The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-04-23

them,-and from these, it will spread
over the whole city.
When the width of our sidewalks is
| considered, and the shade trees that
everywhere adorn the outer border. it
will be readily conceived that its like,
once these sidewalks are laid will be
found nowhere in the world. Already
it Is unrivalled with its streams of pure
water, shade trees, broad walks and
streets. Once let the good work of
paved sidewalks be fully inaugurated,
once let the advantages these sidewalks
will give be fully appreciated, and the
| work Will not cease until all are done,
and our city become the finest in the.
world for sldeWalks-as it will yet for
other reasons.
Moreover, the utilization of our own
| own stone will develop an industry that
will reach outside this Territory. 1t is
not long since that an item appeared in
THE HERALD stating that Denver par
ties were here examining Utah's build
ing stone resources. and the party
making the investigation unhesltatinaly
declared that he had never seen such
fine stone, or stone in as great variety
| or in more accessible or more limitless
in quantity. 1t would be we'll if the
work OF improving our sidewalks were
to prove the impetus that would found
for Utah, and extensive expectation
trade in our building stones. And the
case is not unlikely. The report of the
committee, and its adoption bv the
Council emphasizes the fact that Utah
stone will be brought to the front.
One reason assigned by a prominent
member of the City Council and also
one of the committee on sewerage, for
the desire to have the work of sewerage
done at once on Main Street is that it
may be paved. To pave it now and then
put in sewerage would involve
material additional expense which
can now be avoided. This
fact is mentioned that all may
Judge of the disp 1sition of the present
Council. That our streets should be
paved IS, OF course, admitted, but that
the subject had been given any serious
attention at present, no one dreamed
here we find, however, that it is given
as reason by one of the committee on
sewerage, that WORK on the sewers on
Main Street should be done without
delay so as to permit of the paving of
Main Street. 1t does not seem that too
much Importance can be attached to
this fact, as 1t bears evidence that we
are on the eve of great and permanent
public improvements.
In five years, our city will be trans
formed ALI that is beautiful now will
be retained. Buildings and public i'm
provements will be made to correspond.
We will have new sidewalks and new
streets, sewerage, new railroads and
three or four'times our present popula-
ton. And the dress OF live and grow.
ing city, a railroad centre and a dis
trlbutlng point, will adorn our city of
to-day.
The movement toward laying a flag
sidewalk along the north side OF
South Temple Street, and the
report OF the committee on
streets thereon, have awakened an
interest among citizens generally in the
matter of paving and otherwise lmprov-
ing the chief thoroughfares of the city.
The petition presented last Tuesday,
to the Municipal Council. signed by
Walker Brothers, Kahn Brothers, J. II.
Bennett and other business men own
ing property on Main Street, between
First and Second South Streets, is one
case in point, and shows that the spirit
of progress and improvement has taken
firm hold upon property owners and
will increase until Salt Lake City is bet
tered and beautified a hundred fold
more, and becomes a metropolis of
which the citizens may truthfully boast.
The petition referred to asks that the
main street, between the two streets
named, be graded and paved with as
phalt, stone or Belgian paving blocks,
and states that the necessity for the
work is self-evident. 1t is not likely
that the prayer will be granted until
the sewerage piping is laid and that
system is in thorough working order