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Show GOODWIN ENDORSES IT. He Says That the Home Paying Material STOOD NOBLY EVERY POSSIBLE TEST And That No Mistake Has Been Made BY THE SALT LAKE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. Kicharda Avenue Is Visited This Mornins by Members of the City Council and It's Pavement Is Critically Inspected The Award Will Probably Be Confirmed To-Xight To-Xight Victory Assured After a Most Stubborn Fight. 1 his morning representatives of the Cul-racr-Jennings Paving company, the successful success-ful bidders for the paving contract, escorted seven members of the city council to Richards Rich-ards avenue and invited them to critically j iu.-pect and test the pavement there laid. Of course, the solons artempted to assume an owl-like demeanor, but getting interested they soon became the ordinary, every-day men that they are, and several expressed themselves as being well pleased with the work. As the award of the board of public works will probably be presented to the city council coun-cil ton.ght, the visit was a timely one. W. H. Jennings, the manager of the paving company, is well Dleased at the result of his labors in spreading the light to them. Judge Goodwin of the Tribune also inspected in-spected the Richards avenue pavement yesterday, yes-terday, and the result of his visit was set forth in the following editorial which appeared ap-peared in his paper this morning: We understand that the board of public works went upon the streets that have been paved by the Jennings-Calmer company, and dng up a square foot ot their pavement, and that tna material scood nobly every possible test that was pnt upon it. If this is true, it looks very much as though the board made no mistake In awarding the contract con-tract aa it did. On speaking of his gallant fight in the interests of home material, W. H.Jennings said to-day that it is the largest and hardest he has ever been engaged in. although be is a contractor of twenty years' experience : and in that time has handled work involving trillions of dollars. The disposition on the part of a' few to decry home material despite '.he well-known desires of many, he says, is aione responsible, but he is satisfied that in time all. will be thoroughly convinced that h a pavement is all that he claims for it, and that Utah asphalt is destined to be in demand de-mand in all sections of the onion inhabited by progressiye and enterprising people. |