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Show THE CITIZEN ft IINING AND INDUSRTY the paving using gravel as an aggregate, with a bid of $197,090.55. WINTERING CONSTRUCTION Bids for. the construction of the Yakima Valley, Kittitas project were opened by the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation at Ellensburg, Wash., on the com3rd inst. The Barnard-Curtis- s pany of Minneapolis, Minn., were low bidder on schedule 1, Derbon Construc- d t Utah Chapter of the Associated tractors of America, in Its weekly Vjort, shows the following improve-ifat- s and projects contemplated and Gierway: vOra Bundy, Ogden, a member of the Related General Contractors, was 'girded the contract for constructing ' three stretches of pavement at W City, Wilson and Hooper, in We county. This pavement is to be concrete six and one-haInches in ness. Mr. Bundys bid was $49,-'2The Union Construction com-Md $50,996.33 and the Wheel-h- t Construction company bid Work on these projects is to commenced as soon as the are attended to. members of the Associated Contractors of America. General rhe it i tatc ;t u j lf 3. V $53,-yt5- neces-preliminari- fo B, 3. es II. Drummond was chairman of a that appeared before the th W commS8on this week with a re-that upper Princeton, Harvard th I f d Laird avenues be paved. The mat-- ' I was refedred to the Commissioner El f legation f & Streets. r es payor George E. Browning of Ogannounces that unless the Ogden ion ipid Transit company will pay its epic Vire of the cost of paving on Wash- avenue the entire project will OH A dropped. The improvement con- th Opiates the paving and installing a lighting system for four blocks on py ac Contract for the the paving of Main from Ninth to Twenty-firs- t ope vjath street was awarded to Gibbons &t meeting of the city com- vice Vision held Thursday afternoon. .1 rock is provided as the irae aggregate and the price bid for oarljhs type was $206,240.79. Christen-Jacob- s and Gardner submitted a of $197,085.55, with gravel as the eet egate. bids will be received at the the district engineer of the Apartment f of Public Works of the ite of Idaho, at his office in Lewis- until 2 p. m., June 29th, 1927, for construction of road-bedrainage pictures and the surfacing with abol hed rock of 1.48 miles of highway filing through the town of Cotton)CCl nd. Complete detail as to classes ddl 4 quantities on file in this office. Sealed lcal (fjVe of d, ; nil i f r county commissioners of Salt ige Jke county on Monday authorized ;eph Blicksenderfer, county survey-lai to prepare plans and specifications concrete pipe line for a T.?1 isas f.tth of 470 feet and the laying of .75 d walls, near 27th South on the street paving, which is to be 8tructed by the county. jThe 42-in- at( lllll ch J .pie Cedar City Construction com-fo- r ;iay submitted the low bid the ?tructlon of the State highway j? be-Kann- ara and the Washington ty 1Ine The project is 4.49 miles ire t r length and will be of standard gravJ surface type. This company are I I Arrangements have been completed for the purchase of the Dan Livingston ranch in Summit county and the last obstacle to the advertising of this project has been removed. This action has been telegraphed to Elwood Mead and it is expected that this project will be advertised at an early date. The taxpayers of Ephraim have voted a $40,000 bond issue for the construction of a modern hydro-electri- c power plant in that city. The plant will be built in connection with the present water system. Sealed bids will be received at the office of the county commissioners of Bonner county, Idaho, until 2 oclock, p. m July 1st, for the construction of 3.314 miles of highway between La-clede and Sand Point, tion company of San Francisco were low bidders on schedule 2 T. A. Webster and Co., Spokane, Wash., were low bidders on schedule 3, and the Ramsay-Jorda- n company of Seattle. Wash;, were low bidders on schedule 13. The Morrison-Knudse- n company of this city were bidders on this The Reynolds Ely company were low bidders on the Floy road project In Grand county and Floyd S. Whitting was low bidder on the bridges included In this project. Both of these firms are members of the Associated General Contractors of America. BUILDING :C.Q.NSJRUCTION Sealed bids will be received by the Bureau of Public Roads at Ogden, Utah, until 9 oclock a. m., June 28th, for the construction of .9.2 miles of high- highway on the Salmon-Montan- a way. Estimated quantities are 85 cu. yds. concrete, 10,000 cu. yds. crushed rock surfacing, 1,500 yards binder, plemental crushed rock, etc. sup-ausH- H. E. Schraven, a member of the Associated General Contractors, was awarded the contract for the construction of an office building, engine house, etc., for the Utah Railway company at Martin, Carbon county. V . The railway commissions of the states of Idaho, Washington and Oregon, have petitioned the Interstate commerce commission to require the Union Pacific and Northern Pacific to build a line from Homestead, Oregon, through Clarkston, Washington, to