| Show ACHE COUNTY PLANS GREAT HARD SURF SURFACE ACE ROAD SYSTEM 17 i ts i 1 t fa lt f I p 1 v tT It t 1 1 VM V v X I k M f X 4 4 j- j j q gL i k I A t r 4 7 l I I of oj the business section t of oj Logan ogan Ca Cache Jie county seat Transformed from a country village almost over night in tn 1914 when the first concrete pavement was laid and a modern hotel built it ranks today as one of 0 the finest cites Cles in In the tile entire country 0 I u Logans Logan's Improvement Era of 1913 1913 14 4 Leads to Move j of Wide Vide Importance By William F. F Long In 1913 the tho citizens of or Lo Logan an feelIng feeling feel feel- Ing that the they had hall outgrown the limitations limita of oC a a. country count village began to plan for tOI a better and greater Logan Their plans plan made necessary the tho ex expenditures expenditures ex- ex o of comparatively ch large sums of or money noney monc but they the also showed showe the possibilities o of appreciable returns on the moneys so 30 Invested Under the leadership of ot the Comm Commercial club chub and such men as lS Preston Pr Thatcher mayor Jam Jain James s Larson commissioner of or streets and ro Roy Bullen city engineer the thc plan was er very carefully worked out an and followed As a a. result the tho Logan of oC 1914 1911 was entire entirely I different from tram the Logan of oC 1913 Gone Cone were most of ot th horse and cow stables that had pre pr occupied space In the business i section gone ono also were the broker broker- down do own fences and dilapidated structure In their theil places grew glew new and modem modern buildings amon among which was a beaul- beaul ful mi hotel structure considered one if H the best In the the state stale The mildly streets b began gan to likewise Pavements of or solid concrete were cre lad hid which on account o of their light gu gny color n added ed an appearance of ot neatness s to the ell city Commencing with less than square le of oC paving In 1914 sic sic- Uc- Uc cess I nl Increments tt have hive been eeli adlen each ench year e r until at ut tho the close of or i there were a total of or yards ards a a. yardage would a a. a highway eighteen feet teet In h a I ten approximately p Xi a I t ten r Il I I IThe The Tue first thing to greet the eye I upon entering Logan Loban from eith either r the tho north or the south Is a most att attractive c th tive e boulevard the lie surface of oC which Is 18 hard harti and smooth and clean This boulevard which Is seven eighty en e feet In iii wl width th Is paved for tor a distance of two miles and extends from one city limit to the other On this smooth pavement pavement pave pave- ment the farmer and tho thio truck driver haul hall their pro products and their wares ares with great case ease every eer day da in the year ear for tOI the mud of uC the Hie win winter tel and the dust duat of ot summer disappeared when Lo Logan Locan an became a city These rhe c pavements JI of or Logan built buill of or Utah concrete and reinforced with are attracting wide nation at attention attention attention at- at because of r their superior Ity it They hl e been heen favorably commented com eom- mente on b by the lending leading trade trado and municipal journals I Engineers and cit city officials from other oilier section have ha come to inspect them and team learn the details of oC thir lr construction In fact f the they arc nrc recognized as being among the he best In hi the country and 1111 n a large huge amount o of credit for rOl ci this recognition I H Is duo t Ii to the painstaking efforts and und t abl ability of oC Ho Roy llullen who with the lie exception of ot last year was wag city en engineer engineer en- en during Luring the entire time lime of or their con construction s t r U C t ion Irn at Ion Economic Almost c eel every cry t farmer In Cache Cuche count county county coun coun- t ty has business In Logan lie He u usually drives here in cither his automobile or 01 his wagon Lt lvin Ins the unimproved cd highway at the ell city line which I Is generally gen gen- en- en emIly a veil veritable table sea of ot mud 01 or dust dual and who whose e many holes hole and lIc have made hl hi his journey anything but hut pl pleasant safe or t swift he h drives upon the boulevard bouic previously men men- The dust or the mud lund Is left leU behind Instead ld of oC holes hole and Inequalities ties tics he finds a true even cven surface and without urging his hOI horses to any further fur fur- titer ther cx exertion or 01 giving gling the ens engine ll of nr hi his hils car oai more moro Ra gas pras his conveyance anc seemIngly seemingly seem seem- Insl of ot its lla own accord gathers speed sliced The fht realization of this fact has caused the farmers of or Cache us ats as it ii has haM cau caused cd tho the farmers of ot f many mallY other counties counties to to thing thins along hues linea hi which h they the have ha never though thou before eco ceo eco economics of ot hl highway transportation If It a concrete pavement was a i t matter nr of yi t facilitated tran 1 T tation within the lie corporate limits of or Logan wh why liy wouldn't the tho same saint thing hold truo trun ruo outside on the lie public highways highways high high- ways was If H tho lie cost COt of ot the cd I streets of oC Logan J I os-an os spread out over a period pe pc pe- pe nod of or ead wan wat greater than thin the cost I of or the hard surface pavements spread out over O the thc same period of oC time why wouldn't their cost be greater outside e of ot Logan The farmers armel's have e decided that It would and al also o UIa that a great rea saving would could be he experienced HI In cost oost or of hauling b by virtue of or the lie Improved hi highway IH a finger Movement io 0 Having hind had these facts in mind for fot or orsome some Home a delegation from Cache county composed of oC the lie ma mayor or ol of oC Logan Logan Lo Lo- Lo- Lo gan gnu Roy noy Bullen and County Count Commissioners Commis James J J. J Facer Eli Cli J. J n Bell and Ephraim came caine to Salt Lake Cit City luring during tho ho past week to confer with wilh tho ho state highway commission and find out whit vh-i vh co could ld be he done buG to Improve Im un prove pree some of oC the these e highway condi Ions Hons After discussing the tho matter at nt sonic length all nil were a agree that haul hard surface sur sur- face Inee highways ra radiating from rom the municipal municipal municipal mu mu- limits of or Logan in all north and II south directions direction would greatly facilitate tate ate tho the movement mo of sugar beets and to tho lie fi factory other farm aria products market or railroad SIding Biding and thereby efficiency In add to Cache county's aiding with the war wal propaganda it was further disclosed that a number of I miles of ot such highways could be bo con con- I |
