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Show r f- "l Vf- r-r rn ir-in Street improvements In Salt Lake City axe moving faster than, ever before be-fore in the history of Zion. Not In many years baa Improvement work been started as early in the year as it has commenced this season, and' It is expected ex-pected that some of the mosteautifol drives in the world will be finished before be-fore the chill weather of next fail sets in. : . The' Board of Public Works is now advertising for bids for an extension of Brigham street that will make that thoroughfare one long, straight drive over asphaltum from the Oregon Short Line depot to the military reservation. The latest paving work advertised for on that street is from Tenth East street to the reservation. 'Another piece of'work that Is being advertised is on West Temple street from Fourth South to Fifth South streets. s It Is estimated that the greatest number num-ber of miles of street paving that has ever been dons In Salt Lake City will be marked np to the credit of the city this year. The contractors have been able to start early and their work will be a greater showing than ever before. Work on Sixth East street will be resumed Monday. The storm last November stopped the work. This is to be one of the finest and most beautiful beau-tiful streets in the city. It extends from Brigham street to Third South street. Each side of ' the street is parked and the same is done. with the center of the street. In the eenter flowers flow-ers will also be raised. Work for the year has already commenced com-menced on Second Sooth street, where asphalt Is to be laid from Third East to Tenth East streets. Grading work Is being done along the street and the concrete structure to the street is being put in. By Saturday the work on Second avenue av-enue will be commenced. This is one of the longest pieces of work in the city. It is 2.2 miles in length and is to be macadamized. The residents of the neighborhood declare that they will make the avenue the most beautiful in the city. An improvement club is making mak-ing plans for a general method of parking park-ing and improving the street along its course. The work proposed extends from Canyon road to Popperton. Other work to be done in that vicinity vicin-ity Is the macadamizing of O street between Brigham and Second avenne. This gives an entrance from Brigham street to the Second avenue boulevard. One of the greatest improvements proposed is the macadamizing of Ninth East street. At present the matter is at a standstill. It is believed that it would be unjust to have the residents of that street pay for the macadamizing while they are now being heavily taxed for sidewalks, sewers, gas and water mains. The matter is now in the hands of the City Engineer. Arrangements are being made for the finishing of the. macadam work on Twelfth East street, between Second South and Third South streets. Other Work Planned. As soon as the water main work in Fourth South and State street is finished work on these will commence, and also al-so along South Main street. - The work this year will take the business of the city two blocks further south. The work in this vicinity is the paving pav-ing of Fourth South street-from West Temple to Second East street; State street from Fourth South street to Seventh South street; Main street from Fourth South street to Ninth South street. At the present time Second West street is being curbed and guttered from South Temple street to the Warm springs at Seventh North street. One of the greatest helps to the people peo-ple on the northeast bench will be the curbing and guttering of .all streets from South Temple to First street and from A street to N street. On this nothing has been done yet. Make Homes Beautiful. Within the next three weeks Salt Lake will be hustling with her improvements improve-ments as she has never done before. Greater attention will be paid this year to decorations than ever before. An appeal will be made to the citizens to take more of an interest in the appearance ap-pearance of their homes. As it is no city in the intermountain region can boast of having homes that are more desirablv located and easier of access to and from the heart of the city than has Salt Lake City. |