The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-03
BY n. S. IVES.

No city can prosper long without good
streets. This is an axiom to the stu
dent of municipal affairs and is a well
recognized principle throughout the world.
with the Industrial and commercial
prosperity of Salt Lake during the past
five years has come the realization that
IN order to maintain this growth and to
increase property values, the clty's streets
must be paved For years the people OF
the metropolis of the intermountain cOun-
try have waded ard waliowed through
snow, mud and slush in the winter and
have suffered from clouds OF disease
bearing dust in the summer. That either
this must be stopped or the city sink
back TO an inferior position among the
Industrial centers of the west was in
ev M The people responded sPt to the
stands in a fair way of becoming the
best paved. instead Of the poorest paved,
city In the west within period of five
years.
Costs Money to Pave.
II takes money to pave streets. Every
people. The city II is true, pays part
of the cost, but this is raised by gen
eral taxation. The greatest portion Of
the expense, however, is borne by the
abutting property owners, who gladly
contribute, as they know that it will en-
nance the value Of their property many
fold.
The accompanying tables and the map
Of the city indicate better than words can
the cost and extent of the paving that
has been put in and the work completed
Up to JANUARY l, 1907, the city had ex-
4 pended S70.lsS IS for asphalt paving and
sl7, 75l. 30 for macadam. During the pres
ent year work which will cost S516, 323. 81
will have been completed.
This makes a grand total of 81, 513, 220. 81
that Will have been expended by the citi-
zens of Salt Lake for paving and curb
and gutter extension which go with the
paving and which amount to about s37, 900
ell told. up to January 1, 1903.
Under KeIsey's Supervision.
All the work done during the past two
years has been under the supervision of
/. G. Kelsey, city engineer The peo-
pie have responded nObly to the call for
experienced in collecting paving assess
ments, In the engineers office 100 men
are employed. Part OF this force is COM
posed Of field men, who make the pre-
liminary surveys and the remainder are
at work In the office making profiles and
estimates The vast amount of work nee
essary properly to handle the engineer
ing end Of the improvements is shown by
the fact that in many older established
cities the engineering force is not half
the number employed in Salt Lake.
OF the many paving extensions which
will be completed or have already been
completed this year the general public
will probably be more Interested in the
extension OF the asphalt on Main and
STATE streets from EOuTIn south 10 Ninth
and Seventh South streets respectively,
and the paving of Fourth South street
from West Temple to Second East
streets This will cost approximately
600 ard will not be only relief to
the citizens residing on these streets and
to the genera public, but to those who
reside in the large territory to the south
who desire to trade here.
Were Almost impossible.
Up to the present time during the win
ter months State and Main streets have
been almost impossible on account of the
mud The coming winter thew will be
dry and the farmers and others who
have money &c spend with local mer-
chants will find an easy access to the
Another important work. and one which
has already been completed, so that IL
can be enjoyed by all is the paving of
TO Tenth East streets. The pavement is
Of asphalt and s124.543.6S was expended in
laying IT, OF this amount the abutting
property owners willingly paid sSs,095.
leaving the remainder. 49, 4is.6S, to Re
raised by general taxation
An improvement which has been long
needed is the paving Of brigham street
from Tenth East to the reservation.
Work has already begun and Contractor
Moran has everything in readiness for
the laying Of the concrete base. The ex-
tension will cost S69 5S7.07. of which the
city pays s25.soA and the abuttng prop
erty owners S43 6ST.07- When completed
there will be a beautiful driveway from
the Oregon Short Line depot to Fort
Douglas. q distance of over three miles
along the handsomest residence street
IN the west
One block on West Temple between
Fourth and Fifth South viii also he
paved with asphalt. This will cost S1a.-
$50 49, The paving of this block is in
order to connect the three PRINCIPAL
streets Of the city. West Temple. Main
end State. with the having on Fifth South
which it is intended to put in next year
from West Temple TO Second East street.
Macadam Statistics.
The macadam pavement n he COM
tpleted this year will cost Sl29.27f.21. The
Second avenue extension from CANYON
road to the reservation. q distance Of two
miles. is the most noteworthy piece OF
naaeadaHn that Is being laid IT Is to cost
So 7l2-6i and will make Second avenue.
next 10 Brigham street. the most beau
tiful driveway in the city Heretofore
ell the north bench district has been in
bad shape during the winter on account
of the heavy drainage from the mountains
and at times Second avenue has been
absolutely impossible for teams Now
all the water coming from the north will
T9n through culverts under the maca-
4zm and will make II a hard drv road
;n the worst of weather. This will also