Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-16
GOT MIRO DRY CANYON.

which, by the way, are already begin
ming to speak for themselves.
GOT INTO DRY CANYON.
The party thence struggled up Dry
canyon. The city owns great ocal
OF the land In the canyon. including
great many quarter sections held
primarily as a water shed. but con-
tanning also vast deposits OF rock
similar to that used on Penrose drive
but mostly harder and better. so the
experts say In the canyon the coun-
eilnen took samples OF the city stone
for the purpose they said. of having
it analysed. This was a very slgnih-
can't action, in view Of the plen of the
city engineer that he has not analysed
or had tested any of the stone now
used in streot-maklng because the
council had not authorized him 20 do
so. The members took a number of
samples, not from the best of the city
Lodges OF rock in the canyon. but
from those nearest the road. What
We're these samples taken for? why
were they not tested, and compared
with the blue shale now used? For
this very purpose, ostensibly, the
samples were obtained; but the en-
gineer has had no authority to ex-
anime the materials he Is using, and
so has not done so. But why then
did the council go to Dry canyon?
WAS VISIT A BLUFF?
Here were to be seen millions OF
yards OF the best rock material in the
hills. And the comments of the
members on the city rock in Dry cam
yen were interesting. Some of them
were In favor of making use of this
city property. But the real spokes-
man Of the majority, the ''ire-inspir-
ing Black" declared that the Dry
canyon proposition was without mer-
1t. These we're not his words he
intimated that he had been "buffalo-
clipped" but his exact expressions
are absolutely unprintable from their
indecency. However, he was against
making any use OF the Dry canyon
quarries belonging to the city. The
claim was that the visit WAS made in
order to secure samples to be tested.
But no tests We're made. Nothing was
done. The whole matter WAS dropped.
Not even a report was made, Was
this pompous visit of the council 10
Dry canyon merely huge bluff?
THOSE LITTLE FARCEs.
AS sample of the series of little
farces that go on in the council over
the condition OF the public improve.
mcnts. the writer recalls that not
council got out sort of public de-
claratiou of independence as to their
relations with the leading contractor
in city work, Mr., r. j. Moran. Prom
inent among these was Councilman
HOLIDAY who declared that there was
one member OF the council who was
not afraid OF Moran, II the rest We're.
Accordingly. the people looked for
an inquiry of some kind into the ma.
ture of the public work being done
by the contractors. But nothing came
of it, At the next meeting the lion
and the lamb. the contractor and the
council, lay down again together; but
the lamb seemed to be snugly en-
sconced as usual in the lions belly. a
crowbar will not suffice to pry them
apart But the public was probably
fooled once more by a dumb show
of Independence in the council.
WHAT ARE THE FACTS?
The main facts made known to date
in this paper and wholly undisputed
thus far are:
]. That the macadamizing of the
city streets with blue limestone rock is
"a crime and Il blunder.'
2. That the city engineer processes to
be without knowledge derived from ac-
tual tests as TO the nature of the ma
terials he is putting down upon many
miles of the public streets.
3. That the streets recently macad-
amized would be considered a shame
and a disgrace to any city.
4. That they are prodigiously eNpen-
sive, as we'll as relatively worthless,
ranging from $4,000 to $1,000 per linear
block for the abutting property and
over a fourth as much more for the
general taxpayers to furnish.
s. That the city officials, including
the mayor, the engineer and the coun-
oilmen, well knew all the time just
what was being done, and from all ap-
pearances many Of them conntved at
the waste ana malfeasance that arc
running the paved" streets.
6. That no move is being made to
change the methods or to correct the
mistakes which are costing so much TO
The city and yielding so much to in
terested parties.
The News proposes to give this
matter an absolutely just and Impair
tial investigation. Let any who know
or believe anything about the city roads
ana pavements speak out now OF here
after hold their peace.