Show CHRISTMAS GIFTS GIFTS- TO MORAN IN CONTRACTS Besides the handsome Christmas present present pres pres- ent oat of the pa payment ment of his bi big bill for repairing tho the intercepting n wood stave stavo pipe P. P J. J Moran received two han handsome somo presents from the board of works in iu the shapo shape of paving contracts contract of Ninth East street and First avenue Ninth East is to be p paved vod from from- South Templo Temple street to the city limits and Morans Moran's bid was A surprise was sprung whon when the bids wore opened at nt tho the low figures Not many linny times tunes lately have the figures been beon much b below ow the tho estimates tes of the cit city engineer a ineer The rho estimate for the tho Ninth East street work was The Theother Theother Theother other bids besides that of M Moran ran wore ero McKay Reid 18 Strange Ma Maguiro Henry Clark Construction Construction Con Con- company company- of f Sacramento r e to i iFor For the paving of First Ren avenue O o. o from J street to Virginia VirSinia street the bids wore flora P. P J J. M. M tn j Stran Strange o 8 Ma Maguiro Henry Clark Construction company McKay Mc McKay Kay L Reid 8 Both contract s oro awarded to Mr Moran who had bad ei evidently enty como be before foro the thc board loard with ith th the tho determination that McKay R Roid i 1 should get ct no no moro mora city paving pavin work or catch him napping Bids on sidewalk extension on Fifth and Sixth South str streets ets between Tenth and Thirteenth East street were not ot opened because of some sonic question of legality e of advertising This work vork willbe will willbe be bo and the tho bids returned to the contractors as the they r wore ware received |