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Show BIDS ARK REJECTED Board of Public Works Concludes Contractors Want Too Much. The Board of Public Works opened bids Thursday for the construction of a conduit con-duit along the line of the Jordan and Salt Lake canal from the Intersection of Fifth South and Ninth Fast Streets to the Intersection of South Temple and Third Hast vtrts. There were only two bidders P J. Mor-an Mor-an and A P. Mickelson. Mr. Mlckelson bid 116,666 and Mr. Moran $17,.".). As the estimate of the City Engineer was only about ll.t.uuo and the work Is not Imperative Impera-tive at this time, tin board tie. Id-d to reject re-ject all bids and readvertlse. The readveftlsement Will be inserted at nil curly dale, the work to be completed by May 1. KisJ There was some talk of letting the entire matter go over to the new year, but It was suggested that this WOUld take It out of the hands of the prest ni administration and it wn.s de mi d best to readvertlse at once and let the contract. |