Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1906-04-06 | Page 4 | A Rational Street System

I A RATIONAL STREET SYSTEM The move of the Civic Improvement association don to secure improved streets and an to use us macadam m ca am Instead ad of as ac asphalt asphalt 1 halt on the th residence thoroughfares has bas met with a most encouraging re response response e from the public Thor is no doubt but that Salt Lakers are anxious anxious ious bus to see a general campaign of street improvement inaugurated but the one obstacle c e heretofore has lias been the enormous expense of paving with asphalt particularly when w n it was proposed to cover the entire width of ofa ofa a R street The plan of the tha association to reduce the paving p g area V by y r parking the streets and to use macadam mn oLd m for ma material material tonal brings the cost cost of improvement improve nent down d n to a point Where prop ers can stand the burden burd n without suf suffering fering and will realize enough eno gh in fn ad advancing advancing advancing realty values to more shan Ihan cover COYer the outlay for lor paving With such a plan carried ca out o t Salt Lake would easily be one olle of the most beautiful cities in the country and the I 1 could be achieved at a n moderate moderate ate cost bringing return returns much great greater er tr than any other Investment the mu municipality and anil prop could make and removing one serious sub of criticism the lack of r a n modern street system