Show A CHAT ABOUT THE STREETS treasurer g idea Is in to narrow harrow and rio tu tiby them joe walden galiled Wali leD tho the city treasurer while always keeping a vigilant oyo eye oo on too the tress treas uro vaults generally Rono rully cuda time villen ben a calls on 00 him for news dews to make the iho a and instructive Instruct ire one yes y C q cerday morning a Ta invin reporter met him just juht after his return from a pedestrian trip to the outskirts of the city and he hailed led him with the usual question anything new dew yes was his bli irritated reply m mud oil tho the mention of mud Datu naturally rally suggested street directs a subject which the city treasurer has studied whon when not dot engaged in cou A coin or rounding roun dlug up delinquent license aloon a payers yes I 1 have a plan for the caring find and improvement of our which I 1 thick Is it a rood good one ODO and if isyou you have time I 1 will relate my tale into your capacious cupi clous ear tho the reporter had bud oceans of time almo and mr IT walden began DIs remarks are arc pertinent bertins 1 and till wallo bamo bomo novel ideus ideas aro are advanced the tacy y uro are sound aud and practicable and their film will commend them to all who aro are fortunate aitto enough to own their b aomos orion HIS ideas aro are as follows very few people know much about the material used u tod in paving and but mot most everyone has his ideis ideas as to what should bo be dooe done to bo our streets ill give you mine lif if the streets 0 of this city were placed solely under my control 1 would endeavor eudo avor to accomplish first tho the following changed I 1 would narrow our streets that Is to biot ob of them this Tills thing of having small furnis running through the city sea ana calling thew streets ft treet Is IE go ao upon diane tho the real wean trig of the word street As loog looe as our so called streets aro are ninety two beet feet wide the city call spend it a year on odd then they could a not t bo be called streets streets I 1 would have the streets say three blocks north cusi cast south and west rest front from tho the IN snatch corner remain as they aro are this includes inc lades what will always be known as the business center and the expense lu ia narrowing them now would bo be too loo much further wo we could still keep up our reputation tor for wide streets by all such streets that v are conducted through say guy briga lou first second and third south streets run to alor lug cast aud and west rest and main 1 ost est temple templo A and of state stale streets running north and mouth kouth to as they are filth fifth east debould mIll dimill Mi 8 alao lao remain unmolested as aa it li in abo aas east t boulevard the same as templo Is the wen west t boulevard I 1 should use extra effort to keep these streets 0 in o excellent repair it Is from them that th and sodia lovator receive ce lye their first impressions of our elty city and lannoy Is generally spool spent changes getter ally made and habits habit formed front early impressions I 1 would and pavo pave the bom with the best home material obtainable park paris them in tile center und and keep a CIO close eye on the sprinkling carts that litany they got just the proper amount of water waler to kiako them pleasant drives in tho summer mont lah and on the street supervisor thit bo be kept them clean and in good order la in winter now as to narrowing nar rowine other streets tho the legislature has bag banded down to tho the city city the very means to accomplish tills this most deceit miry biry chango change aca tho the city card ordinance dance comply amply provides for it the manner which I 1 mug us kest slid and it Is riot not original with me would not only put our streets of sueh such width that they might bo be easily taken caro care of but it would sidewalk every street treo free of cost to the oily city and tree free of taxation to th the a pr property holder our streets exclusive ot of abo alde walks walka that thai is jet from curb to curb aro are ninety two feet wide our urs ure twenty feet faldo tile making the entire distance front from my opposite neighbors yard gato to mine feet eel representing the city I 1 would say to my 11 1 I ant am poling to deed you the entire sidewalk in ID front of your rei denee twenty feel of ground thatis Th that atit itself la Is a nice little yard mud added to tho the one you have hare you will bavo bare a norgo dirgo lawo lawn la in front of othoar your house now all il I 1 in return Is tor for yen to remo remove y your our present fence out SO watch as 03 to enclose jt it an aad d t ben put down a good rub tact til if 0 toot sidewalk dewalk Bl either of brick cement flagging lumber or asphalt tho icso 1 caa compel you to to do it anyway without giving you any ground but im going to race meet you halfway my besides this after you got get your sidewalk down and I 1 representing the city accept co pt it I 1 km am going to grado the street la ia front of your property that has always looked like a cos co yard and besides beel dos I 1 aro are dolog to keep it it in good repair having accomplished complis hed this ibis much throughout the city having reduced the width of our no iso that they could be kept jo IQ repair nod and yet bo of tb abo width of thoms clelea hilling reduced the cost coat of if curlue fur for them fully 40 par po cent and dw hav w log lag walked the entire cl city ly the taxing a solitary soul I 1 rub submit I 1 abo 0 apropo r wd ff bolor altion Is entirely practicable nod that until on toils io order lb adopted no bo party on gods green c oarth make a success in ia abla department of abo city govero government ment the official plat of S salt ait lake city ln in eluding additions shows 2 5 ami lesof streets anti there aro are about lill miles allerot of thesel streets fit reels that the city ir li supposed to keep la in repair ats must narrow them tc it wo we ever expect to accomplish much hod had if I 1 had tt a baud in ID tho the city control i I 1 would endeavor to inaugurate this moo moio went at once for money spent now conour ou our streets la Js blow uk unto wasted on the demerit air tho the quotation brought tho the interview to a close but bot us aim the iho scribe was makla his bis escape the reformer shouted out sty say theres another beauty to the proposition it curried carried out what Is it it will breitag gentiles Oco and cormons mormons closer together was the laughing reply |