Salt Lake Telegram | 1912-07-09 | Page 9 | Explains Paving Cost.

EXPLAINS PAVING COST OGDEN July 9 to ing-to the questions questions questions' ques ques- of several property owners who cannot understand why Salt Lake can have asphalt paving laid for per square yard while In Ogden the taxpayers ers are forced to pay from to 13 3 per square yard City Commissioner J. J C C. Nyc Sye stated today that Ogden does no not pay 3 and lr Is' forced to pay as high as as per per- square yard because the con con- are arc comparatively small The particular Instance cited by tha property owners is the contract for the paving of one block on Grant avenue We e are In a position that we necessarily had to do some pa ing explained the commissioner today but the he contract was so small that only one bidder th P. P J. J Moran company was Induced to bidon bid nia on this the Job and inasmuch as the price came within the reasonable and average cost of paving the board M commission commissioners ers era concluded to to- have It laid at per square yard