Show Second Bid Adds Nearly for Sixth East Street Paving Residents of or Sixth Ea East t street streit will pa pay nearly more for the resurfacing of oC that thoroughfare between South Temple and Third South than T T. J. J EVerill E a local contractor offered to do tho the work ork for tor last August At least this will be the result If Ie the thc city elt- commission n awards the Sixth East st contract to to- to th the tho Jo lowest Joest est bidder et on the second second sec see ond advertising for on this th work which arc n now w pending before the committee com corn ot of the whole Last summer Bummer M. M I. I IF lr Walker nn anti and l twentysix twentysix t six ty-six other residents of oC Sixth East street between South Temple and Third Thin South petitioned the elt city commission to re resurface ro- ro surface Sixth East street with bituminous concrete Thc They outlined that tho the street was as in a bad condition and declared that money mone- co could ld be saved by making the re repairs repairs repairs re- re pairs this year car The They even agreed to 10 bear the entire cost of oC the resurfacing The Improvement was authorized b by bythe bytho tho the ell city commission In July and the city recorder was as authorized to ad rot for bide In accordance with Ith Ith the tho order of oC tho the commission tho the bids were opened August 19 at the regular session of ot the commission Only two tt contractors bid for tho the contracts con con- tracts T. T J. J Everill and P. P J. J Moran Of or tho the two bids EverlU's E was tho the lowest but both were t In excess of or tho the city engineers engineer's engineers engineer's en en- s lC estimate In rulings to tho the ell city commission the city attorney has held that tho the ctt city cannot cannot can can- not award a contract for Cor public work In excess s of oC the engineers engineer's estimate where any of oC the cost of oC th the improvement is assessed S against the abutting property holder Engineer Raises Praises Limit Conforming to this ruling tho the city commission rejected both bids and arid authorized the city recorder to use for bids on this work At the tho same limo the tho engineer ens modified his estimate raising tho the e estimated cost cod of oC the tho work worl from rom to Th The Tho n new bids were vere opened last ThUrs ThUrs- jay tay with only three contractors bidding for the work worl Everill tho the low bidder In Inthe Inthe inthe the first competition did not enter the second competition and the low bid was d b by J J. V. W. Mellen lIcHen Mellen off of- of f r l to do the tho work for tor or or 71 than tho the Everill bid thelow tho the tholow tholow low fl figure In the first competition The Tho results of or tho competitions follow mST FIRST CO COMPETITION Rids BiOs opened August AUl 1 13 1914 P. P J J. J Moran 60 r. r J. J 1 Engineers Engineer's estimate SECOND CO COMPETITION Bids opened October 15 IG 1 1314 14 Strange Maguire 17 l I J. J Moran J. J I V 15 Engineers Engineer's estimate 11 S 70 First low bid Second low Jow bid Difference rho Tho last or the tho high bids are now In the hands of oC the tho committee of oC the tho whole with whit tho recommendation of oC the tho street department that the contract be awarded to tho the low bidder Tho The committee of the tho whole Is endeavoring endea to arrive at n a sails sails- factory factor time limo agreement with Ith tho Jo low bidder er Loso Lose All Around The Inability of oC the city to let a a. contract con con- tract In excess of oC the engineers t estimate or the failure of oC the engineer to arrive ata at ata a n. satisfactory estimate to iu lu tho the beginning will cost the abutting property owners on Sixth East street In addition to this tho the city has hns been heen put pitt to the ad ad- cost of a second ad advertising for bids That t the tho condition arising on this con eon tract In is an exceptional one Is b the declara ion tion of Sylvester Q Cannon city en en- n. n Ineer Tho The condition la is attributed to the tho fact act that this Is tho the first time that bituminous bitu bitu- minous concrete has been called for on ona ona ona a city contract It Is la tho ho first t petition fox for tho the use uso of or bituminous concrete said he Only two bids were submitted In tho the first com corn petition Both oth worn were erH above the estimate Under r the tho ruling of oC th tho city attorney tho the only course courso open opeti to us Va was to for bids In view of the tho variance orlance In tho the we wo felt that our estimate should be modified modi modi- fied lied If IC any competition were to be lute hun hunon on the tho second bidding The modification In tho the estimate Is duo to 10 tho the fact that this Is la tho the first contract for tItle this kind of oC Wo We 11 had bad no former figures to work worl on and there was a a. Possibility to err Where Thero the work worle has been standardized tho office ha has haH stood on Its first estimate and arni for hula bids getting Ge lower tH The same name tt thing n happened on the tho he West Second South street work in this thin case caso however tho the work was standardized ita l land and the elt city stood on Its to ro- ro d d alt all and nd read for bids The rhe result was that in the next competition competition tion the th contractors reduced their l ures below the estimate |