Show I IS SET FORWARD I More Permanent R Road o 0 a d Building in Salt Lake County Than Ever Before OTHER JEll IMPROVEMENTS I Commissioner W r Ii h heeler e e c I e r Gives Retrospective SUl Survey v y yI I of 1916 Record I Iii In II all al the history of Salt SaI Lake county count I no ono one year cal has been boen productive of or permanent road building as 1916 The tica mileage o report shows that more mure was done than In any aimy preceding year While hlo the road roal department directed by Commissioner J. J II 11 I. I he Wheeler ler did ltd a great deal In the thenay way nay of oC permanent road building one of or its most Important Important tant tint works wa was to lo lay Jay a C foundation for Cor the construction construction of or good god god dirt or roads In the tIme county This was accomplished through tho tIme ac acquisition ac- ac of or a a silica sica bed between Neffs Neff's Nef's and DI Big Cottonwood canyons and the construction of or a tramway to handle handleI I the tIme output of or the time silica bed I In addition lon considerable work rk was I along the line lne of or permanent permanent perma porma- nent Improvements The Tho summary of or work lone done b by tho the road department was Issued Isue 85 u e d y yesterday e S t C rl ay b by y Co Commissioner in m I s z I 0 fl Cr Wheeler as follows a The Time annual report of 1 Salt SaI Lake county for tor road Improvements ro In 1916 1016 will wil show In part linear feet of or foot 16 concrete roadway and feet of or foot 18 roadway on State street feet teet of or concrete road a roadway in W. W Fourteenth South in Hunter and Granger Gran Gran- ger dl district feet of or foot 18 concrete concrete con con- crete creto roadway In Pleasant Green a total of or 16 miles 3 miles mies of ot A mies I road 13 H miles of road 28 8 road miles of surfaced gravel 9 I mi miles les graded dirt roads I 3 miles mies of slag surfaced slag road 1 12 H miles mies silea- silea silica silica- surfaced road 3 ml miles s of ot new road In Parleys Parley's canyon 1 mile of new road In Immigration Emigration canyon 13 reinforced concrete concrete concrete con con- crete bridges from 8 S to 20 O foot span foot SO-foot span reinforced concrete bridge over Jordan river foot root span reinforced reinforced rein rein- forced concrete bridge on Twelfth South 16 1 concrete In VIii nl Big Cottonwood canyon nine nino miles of or road was repaired by wl widening widening widen widen- enin en- en in ing the grading and cutting down steep grades particular atten attention Lion being being grades called to the tho eliminating of the tho adverse adverse adverse ad ad- verse caled grade at Jones' Jones I Hump This 16 If per cent adverse erse grade was entirely eliminated by a cut through time the solid soUd rock which reduced the time up-canyon up grade from 16 to 6 C per cent Six new steel bridges es with wih masonry abutments abutment replaced tho time old unsafe pole and timber timber timber tim tim- ber bridges e In Little Cottonwood canyon Litle miles of the steep canyon grade was widened mies and surfaced with mountain I single shale giving drainage e and an fn excellent excellent excel excel- lent hard surface for tor the hea heavy 1 ore hauling teams In Iii Parleys Parley's canyon there wa was wag three I miles C of Cf new roa roadway way completed with wih I mies easy casy grades and effecting a saving Having in distance I In Emigration canyon one ono milo mile mie of ot neW neV road rond was completed and ten miles mies I repaired From the county silica sica bed berl near tho the I mouth of Big Cottonwood there thero has been erected a n Lawson loop hoop line lne tram for Cor the purpose M cf delivering the silica sica from the mountain side down to tho the valley level where I It t Is IB easl easily accessible accessible accessible sible for lor hauling by hy team and tractor The tram train is 2600 feet long long- long longwith with a A ca capacity ca- ca hour of ot thirty five Cle tons per This capacity can be increased per percent percent percent cent by the addition additon of oC more moro buckets I The silica silca Is delivered at the lower louver tunnel onto screens and then Into a abin abin I bin segregated Int into the proper size for Cor placing same ame upon roads at a conveyance convey convey- ance amice cost of 2 cents per ton which in included in- in eluded labor power depreciation and interest on a Investment while under the old method the cost was 2 22 cents cent per ton delivered t to the same point b bv by Ter tractor haul which cost Include in include includes In- In clude labor labor tu fuel l depreciation and I This Inter Interest st on a Investment cost Is from the silica to tho the lower bins of ot tho tram and from the count county silica bed to the same point and does not represent the tIme cost of or the time sil silica si- si sil- sil ica lea delivered on the tho roads The haul from the tram train terminal Is done at a depreciation deprecation of or approximately approximate approximate- ly 6 5 per cent per year on a haulIn hauling haul haul- In lag ing- equipment a saving of 3 35 per cent over 01 0 the tho old haul laul The 16 miles of or excellent concrete road constructed durin during the time past year IB Is the first permanent highway built butt buttIn in Salt Sal Lake county and ane stands as a monument to the efforts of or a majority of oC the board of ot count county commissioners to keen abreast of the great movement move move- ment fo for for- more and amid better hetter highways Commissioners J. J II ir Wheeler and A A. A H. H Crabbe cannot be he commended too highly for tor their firm stand In the face tace of 01 strenuous on which they en encountered encountered en- en countered whon when the question of voUn funds runds for tor this work came care up and which the they succeeded In doing doing in iii spite of ot this opposition In order to carry carryon on the work of permanent highway construction it I has haM been necessary to have tao modern equipment suitable for such work ork To Tc Te date dato this equipment consists of ot Hire thre of or the caterpillar type trpe of or tractors tractors tractors trac trac- tors with Ith twenty four rOUl trailers of or four four- yar yard capacity used In hauling the tho ag aggregate aggregate ag- ag ag- ag regate materials to the tho Job two steam rollers roBers three bl big concrete pailag pavIng paving pai ing lag mixers mixer ono one giant grader ono one giant several se hundred feet teet of ot steel forms form and water pipe with wih pumps wheelbarrows wheelbarrows and numerous other small smal tools needed in the work worl Salt Sal Lal Lake e co county nt is now fairly well wel equipped to carry earn on tho the excellent work so o successful successfully started and which tho time great march of oC progress demands |