Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-12-19 | Page 2 | Gravity Tramway to Aid in Road Building

I GRAVITY TRAMWAY TO AID IN ROAD I BUILDING County Commissioners to tor r Construct Aerial Line s' s to Silica Beds WILL I REDUCE COST W Work rk Will Be Started Soon as Weather Conditions Condi Condi- Hons Permit Already preparing for a a. vigorous vis-orous road building campaign during 1916 and which Is to be Inaugurated as as soon as the weather will permit next spring th the the- county commissioners will this week weel consider plans for far the construction construction construction con con- of a gravity gravity- tramway that will cost about and which will expedite the handling of silica from the large deposits immediately north I of the mouth of Big Cottonwood canyon can can- yon i Plans have been peen prepared by the county s surveyor and estimates of the cost of th the tram what it will save in dollars and cents to the county and the Increase In the number of miles mUes of road that can be treated and built buill have been submitted by engineers It ItIs ItIs Itis is the purpose of the commissioners to begin the construction of tHe tram next mon month h toward the end that It shall be in condition for operation the tha thelast thelast last of March or the first of April Gravity Tram Trani The beds are located on the side of ot the bluff above the east bench and the tram to be of gravity construction and one-half one mile mUe in length will carry silica to a point west of the county road and a about one mile south of the theold theold theold old paper mill Dumping beds and screens are to be built at this terminal point where the silica can be he loaded onto wagons and hauled by tractors to places where work is under way The use of screens for sif sifting ing the material material material ma ma- will wili be a labor saving factor that th the county has been with without ut Located high on the bluffs the beds are now hard to reach by tractors The loads hauled are small fuel consumption consumption consumption con con- is great and the wear and tear on transportation material is ex excessive excessive ex- ex The time tim consumed has added expense to the county's road work too Reduce R Road ad Cost With the tram Jt t is estimated that one mile of ot road may may be treated slag slag- slag or or- or gravel gravel by by tractor haul for tor as against the pr present sent charge The net result means that four more miles o of ot road can be cared fo for foi each day with the tram in operation operation operation opera opera- tion than under the present antiquated antiquated antiquated anti anti- system and before the road building season is fairly under way the gravity g road will more than have hay paid for tor the cost of its construction The present minimum charge for forone forone one cubic yard of silica or or gravel is 65 55 cents per cubic yard With the tho tram the maximum cot cost is estimated at 37 27 cents