Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-03-07 | Page 2 | Five-Foot Walks Again in Favor

FIVE-FOOT WALKS AGAIN IN FAVOR Kocomm'ondation that hereafter nono but five-foot sidewalks bo spcciiicd in this class of public improvements is made by the city engineer in a communication commu-nication to the city commission. Tho engineer reports that dissatisfaction dissatis-faction has existed wherever the four-foot four-foot walks have been laid in the past and ho is convinced that rive-foot walkB arc superior in every way. Accordingly, Ac-cordingly, he Tccommonds that tuo petition pe-tition o rosidents west of Jordan river between First and Fifth South streets for four-foot walks be changed beforo bids aro called for. Several vcars ago tho cityt council passed an ' ordinance prohibit ing any walks narrower than five feet, but re-contlv, re-contlv, on petition oC property owners, four-foot walks have been built.