Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-18

| VIII you also show what In other cities
| " the average length of duration OF
macadamixed suburban roads? VIII
| YOU venture to say that the average
| life of such roads IL not more than flve
| times. In many places Ten times the
duration of the Third West specimen?
SECOND AVENUE AGAIN.
The News" said Of tho work now in
| process ON Second avenue chat the
rock is first broken into pieces AT the
| quarry and then screened and piece $
Of sizes varying commonly from half
an inch TO two Inches In diameter, but
| mingled with numerous larger fiat
| pieces, occasionally six or seven inches
| across, are delivered on the road. 1t
appears to be the design to lay the larg-
| et pieces at the bottom but II so, this
intention Is but loosely adhered TO. for
the materials are In many places min
| gled without any apparent order ex-
| cept that the finer materials even to
lne nneness OF dust, AZ last. are always
| put upon the top, Near G street the
foundation seems to be very loose dust,
which minSles freely with the lower
| layers
win you declare under oath that the
| ioregoing doees not accurately and
| truthfully describe the work now be-
| ing done on the avenues and cross
AN EXACT DESCRIPTION.
The News" said that las soon as the
road is finished 1t Is still soft in many
| places, which Immediately begin to
| give way under use. The rolling of the
bare earth, moreover, appears to stop
snort of the curbstone line on each side,
ana tnisi II true. ls another error, ac-
oording TO the authorities on road con-
| struct!on. Both the earth and the
nacadam rolling appear not to extend
| 10 the curbStone line-a fact which eN-
| plains the lack, of firmness in each of
| these newly paved roads. With the toe
| OF ones boot, holes may be ploughed
out at intervals all along the loose sur
| face"
VIII YOU go into court and say that
this description is faulty?
EIGHT OUT OF TEN.
The News" charged that the road
making on Second avenue and there
abouts violates eight out of the ten
fundamental rules given In Byrne's
Highway Construction as the "essen-
tials requisite to the successful con
struction Of broken stone pavements,"
namely:
"U) The entire removal from the
road-bed of all vegetable OF perishable
matter.
natural soil bed.
90 The employment of sand or
gravel for the foundation,
100 the employment OF the best ma
terials afforded by the locality.
90 The employment of unscreened
stones.
''(s) The complete exclusion OF clay or
loam from the broken stone.
I'D The employment of sand or grav-
ell for binding, IN sufficient quantity
to MI the voids.
"I0) The thorough compacting Of
the broken stone with a roller OF COM
| petent weight and suitable FORM
Which of the above essentials do yon
say is not being violated, daily and
hourly, on every foot OF the construc-
ton of the macadamized roads now
making? What engineers win you
name to go with competent witnesses
In order to disproye or to verify these
serious charges?
FIVE VIOLATIONS.
The News" stated that the follow
ing erroneous methods of construc-
tion"-Ryrne-are strictly followed in
the street making now in progress on
the avenues:
Broken stone pavements can be
made very unsatisfactory and defec-
"(3) BY the use of improper binding
material. such as loan and clay.
"G) BY the employment of stones OF
too large size.
"(6) BY screening the broken stone
thus removing. the chips and dust
which otherwise would assist In filling
the voids. Screening should not be
practlsed. except when an injurious
amount of clay or loan has become
mixed with the stone.
"C7) BY asserting the stone and lay
Ing it In layers according to the size
OF the stone. The practise of forming
q road with strata OF screened stone
assorted in different sizes and grow
ing smaller towards the top is erron-
eous. the smaller stone viii find It's
way to the bottom, and the larger
stone will work to the surface and
ruts will be quickly formed. 1t viii be
porous. and no matter how heavily
rolled, It will be continually crumbling.
ofS) BY covering the surface OF the
compacted stone with a layer of stone
dust"
on which of these observations do
YOU claim that the reporter and other
witnesses were mistaken? Which OF
the above erroneous methods is not
followed in the present system?
A sNEAK's ANSWER.
The Tribune says this morning.
aThe animus of this attack which has
been made upon the macadam work is
not hard to find. Divers 1.-THE paying
members of the Mormon Church own a
rock quarry in Dry canyon. No Nor
mon owns anything in the Pascoe quar-
nv. where the material for macadamiz-
ing is being secured. Consequently the
church of Jesus Christ OF Lat.er-day
saints is getting no rake-off from tho
macadamlzing work. Wherefore, the
Mormon high priests in the city council
have kicked up a hulabaloo that the
Pascoe material is no good, and that
the Dry canyon material only Is fit for
use, and the organ of the Lord is sec
onding their efforts
The News" respectfully asks you.
Mr.. City Engineer did you suggest
that miserable evasion? The News"
did not know who owned the Pascoe
duarries, and except for the above
paItry nonsense, does not know yet who
owns any of the quarries. Upon In
aulry. however, the News" now learns
| for the first time that there Is some
| private property held In Dry canyon:
| that what there is there Is controlled
by nom Mormons. and that II is leased
by a non Mormon for series of
Years. The News obtained Its infor-
nation as 10 the city's holdings In Dry
canyon from members OF the city coun-
ell, who simply stated that the city
owns large areas there. and that valu-
able quarrles containing the best stone
| for macadamizng to be found In this
region are lying exposed ready 10 be