| Show PLAIN QUESTIONS TO CITY ENGINEER Which the Board of Public Works Also Might Consider Well CITY COUNCIL INVOLVED Some of Worst Examples of City Road Making to be Seen in Modern Times i And Uio 1110 People WIBb ib to Know inow What i Officials Arc tro Going Coins To fo T DO p D About bOllt boit It 1 I After Atter many nanY days a 3 weak and wobbly wobbly ob defonso of or the tho bly lr voice is 18 heard In Ih tre t macadamizing now hoW IIO in progress s on miles of nt n tho city streets The Tho News that these roadS made ninde has bas aa thom thO rom from tha worst wont material laid In a manner condemned 1 by all nil authorities The ho Tribune nt rt last ast ha ba found its ts voice yol o icI says THAT TUAI MACADAM MCADAM H Hn ny nyby n r who hM has boon by the cry ery of at o the tho Ie Lords Ln ts Own that the now being laid lild in Iii certain por per fI Lions c of or the city etty is III 1 no good his has only street or Second ova no to t vl lt Sixth flue nuo to eo a his hI Own that the Iho theata ata alo Is I un truo 10 Mt that the tho he Newts Na asks Sixth t pr r f any i ft to visit lor or Cr Second avenue or Third West cst or ors s West Vett etc Ir t hut especially right fter a Skill Sixth East will soon Ml all II Its th of or 1 shame haine and disgrace pd Oil the thc People will have hava more paving xe more nere waiting more nce enoe mere mare tearing up and putting own town of or O a u macadamized rod road already me U THE StILE SIMPLE FACTS Last Luet Saturday n II News reporter porter J the Information which was uly published in III this paper that the novU 11 d Sixth East Enst street Is III i really ready showing signs Igns ot or going rapidly Q 0 that the materials are not olid and do cia not appear to bo be able uble to lo old the th weather wen to say In ay noth notI g of ot the tho effects of ot It even oaks I dilapidated In lit place already ini It is rolling Humps and nUll hol liol nwe we are arc I plainly Ill discernible More iver ver N the Ilia surface Is loose onci shirting shifting El I has as thi not ot cemented together unI the tho rge rc blocks show ew a tendency t to work o 0 the surface THE TH SUF Now No O tills this morning torn sn hit het sixth Eust EI t street tret Is h I now com coin completed TIt the tho read r allo Is Ia a ft M nh enduring one It I Is II fens nl ne of o thc t tELIX Salt SC Lake pd d complaint which i has hag been bade jI against it i Is merely mere a r to discredit dl Hits he I tl American administration 1 So tys the organ Hut But tho News XOI nits juts IS this question u lon tf to to the tha city cl en on InI Inci Ili ld you rou give the the tho bovo misinformation or did thu re merely BUSS guss at sit It tt Are Arc you l wining to tobo be he Judged Ju as 1 nn an engineer Sixth of at jy tIke qualities of or the tho o Jah ast street Do you OU approve what hat paper s ot of It Ave Are you will wili wiling wll ng n to take 11 engineer upon that ti and publish his hl n ns to ta tots hIS tat ts IS t wirth or 1 as IS n a pave t conSIdering the tho amount It has ha Nul cost ent to t say rny FI tle ot nt the tho 10 It will wil need neld before It I has been Sown own a ft var earl In n short Is tho public publico o C understand unI that Sixth East Enst I n a of at what you propose to 10 do n 0 every other Otlo suburban street LOOK LOOI AT SOUTH I Tho News last Saturday hat thy th recently macadamized Sec Sac S c cud ud nd South streit west of o 0 Sixth West Westi cst I i Is already almost as a en LIS many Inn I made almost ot or 0 i arth a rth Dc Do you yen H defend d the tho method methol 1 of macadamizing employed ej En II I West Vest Or 01 do 10 you OU think with wit it hIi reporter that tho the work wont there in s ire o C Its Ii cost a n wretched rail DONT MISS THIRD fI D WEST 1 The News stated that on Third cst between North and South Houth streets ani adjoining the wort ort Lino depot on the tho east a n real of ot municipal workmanship bid id engineering Is exhibited and a iitti and shocking right flight it I Is This freet reel reet was paved pared by IJ the present city ministration something over olor a year co o 0 At t present nothing remains of ot lit f C pavement except plies of at atack ack lack mud or deep chuckholes and and Irregular gules made by bye bya he e a cartwheels In wet vet weather it I t is ts lastly oat black mud mUll mingled with wih par jally aly ally remnants of at tho the blue blua Jn 11 i dry weather It I Is alka nika ne e dust tinkle deep In nil all ni weather Is a I miserable road und and was never orth while to lay Jay la down as al a public reet pavement to last a n single oath Do you or deny den the Iho truth of ofIs pis Is hi statement made last Saturday dally daily daly since that time Is I that a n type of ot the macadamized ads you OU are arc constructing Are Aro you ou taking aking any an