Show CONTRACT W Will WillBE WILLBE BE LET SOON New Gas Company Expects to Open pen Bids for Laying Mains Today HEAD OFFICIALS ARRIVE PLANS FOR NEW BUILDINGS ARE COMPLETED COM Bids for the work of laying the mains of the Utah Gas Coke company will probably be opened today and the con contract contract contract tract will wilt be awarded some time Ume this week This information was given out outlast last night by George A Snow vice pres president dent ident of ot the company and R B B Brown the consulting engineer These officials of the new gas company compan r arrived In Salt Lake last evening and are guests at the Kenyon At least will be ex expended expended expended In constructing the plant We are all ready to begin work In ear earnest earnest earnest nest and our intention is to push the construction of ot the new plant as rapidly as possible said Mr Snow Our com corn company company pany is received In this city with open arms and Superintendent W J J kindale who has had the situation can canvassed tells me that the people are anxiously waiting for the time to arrive when we ne can furnish them with gas both for illuminating and am cooking purposes Brown and myself m self are here to make final arrangements for tor the construction work vork Officials Holb Hol J Meeting A meeting was held at the Kenyon last night which was attended by Mr tIr Snow Mr Brown Frank B Stephens one of the directors of or the company compan Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent W J J and others connected with Ith the th company for the pur purpose purpose purpose pose of going Into the details of the situa situation situation situation tion as Its presents itself at present Su Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent made a re report report report port In which he set forth the work that has already alread been accomplished since he came here from Texas about four weeks ago a o Mr Brown is chief engineer en for the American Light Traction company at Milwaukee and his position with the Utah company compan is consulting engineer He will have entire supervision over the con construction construction construction work of the new plant Statement of Mr Brown The contract for laying the mains will vU willbe willbe be let this week said Mr Ir Brown I have just arrived on the field and have hav not become familiar with all of the con conditions conditions conditions surrounding the work here and I will have to make a few Investigations before we get our work well welI under way However we are arc not losing any more time than Is absolutely necessary There will Swill be some gome delay dela in constructing our buildings on account of the difficulty at this time of getting our orders filled for structural iron Superintendent informs me 1116 that there Is already alread feet of pipe for the mains on the ground and that it itis itis itIs is stacked In piles along Second South street treet between Fourth and Sixth West streets Six cars of service pipe and fit fittings fittings tings s have also been unloaded There Is little more to say about the situation at present We re are moving as rapidly as possible and hope to be in a position to supply gas las to consumers by bythe bythe bythe the first of next year Plans for Buildings Plans for the retort house power house and holder or ir tank have been completed and were submitted to Mr Brown last night lIght The retort house will be 55 by feet and the power house 53 5 by ISO feet The rhe holder will be feet in diameter and will have a capacity of cubic feet flet of gas The rue company compan has also let leta a contract for brick for the con construction construction construction of the buildings A tool house and temporary office build building building buildIng ing has already been constructed on the ground also a warehouse the latter being IS 18 b by SO feet in dimension This building while It is only onh a tempo temporary vary structure at this tithe time will be uti utilized utIlized in the future as a n storage house George A iL Snow is one of the promoters of the company compan He is a Salt Lake man and mc well known in this city The com corn company pany was organized after atter long Ions and labor laborious laborious ious bus efforts on the part of Mr Snow and his associates |