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Show A BIT OF SIDEWALKS. j Salt Lake City, July 8, '79. Editors Herald: Improvements are the order of the day, and they reach the streets and aikewalks &b well as housea, stables, lctj and fences. There ib one short piece of Bidewalk which, with many othere, would be all the better for a lulle judicious improvement. I mean at the south end, or front, of the Theatre. At the present time that bit of sidewalk is covered with loose gravel. One is tempted sometimes to think it is the loosest of loose gravel, and very unpleasant it is to ladies and other tender-footed people to walk upon, especially in a hoc diy time, the Theatre being a place ol publio resort, of frequent public resort. re-sort. Now, there ia gravel, and gravel, dome gravel used in this city ia of a very incoherent and almost repel lent nature, apparently kept in contact con-tact by the sheer force of gravitation alone. Other gravel ia of a very cohesive nature, and will pack eo hard aa to approach the character of concrete. The first namedkind, like that in front of the theatre, makes very poor aidewalka, very provokiog and often painful to the pedestrian, The other sort of gravel makes excellent excel-lent walks, Boon packing down so aH to be firm and smooth, and easy to the feet. I am satisfied that the publio would be much gratified if that loose pebbly; gravel were removed from the front of the theatre and replaced with gravel of a more cohesive kind. TbiB would be a very great improvement. But a much greater impiovement would be to cover toat much fre-nnpnlpii fre-nnpnlpii hit of siilpwalk with nunhult pavement, which makes the beet sidewalks we have. Possibly the big suit pending will induce some reluctance reluct-ance in regard to effecting improvements improve-ments appertaining to the theatre, but so lone as that establishment is open to the publio the publio convenience con-venience should be sought by its managers and acting proprietors. CiriZEN. |