Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-06-15 | Page 2 | Bids Opened on Curbing Protest Rechecking

BIDS oms OPENED ON CURDING Contract for for- West Side Improvement Held Up for Protest Rechecking Seven sets of bids on the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed curb and gutter Improvement from Fourth to Ninth West and North Temple emple empie to o Fourth South streets wore opened by the city commission Tuesday morning and referred d to to the city engineer for tabulation and report The engineer was unable to tell from the reading of the bids who might be the low V bidder Pursuant to action taken action by the commission Monday night the contract contract contract con con- tract is s not to be be let until a a a reche recheck re- re che check k is made of the protesting frontage frontage- PROTEST FILED A delegation of protestants appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap before the city commission and obtained promise that the con- con tt t twill will not be let until the Ig ures' ures can ri be carefully ly check checked d. d It claimed J the th 1 figures of the engineers engineer's office jUice relative to the front footage protesting against the proposed work were In error The delegation was headed by Thomas Homer abstractor or and Thomas homas McKean l president of tie tle pr protesting property owners' owners z Uon tion Mr Homer said that his check of the frontage protesting shows hows much higher figures than those of ot oft the engineer who shows only per pec cent cent- in protest The protestants contend that more than 5 60 per cent ent of the frontage is pro pro- testing BOARD UNDECIDED Under the law Jaw the commission may order the improvement unless two thirds of the frontage protests but it has been th the cust custom m in the past to to abandon any project when whenn n more ore than tian 50 per cent of the frontage frontage frontage front front- age protes protested ed The commission did not Indicate what it would do In this instance if the protest recheck shows a lit littie little little lit lit- tle tie more than 50 per cent The estimated cost of this Improvement Improvement Im Im- im- im provement Is