| Show THAT ZIG ZIGZAG ZAG CRITICISM SALT LAKE CITY march 17 noticing a zig zag criticism tu lu last evenings issue of your p piper sper of a portion of the route selected eele cled by our city engineer for the proposed boulevard perhaps some more fault eluding 11 IQ that respect will be tolerated if the awkward kink formed by di merging verging from wall street into peach street and the steep hill on oak street streel could be consistently avoided it would likely result in greatly gready improving the line it may be true that can only be done by locating on green street widening widen ing the litter to the bluff and then curving westward until intersecting wall or oak street should the rise of the ground be too great to admit of following green street to the north wes wee corner of the capitol grounds if such a change of route be made it would require using private property and consequently be more expensive perhaps but it if adopted ad apted time would most likely demonstrate the wisdom of in curing the additional expense the remarks of the city elig engineer ineer accompanying ate indication of route rout are most excellent especially as regards locati location og with a view to safety now the hill on oak street la is very steep apparently tar far too much so for ft a pleasant drive when safety to is oak a oon con oo good brakes on bugglen and ana carriages might consid considerably Is ra diminish the danger yet not wholly eliminate it as at a critical moment A brake might gix ways way and fearful results follow spirited horses often broome restive and balk when the draft to felt to be unusually heavy therefore a source of danger iu in ascending said aid hill unless indeed most or all of the occupants of a vehicle were to alien slight t the driver make frequent halts we the W while ile holding on to a wheel to prevent backward motion and soothingly conk coax the horse or horses to start when desired all of which would be more or Is less inconvenient saying nothing about dignity better it possible have our boulevard constructed on a grade that would admit of the cavalry of the furt canter ing over it while on an imaginary indian round up without unseemly demly halts baits or the danger of being pitched over their horses heads heade and landing at the bottom of a hill considerably in advance of their animals no reflection is intended to be cast upon the city engineer he has baa undoubtedly felt somewhat interested in the matter mailer of cost coat and the route indicated by him over portions por tiona of peach and oak streets is as regards cost of construct lov most likely ai cheap as any one that could otherwise be located in an that re region glori but a very great many or of our ea citizens have contemplated with becoming pride the prospect of the early construction of a olve boulevard that would not only afford a pleasant ant and safe rafe drive over which to exercise their step stephem pem but one from which tourists could get gel a good view of our city and valley unaccompanied by fears fearo regarding regard ing inear perdo nul safety before deciding upon that portion of the route your correspondent would suggest to the city council to give the city engineer carte blanche to run a preliminary line from the warm springs to the west went boundary line of the capitol grounds on the best grade to be had bad and report the probable increase of cost of construction over and above that of the route now JB jica ted let ua as have a boulevard constructed in its entirety that while we men are toiling to obtain the money to make the mate mare go 90 our wives and daughters can agn safely take an afternoons airing over it or any portion of it also one from which tourists can serenely cast their yes eyes towards the thrifty manufacturing establishments establishment expected soon to be humming with bee like activity in north salt lake and vicinity the abe contemplated workshop of the city so to speak in short jet us have a boulevard that not only will gladden our hearts while we live but that unborn generations will point to with drije I 1 instead of when no one is left to explain the circumstances surrounding rou ding its construction puzzling 9 oyet over why it was not differently looted |
