Show DISPUTE ON INSPECTION WORK MAY BE REOPENED Blossom Reports That Northwest Northwest Northwest North North- west Cities Leave It to Engineers r with Information gathered from other r cities in jn support of Ills his contention con- con that Inspection o of public Imn Im- Im pro t work should hould be under tinder the thi cn n department Instead of the street Hi Ctt City CIt r-n r engineer I D. D H. H Blo Blossom mm ned to his office e yesterday yester ester esterday day after alier a a. two weeks weeks' t trip Ip through cities chles of or the nort northwest In support of f his side shie of the con con- ro n a ns to wh whether In Inspection work on public improvements should b bt b done b by DV hix hi department or under tinder the tile supervisor super visor Isor of oC streets Mr tr Blossom lo In Investigated ate at- at e ed Inspection methods In lit cities ll His nii trip was primarily to attend a u t meeting of Irrigation atton cn engineers at Boise Ida and to look into public Improvements Improvements Improve Improve- ments in lii northwestern n cities Copies s of or ordinances of or Seattle Portland Port Port- i land land Tacoma Boise Holse an and anti other showing that Inspection work there ther I IM hi done under supervision of the thc city en- en er were submitted to tho commissioner commis commis- Ioner of ot streets A and 1111 parks h by Mr h Blossom and will be he submitted to other commissioners In tho the near future possibly pos sibly Bibb reopening l' the controversy Reducing thickness of or too the concrete e base of pa ln paving a s system found in So So- attic was wan the only new wrinkle In put Pill lie Uc Improvement work oric dh discerned b by Mr Blossom on his hi trip Use Uee of a five five- Inch base of six inch ns S ha habe haft FIRM be been n n done dono on OIl Fifth East Enst saving lo 5 cents per square quare yard in co cost t of J pavIng paY AV Ing Ing- IngIs Is an example Mr Blossom believes be a a. inch four-inch base sufficient where there thoro Is a good gravel foundation The en engineer ln r reports report having found foum ch cheaper JIl materials in Iii tho the othe cities cUleR but hut it Is III not of or a n nature he lie would recommend for or use Ule in Salt SaltOn J ake On the mutter of or prices he finds tha that Salt all Take Lake is a little ahead of oC most Otho o 0 othe th the tho cities on high grade rade paving Mr Blossom om also alRo looked Into the matter mat mat- tet- tet of oC street Intersection paving sine tito payment for Cor It He lie found that 1 1 of oC 26 G cities In the west and nd t char charts charge p the Intersection to the private property owner b by various arlouA schemes o or of orn n assessments seS He lie gathered g a- a i cm alot ilot lot of figurea fig fig- urea urES on this matter and will submit them lo to the commission |