Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-12
Question Submitted to Members
OF The Civic Improve
ment League.
THE VIEWS OF Mr.. WALKER.
Each Has Its Advantage According
To the Districts and the Glass
or Traffic Thereon.

IN faNOr or SUBSTITUTING maCadam Tor
asphalt on Second South street and on
Main street south. where proposals for
laying asphalt are already made.
TO ascertain the exact views of a
number of Interested people on the
comparative merit of the two pavings,
the News" today submitted the ques-
ton TO q number of members OF the
civic league and other citizens, and II
was found that there Is by no means
the split In opinion which some people
would have the public believe,
MIR WALKERS VIEWS.
Generally there are certain objections
TO asphalt which are voiced by those
who have studied IL most and which
are apparent to anyone who autos or
drives over the streets that are paved.
NJ H. Walker. chairman of the commit
tee on streets of the civic league,
states the question for macadam
in an incisive manner He says that
the league does not favor asphalt for
the business district, nor on streets of
the heaviest traffic for the reason that
asphalt Is more durable than macad-
am under the heavier kind of wear, but
for residence districts macadam has
all the advantage.
1t is cooler which is big item, is
dustless and IL much cheaper to put
down. In summer It is impossible to
sprinkle pavement successfully, be-
cause the water sprinking the hot
asphalt gushes up at once in a cloud
OF steam. and leaves almost behind the
wagon the same burning, dusty con-
dition. If anyone wants TO learn what
this means let him now ride up east
South Temple. or down Second South
west. behind a rig which is throwing
dust. Autoists in particular are now
complaining OF the dust on the pave
ments.
The macadam on the other hand alb
serbs the water from the sprinkling
wagon and is much cooler while at the
same time it viii remain moist and
dustless.
AS TO OTHER CITIES.
Speaking Of the proposed paving
schemes. Mr. Walker states that his
committee expects to be able to show
the Salt Lake public "A sample Of mod
ern macadamizns in the very near fu-
ture on Sixth East street from South
Temple to Second South streets. The
property owners there are in favor Of
the move. and Mayor Thompson favors
It, also The street viii be parked at
the same time, az an object lesson I'm
what is Intended az a beauufying prop
osition.
O. H. Hewlett and Geo. NJ Bacon
hold much the same ideas as does Mr.
Walker. Mr.. Bacon states that an IN
Vestigation conducted on conditions in
the east, Il is found that New York.
for instance, has $50 miles of macadam-
lied driveways through the residence
i-
placing with macsdam number OF old
asphalt pavements.
Mr. Hewlett declares that II Is as
cheap to sprinkle lawn as It is to sprin-
kle dust. and therefore a proposition
to park the streets viii not entail great
extra cost to the city With the peo-
pie trying to put In sidewalks, sewers.
and pavemens the difference IN cost
between 81 foot and sll.50 a foot IL
and must be taken into
trct proposition the macadam viii
gain constantly in favor, and adds that
the kind Of macadam work done now IL
not the kind done 10 years ago, when
road making was less understood.
REMARKS MIsCONsTRUED.
The impression that there was a dis
pute on foot over the advisablity of |
within the league grows out |
Of the fact that MIR. Quigley, who hao |
been absent from the previous meet. |
ngs, asked several questions at the last |
meeting, for his information. rather |
Than in a spirit Of opposition to maca. |
lam and these We're construed as be-
ng serious objections to that kind OF |
paving. The property owners alonK |
Main street south, and Second South |
sast, and along Sixth East street south
o the park, are Informally discussing |
he question. and while there is not n
unanimity OF opinion, the Oh
position TO macadam is not marked. as
IN IA aNprncuaI