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Show I What Is Best for I " American Fork? 1 Wo nro going to puvo the streets of this city. It is going M lo cost us money. There aro many things tocons'ulcr, ndt the fl k'hst' of which is the mmunl cost of maintenance, cleanliness, fl durability and safety. Look over the following comparisons H and figure which is to the best interst of all concerned. M UN-SUUFACKD M 7 Inches ru.tnforccd, unsurfaccl :oncrote, atmllur to that cow laid, b'e- M tweon American Fork and Pleasant M Orovo A. 1009'c Utah product. U A pavement which 1$ non absorbant, M clean and sanitary and which can bo H washed like a modern bathroom. m A furfnaj which lcuulres less than M halt tho tractlvo oftott of the bltumln- M ous surfaco upon n hot day and upon . which your automobllo attains two M moro miles to the gallon ot gas. H A safe surfaco upon Wlilch your fl automobllo will not skid or slip upon H wot and frosty days. A pavement M which lo safo and trustworthy 365 B days of tho year. M A pavement wlilch can be built In M Its cntlrlty l' American Fork citizens, M of strictly Utah materials, keeping tlio H jnoney at homo. Tho typo selected by M tbo stato Of Utah for at least 85 of H Its present hard surfacing program. H A pavement which according to U. B S. statiallcs requires much less cost H for maintenance than any other, and H which In years to como will serve as H a baso upon which any. Inexpensive M surfacing may be laid. A pavement which has becomo ston. I H third tho world over and which bears H tho unqualified Indorsement of pracT M itcally every Highway Commission ot H nil tho important states of tho union. H A pavement which is non secret, H unpatented, open and above board and H no upon which the taxpayer 'Is not H required to pay an excessive royalty H for every yard laid. H A pavement, tlio construction of H which any lutolllgciit man can undcr- B,M. H,M1'1 from l,P' preparation, of tlio gi'Jdo to tho (perfect completed sur. H face. You scu and know just what H yo'u aro getting. H Every Item portaiuinR to a standard M UNSUUFACEl) concrete pavement H contributes to tho puyi-olls of our own stato. SURFACED . A Cinch lean mix concrcto baso, upon which Is placed a 2 Inch bituminous bitum-inous surface of out-of.Btato material. Making a good pavement under certain cer-tain favorabalo conditions. On hot days tho Mirfaco becomes moro or loss gummy. Contaminating matter scattered upon Its surface is hard to remove, thus It can not bo kept canltary. Sort, plastic and pllablo upon hot days, small, waves roll up boforo each wheel of a vohlclo, necessarily requiring requir-ing grcator tractlvo effort than that required upon a strictly ILARD sur. faco. Honco less miles to tho gallon of gas and a' hcnTltr pull for the horses. hor-ses. Insomuch as tar, asphalt and oily matter will not mix with water It is rca3onablo to suppose that a .surface composed of such material would bo. como sllppory whon wet or frosty. Tlio bituminous surfacing being a pntonled material upon which excessive excess-ive royalty is demanded Is monufoct. urcd In n foreign factory whose payrolls pay-rolls uro not contributory to local Interests. In-terests. One roason for tlio small por-contago por-contago laid by tho Stato Highway Commission. I ?' U. S. Dcpt. Agriculture, Bulletin 136, page 13 gives $6Q0.00 por ratios on an estimated cost ot resurfacing cortain eastern roads with bituminous concrete and othor Bimliar materials. Tho consensus of opinion from 22 Highway Commissions from as many different' states, glvon to Tho Utah Manufacturer's Association, Is to tho effect that a bituminous surfaco is not Buitablo to present highway traffic conditions. Tho Main atreot of Amor, lean Fork Is also tiio main Stato highway. high-way. ' u Tho two Inch bituminous surface specified as one of tho types for Amur. Icnn Fork, Is a secret patonted material, mater-ial, rwned by a foreign corporation for which tho pcoptypay an oxfussfVo royally upon overy yard laid. It is not reasonable to supposo tlmt a baso which Is to bo covered or carpeted would resolve tho same caro and attention in iU construction, as would u straight monolithic structure, struc-ture, built as a baso and wearing surfaco sur-faco combined, tho system which Is an open book to tho nveroge layman. .. H The street upon which our pavement is to be laid will not only bo compelled "to take care of bur local truffic but that of the whole ritnte as well. ' Every heavily" loaded vehicle passing ' tithor to the northren or southern part of the stato must neccs- sarilypass over it; therefore durability and the minimum cost of maintenance must be carefully considered. Tho Manufacturers Manufact-urers Association of Ut'd'i and The Affiliated Industries of IX ah, both mado a, most exhaustive investigation of these essential features, wifh'tlie result that both those big stato organizations or-ganizations stand solidly behind the State Road Commission in their policy of adopting seven inch unsurfaccd Portland cement concrete pavement, as the-standard which is to ovcrpomo the tromondqus increase of numbers and weight of present day tniffic. - , We believe that all these points should bo carefully considered consid-ered by both our council and taxpaycils boforo final decision is mado. American Fork wants tho best and most economic 'typo of pavement that is available Now that wo arc doing this thing lot, us do it right. ' |
