Show SHALE In a few days locomotives will be running to the shale beds in Parleys Canyon and also in a few days our streets will be swimming in mud These two circumstances should be considered together by the City Council Practical road makers and others have long said that the shale Which exists in such quantities in the canyon named will be excellent for the streets of the city Everybody who has driven through the canyon knows that the section of shale road there admirable It is smooth at all times of the year is comparatively free from dust is never sloppy or muddy and is lasting seldom needing repairs When repairs are necessary it is easy to make them It is suggested sug-gested that the city test the material for street wear and that it make the trial this winter It could not cost very much to macadamize a block or such a matter with shale and if the work be undertaken at once it can be completed before real winter seta ir and thus the effects of successive frosts and thaws be obtained If when the spring comes it shall be found that the shale is a good road material answering as well for city streets as for I I canyon roads the corporation may use it extensively and discontinue the expensive ex-pensive business of hauling on clay and sand mixed with gravel only to have ihem turn to mud in wet weather and to dust in dry Suppose a block of street leading from one of the depots betaken be-taken on which to make the proposed trial The traffic is heavy and the wearing quality of tae shale will bu demonstrated |