Show BIG PAYING COKTBACT The Pacific Company Given the West Temple Work Their Bid Was the Lowest the Amount I Being StSjSSO Business Transacted By the Board of Public Works The board of public works met at 2 pin p-in yesterday open the bids for paving West Temple street from South Temple to Fourth South streets Three bids were presented the figures being a follows PACIFIC PAVING COMPANY Curbing 5rOOfeetil S 5000 Pinging 6COO feel73 Q Stone blocks 6 0 U yardsJ315 18590 Asphaltum 15000 square yards207 44550 Total ST2830 CUUHER JENNINGS PAVING COMPANY Curblng500 fee tl 81 08 S 5400 i Flagstone 5000 feet68 40801 I Stone blocks GOUO square yardsaS3 I9oJO Asphaltum 150 square yard3U9 47sJCO Total S76C50 RYAN GRIFFIN Curbing 5000 feet3i15 S 5750 Flagstone G50 featfflil53 SOjO Stone biocliaQuOQ squaro yardsi 85 17100 blolrsOtO Bituminous rock 15000 square yards 45000 Total 068 The board adjourned until 730 p m without taking any action on the bids THE PACIFIC COMPANY GETS IT In the evening the bids were again taken I up and the contract was let to the Pacific company they being thelowest bidders subject of course to the approval of the and council mayor counci In the matter of bringing the sidewalk I of the Utah Stove and Hardware company down to grade the company represented I that the present walk was constructed on a grade given by a former surveyor and they thought the change should be made I at the expense of the city The matter was referred to the city attorney for an I opinion A large number of petitions from property prop-erty owners to construct walks by private I pri-vate contract were denied It was decided to recommend that the various alleyways near Commercial street be cleaned up and brought to grade HOMEMADE CEMENT Mr Jennings of the CulmerJennings company asked for permission to use a cement manufactured here for grouting in the paving to be done by his company on First South and Main street The board decided to allow him t use the cement on the granite blocks on State street to test its quality before using it on the new contract THE UTAh STOKE SUPPLY It was stated that the Utah Central railroad had already contracted for bringing in some 1600 car loads of stone this season and the Pacific Paving company com-pany asked i they would be allowed to i use other than Utah stone on West Temple I Tem-ple street in case it would be impossible I to get stone here An application the council to modify the specification in case I of necessity was pointed out as the solution solu-tion of the difficulty should it arise The city engineer called attention to the jump off in the sidewalk at the foot of Richards avenue and the chairman was instructed to investigate The claim of Contractor Harrigan for 1200 for extra work on sidewalk paving was disallowed with the suggestion that the contractor take his claim to the council coun-cil and make his case there Mr Conklin stated that it had been suggested that the office of the board should be removed along with the other city offices to Commercial street but Chairman Haines said that such a change would inconvenience him and as he was willing to give the board office room free of charge he did not think that any benefit ben-efit could accrue from moving On this statement the board decided not to move and adjourned |