Deseret Evening News | 1909-01-09 | Page 16 | Bids for Bridge Received

BIDS FOR BRIDGE 01 If irke WIll hI Both Ih the Midland fudge Bridge company and tile the Minneapolis Steal 1 M Machine company comly want the contract to HI be awarded for tor the lion Uon ot of the Jot Jordan an river bridge and accor according to the order of bide Ye re at closing time Ume yesterdAy the board lIoard of work will in n all award it The bids bide received are mostly for tor the construction ot of steel turee but a tw few calling for tor concrete work mad their appearance hut but It ItI itis I is believed the price for lor this eon con construction will be too high for con consideration 11 the lowest hid bid being 6 6 The bid of the Midland Bridge or of Kansas City and nd Salt kit Lake lak for a steel teel bridge with two oal calls for un That of the polls poll Steil company of ta is for U Numer OWl Otis other entered bl bids for lor the bridge but all were wrt considerably higher than IhAn Ih the two taro quoted In Ih the Midland company thou through h a clericAl error In copying the bids R a mistake was md made The Th hid bid of this company trana transposed Ita it for fora a bridge wIth wilh no sidewalk and lo loa for fora a bridge with two sidewalks I its bid fur for this lent structure Ino The Tue Steel bid for the same sort of brIdge was WAIl IUD