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Show - - - - - - I State to Aid .did did . Counties and Cities CitiesIn Citiesn CitiesIn I , . . In ! n Highway BeautiHcation Beautification Programs To aid tlie the fE'naIs fEnaIs ' renaissance . ance < > of civic civicprldt civicpride civicpride prldt pride " In Utah communities communlUf's communlUfs ' prtor prior prtorto priorto prtoito to ttie the centennial centl'nnial centlnnial ' observance 1n in In1947 1947 the Ute Une state road commission commissionLs commissioni commissionis Is offpring offt'rtng offtrtng offering ' Its services to clUes clUesand cluesand citiesand . and to\ to towns tons torsos \ ' , ns in 1n iii planning street androvsls and andrwtl andropA.s andropAs rwtl rovsls , ; . . . ap UP oe developmentsEzra developmentsEzra developments Ezra C Knowlton chief englneel engineer engineerof englneelof of the commission commi.ssion . said that on a arecent arecent B recent tour of central Cf"ntra.l Cfntra.l Cfntral " . and southerrs 80uthern south 80uth ern errs Utah he noticed noUcE'd noUcEd ' that public pubUc publicofficials ' officials . and citizens generally wen were wereanxious wereanxious ' anxious to Improve the appearanceI appearanceof appearance ' I of their farms fllITI15 , and communitiesThis communities . . I IThis This Iery Is I . ' ! \ very \ery ery commendatole commenda4 commendable > le Mr MrKnowlton MrKnowlton MrKnowlton Knowlton declared and the road roadcommlsslon roadcommission roadcommission commlsslon commission wants to t.o . do what ! it itcan Itcan t tcan can to he p make Utah a more morebeautiful morebeautiful moribeautiful beautiful pl place e tor for those who I1ve live I1vehere livehere llvihere here and for Ul those Se who visit here hereI herepart1'u.1arly hereparticularly hereparticularly I | part1'u.1arly part1u.1arly part1u1arly particularly ( ' . during try thP the centennialobservance centennial centennialobservance , observanceI observanceI"npares observancePrepares observance - * - - * - _ - I"n-pares I"n In pares Prepares " - Plan PlanCarrying PlanCarrying I I Carrying out this desire des thecommission the thecorrunUslon thecommission corrunUslon commission has prepared a typicaltreatment typical typicaltreatment typicaltreatment treatment tor for ( or a 100 foot street 1n in ina Ina 1na a residential area which wh.1ch wh1ch . will bemade be bemade bemade ; made available to civic planners plannerson ' on request A 100 foot street is isfOW1d isfound Isfound ' fOW1d found In most Utah communities commwllties communitiesThe commwlltiesThl communitiesThe , The Thl " typical section shows a 66foot 66 66foot 66foot foot roadway which will accommodate acoom accom acoommodate accommodate modate tour four lanes of traffic tramc andparallel and andparallel andparallel parallel parking on each side sidespace sidespace sidespace space for planting trees sidewalkand sldewalk sidewalk sldewalkand sidewalkand andI I and ditch di tch the latter being a cornmon com corn common cornmon mon utility utU1ty In small towns Inthis In Inthis InLuis this Luis section ecUon < > the commission comrntsslon : pro pro- proposes proposes pro-I pro I proIpost's - - of beIng beng be Instead ' poses post's posts that the ditch d1tch beI bed bedmoved I Ing ng adjacent to the roadway be moved back to W the private prhate prl " ate prop- prop propl"rty - - - l"rty lrty arty " lines Mr Knowlton emphasized that thatnot thatnot thatnot not less than th\U1 th U1 \ )8 8 58 ! ) & 8 feet must be a.1 a1 al allowed a.1lowed . allowed lowed for a roadway If the town townwa.nts townwants townwants wa.nts wants . room for four lanes 1a.nes 1anes . of traftio trafSc traf flc tio Sc and two lanes of par&Ue parUe pa.ra.llel para.llel parallel . parallelparking & : I Iparking parking I parkingTre parkingTrees Tre Trees < s UrgedCities Urged UI"I UII " ' | Cities ClUes are advised adv1sed to plant treesJ treesJI treesJnot trees treesnot not only In residential res1dentlal sections but butoh bu ) I butI oh business streete street8 streets as well wen It It is isbig isbig ti I big city citv now to have tr trees or on onthe ! the main business bus.1ness bus1ness . artery It defl- defl defi- defi dell-I dell I definitely deflnitely - - - dellInitely ' " Mr MrKnowlton MrKnowlton nitely Is not "small small 'small town MrKnowlton Knowlton pointed out that trees treeshave treeshave have been planted recently treesI on onI1fth onfifth onFifth I I1fth fifth " ' avenue Mew New York . and on onMichigan onMichigan Michigan boulevard ChicagoMr ChicagoMr Chicago ChicagoMr Mr Knowlton said that If com- com communities com communities - munities want advice on planting phU1ting phU1tingthan plantingthan than can obtain It from Grant R RBowen RBowen Bowen landscape landsca.pe . engineer for the theroad theroad theroad road commission cornrnis6ion whose office otnce is1n Isin Is 1n in tr the th capitol cn.rrit.nl cnrrit.nl cnrritnl . . _ |