The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-03
Communications

Editor Tribune: In a communication 10 The
Tribune Sunday morning: Taxpayer" eeckg to
convey tho Impression that my criticism OF tho
anonymoug circular purpoItns 10 be "a History
OF Natural Rock Asphalt Paromcnta In Sal, Lake
City" principally because II wUD sent
anonymously.
Please permit me to say that condemned aud
stilI condemn the pamphlet because Il contains
statements that are false misleading aud unoalod
for. summarize few misstatcments and per-
anonymously -
l. on page of thc circular Assistant city En-
gipcrE John DudeT Ne credited with saying that
tho end OF tho hvo-year guarantee tho Soc
ond South street pavement. RUNNING from West
Temple 20 First West (sld with Utah rock as
phaltj. thc city extended tho guarantee for an
additional ten years by paying the contractor $50
cents per square yard per year during tho whole
The fact Is that go cents should read cents
per square yard. The further fact is that the
5000 40 paid TO the contractor under thio agreo-
mcnt was velvet. az the necessary cost OF rcpalrs
did no; exceed si.So during the entire ten year
period Tho el,y'S bluudor was due TO the an.
nrcbeu,lve orInion Of It's engineer that tho nave
mont would not hold good
Concerning .hin same piece OF pavement the
pamphlet quotes Nr. Duder further foliows
There Is. however. bu, very little OF tho origi-
nal pavement left this block. largo areas hav-
consists principally OF artihelel asphalt intro.
duccd IN the form OF patcbcs"
Had the author OF tho pamphlet iutonded 10 bo
truthful, he would have said that tho major part
OF the '-patcheS' were made necessary by the lay
ing OF pipes and underground wires and many OF
the remainder unnecessarily made by per-
sons Who had blanket contracts for pavement re-
pairs.
2 Although tho pamphlet purports 10 be ~
HIatory o, Natural Rock Asphalt In Salt Lake
city oortaln streets are mentioned that wcre
paved pi,h imported rohund asphalt. aud the TN
preston Is sought 10 be made that rock asphalt
was used These mlSststoments apply 10 Main
| rtroet from South Temple to Fourth South: First
and Second Eouth streets from State West
Temple, and also Richards street, Why should
| the condition of tbese streets hsve any bearing
| upon the question of rock asphalt:
The pamphlet 10 direct knock Utah rock
aknbal pud as q matter OF fact onl! three piece.
! OF public pavement surfaced with this ma
| tcrIal to-wlt: Second South. between West Tom.
| pie and First West; postofhce place and tb'
grounds around tho city and county building
or the latter pavement the present city enEl,
| nn.r IL reported to have said that II II would
| staud heavy traffic 4 we'll T. haA stood th'
tTafnc 20 which Il has been exposed be woult
consider II a satisfactory paving material X II
/ generally conceded that heavy trafnc is bcncncid
rather than detrimental TO pavement
Commercial ttroSt was paved With California
root asphalt In 1890 and the street s htIli In Root
condition.
on the question OF price NJ paving material
Firth East street below Ninth South In 10 h
paved in tho spring With Utah rock asphalt a
, ti 4, por square yard. against au average o
Ss4s 2.5 per square yard for imported btuminou
/ muterialn during shc past twcnty Year,
| y. i. COLLETT.