Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1907-11-24 | Page 30 | Views of Two Newly Paved Streets; Argument for Underground Wires

OF TWO PAVED STREETS ARGUMENT FOR UNDERGROUND I WIRES I Completed portion of the Tenth East macadam looking south from Third South S uth J i i x S x i t f fi I a f 1 I D 1 i 4 i 4 s e W Wh h 4 c Y r I r 4 f o 0 J t I J Jv t v k Y s st sa 7 T w LJ r a 4 a y ir T fIt d j JI I r u Newly paved portion of Brigham Street looking east from Tenth East street the end of the old and beginning of the new ew The views above show how the completed portions of two of ot the moat mo t Important street Improvements maden m maden dearn Salt Lake this year ear The paving of ot Brigham street from Tenth East to Federal Heights Includes about three and one half h lt blocks and makes a stretch of ot asphalt pavement from the Oregon Short Line depot to the reservation which cannot be surpassed in any city of ot the country It makes access to the fort easy during all kinds of ot weather as ns from the pavement one drives onto Federal Way War the new macadamized Federal Heights street which con connects connects at the east end of ol that addition with aith Ith the macadam road to the fort tort The Tenth East Ea t macadam in i being b rapidly pushed to completion and will willbe willbe be done by Dee Dec 1 The stretch shown in hl the cut is one of the finest blocks of ot macadam in the city In the distance may be seen dimly P J Morans slant giant steam shovel at work cutting down the only remaining block to be paved be between between tween Fourth and Fifth FIlth South streets street The two pictures present a striking I comparison On Brigham street It will willbe willbe be noted that there is an unobstructed I view owing to the absence of trolley and telephone poles from the middle of I Ithe the street In the Tenth East cut cuts I these poles are seen standing and the they I Iway way in which the beauty of the street I i is marred is If brought out In relief 1 I Th These e no pol s nut mut i y t r n 1 1 dr I n however I 4 on every paved street ornamental trolley trolley trolley ley poles to be placed at the side of the streets and the wires to be placed In conduits When this Improvement Is made on Tenth East it will improve the appearance of that thoroughfare e per cent These views are an taken from the high highly highly ly Iy creditable photographic work turned out by the city engineers office