council tho
grading of \ street between Fourfh
md Fifth avenues bv tho same mctboJ
The board decided 10 advertise for
,ids for paving extension No. IS. from
eighth South and Main 10 State 4;
treet; extension No. -. on First Nest
md South Temple ia Third South: cx- Y
cnsion No -. on State from Seventh {
o Ninth South, These bids will be
'pcncd juno IS,