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Show IBUtNKET (MET FOR WATER MAINS City Engineer Recommends System in Vogue as to Extensions Ex-tensions Two Years Ago. All water "main extensions and replacing replac-ing of mains will be done by blanket contract con-tract from now until July 1, It was decided de-cided by the city commission yesterday, The city recorder was Instructed to advertise ad-vertise for bids for such a contract. For two years the city has been doing Its own water main extensions, but under ji. recent opinion by the supreme court the work must be done by contract hereafter. here-after. The commission agreed informally Monday to have segregated contracts let for all extensions, but the city engineer said yestordav that such a. system would overload his ottico with work and would hamper and delay lmprovomontn. Ho recommended the blanket form of contract con-tract which was In voguo prior to two years ago. , . , . . The city will reserve the right to furnish fur-nish its own pipe to tho contractors. On rccommondatlon of tho street com-miesloner, com-miesloner, it was decided to pavo Second South street from Thirteenth bast street to University avenue. This Improvement will bo included in tho extension that takes In Thirteenth "East from South Temple to Fifth South Riid Fifth South from Thirteenth East to Mount Olivet cemetery. Bitullthle pa.ving will be used, and tho city's portion of the cost will be xifiOO. The George M. Cannon company, bavins bav-ins agreed to pay the city's portion of cost the commission decided to curb and cutter streets in University Heights addition. ad-dition. The company will bo required to put up a bond for $7500 to Instiro the payment of the city's share. Formal action, approving the budget appropriations made by tho board of estimates es-timates and review was taken. Tho recorder re-corder was Instructed to send copies to all departments, and the purchasing agent was authorized to have 250 copies printed. |