out at of the tho same name ma mit mariola maI riola I it IC I no so 10 why ALSO ASO Wl WEST T Nearly a n week neck ago 01 the News Nowa Newl pub puI Wind had hod the allegation that the Iho west d du do of ot t Second West Went WeiL street between puth Temple and North Is a iL ane ne evidence of ot Incompetence In ad building This road wal was laid thin about one on year Its Il present It II i such auch that tuH It will wi have to ton n either Ither replaced or recovered ba he bare heye re ye another winter passes It I II J i cut out cutI I pieces p In lit tl certain spots pot and ground to ii black bilek dust dual on the the same disagreeable cilia filka Jie e blOck black mUll mud In II ii fount every hero her on top t op p of ot these thelo pavement Ty iy y that there lucre therE Is II rather more of ot It ItI I II r I I square toot tooL titan than thul op on other similar I 1 adl nd that tha have hav been laid lale down with a I year 1 5 that a I f o or a I true report CI es i It faithfully and accurately or l oly ly the net act Tl I condition of ot Second West Y Are Me AI MeU bu 1 U other oilier Itt lii tho the theme ril 11 me el marine manner r In with wih the name lamo Il ma mu AS AHTO TO jQ TWELFTH TW BAST BASI lot Ot of the Ju JUI jua t and anU uty etty tt y looking on one lock 1 e of o Twelfth J t tile Newa NIjI ont i that at n a first the tha road looked 1 I cud une attractive but rOIL already nirad It I gina 11 to how II lm Toni rai I future lit Iii II I li I fl trio 11 i of og iti bl be loe ry 54 hy by I the Ih toe of ot otien CIte shoe Hero here d 1 1 there erv light 1 11 t Inequalities In the thu l race c alII aint id an nil occa lia Ulu I Urge tone IB II in n bo ho Im found quite nulla Iuta iI l tn th the rie top t op p layer 1 r and unU working Us flu I I way wa through This hll road rand tins ties hail had Ind com comparatively little use t t thus thris fur tiU but bu lL al ci already 11 ready read there ther appears e lR from ben ath Its tt exterior ss the he signs that Indicate how soon noon It will wI BO go the tho win nap oC or nil 11 our blue road rOII RO Will Wil you 01 undertake to predict bow how many years tho Twelfth Pat X ft paving under even el el Its II traffic will wi last In VI you also show what in other cities 9 IB hi I tho the average length of ot duration of or macadamised suburban roads 1 Will I you ou venture to soy say that the th th ner avero life lo of pr such roads Is I Ii not nt more 1010 then Hum th times In II many places ten len thomas thu tho duration or of the Third West specimen AVENUE AGAIN The Tho sold Uj c ot or tho work now In process on Second avenue that tho the rock Jock Is la broken into IntI oboes at nt tho the quarry and then screened and pieces of at sizes alB siz varying commonly from halt half haltan an ni Inch to two to Inches In diameter but mingled with wil numerous larger ItoL flat nat Pieces piece occasionally six II si or 0 seven Inches across arc delivered delerM rn n the tho road ToM It H appears to bo be thu thia design to 0 lay the lurg er pieces at nt thu th bottom but It If so iiO this Intention Is I but loosely to for tor or tho the materials ore are In II many min nun mingled d Il nay apparent order ex ox except Capt that the finer materials even to the fineness ot of dust nt at last ore D e always put ut upon ipoa the tho top sear Near NelI G c street str t the foundation to 10 bo tIU very loose loo o dust d at which le freely treelY with limo tho lower layers Will Wil you OU declare under oath oaI that the tho foregoing doces not accurately and truthfully describe tha tho work now bo be lair Inc lu done on tho ho avenues and aini cross streets visited visie by the tho witnesses AN A EXACT 1 The Tho News N ewa a said suld that as soon loon as the therOld road rOld Is finished It Is s stilt still stI soft sot In 11 many mom places which Immediately begin to give way a under tinder use The Tho Th rolling of or this the bare earth moreover appears to stop short oC ot the tue curbstone line lino Jno on each side Bide and thiIs Jf It true I l another error ac ne cording to tho the authorities on 01 road cot con COI time the earth arth and Ind tho macadam rolling appear not to extend to t the curbstone line a fact which ex e c plains the Ink laek of or firmness In II each of or heso newly nol paved roads With tho the toe tee treo of o ones ono boot holes hotea may 11 be b ploughed out at Intervals all ni along the the loose sur face Will WhIt WI you ou gO BO Into court and soy Sl that title this description IK lii hI faulty auty EIGHT OUT OU OF O TEN Tho The News charged that the tho road roud making tanking on Second anti ana Ind there thereabouts aIlts violates tolles eight out cut of tho the ten teu fundamental rules given In tn Byrnes Highway Construction as its the essen essentials essentials requisite to