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Show School Boards Ponder Low Bid On Union High With 30 days in which to accept ac-cept or reject a total low bid of $625,419 00 for the construction of the Union high school, the Duchesne and Uintah county county school boards, this week, studied ways and means of .raising' .rais-ing' the additional revenue needed need-ed to award the contracts. The bottom figures for the general construction, electrical wiring and plumbing exceeded the amount now available by S125.419. The calling for a second bid is not viewed as a remedy to the situation since experience has shown that second bids are fewer and usually higher, well informed sources report. And the use of Federal funds ponders pond-ers a legal question in any consideration con-sideration of building on forced acount. Eleven general, 12 electrical and 8 plumbing contractors from over the slate submitted bids at last Thursday's opening. Observers Observ-ers believed this to be the greatest great-est number of contractors ever to compete for a Uintah Basin building contract. On a base bid of $430,700 for wings A and B. plus a base of S9 1,000 for wing C, Chrislianson Bros. Construction Co.. of Provo, turned in the low figure. Wing C was listed as a separate uniit on the bid forms, but comprises an essential part of the school since it is designed to house the library, chemistry lab and class rooms. The Christiansen bid set a completion time of 365 days. The Electric Service Co.. of Price, bid a low of $15.533. 79 for the wiring, and Palmer-Chris-tcnen. of Provo. submitted the. acceptable bid of $88,186 for the plumbing. i i i Rumor that the school boards intended to throw the first bids out, call for a second bid and accord ac-cord them the same treatment so that the Union high school could be built on forced account was labeled as false by W. Russell Rus-sell Todd, chairman of the Union high board, and a member of the Uintah school board. Mr. Todd spiked the rumor a few moments before the bids were opened, in the presence of the assembled contractors. M. F. Russell, secretary of the Associated General Contractors, reported that the rumor had reached Salt Lake, and accordingly accord-ingly explained the status of the bids in relation to the use of Federal Fed-eral funds. The 1 1 g'enoral contractors, some of the largest in the state, who participated in the bidding were Vincent "Peterson, Alfred Brown, Olsen Construction Co., Plcwe Construction Co., Larsen Construction and Engineering Co.. Earl S. Paul, Christiansen Bros. Construction Co., Dorland 1 Construction Co., Ralph Childs. Carl S. Fo.rs, and Jensen Bros Construction Co. Following the initial meeting of the school boards to review the bids, members reported that every avenue would be explored in an effort to raise the additional addition-al revenue. The feeling is that nothing will be accomplished by-calling by-calling for a second bid. and that time is becoming a factor tobo considered. |