Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-13


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LESSON WAS DIsREGARDED.
with sucIl an example OF suburb
an road-making prominently before
the attention of the public, the pres-
ont municipal administration has pro-
ceeded to do an extraordinary thing
that is TO use for matchmaking the
city streets blue limestone. or shale
rock. that has 10 standing whatever.
and that has hitherto met With uni
form disfavor by individuals by con-
tractors and by prior different city
administrations. This is a. blue line
rock. II seems that the city has en-
tered into contract with the owners
OF the quarry to pay S75 per month
for the privilege OF taking rock from
IL, The city then made an agreement
10 furnish this rock to the contractors
for the city road-nlaking at given
prices for specified quantities Now,
IL Is believed that the city is losing
money on the latter bargain: while
Il is known that by the former IL is
worse than wasting Sf5 per month
for the use OF the quarries.
The employment OF this rela-
lively worthless stone for ma
cadalnizing Is infiicting heavy and
unparalleled loss on AUDITING city pro-
perty, wherever II Is being used, not
withstanding the fact that this prop
erty is taxed at the rate OF from 81 to
IS per front foot. OF say from
$4,000 20 $4,000 on each street
on every city block for this sup
posed Improvement, that in some in
stances may be almost a detriment.
THE PAVING" OF SIXTH EAST
The most pretentious and snowy
of these recent examples OF street
paving lit is really "macadamizing"
with this material Is shown on Sixth
East street Here from South Temple
laid out with a park or lawn space
down the middle, the sides only being
macadamlzed. This work was very
recently completed. II was begun
about one year ago. No suburban road
should be particularly the worse for
wear in so short time as this. yet
an inspection Of Sixth East street
shows 1t is simply going to pieces. The
roadbed Is not solid. The materials
are not solid, and do not appear to be
able to Withstand even the weather.
to say nothing of the effects OF traf-
fic. This road has not borne any real
ly heavy traffic as yet and that for
showing unmistakable signs of rapid
disintegration. 1t even looks dilapi-
dated in places already. First II Is
rolling. Humps and hollows are
plainly discernible. Moreover the sur
face is loose and shifting. 1t has not
cemented together. and the large rocks
show q tendency TO work to the sur
face. The rock does not refuse to ce-
ment because it is too hard. for It
wears down rapidly enough. But this
pulverized material produced by the
traffic is simply a black powder, and
not cementing substance.
THE PRACTICAL RESULTS.
The final result is that in dry wea-
Their this road will be covered with
thick alkaline dust that blows every
where, to the dismay of tidy house
keepers and the blackening of the lin
en- hung out by the home laundress.
This dust hasteps the ruin of all paint
ed surfaces. The caustic alkali which
IT contains, makes short work of the
gloss on painted vehicles, and has o
disastrous effect upon the painted OF
Imprinted woodwork Of houses, fences
ETC.; while upon the leather OF shoes
II Nv known to have n particularly rap
i'd and obnoxious power OF first causing
the surface to crack and then of eat
ing right through the opening thus be-
gun. But In wet weather. the result
is worse, II that be possible, than in
dry; for after each rain. the surface
dust becomes a mud, black as coal
dust, niserably sticky II not overwet
and swimming in sheets of black muck
after every heavy shower.
TENDENCY TO RAvEL.
This road. like all others made of this
rock. discovers a ready tendency Il
ravel, that Is, TO tear up in certain
soft spots where the material has moi
compacted itself together. These soft
sr places soon wear down or are swept
out, and then the road surface becomes
uneven and rolling, and the process o
wearing goes on with increased speed
II an automobile passes over these
fraying surfaces. the air suction follow
ing the wheels literally lifts UP tn,
loose materials from these soft patche!
and scatters them on each side. TIL,
automobile Is, in fact, the most speed!
destroyer of these uncompacted ma
cadamized'' roads, and the latter will
not last long II patronlzed by thes'
vehicles.
WHAT a SPRINKLING HOSE DID
AS the writer passed along Slxtl
East. u city employe was engaged II
sprinkling the lawn down the center o
the street. A COW happened along
and the man hastily dropped the hos
In order 10 drive off the COW, whlcl
would have ruined the new lawn. Fo
few seconds the water from the hos