The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-13
EAST THIRD SOUTH
TO Be IMPROVED
J Will BE Paved With Asphalt
From State to Tenth
East Street.
STRANGE d INQUIRE ARE
AWARDED THE CONTRACT
Kennedy Is Given Biz Sewer
Extension in Western
Part of City.

Contracts for public improvements.
calling for a total expenditure of 500
1875, were awarded by the board Of
public works, Friday night, and cstl'
mates were approved for work already
douc, amounting to $j5,77l.0i.
Tho largest contract awarded was for
hc paving with asphalt of Third South
street. from State TO Tenth East street
80 Strange x Maguirc, upon their bld
of SliT S52.29. The estimated cost OF
The work was $l65.2l3.lG. The bid of
The successful contractors rs $4,000 un-
der tho city engineer S estimate. There
were four bids on the paving contract,
aud the next lowest to Strange y Ma
euiro WAS that of =. j. Moran, which
was about $4,000 higher than that
firm 5 bud.
Some question was raised by inc
members of the board as to Inc ablIitS
If Strange " Maguirc 10 fulfill the con
tract. aud in answer il wnS stated by
Mr.. Strange that his firm viii secure
Is plant, equipment and asphnltum
rom the Warren Bros Asphalt com
nauy of Boston. Mass. which has been
in business for twenty-five years ana
nas laid asphalt paving in Il number OF
large cities in the United states ana
Canada in the past nine years inc
company manufactures the Acmo brand
of asphaIt and has several rcfipcries
in California. from ono OF Whlch the
asphalt Will be shipped 10 this cliE
for use on the Third South street lob.
Board Satisfied.
4 representative of the company was
present at the meeting and submitted
credentials from several banks and also
from the IL. g. Dun agency, showing
It's financial standing and ability TO
rarrv out any contract of this nature
The board was perfectly satisfied with
he showing made and awarded tue
contract to Strange Magulre, VINO
VIII put up a bond in the sum of SiJ,.
0OU as security for The performance OF
he work according TO specifications.
The contract FOR sewer extension No,
- was awarded 60 the James Kennedy
construction @Gmpauy npon ITS bid OF
SOL So % This was the only bud re-
ceived for that work, and was $1,000 be
low thc city engineer 5 estimate OF the
.ost The extension runs from South
Temple 10 aud including both SIDES OF
Third North street and from Second
10 Eighth West street.
The same company was awarded the
contract for sewer extension NO I-o
upon it's bid of S17 ,503.2i There were
three bids on this contract. but the
Kennedy bid was 5000 lower lhan the
next lowest bid, aud was $4,000 lower
than the city engineer 5 estimate OF the
cost of the extension
The Outlet Pipe Again.
Considerable iImc WAS taken up in
.onsidcriuo the final estimate of tho
ramrbcll Ru,Idiug company for con
,ruGiing the woodcu-stavc outlet pipe.
The inspectors of tho board OF public
works who were on the Job while ri
N4s being done appeared anu were
asked as 10 whether or hot INC PIP "'S
constructed according 10 specil lca'lons'
ih"y stated positively thaS ~ "ds'
ny Engineer 'haneN et2'cu tnaI .ue
specifications PROV ldcd 'naI INC PiPc
'hould be water llghI ana 'hdt II Wa
Icver so at any tlme since com u.
Mr.. Campbell declared tnat tue n'P'
MS Land strictly according 60 SpceIllSa
ions, but that no Wpoqen's'hNG plPc
.ould he successfully used LOT hNdrauI't
purposes. Mr.. llalloran staIed INA
former Engineer Kelsey had pech asNc1
about tho woodcu-StaNc pipc ana mao
declared that 1T would be ali rlghi ana
The hoard had acted upon ms au'icc'
Mr.. Campbell gave IL hs ms oplhion
that the city would cNenlualiy nave 10
cover The entire pipe with concrete be-
fore it. would be satisfactory. III was
requested by Mr., iialioran that the
matter he laid over until the next meet
ing of The board, so that Mr., Crooks,
the ouly absent member of the board,
can he present and give ms views on