The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-05
SEWER EXTENSION
CONTRACTS GIVEN
James Kennedy Construction
Company Gets Bulk of
the Work.
BIDDING Is LIVELY ON
CITY CREEK AQUEDUCT
Matter of Awarding Contract.
However. Held Up Until
Next Week.

Contracts for sewer extensions and
other improvements aggregating the to-
tai sum of nearly $4,000 wero award
cd by the board of public works at its
meeting Friday night The James Ken
nedy Construction company walked off
with all of the sewer contracts, amount
| ing to about Sl6S 900. wbilc =. j. Moran
WAS successful in ono small contract
for changing the waterways at the
north and south ends Of Richards street
amounting to $los2.42 Competition was
very keen on the contract for the City
creek aqueduct and catch basin, as there
were eight bidders.
The lowest bid on this work was sub
mitted by ellis Construction company,
but thc board decided 10 postpone the
awarding of the contract until next
week, and in the meantime it, VIII iu-
vcstigatc the ability of The new firm TO
complete the work within the sixty
days specified in the contract, This
is very important contract and must
be completed before the floods of early
spring, ID order to be effective for the
purpose intended, hence tho board is
going TO be satisfied that the contract
orS viii complete it within the time
limit before the contract is awarded.
SloS0 10 JuC hSIllnaue.
The Kenpedy Construction company
was the only bidder on the two large
sewer extensions, but It's bids were very
close to the city engineers 5 estimate of
the cost, and hence tho contracts were
awarded to that company, The bid on
sewer extension No. 220 was $134 .2SIl0,
This extension runs from South Temple
10 Ninth South street and from Second
TO Eighth West The bid on sewer
extension No: 2i9 was S3,730,23. This
runs from Ninth to Tenth South and
from West Temple to Second West The
Kennedy company was awarded both of
these contracts.
There were two bids on sewer eX-
tension No. 2J5, as follows Kennedy
Construction company, S164.54; Gllker-
son & Long, SS1l35. This extension is
Sixth and Seventh South and Fourth
and Fifth East streets, The same firms
bid on sewer extension No. 253, their
bids being AS follows: Kennedy com
panY, S6S7.91; GiIkerson & Long,
$I90.59. This extension is on Bellevue
street. The Kennedy company was
awarded both of these contracts.
The eight bids on the City creek
aqucduct and catSh basin are as fol
lows: Birch, $24,361.72: Zerbc Wal
ker, So, ,S00.55; Mckay & Reed. S32,-
liO.20; Kennedy Construction company.
$26, 1895: p. j. Moran. $25. 1872 .OS: +.
Drcyer, S26,25I.05; l.. G.. Kelsey, $24-
4J.S1: ellis Construction company,
S22 2,2lj.S0.
Award Is Postponed.
The Gillis Construction company was
the lowest bidder. but. as it is a new
firm IN the field, the board postponed
the awarding of the contract until next
Friday night, md in tho meantime an
investigation viii be made as TO the
ability of the firm TO complete the
work within the timo limit. The aquc-
duct will extend from State street a
distance Of 1000 feet mp the creek and
the work must be completed within
sixty days after notice by the board of
public works to start on the job.
p. j, Moran was tbc only bidder on
the contract for changing the waterways
at the north and south ends of Rich
ards street, hence he was awarded the
contract on his bid OF $10s242.
Estimates were approved by the board
in favor of the Kennedy Construction
company for work done on sewer cx-
tensions amounting to the total sum Of
S20.l93,l9
An opinion was received by the board
from the city attorney 10 the effect.
that Doyle Bros. & Swartz are not en-.
titled 10 extra work orders and extra
pay for cXcavating TO find the dead
ends of water mains
Chairman Mcmillan was not present
at the meeting on account of illness
and Mr.. Halloran presided in his place