Show TO I i JAl ASPHALT City Wi Will Endeavor to cerain Which is the Best Kd Kind t CHANGE CHANCE FOR ALL KINDS I I II Iq q BROAD BIDS WILL BE FOR BRIGHAM STREET Sal fait Lake board of public work works I i about to be bein in a an experiment to the he comparative monetary value value to a municipality tf of natural asphalt and the various compounds used for Cor paving purposes In lne line with this determination tIe the board wil will at once advertise for bid bids fo for paving street from Seventh Eat East to Tenth Est East Bidder Bidders wi will be invie invited to submit bids for aU all grades of asphalt both l and prepared and the boad board wI will select the bid which promise promises to secure the best result for forthe forthe the city I It is conceded that the pres present present ent paving leaves room for Cor much im improvement improvement provement and the board hopes by asking for bids on al all grades to secure a material that will m give beter better service than those thos heretofore employed De Decided at Conference This conclusion Wa was reached at at a conference celled led by Mayor Maor R P Morris Morri yesterday afternoOn n Ith a aview view to securIng a a settlement of the trouble be e Colonel E A Wal Wail chairman ot of the board of oC public works and Geor George e W v Riter city engineer over oer the specifications for paving ma material on Brigham street The conC confer r rence enee ence lasted a long time The queston question was thoroughly discussed and the con conclusion elusion was unanimous Wal Wall W W Rf litter r Hay and Fisher of the board and the mayor and city engineer were present The cl city engineer strongly advocated the use of natural asphalt In prefer preference once ence to mixtures and cited man many authorities and the ho experience of Washington and New Kew York City in support of hIs ble position The paving on State street and West Vet Temple street in Sal Salt Lake he sid said is the best in the city On those streets the natural asphalt of California which is the same sameI ns as that of Utah was use used while COO corn rounds were employed on other street streets Al All Kinds to Have Chance The board agreed wih with the cIty en engineer engineer that the natural lis is the best but butin in ordO order to insure as little de delay delay lay a as possible in iii the york vork the ad advertisements w wIll call for bid bids on al all sorts of material so that if no bids on natural asphalt are received the work can be continued Te The city engineer produced several reports and leters letters from e experts erts al all condemning mixtures such as have been used In Salt Lake Residual pith ob obtained from petroleum is now being employed here although seme ot of the eastern cites cities such as New York and Washington expressly exclude this substance from Crom their specifications tons and Insist on the natural asphalt |