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Show RETURNED FROM JUNKETING TRIP "Non-Partisan" Would Like to Know a Number of Things H Regarding Street Paving H In Logan City H H Logan, Utah, Dec. 5, 1912.- H Logan Republican: I undorstand H that threo ot our citizens ot Logan H have recently returned from a trip H through tho northwest nnd Canada, H whoro they were sent by tho officials H of Logan City nnd tho Commercial B Boosters Club, to lnvcstlgato various B matorlals nnd methods of city strcot HBVBV paving, with n vlow of dotormtnlng what will bo tho best kind ot pave- ment ndaptnblo to tho strcots ot this city. H In this connoctlon sovoral qucs- tions havo nrlsan in my mind, which H nro In substanc ns follows: I. Has a street paving district H boon established in our city? Havo H tho rcquislto number of peoplo own- H lng tho nbutting property glvon tholr H consent to pave? Or has tho city H arranged to float a bond lssuo? In other words, has tho monoy booh ar- H rnngod for, to pay for street paving? H In othor words Is thoro ono dollar In H sight for paving purposes? Slnco no H publicity hns been mado ot any such B nrrnngement it would appear that tho HHVH monoy necessary has not been pro- HBVH II. Docs not tho questions ot street ;HBVJ paving materials proporly como un- iHHVJ der tho engineering deparmont ot HBVI tho city. It would seen that with- flBVfl out doubt, this question would bo re- HBVJ ferrcd to tbq City Engineer. Ho Is BBVJ paid a salary by the city for tsklns HBVJ caro of any cty work which may. IHBVJ como up. ho should be, and no jHHVJ doubt is, Informed upon tho subject jHHVJ of street paving, It being a part ot iH his profession as a civil engineer. H HI. Who paid for tho trip recontly 1 mado by tho threo persons? jH Slnco theso parties wore sent ;H by tho city officials nnd tho H Commercial Boosters Club, I pro- sumo that tho city and tho club will defray tho oxpenso of tho trip. i In the first place does It not look B Uko "gottlng tho enrt before tho HHVj horso," to spend monoy Investigating HBV paving material beforo tho monoy ts HBV provided to buy tho material. jBBSJ But most lmportnnt ot all. If tho 'BBV city and the ciub have a little money HBV to spend on preliminary investlga- jHBV tlono regarding tho best kind of pave- ' H ment adaptable to Our streets, would , H not the most plausablo method ot llH getting that knowledge be to acquire ?l tho services ot somo competent muni- H clpnl engineer in a consulting capac- H Ity, to confer with out city engineer. H Such a person would look our streots H over, and advlso us In writing Just H what wo need. Tho city engineering H department ot Salt Lako for example M has an engineer who dovotes his M wholo tlmo to street paving. Ho has ' M spont many months nnd much monoy M studying tho pavements of various M cities of tho United States. Ho has H had besides his theoretical knowl- ,H edge a great deal of prnctlcnl knowl- !H edgo with strcot paving which ron- ' H ders him ontlroly compotcnt. His ser 'H vices could no doubt, be procured in ' n community capacity for nt loast tho amount that It cost to send the 'H threo parties nwny on tho trip. '"H Thero's no perbonal grudgo against ! the threo parties who recently mndo till tho trip. Tlioy nro nil flrst class men i In their line, but to leao It to tho M public to dccldo whether or not It ij looks Uko good Judgment, for tho H city nnd the club to spend monoy nt- MK9 tomptlng to cducnto nn architect and iK two builders In street paving by glv- . H lng them n ten dnys' trip, whon for Wk4 nbout tho cost ot tho trip thoy could 31 ncqulro tho scivlco of a professional Ol strcot paving onglncor, who has spent Efl yonrs nt such work. Yours truly, fl NON-PARTISAN. WJ |
