Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-03-04 | Page 11 | Old Settlers Upheld on Streets

4 Old Settlers Settler J Upheld On Streets Pioneers Knew Best About S. S L L L. Widths Highway Meet Hears w Utah pioneers were right in their establishment of wide streets al although although although al- al though subsequent city officials didn't believe it and their error had to be corrected at considerable public expense G George orge M. M Haley H Salt Lake county surveyor Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues day told the men who build ih the e roads r One of ot the speakers at the second sec sec- se ond day sessions of the three three- three day ay 1 second annual highway engineering conference at the University of of f Utah Mr Haley discussed Highway High vay way Construction and Planning Planning i. i j i Original Width Hailed flailed r The Utah pioneers surveyed their i streets to provide for foot foo foo width but subsequent officials aIt I lowed this width to dwindle until modern traffic necessitated widen widen- widen widen widen-h log Ing ng the streets he said As an example Mr Haley cited the he widening on Twenty first South street He said way right damages and removal and remodeling remodeling remodel remodel- ing ng of buildings cost the state 17 replacing curbs and gutters trees and walls cost and the widening of 14 miles cost sive of way right I Professor A A. Diefendorf of university's civil engineering qi- qi d was vas in char charge e of the con oon- ference the morning meeting on on Tuesday being under charge of W W. D D. Beers Salt Lake City engineer and the afternoon session under John B. B Matheson Salt Lake- Lake Cit City commissioner John C. C Brown Ogden city engineer engineer en- en speaking on Financing Public Works said that Ogden Is paying for its public works through taxation and with W P PA A- A aid Ins instead nd of floating bonds or taking from the general fund Tells Publics Public's View v JY 1 V. V J. J Brown Chicago publish publish 1 ing director of the periodical Roads and Streets gave the pub pub- l i lies lie's point of view regarding highway highway high high- way construction The public he said wants an riding easy-riding thor thoroughfare thorn thor with a maximum of safety safe safe-f ty and minimum of cost Representatives J. J W. W Robinson D. D Utah senior member U. U S. S house roads committee and Wilburn Cartwright D. D Okla rf J committee chairman and coauthor of the Hayden-Cartwright Hayden federal federal- 7 highway aid act were unable to appear at the conference E E. A. A Jacob Provo city engineer said Provo has the best drainage system in the state because it uses open gutters which are easier than pipe to clean and uses asphalt which is easier than concrete to to 1 clean j With about stale state city and i county officials engineers and road road- builders attending the confere conference will conclude Wednesday day when national national na- na na 1 defense aspects of road building building building build build- ing will be discussed 13