Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-17

remains mols; much longer, and SO
Keeps the dust from. rising.
4. The rattle of the horses hoofs,
wagons, etc. on harder pavements IL
a severe trial To the nerves OF most
people and this evil Is lessened by the
macudum.
5. The horses slip more on the ass
phalt In the winter.
6. The asphatum gets from TO II
degrees warmer in summer than n ma
cadamized road. varying with the damp
ness of the macadarn This effect Is
felt most at evening, and keeps the
streets IN some cities warm all through
the night.
z. The cost Of macadam is about
one-hnlf that OF asphalt here; hui IN
the east. for some reason, the macad-
am is still less expensive--in some
places about one-third that OF asphalt,
LOCALITY GOVERNS KIND.
But these remarks apply only to SUBJ
urban streets with light traffic. III the
business centsfs, macadam would wear
down producing dust, and requiring fre-
quent renewal. Cement and asphaltum
seem TO be the best for our business
streets; hard stone macadam, for the
others The best rocks for macadam
are traps or dike-stones technically
known AS diabases and diorites. We
cannot be supplied with these. Gram
lite rocks are undesirable. Limestones
are generally too soft. Quartz wears
out rapidly. Since we have not the best
material, we must choose among the
second bests; and the government tests
made in advance are our most trust
worthy guides. Unfortunately. we have
never taken the trouble to have any
such tests made, and the engineer
meelSly explains that he has no author
ity to make tests OF rock material,
Noise is a great consideration.
Rough surfaced pavements are noisy
under traffic. and insufferlabie to ner~
vous invalids Noisy roads tend to
reduce the rental value of buildings,
especially of those used for office
work. We have not vet adopted any
rock pavements and are thus far
spared most Of the noise. But dur
ability and dust qualities are next in
seriousness. In this respect, we are
most unfortunate. Miles of solt stone
dust producing. nncemeting, improp~
erly laid, and apparently without ac~
tual supervision are being laid at q
cost of hundreds Of thousands of doll
lars TO the taxpayers for roads rela-
lively worthless. The final disposition
of the following pertinent resolution
viii be watched with interest by the
taxpayers:
THE IGNORED RESOLUTION.
Following is the text of the city
council resolution No. 50 by Mr..
Wells:
Whereas, The lime rock taken
from the Pascoe quarries which has
been used In matchmaking Sixth East
street is totally unit for that purpose.
being soft and mushy and easily wash
ed away; and
Whereas, The pavement on said
street Is failure in consequence of
the use of said material: and
Whereas, The property owners
are now contemplating the repaving
OF said street by surfacins same with
asphaltum; therefore be 1t
Resolved, That the board OF pub
lie works be instructed to discontinue
the use of the said lime rock now
being taken from the Pascoe auarries
for matchmaking the streets, and
further
Resolved. That they be instructed
to make such arrangements for other
and more suitable material TO be used
in macadamizing First and Second
avenues, the contracts for which have
already been let"
Presented to the city council and
referred to the committee on streets
and engineer. May 81. 1907.