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Show driven, pave with granito blocks as iu Boston and New York. Iu residence streets and for light teams make a genuine genu-ine Mi-Adam bottom. What's tho matter mat-ter with this suggestion? Elsie Chase. Oi:U STRKETS-A Sl'liUESTIO.V. To tub Ekitor of The Timks: The streets of Salt Lako City arc, I understand, under-stand, 128 feet wide from wall to wall. The sidewalks aro 14 feet each, the street 100 feet. Washington street, Boston, Bos-ton, for a mile along its busiest portion is not more than 85 feet between the curbs, aud tho sidewalks are not more than 8 feet, iu places much less. There is more travel and traflie on that street in ono day than there is ou Main street hero in a mouth. Suppose now, that iu this city all telegraph tele-graph and other wire poles should be put into tho middle of tho streets, as mauy are already. Then suppose that 83 feet in tho middlo of the street be curbed between street junctions and, in business streets Jonly, covered with solid asphalt and reserved for electric street cars and bicycles. Next, suppose that on residence streets the center be partially parked and lined with shade trees, still accommodating street cars and bicycles. Such a division would leave 83 feet on either side for carriages and teams. In the business parts of the city aud where heavy teams arc i |