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Show Is a great deal of fraud practiced in the laying of wood pavements. ' Before any extensive paving is done in Salt Lako a committee of tho city council and the board of public works, when it is appointed, should investigate tho whole matter thoroughly by taking a trip of inspection to Omaha, Kansas City and Chicago. j ABOUT PAVBMKNN.S. I Commercial street will be the pioneer ,Ju paving. The choice of material will be decided this eveniug. In all probability proba-bility Utah nsphalt will bo selected. This choice, if mado, will be mado for the purpose of giving a homo product a fair trial. This is eminently proper. Tho experiment is well worth trying. If Utah asphalt proves a success for street paving, it will be a great thing for this territory, as there is an inexhaustible supply hero. An eastern expert, who was recently in Salt Lake, examined specimens of Utah asphalt, and took them east with him. He declared that our asphalt is of a lirst-class quality, aud equal in every respect to that of tho isle of Trinidad, which is used by the Barber paving company. All that is needed to make a good pavement pave-ment of Utah asphalt is to properly prepare it, and this can be done by experienced men who have been employed in such work by tho Barber company. In case asphalt is put down ou Commercial street and it proves satisfactory, it is safe to say that it will be used very extensively in paving pav-ing our broad and beautiful streets, especially in tho residence portion of the city. Stone aud brick will also be used, but we dou't believe any wood pavement will lie put down. We have plenty of stone, and we believe that tho proper kind of paving brick can be manufactured man-ufactured here. Tho principal recommendation of stono is its durability, durabil-ity, but it makes a very noisy pavement. pave-ment. Brick is durable and is as smooth snd noiseless and a.s clean as asphalt. Wood vapidly decays aud as a rule there |