Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-04-19 | Page 7 | City Prisoners Make Fine Roads

CITY PRISONERS I MAKE FINE ROADS Mile of Highway Built by Chain Gang Is of the Best Quality Chief of ot Poli 1011 Pollee e S M 1 Barlow and former Mayor Er Eua Thompson spent yesterday morning In inspecting the road work ac no by b the city chain gang be between between between tween th the Warm Springs and Hot Het Springs S on the county road Chief Barlow said said after returning We now no have nearly n a mile and a half bale completed and in my opinion it Is the best beet mile and a half of road in the state of ot Utah It is perfectly graded high in inthe Inthe inthe the center Genter widened a good ten feet with proper drainage facilities facUlties on n each ch side and ought to last for twenty years with occasional resurfacing Since Jan 1 we have worked an aver average average age of 5 men daily accomplishing probably probably ably ai f 75 7 full days of ot work or a 3 total of 1875 18 5 days day work We maintain the pris prisoner prisoners oner for tor 17 27 cents a day each so 80 our ac actual actual actual cost for labor for constructing the mile and a half of 0 rued rod has hu been about Add to this 40 to sro 50 0 for powder and wear and tear of equipment and a d you youcan youcan youcan can still figure a saving over oer oyer the expense of or a road constructed by hired hire labor