Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-28
Commercial Club Committee Wit
Receive Estimates Of the
Cos, Tomorrow,
ALL AGREE CRUSAER MUST co.
Engineer DOremuS Report Makes Com
prchcnsive Suggestions Regard
Ing The New Drive

NV 'lNf'FN IMPROVEMENT l'l inv
least outlay Of onythlus that salt Lake
Clty could undertake.
This expresses the universal sent.
mcnt on the question Of the new boulo,
ward, fully described In the "Nows'
yesterday
Judging from the comments heard
on all hands the uclon ~ the com.
mciclal club and the city council m
PROPOSING to lnaugurolo the drive viii
meet with enthusiastic support clll,
2cns everywhere specially favor the pro.
posll to remove the stone crusbor from
Clty Creok canyon ana 10 stop the uu.
slightly pouglng out or the hills now
going on 10 mako sand and gravel
banks,
Another proposal made In Mr. Dorc.
mus report which meets with decided
favor IN the pushIng TO completion or
the Ions contemplated improvements
NJ The intersection OF canyon road and
fhlrd rrcol with very little expense
thls tract of ground extending va iu
the foot Of Fourth street, which rho city
has always refused to gcll because 10
desired IN mako am attractive ma,
PARK there could hr booullRcd ana
MADE not only u handsome approach
10 what Is 10 be one of the grnndost
drives IN the world, but II would form
a pleasant breathing spot fol the popu.
lollon Of n rapidly yrowng district
Tho ght of Mr. porcmus report 10
the commercial club committee was
lllnted Ia yesterdays News" other
extracts Of Interest to the public olc
~ follows.
'liernufo ri the hcpNl tcamugNhlph
has looscnoi NE cobllcuono, and uut
up we surface. some purls NJ canyon
road hANo bcrn rendered NuWolpsa for
llghl vehicles This would We ohynl,
"a through the removal NJ the stone
crushcr and abolition NJ the gravel pls.
'lnn'much 0s the hand Waeised by
canyon road ana hy that portion of the
proposed boulevard hplVcon ppny0u
ro1d and The wos end of Eleventh
street, belongs 10 the city and has AL,
ready been dedicated ps a public pnrk.
II appears 10 your committee the con.
structlon NJ any duvos into or across
II should be uudcrmNoU hy the city.
ana we accordingly recommend that the
clly council bo asked 90 have lIs on
glnecr prepare plans aud estimates NJ
cost for repairing canyon road. hrldp.
ms the creek, ana completing the hoilo.
rord between The proposed bridge ana
the west end Of Eleventh street Your
committee n NJ tho opinion that thn
work can hc done thluu.h the OK.
pondiluro NJ a fow mniltl dollars ana
That the advantage 10 The pity vlll hu
worth many times lho cost NJ tho work.
now 10 RAISE ron MONEY
For mo completion NJ mat portion Of
the boulevard along Eleventh street and
through Proportion 10 connection
WITH mo ncw military uad ln Fort
DouglnH your committee udviccn that
The city be asked 10 have lls engineer
make AN estimate At the cost ana that
win thiH estimate ug u blsll the ntceg.
eniy money he raised through mhscrlp.
lions from the adjoining property own.
orr who would be directly benefited.
and also through contributions from
such other publlc.spIIitcd citizens ns
may be able ana WILING 10 assist In the
work,
"By these means your committee hay
NO doubt that the work NJ completing
tho boulevard can bo accomplished at
% very carly date, ana that the Inn.
nroNcmonl NJ tho park at intersection
Of Canyon road and Third street bo be.
gun ot once, that no portion Of tho
drive be- made less thon twenty feet IN
width
"fho work already done enabled the
committee 10 drive without dInicully
over almost the entire route above de-.
gcrlbcd, ana IN view Of the compare.
lively small sum required 10 fully com.
plclo the work. ana va mako available
the money already expended, and by 10
doing provide am additional and, NJ wo
believe effective means 10 promote the
health ullwrtlvoncW ana growth ~
the city we recommend that the mat.
ter be pushed win ell possible energy
ana At once
II win be noted that the planB FOR
the boulevard do not follow entirely
those hld ont by kelsey * Gillespie
and others In the carly nmclles That
onlcrprAng firm, whose only fault was
thot they Ncrc IN advance Of the town
at that time laid out the route starting
at capitol llilh running up the canyon
along the west hllsIdcs, crossing over
ana coming down on the cast. For tho
present the west hillside route VIII not
be taken W, as the committee thlnke
II would cnthll too great an expense,
and that ull the grand view can BIO
taken In from the cart elevation
COMMITTEES NEXT MEEETINd
The Commercial club committee viii
hold another mceing NJ ii3O tomor.
row, A witch time the estimates Of
the city engineer an the cost of the
boulevard VIII bc received, and ac.
two work viii bo bcguu