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

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aoe. IS. In this work HOO men are
employed. involving the payment of
over 1000 n day TO working men and
over $4,000 per month. The cltys
share of cost in these improvements
win he S006,t00. s7.--rrib-
une.--July 10.
No one has ever doubted that the
clty's borrowed money and special tax
,eyies are beng spent rapidly enough
Tho question Is what are the people
getting for 1t? The following example
of what the present city administration
is doing with the peoples money VIII
he read with interest by those VINO
vould like TO know few OF the ue-
taiIs:
Astounding facts are being discovered
IN relation to the city street paving
Last Saturday, the News" published
a full account OF the actual condition
of the city streets recently macadam-
ICED. /, was shown that the whole OF
the recent work OF matchmaking of
city streets follows erroneous methods
of construction, where soft perishaole'
blue lime rock is employed that readily
grinds to dust and mud under a little
use, and absolutely refuses to cement,
probably because OF the alkaline mat
iers IL contains.
THE WORST EXAMPLES.
The worst example is the street east
~ / 4
between North ana South Temple.
Scarcely better is Second West be-
tween North and South Temple ana
First North. Almost as bad is Second
South west OF Sixth West. Going the
same way are the recently nlacad-
amized parts of Sixth and Twelfth East
streets. Most omlnous of all, the four
miles of narrow streets on First ana
Second Avenues and vicinity are being
laid In shoddy manner and from the
same worthless material, at cost as
gregating hundreds of thousands OF
dollars, most of which is peihS siihpig
thrown away.
COUNCIL KNEW OF 1T.
Now comes the information that the
members OF the council we're duly
warned of the gulf into which they
were plunging the city In these street.
having blunders They knew what they
were doing. They We're well aware that
the city had property which contains
an apparently limitless quantity OF rock
much better adapted 40 the purposes of
street paving than that which the city
is purchasing from private parties ana
hauling for long distances. 1t was
plain 10 the council that from Dry can
yon, the rock could be delivered on
tram cars by gravity to nearly every
part of the city. Yet the city first
purchases and then hauls from private
quariies half mile north of the Warm
Springs the soft limestone with which
the streets are being methodically
ruined today. Why Is this? VIII no
one explain? The News can discover
no reason.
A FORGOTTEN RESOLUTION.
A few months ago. Councilman Wells
introduced into the council resolution
reciting thai whereas the paving of GER
tain streets of salt Lake City had
proved failure by reason OF the faulty
character of the materials used. etc.
therefore be it RESOLVED that an inves-
tigation be ordered and tests made Of
the materials employed upon the pub
lie roads.
However, this resolution after SUM
bering for many weeks in committee
was finally reported upon adversely,
and went over 10 give its author an
opportunity TO be present at its corr
siaoration before IL should be finally
laid ON the shelf, Something had 10
be done, however; and the following
farce was laboriously enacted before
the public eye.
WHEN MIR. MORAN WAS READY.
In response to this resolution, it was
proposed to take a trip on the follow.
Ing Saturday to Dry canyon TO inspect
some city quarries said TO exist there.
But singular incident caused the date
OF the visit TO be postponed Till Mon
Day Mr. Moran, II was learned, could
not be In town on Saturday; and as the
majority of the council could not visit
rival quarries owned by the city, With
out the presence OF the City's own
rival In furnishing other stone II waA
decided TO walt till Mr.. Moran could
90 along. Was this To see that the
visit should amount TO nothing so fur
as substituting city rock for that FUR
nished by private part.esg BE that as
u may, ON the following Monday, In
Mr.. Moran's automobile, COuncilmen
Carter, Black, Ferry, Mr. Moran and
the chauffeur, led the way. The city
engineer and Councilman Crabtree went
~ the latter's buggy, Councllmen Tud-
denham and Wells In the formers bug
gyi ana IL a two-span mountain wagon
driven by Raleigh We're Councilman
Barnes Holly, Martin. Barlow of the
'NaiH VI IAbli Npllt'i anu pInDhnly
others. Their mission was TO examine
the condition OF the recently macadam-
lied portions OF sixth East. and Twelfth
EaHi, ana of Penrose drive, leading 10
The fort; also 20 Ylsit the place OF the
oity's holdings In Dry canyon,
THE ROADS INSPECTED,
The visit 10 the macodnmized roads
was inconsequential, Some OF the We
hloles drove over those roada AS the
members looked at the Sixth and
Twelfth East, they saw the condition
auickly enough and passed on. That
condition fully described IN the News
OF last Saturday must have been fully
known 10 or wilfnlly ignored by the
council on this trip. hut on Penrose
drive halt was made, the men got
out of the vehicles, ana an actual IN
spection was undertaken Of this rond
II was found 10 be IN perfect condition
1.-The best sample OF cheap road-making
p the city. II WIS known BY The
councilman that a l... AZ.