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Show EXPERT BOOSTS FOR LOGAN CITY STREET PAVING i Philadelphia Man Thinks We Have Best Paving In Country-. Says Good Things About Us Walter B. Elcock, concreto export of Philadelphia, representing tho Ab soclatlon of American Portland Cemont Ce-mont Manufacturers," mndo n thorough thor-ough examination of Logan CIty'B concreto street paving last Friday. After tho Inspection Mr. Elcock said I am thoroughly dollghted with your pavement. Logan City nnd tho abutting abut-ting proporty owners who havo paid for this work ceitalnly ought to be proud of this construc'lun. I know of no other city In tho west that has bo much concreto pavement. I do not know of a concroto pavement In tho Unlte'd Stntos which surpasses this one In Logan. Tho mater! il which has been selected for thlc work nnd tho specifications undor which It was Installed, togothor with tho methods of Installation, indicate to ire that tho engineering department of the city and tho contractor who built the street bad attained a thorough knowlodgo ot this kind of construction construc-tion beforo this work'was begun, and have executed tho work with the utmost ut-most honesty ot purposo. When asked about topping our pavemont with a thin bituminous mixture. mix-ture. Mr. Elcock said ho considered that would bo a wasto jf money. That ho saw no need whatovi-r for any lopping, Thnt our concieto top would outwear any other top that could bo put on. When asked his opinion us to tho rolntlvo merits ot concretes, bltulith-1c, bltulith-1c, asphalt and othor expensive puvc-ments, puvc-ments, Mr. Elcock said thnt he would not trndo our pavement for olther a bltullthle or nu asphalt puvo-ment, puvo-ment, nsldo from tho difference Ir cost. When told that tho cojt of our concroto pavement was 'roni $1.15 to $1.37 por squuro yard, ho mid thnt bltullthle and asphalt pavements coat from $2.25 to $3 per square yard, and that slnco wo had Installed 45,000 square yards that a saving of at least $45,000 to tho proporty owners nnd tho city had been mado hy using concreto. Mr. Elcock sayB "Ono cf th? objections ob-jections to concreto pavement which Is advanced by tho enemies ot such pavemonts, Is that It Is sllppo.-y nnd noisy. With your rough finish there Is no foar of sllpporlnoss, and your city engineer Insists that it 's not as noisy hero as asphalt pnvomonU, after af-ter taking noto of tho nolso of pasb-Ing pasb-Ing vohlclos I am qulto couvlnccd that your engineer Is right. Logan City is ono of tho prottlost llttlo cities It has boon my pleasuro to visit. Your mountain Bccnory tnd your rlvors and brooks are grand. Your grand llttlo hotel; thoso benutlful benutl-ful wldo paved streets This Intor-urban Intor-urban railway syBtem with Its elegant ele-gant cars certainly gives your city a metropolitan1- air, |