Show CITY GAINS BY DELAY BELAY t 4 I ILov Low Lov Bids For Building Di trib 0 i J OFFERS O OI LER f ALLEGED COMBINATION OF OP CON PON cONTRACTORS TRACTORS BROKEN f Four Pour Responsible Contractors x From Outside Come C me Into the th Meld Bid of Excelsior r Company of f San Francisco Will Be Bs Accepted Work to be Done by July 15 t As a result of the board of ot o public works having five ago rejected the bids for the construction of the distributing reservoir at the head of First South street to hold gal gallons 1 Ions lons of water and calling for new pro proposals proposals proposals the city is ahead nearly near y Last nigh proposals were received from four contracting c firms and all aU were lower than those submitted on April 14 1 When Then the reservoir res proposition was up before only P J Moran and A G Giauque put in bids the former offer offering offering 1 ing to do the w work rk and the latter for whereas wh reas the city i engineer had estimated d the contract reasonably worth It was I thought by the ct thyI officials that a j combination had been farmed against the city and on oil recommendation r of Engineer Kelsey Kelse the board of public works with the concurrence c n of the city council counell rejected the th two bids and advertised for new Copies of the notice to bidders were sent to eastern contractors The four bids considered last even evening evening evening ing were from the Wooden Pipe company comp ny of ot San S h Francisco represented represented represented by F L King in this city J J 1 Blome of f Chicago go represented represented represented by the t e junior member of the firm who brought his bra bid With him the N P Glann Construction n com corn company company pany of Chicago represented by P J Moran of Salt Lake and by Mr Ear Earhardt Earhardt Earhardt hardt from the com anys headquarters tens and Gillette Hay Gillette Gillett of I Rochester N Y represented by b McKay of this city whose J on is Identified with the firm Each E c bid ld was accompanied by hy a certified check on ona ona ona a local bank for 1000 All AU four are rated as responsible contract contractors rs When the board b ard had the engineers abstract of the bids read an n air of satisfaction illumined the countenances of the members and Engineer Kelsey I The alleged combination of local bid bidders bidders i ders deIs had been broken and by calling for new bids from outside contractors I although a delay of f thirty days was I II necessitated the city is really the I I gainer by the operation com corn j I Ipar paring par the lowest bid then with now What adds to the advantage of re refusing reO refusing I fusing to be held up Is the fact that I the lowest bidder now guarantees guarante s to I complete the work vork which will do so I II I much toward increasing the pressure I in hi the water mains and add to the I II I fire protection n by July 15 the date guaranteed by Mr Moran over oyer a month ago The rhe board practically decided to ac accept accept accept the bid of the Excelsior Wo den Pipe company c but deferred awarding the contract till Monday in ih order to give the company time to arrange for local sureties on the required bond of I guaranteeing the fulfillment of the contract according to the city engineers engine rs specifications No wooden I pipe will enter into the construction of the reservoirs connections with tile the water main system After Aft r disposing of the reservoir problem ni the board bo rd took UP the ques question Question question tion left ov r from the previous meet meeting meeting meeting ing of letting the contract for sewer construction until the end of this year For laying 12 feet of 1600 feet of and 1600 16 O feet of I sewers the city furnish furnishing furnishing ing pipe A G Giauque had pro proposeS propose proposes poseS pose and Parry Swenson Swanson had bid 1542 The contract was wits awarded to the low bidder but he was g ven the privilege of requesting re U eSting the council to permit him to raise the figures In his proposed contract about bout I 1700 in order to make up for his rots mis mistake take in figuring his hid bid id The engineers first and final esti estimate estimate estimate mate of to Keifer l ifer Rush con contractors contractors contractors tractors on account of the completion tion of the work of laying a vitrified pipe flume fiume for conducting irrigating water across Capitol hill was approved and transmitted to the th city council for payment When the board was informed by byI I letter that the council had directed dir the thebo board bo rd to proceed to sell to the t bidder the old sewer pump and an d electric motor at the sewer seW r sump on the east I bank of the Jordan river Chairman Dooly provoked a smile by remarking that the council had no authority to order the board to sell any city prop property property I erty I |