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Show 1 1 Featherstone and Holmstead Ik- Get Paving Contract HI Seu'ii t'oiilrnrtors Siiliinll lllds Vary. HI ing from Light and One-lialf to HI J'"o "ni1 Seu'ii.elghths Cents Per Jlj Square 1'oot for Co nidi! Walks with yl Varjlng Figures for Other Items-SB Items-SB City Tux I.eiy to he ''.' Mills. faj The mayor and all thu members of IB tho city council Were at thu council BJ muotlug Tuesday evening to consider BJ thu bids for thu new sldownlk paving IB district. Thuru were suven bidders, BJ but Fenthcrstone & Holmstead so- BJ cured the coveted prize. Their bid for BJ tho thirty blocks with tho Intervening BJ crossings, nils, excavating rumovlug jl of trees, cemont pipe, etc, aggregated J approximately $7.00.1, the exact II g- H ures depuudlug on thu amount of (Ills, HJ trees to bo removed, etc. BJ Thu names of thu bidders are Greene HJ Construction company of Tooele, Fen- tH thorstouu & Holmstead of l.chl, llol- BJ mi" Uroa. of Pleasant Urovo. John- IQ) son & Johnson of Provo, l'nrrlott HJ UroB. of Halt Lake City, Ryborg Ilros. J or Logan and A. P. Mlckclson of Salt BJ Lako City. Johnson & Johnson were HI high men. Tho bids of It) berg Ilros,, HJ Greene Construction company and WJI Featherstone & Holmstead were so Ui close that It was necessary to have Hi tho engineer go over the matter In HJ detail to determine which was the HJ lowest. IH Tim detailed bid of Featherstouft &. J Holmstead follows: HJ Bxcuvntlon, cubic yard, 3G cunts; HJ gravel till, 70 cents; excess embank- H niont, 37 cunts; cement pavement, 4 H Inches thick, K?i cents; cement cross- B lugs, 0 Inches thick, 10 cents; cou- H creto por cubic yard, $7, cement pipe, H 15 inches, 05 cents, 12 inches, 32 coats, H .10 inches, 30 cents, 8 inches, 22 cents; Hi furnishing and setting guard timber, H ur lineal foot, LC inches, 74 cunts; H removing fences, 0 cents; removing H' and resetting fuuees, per lineal foot, H 10 cents; removing concrete walks, H por square foot, G cents; removing H trees, less than G Inches, GO cents, H more-than 0 inches, $2 each H. The crossings will be made seven Hi feet wide and a motion was can led HJ doslguntlng (hut exiausiou joints HI should bo placed every llo feet Tho HJ latter provision may be changed after IB putting In one block UJ Hoy Davis appeared to protest Mj against thu proposed sidewalk till In KB front of his homo. The council will Bf inves Igatu nil the proponed cuts and tills. Bj Thu committee on public buildings H was authorized to lenso tho city pa- BJ Villon if satisfactory arrangements can Hj bo made. H The commltteo oustreutH roported H that soveral people refused to pay for H sprinkling tli streets In front of their H property. In this connection tho city H recorder rend tho following letter H I.elil, Utah, Juno 21, 101 1, H Mr. James F. Fyffe, H City Recordur, l.ohl. H Deur Sir; SU'leniont to hand do- Iniaiidlng the payment of $0 for ling. In reply will say that I rclust to pay tho same. When tho council k III create a sprinkling district I will ,1.0 pleased to pay the proportion of 'the tax as legally levied. 1 believe that thu way tho business Is being run is contrary to law and I think an investigation by a grand jury as to tho way tho taxpayers' money Is being spent would bo a boon to the community, commu-nity, Yours respectfully, N. 13. DARLING. A motion was carried that sprinkling sprink-ling he discontinued on tho streets In front of those who refused to pay. ' Thu tax levy was fixed at 22 mllla, the same as it was for 1013. This Is within three mills of thu limit, but even at this rate It wiib reported that the contingent debt Is increasing each year. Hills aggregating $513.00 were read and allowed. |