The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-02-09
KENNEDY CO. GETS
SEWER CONTRACTS
SALT LAKE BOARD or PUBLIC
WORKS AWARDED FARGO MAN
IMPROVEMENT JOBS THAT AG-
eREeATE s17o,ooO-sMALL SLICE
TO ONE OTHER BIDDER.

The salt Lake Tribune lad an article
telling of the recent contracts secured
there by the Kennedy Construction Co,
OF which James Kennedy of Fargo is
the head.
The job aggregates almost $4,000
and Mr.. Kennedy got all but one small
lintersecting job OF the amount awarded.
There was one job on which Mr. KEN
nedy was not the lowest bidder--and
that was held up to investigate the re-
lsponsibility of the low man.
With Mr.. Kennedy's other large con-
tracts in Utah, Idaho and Montana, 1T
seems that he is able to get business
whether 1t is in his home town or not.
The morning organ In Fargo init
mates he must have friendly mayors
councilmen, engineers, janitors and the
whole works i'm Fargo to get contracts
but ne goes into strange cities and
| lands jobs on one bid that are larger
than all the contracts Fargo let's for
FIVE years.
| Fargo is fortunate in having a man
who can handle it's work in the manner
Mr. Kennedy is doing. He is laying
more big sewer in Fargo in a. week
than the contractor at Grand Forks
does i'm a. month. His ditch is two
feet deeper and part of it through con-
crete. He doesn't blockade the main
business streets for months.
| When the price of material, freight
rates and labor are considered, Fargo
gets It's work done more cheaply than
any city in the country.
The Salt Lake Tribune says of the
last contracts down there:
Contracts aggregating $169,552.26
were entered into by tns board of pub
Tic works last night, out of which the
Kennedy Construction Co. received all
but 81, 0S2.42, which will go to p. J. Mo-
ran as the successful bidder on improv-
ing the intersections of Richards street
with South Temple and First South
streets. All Of the other contracts were
! for sewer work. The board did not let
the contract for he aqueduct and catch
basin in City Creek canyon. but puts
this off for a week to investigate the
ability of the successful contracting
firm. the ellis Construction Co, to do
the work in sixty Gays.
The Kennedy Construction Co. had
no opposition on the large sewer work,
and only one bidder in opposition for
two small pieces Of work. The con-
tracts allowed were as follows:
Sewer extension No. $50, which takes
in the country from South Temple to
Ninth south and from Second west to
! Eighth West streets, Kennedy Con-
struction Co., $134,2s7.1O; only bidder.
Sewer extension No. 249, which runs
on West Temple, First West and Sec
ond West streets from Ninth South to
Tenth South streets, Kennedy Con-
struction Co., $s3,73O.23; only bidder.
Sewer extension No. 254, on Pearl
avenue, which is between Sixth and
/ Seventh South and Fourth and Fifth
East streets, Kennedy Construction
Co, $764.54; Gilkerson &c Long, $s11.35;
contract to Kennedy.
Sewer extension No. 253, on Bellevue
street, which is between Fourth snC
| Fifth East and Sixth and Seven,t
South streets, Kennedy Construction
Co, $687.97; Gilkerson g. Long, $790.59i
contract to Kennedy.
City Creek acdueducr and catch basir
10 be completed in sixty days. ellis
Construction Co., $22,215.SO; S. Birch
$24,361.72; L. G. Kelsey, $24,745.S1; p
j. Moran, $25,192.0S; Zerbe & Walker
$25, S00.55; F.. Dreyer, $26,257.05; Ken.
nedy Construction Co., $26,479.95; Nc,
Kay e. Reed, $32,170.
The ellis Construction Co. was sue
cessful so far as the lowest. bid wal
concerned, but the board laid TIL
awarding of the contract over on
week TO investigate the ability of thi
firm to do the work within the required
number Of days. The ellis compan.
is the successor of the Utah Fire Roof
ing Co.
The contract for the new intersec
tons at Richards streel and Soutl
Temple end First South streets wen
Ito P. J. Moran for 81, 0S2.42, to be com
pleted in twenty days.
Estimates amounting to $2O,493.1
were allowed by the board, both in IA
, vor of the Kennedy Construction Co.