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Show CRN FORFEIT BOND AND STILL MHKE PROFIT OUT OF MAIN STREET WORK I the city was to pay him, $1200, making I in all $5200, and then pay a forfeit, rather than finish the work. It is hard to estimate the thousands upon thousands thou-sands of dollars taken oat of the street. Now be will continue to pay the city $5 a day so long as possible and only leave off working the gravel sand when he is forced to do so. Under the contract con-tract he can continue to pay the forfeit until he gets ready to quit. - The street is now in a condition where it will cost at least $10,000 to repair it. What will Salt Lake City do with 'North Main street? The contract for the work of grading Main street between First North and Second North streets expired yesterday, leaving the streets thousands of dollars worse off than It f; was when the work was , started two years ago. The contractor, Joseph W. ' ; Mellen, still continues to work on the . . street and pay a forfeit to the city of $5 a day. How long he can remain in possession ef .the street is a question which the Board of Public Works will have to settle set-tle at its meeting Friday night. Although Al-though Mellen has forfeited his contract, con-tract, it is asserted that he has already made more than $30,000, beides the amount of a forfeited bond of $4000, which 'will have' to be foreclosed upon. Several weeks ago it was predicted that Mellen would forfeit his bond. Today To-day the bond is subject to collection at v the hands of tb city, besides the $5 a dav mentioned in the forfeiture clause. For the last two years the street has been torn up and the busy hum of screens, gasoline engines and heavy wagons moving over the gravel has been heard in the pit. Yet Mellen may con; tinue indefinitely paying a forfeit of $o a day and probably putting five times as much into his own pocket. " A contract was awarded to Joseph W. - Mellen April 27, 1905. The action was taken by the officials of the Morris administration. ad-ministration. The provisions of the contract con-tract allowed Mellen to remove all the gravel he desired in bringing the street to grade. For $1200 he was to grade, curb, gutter and pave the street from First North to Second North street and also grade the approaches at Oak street. The bond given for the performance of the work by the Utah Savings and Trust company was for $4000. The contract con-tract ran for two years, expiring April 30 1907. Since beginning the work it is said that Mellen has bought $30,000 worth of real estate. Mellen has found that he was given ' such a good thing by the city that it is suspected he decided it best to forfeit his bond of $4000. the contract price |