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Show I Mas Contract for Fifty Miles of Sidewalk in Salt Lake City :a , M H . , Largest Contract of Its Kind Ever Let In the United States ' ' w I . Total Cost, $203,000.00 I ' TaihJ:irgt. contract for sidewalk ever j ' :;v'qnp' tiino by any American city I .: (hat which ilio City of Salt Lake trraeted for with .lumcs Kennedy, 'for r, l..in M. .'i. O'Connor is general man-Up man-Up to "the timo when ihc weather com-1 com-1 .1 cessation of the work about six i m:ls of the work had been completed. Work 'has cesiscd on this contract tcm- 1 rorarfiy due to the frozen condition of I 1 bo ground, but tho contracts call for the completion Of the work by October j I 31. 1909. With the large and up-todato I equipment which tho company has on ; hand there. is no question about the com- 1 pic-1 ion of the work as per contract. Tho work done so far extends from Seventh I to Ninth East and from Ninth to Tenth South. The district which tho contract covered runs from State street to Thirteenth Thir-teenth East and from Ninth South street to city limits. I First Salt Lake Contract, j Th first contract on municipal work I taken by Mr. Kennedy was nearly three years ago and was for the extension of , , the gravity sewer connecting tho dis trict from Fifth South and State streets to Fourth East and Ninth South streets. This sower connects with the old grav- i itv sewer at Fifth South streets and carries tho sewage from that, part of tho j city through the old lines to tho north- 1 weEt of tho city. The contract for this sower called for an expenditure of $65,000, and tho main extension with its network of laterals drains a largo portion por-tion of the thickly populated area of ike city in a manner that complies with perfect sanitary requirements. Mr, Kennedy's next important con-j con-j tract with tho city for municipal im- J provements was for all of the lateral I sewer connections on the north und ' northeast bench. This contract was for the sum of $140,000, and when tho work was finished tho residents of somo of the most desirable districts of the city were enabled to fill zp their objectionable objection-able cesspools aud make connections with one of tho best constructed sewers in the country. Upon the completion of this work every residenco in this wide district was onhanced in value, and it , marked a renewal of activity in building lines which has built up the north bench to a remarkable extent in the last two years. Most Important Work. The most important piece of work done by James Kennedy in Salt Lako has been the construction of the intercepting inter-cepting sewer that traverses the south western part of tho city, giving sewer connections to a territory inhabited by more thun 10,000 familios. This sewer begins at tho intersection of. Ninth North and Eighth West streets. It extends ex-tends from that point down Eighth Wost to Sixth South 6treet; then east on Sixth South street to Sixth West; thence soutn on 8ixfch West to Ninth South; thence east on Ninth South to the intersection of Main and Ninth South streets to what 1b known as the Salt Palace corner. In addition to carrying car-rying off tho sewage of thla vast territory, ter-ritory, the intercepting sewer has shown itself to be of great bonoflt to the city In disposing of the surface water whioh in some districts has proved a menace to tho comfort and health of tho community. The latest contract3 for lateral sewers sew-ers to "be completed by Mr. Kennedy have been extensions 193 and 194 in the southwestern part of the city. On 1 I thin work the contract for the construe- tion of open pipo sewers in the district H of tlio city bounded by Fifth South and Ninth South, and State and Ninth East ' streets, was let to Mr. Kennedy in July. 1907. This contract called for the pay .ment of 213,000. Th.s has since bocu : B ; completed and passed inspection with B t out criticism. H Equipment. I Tho first digging machines ever used B wcro brought in by Mr. Kennedy in B 1905 during a scarcity of labor. Thy -i B wovo the first traction engino digging : B machines to be brought to tho west and i B their work in Salt Lake City has af . B tracted wide attention and favorable1 B comment on the eniorprise of Mr. Ken . B nedy and Mr. O'Connor. Throughout 'B this enterprising firm lias tho best r.f B equipment for the carrying out of big B contracts, over $100,000.00 being invest- f B ed in what they have iu Salt Lake. -kI Idaho Contracts Completed. Tl Under the efficient management Mr.-O'Connor, Mr, Kennedy has recpni VM ly completed a sewer contract iu Boie jH City, Ida., which called for an oxpendi - 'jjj turo of $213,000.00 by that city. An- flEc other largo contract completed to tho ' fcnjj entire satisfaction of that city was the 5in sewers and septic basins at Sheridan, jj? Wyo., these being models of scientific : jjfy construction and sanitary perfection. , jjfg, This firm has a record for satisfac- uni tdry work that is hard to eqnal. It i I :Jway3 leaves behind a record of work j1, , wall done. With $2,000,000 worth of 1 jjjjk work done in the Wes.t, not a single crit- M Bt iclsm or rejection has been . marked against it. - Sij Mr. Kennedy, whose home is in Fargo, . JJj N. D., has maintained ofiices in Salt 5JL" Lako for the past three years, and his M: business in the west has boon under the , personal supervision of Mr, M. J. O'Con- ', nrj nor, who has become well known and ijjfe popular throughout the interinounlaiu country. . i |
