The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-19

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followed In the wake Of the automo bile.
and the consequent greater use OF the
highways, is not as difficult by far as
seemed to be the case in the earlv days
Of the coming of the motor driven ve-
hlcle, which now finds its need even
greater on the farm than in city and
town That marked progress has been
made In the past year In the building
and maintaining of roads to meet mod
ern traffic conditions has been convinc-
ingly demonstrated.
Commenting upon the changing road
conditions, George G. Diehl has the fol.
lowing to say:
''The highway traveller who goes a
distance is primarily interested IN the
Improvement and maintenance of city
streets. park roads and trunk lines
lation, as in practically every tour it is
necessary to pass over these three
classes of highways, and it is particu,
larly aggravating in many instances
when entering a city to find an intol-
cradle condition of the city streets that
destroys very largely the pleasure of
motoring. In many instances this con-
dition is due to lack of foresight in pro-
viding sufficient funds by the city au-
| thorities, and also to lack of knowl-
edge of how to make the proper re-
pairs, although the official in charge
is ALMOST invariably anxious and willing
to properly improve and repair the
streets of his municipality.
: Rapid Transition.
Ono city in the country has passed
more quickly from the stage of miser.
able city streets to d condition of
than the city of st. Louis. Before the
world s fair, in 1904, the streets of ST,
Louis were dusty and muddy, dis
grace to the municipality and an annoy
ance and menace to the travelling pub
lie, That city has since expended sew
eral million dollars in securing the
finest pavements in the country. Every
type of paving has been used, and the
work has been exceptionally we'll per
formed under the direction of James {.
Travilla. the city street commissioner.
The delegates who attend the conven.
tlon at st. Louis, particularly the street
commissioners from various cities of
the country, will have an excellent op-
portunity Of becoming Informed upon
the latest and most approved methods
of building and maintaining city streets,
as Mr.. Travilla will present paper on
the subject. "City Streets and Boule-
wards, and every opportunity will be
given the visiting street commissioners
regarding the various methods of con.
struction and the merits of the system
used in ST Louis. This feature of the
convention alone warrants the various
cities TO incur the expense of sending
their highway officials as delegates to
this large national gathering.
Some Mistakes.
"1t is not unusual in motoring
through the many beautiful parks sit
uated near large cities in this country
to travel over park roads which were
formerly smooth and pleasant. but are
now filled with holes, or dusty and
muddy, all showing the effects of i'll
considered methods Of dust prevent.
ives. The various park commission
ers throughout the country are no
doubt anxious and willing that their
roads and bouIevards be dustiess,
smooth, and pleasant to travel over,
but there are so many different meth.
DDS of treating these roads that unless
these park commissioners have made
4 special study of the subjects. they are
apt TO adopt ways Of improving these
roads which have proved failures. and
which add to, rather than lessen, the
discomforts to which the user of the
road Is put
lone of the most expert men in the
country III the treatment of park roads
is John r. Rablip, engineer of the
Metropolitan park commission of Bos-
ton. He VIII present a paper at the
national convention on fPark Roads, -
and the many park commissioners
throughout the country will have the
opportunity of learning first hand
from Mr.. Rablin Just what methods