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Show HEMJUV OF SALT LAKE AWARDED PAVING COIIIACI G A. Heman of Salt Lake this morning morn-ing was awarded the contract for paving pav-ing with asphalt Twenty fifth street from Washington to Wall avenues and Wall avenue, from Twent-fourth to Twenty-flfth streets, as he was the lowest bidder The contract price for the work is approximately $35,000 it. win be recalled that property owners in the district petitioned tho commissioners to award the contract to the J P. O'Neill Construction company com-pany of this city, even though his bid was about $2,000 more than that offered of-fered by Mr Heman. The matter has been under advisement by the committee of the whole a number of davs, and the final report this morn ing was anauimoush approved A representative of the city engineering en-gineering department was sent to Sal' I Lake to inquire Into the responsibility of the Salt -Lake man and he learned, according to a report which he made to the commissioners, that Mr He man has a portable asphalt plant, a t number of concrete mixers and forty teams, the engineer of Salt Lake City stating that Mr. Heman is a respoi.-slble respoi.-slble contractor In addition to this', the engineer reported that Mr He man offered to do the palng at an early time and before cold weather sets in Mayor Fell stated after the contract had been awarded to the Salt Lake party, that he regretted that the O'Neill company could not see its way clear to make a lower bid, as he pre ferred to have Ogden people make local lo-cal Improvements The mayor stated, however, that under the law he could see no course but that followed by the board and that nothing else could hae been done, even though all the property owners of the city, including the members of the commission, had I petitioned for the awarding of the con-tract con-tract to the O'Neill company Mr. I Fell further stated that the work will be carefully inspected even If the state chemist has to be called in to make examination? of materials, and that the best of work must be done The other commissioners agree with Mr Fell |