The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-08
WILL GIVE BOOST
To UTAH ASPHALT
Representative Citizens Who
Inspect Carbon County De-
posts Are Enthusiastic.
TO START A CAMPAIGN
Will Bring Question of Using
Home Product Before the
City Commission.
TO START A CAMPAIGN

Why, when Utah has a deposit Of rock
asphalt larger than all the known asphalt
deposits In the world put together and of
an ideal grade for pavement purposes,
anything but local product should go into
the paving of Salt Lake streets, is a ques-
ton that some score of prominent citi-
zsns will begin agitating today Further
more. they purpose to start powerful ma
chinery toward the settling of the ques-
tion by demanding OF the city commits
sion that hereafter It shall be specified
in all paving contracts of the future that
nothing but Utah product shall be used.
Result of Inspection.
These same citizens returned yesterday
from personal inspection OF the greatest
world, near Sunnyside in Carbon county.
They were the guests Of the Plttsburg-
Salt Lake OIL company. owners Of the
deposit. Today. through the medium Of
ufacturers association, campaign will
be started against the use Of imported
asphalt In Utah paving work.
After looking over the mountain OF
asphalt members OF the party declared
that 1t was worse than folly TO allow
II 10 lie idle 40 long as there Is paving
work to be done in Utah. That instead OF
using imported product Utah should be
was the conviction expressed by many Of
the party.
Vast in Extent.
The main ledge of the deposit was
found to stand 200 feet high and to ex-
above the surface to justify the asser-
ton that II is unlimited In quantity so
far as concerns the possibility OF using
all Of It. 1t is easy OF access and should
n he a
branch from one Of the neighborinG coal
mine railroads could be projected to the
deposit with but little cost. considering
the almost incalculaole returns that
would be forthcoming. At present con-
siderable tonnage Is being mined from
the ledge and taken out by teams, In
ready are paying handsome profit so
perfect mixture is the asphalt.
The ledge Is OF sandy, natural mix
turc, so rich in the required minerals
condition. II needs be. and will in short
order form itself into a solid, rubber
like sheet of rock equal to any paving
mixture now IN use. t is both durable
when pressed and heated 1t quickly as
sumes its natural state when laid down,
thus forming a smooth roadbed hard as
rock. but without the britueness Of
rock,
Personnel Of Party.
The personnel of the inspecting party
Included the following; Joseph q.
Caine. secretary OF the Commercial club;
Harry Sherman; D. r, Colett, secretary
OF the Utah Manufacturers association;
G. H. Thompson. George c.. Thompson.
O. r Dibblee. George T. odell. Grant
Hampton. A. j. Harrison. Dale Fl. Park.
Thomas Homer. j. r. Dean Of Topeka,
Kan, j. w. Harris, A. V, Taylor, Joseph
Heber Richards. and Richard p Morris,
city commissioner, Mayor Samuel c.
Park and all members of the city COM
mission, Governor William Spry and sew
eral other prominent men Of the state
were Invited 10 join the party, but were
unable to make the trip.
The party left Salt Lake Friday night
in a special Pullman car over the Dem
yer & Rio Grande railroad AT Sunny
side they mounted horses provided by
the company and rode the five miles to
the deposit. After several hours spent
in personal inspection OF the lodges, the
party returned to Sunnyside and we're
brought into Salt Lake on special train,
arriving early Sunday morning.