the successful cop con construction of o broken stone pavements namely lamely 1 l Tho The removal from the tho roadbed ot or all at al vegetable ve or perishable matter 4 The Tho o thorough thru h compacting c of or the natural soil soi bed bedi 5 i Tho The employment of OS sand sund or gravel fur for the tho foundation 6 tho tue employment of t tho the best ma nut materials tennIs afforded by the locality stones 7 The Tho employment of t unscreened 8 The Tue complete exclusion of at clay olay or loom 1011 from the broken stone 9 The employment of or sand or gray cl el for tor binding In quantity to fill tl the voids 10 Tho Tue thorough compacting ot or orthe the broken atone stone with wih a I roller roler of ot o com corn competent competent potent weight and suitable form Which of the tho above essentials do co you yousaf 01 oit sa I Is ts riot not being violated dally daily dlly and hourly hour on every ever toot foot tOt of o the he construe construction tion ton of at the tho macadamized roads now ill making n l hig What engineers ra will 1 you ou name namo to go with competent witnesses in order to disprove or to o verify these theses serious s charges c rg s VIOLATIONS The News N s stated st t d that the tho follow following followIng ing erroneous methods ot or lr construe construction tion Byrne arc strictly strIct followed In tn Inthe Inthe the tho street making now In progress on onlie the lie avenues Broken stone atone pavements can cnn be bo bernada made live tive very unsatisfactory and anc detec defee detective 3 By fly D the use of or Improper binding material such as loam nod and clay clayD clayis D is By fly the employment of or stones of ot ottoo too large Inre size IIo 6 By screening tho the broken stone thus removing the chips and dust which otherwise would assist In filling the voids Screening should hould not bo be b practised except when an nn Injurious n mount of t clay or loam has bas become mixed with the tho stone 7 By B assorting the th stone and an lay layIng In laying Ing It In layers according to the tho size of or the stone stono rIte Tho practise of ot forming a road roud with of at screened stone assorted In tn different rent sizes sies and grow growing gow gowIng ing log smaller towards the tho top is ts erron orron erroneous ern tho the smaller stone stono trill 11 find Its s way wa to the tho bottom and the tho larger tono will work to tho the surface and wU ruts wilt will be quickly quIck formed I It will wi bo be wU and no nn matter mater how heavily rolled It will be M continually crumbling wt 8 By covering the surface of ot the compacted stono stone with a I layer nyer of ot stone atone dust dustOn dustOn On which ot or these observations do you claim that tho the reporter and other witnesses were wore mistaken Which of or ortho tho the above erroneous methods Is lB not followed in 11 tie tho tf present system j 1 A SNEAKS ANSWER The fhe Tribune pays ays morning moring The animus of o this attack which hitS lias bl been mado made upon the thc macadam work Is i not hard to find Divers i members of or tho the Mormon Mannon Church own 1 a arock rock quarry In Dry canyon No o Mor Mormon for I non mon owns anything In tho the Pascoe quarry qUil quarry ry where the tho material for tor or macadamizing log ing In 1 Is being secured Consequently the Church ot or Jesus Christ of Is getting no front from tho the thoma macadamizing ma work ork Wherefore the tho Mormon high bleh priests in the tho city cl council have hac kicked up a that tho the Pascoe material Is ts no good goo and that the tho Dry canyon material only Is II nt fit ft for use uso Dry and anI an the organ orsan of ot the tho Lord Is II see sec seconding their efforts forts Tim Tho News respectfully asks Ils you 00 Mr II lr City Engineer 1 did you suggest that miserable evasion ov The Thi Th News did not know knol who owned one the Pascoe quarries and aad except for tor the tho above paltry nonsense does coel not know yot yet who owns own a any of itt the quarries Upon In Inquiry 11 inquiry however thc tha Now News now learns fur for the first fr t time that there li is Home som private property hold held In Dry canyon that what hat thoro there Is there is by and that It tt IN Is leased by Ity h a I toe for or a it 1 series ot of o years yearn The News ewa obtained Its tte Information mation as n to tha tM holdings In tn Dry canyon from members of ot the city coun caun council counci cil ci who simply stated that tho this city owns own largo large laro areas there thero that valuable attic able quarries containing the tho list t t stone Tar for macadamizing to be he found In this region ore are lying exposed od ready to be had for tor or nothIng nt at any Ibis that thai the tue ltv will wi atop stop paying for or poor material nd ad york fork use tuse Ise Its own good material for or |
