Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-11-22 | Page 1 | Tunnel Bids Opened Again

TUNNEL BIDS OPENED AGAIN L L. A A. Company Makes Low Offer Special to The Telegram PROVO Nov 22 George 22 George K Thompson Co of Los Angeles was low bidder with an aggregate gate low figure of on the Olmstead Olmstead Olmstead Olm- Olm stead and Draper Alpine-Draper tunnels of the Salt Lake City aqueduct when bids were opened here Tuesday morning It was the second time bids on the tunnels a major division of the Deer creek project had been opened Original bids were nullified nullified nullified fied when the low company announced announced announced an an- it had made a major error in its figures and asked to be released re released released re- re leased from its commitments The Thompson company bid was or on the Column One Continued on Page Pase Five Fi I BIDS ON AQUEDUCT TUNNEL II WORK ARE OPENED AT PROVO Continued from Page One foot OO-foot foot Olmstead tunnel and andor 1448 or on the three- three e Draper Alpine tunnel the dif- dif of rence in figures being on on two j of lining for the conete conete conete con- con ete tunnel m al aD The Olmstead figure was condi- condi i onal nil n il on the company receiving the theO i for the Draper Alpine-Draper tunI tunel tun- tun O rey el e although the bid on the latter would stand without the contract it was explained I Second low bidder on the Olm Olm- ead cad tunnel was W. W W. W Clyde o. o of Springville with a figure o of f i or Second low lowI 0 I on the Draper Alpine-Draper tunnel a asLE E. LE E. Dix Co of Los Angeles ith or X Y With th ten companies submitting II ds figures ran all the way fromI from fromI I e Jow low bid to nearly Other p submitting estimates i in- in eluded J. J A. A Sons Boise Idaho R. R G G. Clifford company San Francisco Utah Construction company company company com com- pany Ogden T. T E. E Connolly company company company com com- pany San Francisco L. L S. S Breckon James H. H Thomas and Lloyd Pratt Salt Lake City Gibbons Reed company Salt Lake City and Stroud Seabrook Elliot of Los Angeles First Low Bidder Stroud Seabrook Elliot with I another associate Mr Kemper submitted submitted submitted sub sub- the low figure when bids were opened the first time on October October October Octo Octo- ber 27 Their bid today totaled or nearly more than the with which they were low originally The new bids according to E. E O. O Larson reclamation service engineer engineer engineer en en- in charge of Construction will be sent to Denver today and from there will go to Washington D. D C. C for a final check The winning contractor is given 30 days from date of notification to get construction work under way and is given days from then to complete the job To Rush Hush Details The reclamation service Mr Larson Larson Larson Lar Lar- son said expects to rush remaining preliminary details on the contracts in order that work may be started before winter sets in The aqueduct the total cost of which will be approximately will bring water from the Deer creek dam in Provo canyon to Salt Lake City The Olmstead tunnel will be at the mouth of Provo canyon canyon canyon can can- tunnel yon and the Draper Alpine-Draper will pierce the ridge separating Utah and Salt Lake counties and running east from the Point of the Mountain fountain