Show un r City Asks Bids o on Sewer Water Projects I Construction of Municipal Improvements Now Assured 1 PROPOSALS TO BE OPENED BY BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON AUGUST 31 PROJECTS ESTIMATED TO C COST 0 S P AROUND YORK WORK SHOULD START J BY EARLY FALL The installation of a municipally municipally- owned waterworks and modern 1 sewer system at Moab is now definitely as- as assured as Acting on instructions from the Public Works Administration of I Ithe the federal government the board of I trustees of Moab town are this week I advertising for bids for the construction tion of the projects Notice to con con- contractors contractors tractors appears elsewhere in this edi- edi edition edition tion of The Times Independent Proposals will be received by the town board until 7 p m on Friday August 31 and at that time will be publicly opened and read Plans specifications and proposal blanks as prepared by George F McGonagle consulting engineer and approved by R A Hart state engineer of the P W A may be examined at atthe atthe the office ot of the town clerk at Moab or may be obtained from Engineer McGonagle at South Thirteenth East street Salt Lake City All proposals shall be made in strict accordance with all provisions of the plans and specification and must be made on blank forms provided by the engineer To be considered they must be accompanied with a certificate or of compliance with the N R A in connection con con- connection with P W A and a certifIed check m in the amount of 5 per percent percent cent of the basic highest bid and all plus alternatives mu must t accompany each bid Contractors may bid on either the water system or the sewer system ormay or ormay may submit a combined bid for both systems It is anticipated that a contract will willbe be awarded a to the suCcessful bIdder at atthe atthe the meeting on August 31 and that stork ork may be started by early fall The combined projects will cost approximately ap- ap approximately proximately 46 ODD it IS estimated bY Engineer McGonagle The waterworks project starts atthe at atthe the Westwood West spring owned by the town of Moab and located some tour four miles mUes southwest of town The spring pring will be conveyed about two miles mUes to the theL L hill located along the y opposite opposite site the Sam Hudson home wh where re no a gallon storage tank will be construct The plans call for the in- in installation Installation of inch four mains through through- throughout throughout out the tow r WIth t two inch o-inch lateral lines The flow line from the spring to the reservoir will be 10 feet in length and inch four cast iron pipe must be used in its installation The distributing system calls caUs for 2255 lineal feet of inch four 12 feet of two inch feet of one inch and feet of three inch cast iron pipe Alternative bids calling for galvanized steel pipe for the distributing distributing ing system sJ stem are arc also asked The total length of the distributing system is feet Plans for the sewer sev er system call for feet of inch four sewer pipe 11 feet of six inch and 1150 feet of eight eight- inch Thirty manholes five flush tanks and one septic tank at the end of the system are provided for It is 13 estimated that there will be 5 cubic yards of excavation e and backfilling on the sewer Job r rIt It is expected that by the tune bIds al ai the tho town of Moab will wUI hate ha Ion on h hand nd the funds wIth wl which ch to fi- fi ii co the waterworks and sewer system tem AU All papers incident to the re- re reI recent recent cent bond electron electIon have been fOl forwarded warded I to Washington and It is understood I that within a couple of weeks the town bond band in the sum of 32 will be ready for delivery to the federal gov- gov government government While the total cost of the projects will be around or 46 the actual cost to t the taxpayers ers will be limited to or there there- thereabouts thereabouts I The federal grant of 30 per percent percent perI cent of the cost of labor and materials I amounting to about 13 will makeup make makeup up the deficiency |