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Show H ROADS NORTH AND SOUTH OF OGDEN. H From the northern part of the state, south to Ogden and Salt H Lake, the poorest stretches of road to be encountered are between Hj Brigham City and Ogden, and Ogden and Salt Lake. There are H miles of country road between Kelton and Snowvillc in Box Elder H county, where an automobile can safely and easily make 30 miles H an hour, while there is not a mile of road from Brigham City south to H the Weber county line which is not a source of danger to rapidly H moving machines because of chuck holes, poor culverts or deep ruts. H To the credit of the commissioners of Box Elder county, it may be H said that, though they have been slow in starting the work, at last H they arc acting and now have a large 'force of men and teams plac- H ng macadam on the road. H South of Ogden to the Davis county line is a boulevard which H , . ias become a frequented drive for auto parties, but within Davis H , county the highway is an unsafe road to travel at a speefl greater Hl lhan fifteen miles an hour. Steps are being taken to improve this Hl tondition, the Commercial Club of Salt Lake having received an H ' afer from the Pittsburg-Utah Oil company to donate the material H ' from the company's mines near Sunnyside, to asphalt the surface H of the road from Salt Lake to Ogden at the cost of mining, which H is 50 cents a ton, plus the freight charges of $1.25. After dumping H the material it must be crushed, spread and rolled. It is held to be H a comparatively small task to prepare the asphalt for spreading and the cost per mile will not be as heavy as some have predicted. A 1 committee was appointed to meet with the state roads commission to arrange details concerning iJie proffer and venture. |