Show IN IPA VUNG his attention atten- atten upon having city engineer THE tion directed to faulty stretches of street that paving is ismore ismore paving is quoted as sa saying ing more or less a gamble in Salt Lake City If If this be an authentic comment upon the pavements laid in and around Salt Lake administration took it is about time the city the ma matter tt r in hand The property owners who pay the paving bills bins are entitled to the most adaptable material material ma ma- and the best workmanship for or their money Casual examination of some of A the paving laid during recent years under public contract contract contract con con- tract discloses that it is already disintegrating ing to such extent as asto to give justification forthe forthe for forthe the belief that improper specifications were drawn or faulty inspection of the quality and quantity of m materials was made The people have no desire to continue spending their money without protest upon what the city engineer says is a gamble Sufficient engineering data should be at hand to determine the right sort of paving materials for this climate Certainly there have been enough varieties of pavement laid to indicate what wha type of material and construction construction con con- may be best The element of chance need not enter into the problem at all The city commission should go into the matter thoroughly and go to the bottom of uncertainty the city engineers engineer's expressed before any further paving projects are or or- or dered At the same time the public will want to know what has caused the deterioration of pavements already bought and paid for |