Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-04
Meet in Assembly Hall to Discuss
Highways aud, Bridges Cues.
ton ia Utah.
SOME COBBLE STONE FACTS.
Gov Cutler on Practically vs. Theory
Other Speakers-Prcsent CondL
lions and Future Needs.

ping OF sdhu or gravel
An unsprInklcd dirt road Is good only
for q few weeks IN spring, II Is a
nuisance all winter and all summer.
Every county should secure a good
road engineer instead OF trying 10 go
1t alone In making roads
A good road requires as much Of
plan as a good house or % good mouu-
ment
Wooden bridges have had their day.
Concrete structures are costless for
repairs and hence are "A great I'M
proyomenL
County roads are Of three classes
main roads, uelshborhood roads and
lateral roads Each requires its own
particular treatment IN being proper
~ made TO stand the traffic.
Sprinkug is not so much TO lay the
dust l1 summer as TO protect tho road
bed from breaking mp and becoming
rutty.
The people Of Utah allow themselves
tp be taxed 10 the extent Of tens OF
thousands Of dollars every year which
Is spent by men who have never given
road making Co thought
Many load SUPERVISORS Spchd n sItol
zeal or llme tearing down EFFORTS Vl luH
men before ihem 10 sun lsIson"I lue"'
on ioaa Hlakl"G' w.,
a uniform System ana pau loI l..'
highways should be adopted and OPP
Grated by an counties alike
The men IN charge Of the ronds, nud
not the general public must lead the
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Those were some Of the leading ideas
Wilen We're alEaucgd M llg p, ssl's soU ~.
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ri'.t5., ,rasrson G5vcruor
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t,o - Coueos at Logan.
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So, s,.aob nrsnarsd Inv Comfy
S Co.. ,,,jo,,or ~ 9 tarson Of SEWER
co,,,,t,. ,.,'s ro,d Inv President Anderson.
CALL TO ORDER.
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| OF roads, ~ H.lu l''' wv. ', 49, W.
! allowing eaoh county coulllliS'lol,l ~,
| road supervisor 10 80 as ne l'eHNH' "n5
| wrons, and resulted I'D we "'s'. ~.
| money inc trequent e'rot,pn VI ,u, .
70 the head OF the ueParllI'eut Caus',
| frequent changes OF pans "ul'1 H"'
| also detrimental lie re'ohnlehueu
! system OF road improvements WHltl
| would be consccutiVeIy iolloNeu up
! and would be general over ule STA "
| There never was a graver error, az
| declared that the notion that glVluB
man the tools and money, IL an tla
/ road Men have been put in charge o
roads because Of political pun or be
cause they would work for the smailes
! usv believe that some county an
thortles would prefer to spend severa
hundred dollars I'm carrying out thei
",cn crude ideas than to pay $40 to
cor1reteut road engineer" Mr.. Jense
,insod he recommending q system o
t,otrnctIon in the public schools cover
10 tbo nolnts Of good road building,
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GOV, GU lLLi' -
49,. -,,.ior spoise ag follows: "Whe
Wv, o"tberInr of representative me
s.G " an, glod that there are som
da l''s, is9dIup into the state, an