Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-29
Organization of Tri-State AsSo-
citation Means Concerted Move
ment for Improvement.
DELEGATES LEARNED MUCH
Presence of Engineers and Expert
Road Builders Brings Out Points
OF Value I'm Making Highways.

| tlon OF the Utah Good Roads assoc a.
ton, the second annual convention OF
which came to an end In this city
Friday afternoon. has evolved a move
mcnt for the agitation of the coll
struction of good roads which now cm-
braces the states OF Wyoming, Utah
and Idaho and which 1t Is hoped VIII
eventually extend over all the states
comprised in the western division OF
the United States.
| While the Utah organization stll
stands and maintains its separate
identity, steps resulting in the organ
ization of an Intcrmountain Good
Roads association were completed. Of
ficerS elected and places OF meeting
for the present year and for 1911 decid-
ed upon at yesterdays convention. Os-
den. Utah, will welcome the 1910 meet
| ing of the intermountain association,
and Pocatello Idaho. was given the
convention for 1911,
William Spry was again elected as
president of the Utah Good Roads as
sociation, with James q. Jennings
secretary treasurer.
Officers OF the intermountain associa-
tion were chosen as follows;
President-E. r Sherman, Twin
Falls. Idaho.
|
Springs, Wyo.
Chairman memorial commlttee-John
| Dern, Salt Lake City.
Place for holding next meeting-Og-
den, July and 6. 1910, for meeting of
l911-Pocatello, Idaho.
OTHER UTAH OFFICERS
The Utah association elected an eX-
ecutive committee consisting OF Geo.
NJ. Cannon and ]. p. Cahoon, Salt Lake
county; Z. w. Robinson, Cache county.
and c. H. Ward. Utah county. In
addition to these officers, vice prcsi-
dents from the different counties were
elected as follows: Beaver. Orson
Blackner. Greenville; Boxelder. John
| c. Wheelon Garland, Cache, Alma
Merrill Richmond; Carbon. j. X.
Sharp. SunnysIdc; Davis. John II.
Birmingham, Bountiful; Emery l.. c.
Moore. Rochester. Iron. John Webster,
Cedar City; Juab, George McCune, Eu-
reka; Kane, Charles Pue. Kanab; Mil
lard. R w. King. Fillmore, Morgan
w E. CrIddle, Morgan City. Piute,
James Bagley. Greenwich Rich, Geo
Kennedy Randolph Salt Lake, VIII
lard Snow. Salt Lake City Sanpete,
c. NJ. Madison. Gunnison; sewer n, -
| Christiansen, Richneld: Summit Will
| liam Archibald, Park City; Tooeles X
N Brown, Grantsville: Uintah, John N
Davis, Vernal; Utah, Joseph w. Dunn
Provo: Wasatch, Z. ]. Cunning. Heber
City: Washington, Isaac G. Mcfarland
St. George. Wayne, G. A. Chappell. l>y-
| man; Weber, ]. +. Bybee, Riverside.
The intermountain organization is:
President, C. f. Sherman, Twin Falls.
Idaho; A KImball. Rock Springs,
Wyo., secreary treasurer. Vice presi-
dents, Wyoming, w. r. Schmltzer:
Utah. George NJ. Cannon; Idaho. z. G
Johnston; executive committee. Wyo-
ChpVPnna,
Thomas Painter. Evanston; Byron Ses-
sions, Big Horn. Utah. George NJ
Cannon, Salt Lake: NJ NJ. Steele. Jr,,
Pluto county; A. w Ballantyne. Box
elder county. Idaho. P. G. Johnston
Blackfoot City. Otto G. Rhinehardt.
Nampa; Paul Clesstone. Bonner,
At the conclusion of the convention $
work Chairman John Dcrn made Il
brief address in which he thanked the
delegates for the consideration shown
the chair during the three days ses-
sion. declaring that he had never pre-
sided ovcr a gathering of men more
capable OF handling the questions be-
} fore them than the delegates of the
good roads convention.
A vote of thanks was unanimously
rendered Chairman Dern, Secy Can
non, Mr, Jennings and all who had as
sisted In making the convention the
success 1t proved to be.
TESTS OF UTAH MATERIALS.
During the course of his lecture on
good roads. Friday, J. II. Dodge. gov
ernment expert on road making from
the department of agriculture, gave
some results of tests made on Utah ma
terlals for road building. as follows:
Stag marked No, l. gray. from prop
, | erty of ]. P. CahoOn. submitted by j..
II. Voshnel of the office of public roads.
from Salt LakeCity-French co-efflcient
of wear, S.4 (where standard Is 20 and
from to 13 Is called medium, and be-
low s. low); cementing value low; hard
ness and toughnesS tests not made on
slags of this nature; sample of acid
type, and therefore deficient in binding
power II properly used in connection
with limestone or calcareous gravel.
good results should be obtained.
Stag, marked No. 2. black. from samo
property. has a French co-efflciont OF
wear OF only ~, and a fair Cementing
value.
Sandstone, submitted by F. w. c.
Hathenbruck. vice president of the good
roads boulevard committee at Provo
French efficient, 17.5; hardness 10,
where II and above is classed as hard;
toughness. IT, where from 13 to 19 Is
called medium, and cementing value
good. A hard rock with high resist
ance to wear, medium toughneSS, and
mended for use In foundation course in
macadam road construction.
Gravel from public property. by Mr.
Hathenbruck-Will make satisfactory
road building material If combined with
proper binder. when used on roads hay-
ing light traffic.
Bitumen, from property of w. S.
Holloway. Provo. submitted by Mr..
Voshnell-French co-cfflcIent, 106;
hardness 13; toughnesS. II; as COM
pared with rocks ordinarily used for
road construction, this material Is
rather soft, with rather low toughness
and medium resistance to wear
Gravel, from property of Utah Slate
and Granite company. by Mr.. Hathen-
bruck, should make a fairly sat1sfac-
tory road-bhlding material in the con-
struction of roads having light traffic.
Scricite schist. from the same
French co-effclent, 6.4; hardness. 1872;
toughness. 4, cement,ng value. fair; a
rock of medium hardness. low resist
anco to wear and fair cementing value
In all probability will not give satsfac-
tlon as road building material
Siliceous rock, or chart. from the
same-French co-efflciont, La cement
ing value, low This sample shows
very low resistance to wear and low
ccmenting value. Is not recommended
for use N road construction.
SOME LIMESTONE TESTS.
Argillaceous limestone, from the Same