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Show STATE STREET TORE PAVED Board of Public Works Ready to Advertise Adver-tise for Bids. State street is to be paved, from South Temple to Fourth South streets. By the decision de-cision of the city council at its meeting last night, the board of public works was instructed in-structed to advertise for bids for the work. Commissioner Haines this morning said, the board was ready to obey the the instructions, instruc-tions, just as soon as it received official notice no-tice of the action of the city council and that in all probability, the advertisements for bids would be published within the next few days. The action of the city council is regarded by all classes who wish to see Salt Lake made a progressive city, as with the four blocks named paved, Main, First, Second and Third South streets will have to follow Riiit. in order to keen nn with th hand wacon. The material used is to be asphaltum with a ten foot border on each side of the street of sandstone, except the part within the lines of the street railway tracks, where the eompanyowning the line has the- option to i use either stone or sephaltura. . i Advertisements for bids will run fourteen ejays; the successful "bidder will then have five days longer to secure his bonds and to execute the contract, and ten days more in which to commence work. Everything now depends on the state of the weather; if it is favorable there will be a regiment of men laying the pavement within three weeks. The board of public works believe that in this matter the city will be fully protected, and that it will run no chance from the failure fail-ure of the material to come up to the promises prom-ises made for it. The contractor will be required re-quired to give an ample bond that the pavement pave-ment shall last for five years, except ordinary ordi-nary wear and tear. Ten per cent of the contract price will be retained by the city to cover all contingencies; and at the end of five years the contractor will be required to maintain the pavement in good repair for fifteen years more by the payment by the city f eight cents a yard annually. Fonndations Decided On. There was a consultation of the city and county engineers and architect Monheim yesterday afternoon, on the foundations to be used for the city and county building. They visited the Eighth ward square and looked over the excavations made, handled the dirt thrown out, each asked what the other thought and finally made up their minds, that is to say they decided on the material which ought to be use-d. They will make their report and recommendations to the joint city and county committee sometime some-time today when one more preliminary of that work will be disposed of. |