Millard County Chronicle | 1943-05-27 | Page 1 | Gravel Streets and Walks instead of Oil

I Gravel Grovel Streets And n Walks Instead o of Oil i This week will see the completion comple comple- tion of the graveling of about 12 miles of the Delta streets as well as several miles miles' of sidewalks In Inthe Inthe Inthe the past It has been the practice to oil five or six blocks of streets each year no oil could be obtained it was necessary to gravel instead The funds used on the graveling come from the license money allotted al- al to to Delta as their share of the state fee and by graveling instead of oiling it t was found possible to cover much more of the streets with gravel than had been done with the oil Labor has been difficult to get and the job has been done rather slowly In some cases where gravel was put out for sidewalks it was necessary to have the property owners spread the gravel them them- selves This in most cases has been done so that by Saturday night all o of the streets and sidewalks sidewalks sidewalks side side- walks that got the gravel will have haveit it spread and in use by the towns towns- I people