Lewiston, Idaho. The Bureau of Public Roads at Ogden, Utah, will receive bids at their office in Ogden until 9 a. m., June 28, 1927, for 4.92 miles, with an alternate bid on 4.54 miles of the Salmon Montana highway. This work consists of approximately 50,000 cubic yards of excavation, culverts and othed classifications the full detail on which is on file in this office. Sealed bids will be received by the county commissioners of Utah county at their office in Provo until 10 oclock a. m., June 27th, 1927, for the grading and paving of the Lake highway between Provo and Pleasant Grove. The length of the road to be constructed or improved is 1.8 miles. Plans and specifications on file in the office of the county engineer. View-Vineya- rd Wheeler and England of Moreland, Idaho, were low bidders on the Victor- Irwin forest project on which bids were opened in Ogden Friday, their bid being $67,406. Six bids were submitted on the proposed paving of Main street to Twenty-first South street at the opening of the bids on Thursday. Gibbons and Reed were low bidders on the pacing with the use of crushed rock, with a bid of $206,238.29, and Christensen, Ja- cob and Gardner were low bidders on Filingmae announces that construction will commence on the apartment located al 325 East Second South for which the foundation was laid last fall. The estimated cost is $30,000. Cannon and Fetzer are the architects. A. The board of education of this city has authorized the erection of an addition to the Bryant school, the estimated cost of which is $235,000. Scott and Welch have been employed as Plans have been completed for the $60,000 addition to the Neighborhood house, located at 753 West First South street. The new addition will be used as a nursery. Scott and Welch are the architects and Mrs. Fred Cowan is president of the association. The Kansas Structural Steel company of Kansas City, Mo., submitted the lowest satisfactory bid on the Lees Ferry bridge and the contract will be awarded to them. Bids for this construction were opened at Phoenix on June 9th, and the estimated cost is in excess of $350,000. The U. S. Treasury department have rejected all bids for the court house and post office at Couer d Alene, Idaho, as being too high and new bids have been advertised for to close 3 p. Jas. A. Wetmore, m., June 27th. Washington, D. C., is the acting supervising architect. Misnie Horsley, clerk of the board of education of school district number 6, Soda Springs, Idaho, will receive bids until 5 p. m., June 25th, 1927, for the instalation of a heating plant for Estimated cost not high school. stated. O. F. Millard of Logan was low bid- der on the Mechanics Art building to be constructed by the North Cache High School district, Coleman and Sorenson of Brigham City were low bidders on the plumbing. The city of Phoenix, Arizona, have approved a bond issue in the sum of $750,000 for the construction of a city and county building in that city. Plans are expected to be completed at . ar early date. Work will commence next week on the transforming of the old paper mill in Cottonwood canyon into a modern resort which is estimated to cost $250,000. Plans have been completed by Taylor Wooley, architect. Ashton and Jenkins, local realtors, announce the completion of plans for the construction of business buildings at the intersection of 9th East and 9th South, to cost $50,000. Included in the program is a modem picture theatre. The Western Paper Products company announce that they will commence in the near future the erection of a modem paper box factory at 4th West and Fifth South. C. P. Castle is general manager of the company. W. D. Roberts of this city, owner of the property located on West Center street, Provo, which wa sreccntly destroyed by fire, announces that construction will commence at an earl; date on a modem fire proof structure to replace these buildings. Monslgnor A. F. Giavonnoni, of Price, announce that plans have progressed to a point where it may be announced that a modem Catholic school will be erected in Price in time to be completed this fall More than $17,000 have been subscribed by prominent business men of Helper towards the amount necessary for the consti action of modern hospital in that city. Charles Leger is the president of the board of directors. Salt Lake City, Utah to Ely, Nev. Should be comfortably Between made in twelve hours. Orrs ranch and the Goodyear Section (41 miles) is the only unimproved part of the Lincoln Highway; will require about 2 hours driving time. The Great Salt Lake Desert is 17 miles long where it is crossed by the Goodyear Section, all well graded and dragged, 7 miles well graveled. Balance of route to Ely is graded natural gravel in good condition. 246 miles. 266 Ely, Nev. to Fallon, Nev. miles. All excellently graded and well graveled, dry and in fine condition. Fallon, Nev. to Sacramento, California, via Lake Tahoe 197 miles. Mostlly dry and well dragged; west 60 miles paved. May 31, L. B. Miller drove from Oakland to Carson City (250 miles) in 5 hours. Many resorts now open. |