Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-08-20 | Page 16 | Highway Being Built

H GH WAY BEING BUILT P ece of Cone ete Road Expected to Match W h Dav s County Const uct on ecia to The Tr bune, OGDEN AuB 19 Unde spec f ca ona outl ned bj some of the best oad bu ders n he In ed States the Webe county commlss onera are constructing n the Vk son d strict west of Ogden one mile of : experin en a rracadam h ghwaj that Is to be matched w th the concrete roadway In Da e county fo general cond on and durab Utj ccrd ng o Comm ss oner Moroni Skeon t e W Ispn road is the best p ece of hghway e er bu t In this countj and s expected to s and every tet with resu s that wll equa the con crete The founda Ion of the Wilson expert mental roadway Is la d w th large sized rock bound together with tan. la C a low g ade of road surfacing materia On th s s placed a laje of sma er stone mixed wl h ta via and the surface is a mixture of g ave sand and high grade tarvia al most equa to asphal Al sect ons are being constructed under a hea v roller process with the result that the completed portion of the h ghway has a surface al most equal to concrete and is expected to s and hea -y service even more success fully Commissioner Slceen Is making p epara tfons to attend the national good roads convention In Ca Iforn a next month for the purpose of obtaining- the latest Ideas on road building