The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-19

Few persons realize the great amount
of public work which Is being carried
on i'm the city, and in the trip of four
hours duration which NJ. Fitzpatrick,
chief inspector of the board of public
works, takes every morning that Of
fetal is scarcely able to complete the
rounds and see that everything is
going right.
Such trip. however. is most IN
structive to one who has previously mad
no conception of the magnitude of the
work being done, besides being decided
ly~ interesting as mere sightseeing
tour. The following is brief sum-
mary of the things seen on one OF Fltz-
patricks morning jaunts:
Looks Over Sewer Work.
Starting from McCoy's stables, the
chief inspector visited the block of
paving being put in last week by the
Mormon church on Main street. be
tween South Temple and North Temple
streets Here he stopped few mo-
ments to talk with the inspector on the
work. and proceeded to the north
bench. where he looked over the sewer
being put in by Davis & Heuser. This
firm has a good start on the undertake
ing to provide sewers for all that dis
trict between Third and Sixth avenues
and A street and the reservation The
hardest part of the job is now being
done and consists of laying pipe in
twenty-foot trench on the A street hill.
The ground is treacherous, and all the
trenches have to be braced. Several
cave-ins have occurred. but now the
work is well in hand and rapid pro-
gress is being made. The cost of the
job will be about $4,000.
First South Visited.
From the sewer work Fitzpatrick Wis
tied First South street, where Moran
is laying asphalt pavement. Most OF
the excavation on the south side of the
street is completed up to Sixth East
street, and part on the north side. Up
to Fourth East the concrete base has
been laid on the south side, and every
thing is in readiness for the laying of
the asphalt.
Moran has about 800 men on this job.
and- his big steam shovel is taking out
big chunks of dirt every minute 1t is
expected that before snow flies both
sides OF the street. from Second to
Thirteenth East, will be completely
paved. II this is accomplished it will
Salt Lake.
"P. J. Jr." on the Job.
In all the crowd of workmen a boy
of IL Sears of age was the most inter-
esting character. The lad is P. J. Mo-
ran, jr, called by the men ''P. j., jr, "
for short. He is~a chip of the old
block" literally. figuratively and &C
tually His duties are many and his
ambition to work unconquerable. Ur
and down the street he gallops on q
horse taking orders from foremen, de-
| Iivering them, riding to the store house
after supplies and doing hundred and
one other little things which bright
| boy can accomplish. He Is drawing 81
a week and is dissatisfied with his
wages.
"Can you give me another job with
more pay?" he asked one day of the
chief foreman. This story is told with
great glee by all the men on the work
They all like the lad and realize that
he is earning his pay, even IL he is sor
CT the big boss.
Fifth East Pavement.
| In connection with the paving OF
| First South street Moran is also paving
| Fifth East, from South Temple tc
Third South. with asphalt, and already
| one block of the concrete foundation
| has been laid. There Is little grading
to do here, and when the concrete or
| First South reaches Fifth East that
street will Immediately have tile sur
face put on.
| Fitzpatrick next visited the water
works department crew at work lower