The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-09
BETTER ROADS
NOW ASSURED
Enthusiastic Meeting Held at
Commercial Club to Dis
cuss Matter.
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
GOVERNMENT PRESENT
New Interest Awakened in
Plan as Result of the
Gathering.


tee of the Commercial club took part in
one OF the most enthusiastic meetings
of tina, committee for some time Monday
afternoon ut the club a majority of
the members of the committee was pres
ent and the meeting resulted In new
interest being started in the good ronds
movement In Utah.
j w. Jones OF the special department
OF roads. n feature OF the department oil
agriculture at Washington. D. c.. was Il
guest OF the meeting He Is on u tour
OF the west In the interests OF his de-
partment. He delivered an interesting
talk OH the good roads movement all
over the country and told OF the awak-
cncd interest the general government is
taking i'm this important movement, he
talked of the effectiveness OF road leg
saiion and suggested 10 the committee
that application be made to Director
Page for literature on the subject OF
good roads. The special department has
gathered considerable Information on the
subject Of road building as IL is carried
on in the different states and Mr.. Jones
was of the opinion that this infornla-
ton might be of advantage TO those IN
terested In good roads in Utah and the
intermountain states.
Mr.. Jones Is a strong advocate of con-
vict labor, Inasmuch the building OF
good roads In Utah to a large measure
Will fall on convict labor this year. ms
remarks along that line were Of especial
tee.
Good Work Done.
AS proof Of the effectiveness and ef-
ficiency of convict labor Mr.. Jones cited
roads in some of the southeastern states
A few years ago these roads deservedly
had the reputation OF being the worst
in the whole country Now. through The
application OF convict labor. these same
Commenting on the good roads OF Eng
| land. Mr.. Jones said the secret is in the
| maintenance OF the roads rather than in
| the construction. He said that in the
wha, II should be TO insure the roads be-
| ing kept in good repair. Mr., Jones
talked intellgently and entertainingly on
| the movement as II has spread To every
| state in the union.
Governor Spry Present.
| Governor Spry was guest OF the meet =
| ing and talked on the manner in which
convict labor Is used in Colorado. he hav-
| Ing returned from a careful Investigation
of the system as put I'm practice In many
OF the counties Of that state,
w. j. Burton. county commissioner,
attended the meeting and addressed the
members on roads in Salt Lake county.
| He said this county Is ready now To 90
forward with the work OF building roads
! under the new convict labor law. He
said the road south of Salt Lake has
width of thirty feet. with the fence at
| the dangerous turn extended as to
| give ample protection from the deep
| wash As this piece OF road was known
| to be dangerous the report from Mr..
| Burton was received with approval. Mr.,
Burton said that in all probability the
stretch Of bad road between salt Lake
| board now has It under consideration.
Davis County in Line.
| AS an indication of the interest being
taken in the matter OF good roads. j. II.
! Birmingham OF the Bountiful Commercial
club attended the meeting and added to
| the enthusiasm that has taken hold OF
| mittee the need OF an improvement OF
| the Warm Springs road. He suggested
| that a new road be built across the point
| OF the mountain following the line OF the
| gravity sewer, thus lessening the grade
| at that place, By following that plan.
| Mr.. Birmingham undertook TO show how
| a dangerous turn In the road, as II runs
| now will be avoided. He said Davis
| county stands ready TO spend money on
the main road and expressed the hope
that the first convict camp will be es-
| tablished there.
Secretary j. t. Caine reported that he
| had received communication from the
| Tooele Commercial club that the one
bad piece of road between Garfield and
| Tooele Junction will he repaired at once.
| He pointed out that the letter said that
the county had spent $1,000 the roads
| in the last year and that the plans now
are to keep the main roads in good re-
| pair all summer.
Meetings of the committee will be held
at frequent intervals in the next thrc,
months to carry on the work now under
| way.