Show CITY'S PAVING BILL IS HEAVY Contracts for Improvements Made During Year Totaled Huge Sum of INCREASE IN MILEAGE 1 Some Difficulty in iii Executing Executing ing ilig Contracts But Large Share Betterments Made i 4 t t t f t H f t k gUI DIHO OF Oi Hi 44 4 4 I IN Jl 5 4 in I f 4 marl ur nilI 1 7 4 44 kM I o 4 ses se's Ir M er er I 4 f 4 f 4 t o rum senior er 1 a ii i- i i Jorda c 44 4 4 Hillside t t tf 4 f t J Light ht M f ein f t f 4 f n I 44 4 4 9 4 4 4 An extensive e program of ot public ira ira- prO has been carried out durin durins dur- dur in ins ng the past year car by the city ration Naturally paving received the themo mo most t consideration but a number of ot other improvements were made that go far ar toward placing placing Salt Sail Lake In Inthe inthe the he vanguard among among cities clUes of or tho the same saro class as to population Another Im- Im pro ement that marked a m. m distinct forward forward for- for ward vard step was lS the Installation o of the new lew ornamental l lighting s system stem on Main street from Fifth South to South Temple streets Completion o of the mania main trunk s sewer sever is another achievement achieve achieve- ment meat of the year car Paving Improvements contracted for during dUing the year ear entail an expenditure of oC as against 6 62 In 19 1915 5 Curb and gutter uter laid during the tho yeam car cost sidewalks The Tho total mileage of or laid during dur- dur lag ing ng the year ear was as a as against 63 13 In n 1915 according to figures on file Inthe in inthe the he office of the city engineer Tho The city CUt now has hns miles mies of pa paved pad d street street Paving improvements of the year ear were a as follows EI Eighth East from rom South Temple to Fifth South Fourth Fourth south from Crom Seventh Se East to Tenth East Cast Eleventh Elc E East u t from Tale Yalo avenue to o the district Sixth avenue avenue ave aye nue flue from rom U LI I to H IL I street Twenty-first Twenty South from Crom ViCtim Fifth East Cast to Ninth East State from North orth Temple to Second North orth Second North from Main to Vest Post Can Cam on Third West from Sixth South to ith Hi South So Thirteenth East from rom Fifth South t to Seventeenth to-Seventeenth South Virginia street treet and all ni streets In Federal Fedral Fed- Fed eral ral Heights resurfacing First South from rom West est Temple to State and State from rom First South to Fourth South Somo Some difficulty was experienced with wih ho time carrying out of the program Contractors Con Con- tractors were slow In carrying out their heir agreements and too late the th city commission learned learne that tho time penalty clauses of the contracts It had han let could riot not ot be enforced Several causes auses causes such as s shortage of labor were assigned b by the thc con contractors tractors for their failure allure In spite spie of such conditions tho thA major part art of or the tho program was carried to completion under tho the direction of Heber Heher He- He her ber er M. M 11 Wells Veis commissioner of ot the street street treet department and Sylvester Q Q- Cannon city engineer The one lar large e feature of oC tho the orl original program which remained unfinished when cold weather brought construe construe- lon tion ton to a standstill Is the time pavin paving of Beck street from St. St Marks Mark's hospital to the he Davis county count lne line An arran arrangement omont was made mado with the contractor under which the work will wl bo ho finished early earlyn In n the spring The improvement is to cost ost of which the tho city's share shares Is s Only two miles mies of ot curb and gutter uter were constructed in 1916 as a against 49 9 mie miles milem in 1915 Exclusive o of or that tha laid aid In paved streets the time city now has 45 5 miles mies of that class of or Improvement Six sl sidewalk extensions were contracted contracted con- con for during 1916 G. G comprising 1 38 miles mies The city now has miles mies of 01 concrete sidewalks r Extensions laid last ast year ear Include Include- Highland d drive from feet Ceet south o of ot Twenty first South to o Ashton avenue east Cst side of ot A 4 street from rom Sixth to Seventh avenue onue north northside northside northside side of South Temple from Crom West est Temple Tern Tem pie pIc to Fifth West north side of Michigan Michi- Michi ran gan Jan avenue from Eleventh East to Twelfth East east cast side of Twelfth East from Michigan to Yale avenue a cast casc side Eide of 01 Chicago street from Third North to o Fourth North north side of or California Call Cali Cal Cal- fornia ornia street from Jordan river to Concord Concord Concord Con Con- cord street and east cast side of or Concord street and west side of ot Eleventh West est street from Illinois to California street t. t Silver Sewer r er Construction Construction of sewers formed no nomal small mal part of or the years year's public improvement im ira- 10 provement pro program Most Important of the work in that department was the completion of tho main trunk sewer at ata ata ata a cost of or It I will care for forthe forthe the he southern part of the city handling the flow from almost 65 miles mies of lat lat- A number of or miscellaneous improvements improvements improve improve- ments were made mace or contracted for during during the tho year ear In this list are In Included Included In- In eluded a new and concrete bridge bridge over Jordan river at Twenty first South street o of the cost or of which the city will pay 1009 a similar sum to tobe tobe tobo be bo expend expended by the count county and the Hillside avenue approach from N. N Main street which cost Cost of the new ornamental lighting system on Main street was of ot which e expense pense the city bore and the abutting property owners 24 This statement does not take into consideration paving repairs mn made e by h the city ety and included in the tho street de department department de le- le budget and makes no account of or extensions to water mains which mans aro are treated elsewhere |