| Show REFUSE REFUSE TO BID 1110 ONI ON CITY CONTRACT Bridge Over Jordan Must Wait Wail I Till City Juggles More Funds I I CONTRACTORS NEED MONEY Bids Asked for Sidewalk Ex Extensions Extensions Extensions Ex- Ex tensions I In n Spite of Apathy Contractors refused to bIll bid on en the Iho construction of or advertised ad ad- 1 a concrete concrete- bridge by hy the hoard board of oC public works I to cross cros the Salt Lake Jordan canal canol at nt Twelfth South and Sixth East l street on in account of the tho financial condition of oC the ell city When hen the special meeting meet meet- lug ing of or the Uti hoard board was wan called Friday lo 10 o open bids on the Oil proposed work worl th there rc were wre none For lor twenty days th tho board ha has boon been publishing ishi I tig Lit lW notice asking o for sealed proposals aL Tho co cost t of oC the bridge Is estimated at nt 14 l l SO hilt but the tho work Moran refused t to tn hill bid on Oil it Il because e It was wa too small Birch says nys ho hp will w submit I another bid hll for never lever public Improvement Ont II work until he ho is li shown whore where th the money Is IR wailing walLin for Cor him him himas as is soon IlIon as nM the lie work Is II completed Tho Ih Utah corn company puny hail had enough moll h experience lle nc getting its Ut mone money Th Tho rho small contractors say 3 the they nr are oro unable to tn tie up th the amount of oC mone money noney for Cor an nn Indefinite time Despite the th fact that hat no bids hilts were received on cit the proposed concrete bridge the tho board authorized tIme the clerk cleric to lo So advertise for tor bids on several Oral un uncompleted un- un completed compete extensions under tinder the new law aw Each extension will wilt h bo 11 advertised adver U Il separately and tho the sealed bids will viii h bo lie opened on June Juno 20 O providing there here are mp an any Tho engineer will prepare hI his estimate of ot advertising nd engineering and Inspection a and amid III I In Include Include In- In clude It In th the tho contract which I Is sub suh- submitted to lo the lie contractors who samiL to o make mak bids Tile The proposed extensions exten exten- Ions s are Sewer Sever extensions lons 1 ITS is 1 ISO SO Is sidewalk walle extensions Sli SI and 1 1 Th The Tho sidewalk I Il extEn extensions lom were n begun be he- ho- ho gun umi by II the Utah Llah company com corn mn and left uncompleted The pany lany sewer tH extensions were wOre under tinder a contract of approximate quantities l and anti were ere not reached cached h by the tho time the amount of or work worl was vas done ilone City f Engineer n Keley Kelsey Kel- Kel Iel I sey e ey was una unable hIe 10 to make mRIe an estimate on Hi the tho cost COlt of or wor work I Ir E hI It is not probable that lint tho the city will receive nn any bids on lie tho WOI work vomit Birch refu os s to take talE any more work until he ie gets pal paid for Cor the work worl he lie has al already al- al read ready completed lie Ito has two esti esti- estimates mates nates In the auditors auditor's office on nn which payment has hns been heen refused on account of f C no funds lie He t refuses of uses to 10 complete th tho he twelve sidewalk all extensions until h he it gets Pt his hll money up tip to datt for the work york completed Kennedy Is losing mone money noney on his hie work on account of oC e R mistake In the depth of the sewers H Ho lie is getting etling extra tin jiny pay for fOI excavation alfon hut he ho refuses to take tala an any anymore none more work worl until the financial condition condi condi- Lion tion of oC the elt city II Is I placed on a n netter better etter basis basl l. l Kennedy has ha two estimates ti ms un in the auditors auditor's office on which payment has hns been heen rc refused used on account lit i L tOP Wp lack of or funds Moran h y plenty of or work on hand besides collectIng collecting collect collect- ing ng mone money on his l wn wagon on load of or scrip which ho ht ha has In iii store stor Two bids were vere received ed for the tho th construction construction con con- of oC the lie hoppers anti and bins for tho he garbage e dump In North Salt Sail Lake Jak Both lath wore were con considerably higher than tho he amount appropriated by hy lh the city Black LIlack and Leiler r want J and amid A A. A Campbell bid Th The Tho city en eng engineers engineer's en- en g ineer's neer's estimate was vac 1100 and that amount was appropriated The hoard board recommended the approval apPIo of the the- lowe louer hid bid and in its report asked the time council to appropriate appi an on additional I to go AO on with the |
