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Show BUSINESS MEN ASK FDR MOBE Pii Improvement Is Asked for Southeastern Portion of City. A petition signed by about fifty prominent business men of Salt Lake, asking the city commissioners to undertake under-take the paving of State street between Ninth and Eleventh South street, Ninth South from State to Fifth East streets, and Fifth East from Ninth to Tenth South street, was drawn up yesterday. The petition sets forth that this improvement im-provement is most viial lo the general welfare of the -ity as a whole, inasmuch inas-much as tho streets referred to are the main arteries of travel in and out of tho city to Murray, Midvale, Sandy, Holliday, Mill Creok and other settlements settle-ments to the south and southeast. In their unpaved condition it is pointed out tho streets become almost impassable impassa-ble mudholes. Tho commission is requested re-quested to take immediate action in tho matter. flor 60V0ral da3's meetings have been held by prominent men interested in . the movement. Residents in the territory, terri-tory, effected have been interviewed, and it is declared that an almost unanimous unani-mous spirit in favor of the improvement improve-ment exists. No other single set of improvements effects the city as a whole as this would, it is ddclarod. A committee consisting of Freeman Moruingstar, chairman; 0, 11. Hewlett, James H. Movie, A. E. IF. Peterson, John Bern, J. A. Fritsch and George Klenkc was appointed yesterday to appear ap-pear bofore the commission and urge the merits of tho petition. Utah rock asphalt is mentioned in the petition as preferable for the pavement pave-ment requested. |