The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-21
SALT LAKE COUNTY
PROUD Of HER ROADS
Commissioners Finish lnSpeC-
ton Which Shows Them in
Excellent Shape.
TROUBLE WITH WASHOUTS
Great Amount of Work and Thousands
of Dollars in Expenditures
Wiped Away.
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Bingham, Aug. 2O.-When the cOun-
ty commissioners were in camp the
early part of the week. they thor
oughly inspected all the roads outside
the city limits and found them IN un-
usually good condition. Due 70 the
extensive operations of the Utah Cop
per mine, that company viii change
the road between lower and upper
Bingham. so that nothing of perma-
nent nature can be done in the way
of demonstrating il at present. The
company has already applied to the
commissioners for permission TO make
this change, which was granted on
condition that il shall be first class IN
every respect.
CIoudburst Spoils Road.
Considerable work was done during
the summer on the Galena road, but
a small clOudburst which occurred on
the divide about two weeks ago,
washed out ali the work which had
been done during the season.
II is impossible to keep the roads IN
this part OF the camp in first-class
condition because of the floods.
A disastrous flood came down in
August a year ago. cutting huge gull
throughout its entire length with boul-
ders and great masses of rock and dirt,
10 such an extent as to render it absO-
lutely impossible.
Road Supervisor Lafayette Chides-
ter has always put on large force
of men and put this road in commits
sion as expediriOusly as possible after
every WashOut. being authorized and
urged 10 do this by the county COM
missioners.
Extensive Improvements.
Work necessitating the expenditure
OF large sums of money was outlined
by the board during their recent visit
The big flume connecting with that Of
the town at the dividing line between
the town and the county is to be en-
larged to give a much greater capacity
for the flow OF water in case of floods.
The point Of the mountain below the
Lead mill, where the road takes an
abrupt turn, running dangerously close
to the railroad, is to be entirely re
moved, besides many other repairs at
various points throughout the entire
district.
Praise Supervisor.
Supervisor Chidester was authorized
to do this work without delay. The
board of commissioners heartily ap-
proved the administration progress in
fixing the roads throughout the en-
tire district
II is impossible to make bOulevards
of the mountain roads above lower
Bingham, for the reason that heavy
clOudbursts are liable to cause floods
that will wash out work that has in
vOlved great expenditure in an hours
time. The flood of a year ago carried
away houses at Upper Bingham and
Highland Boy, Wiping out even the
landmarks of the road for long
stretches. For the reasons above given,
no work Of a permanent nature can
be done in our upper town. The COM
missiOners evidently have the situa-
ton well in hand, and have many
plans to reconstruct and improve the
road between Bingham and Salt Lake.
much Of which is already in splendid
condition
During the past few years the course
OF the road much of the way from
Bingham TO the mouth of the canyon
has been changed, the route being
much more direct and the grade more
uniform. There is no comparison be-
tween this road and the old route.
1t takes time 10 construct a boule-
ward. 1t can't be done in a minute.
But conditions are improving RAPIDLY.
and the time isn't far distant when
we will be able to point with pride TO
the road between Bingham and Salt
Lake