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Show 1 SALT LAME iUTAH ASPHALT ! NOW FAVORED Salt Lake. -Nov.' K;. By adopting a report of a special committee that haa carefully Investigated the Utah rock 1 asphalt question, the board of governors gover-nors of the Commercial club yesterday went officially on record as recommending recom-mending that Utah paving materials be given the preference, other renditions rendi-tions bolng equal, in all contracts requiring re-quiring tho use nf asphaltum In adopting the report, however, the club also went on record absolutely a3 not favoring any particular Utah product to the exclusion of other Utah products prod-ucts The attitude of the club, as evidenced evi-denced by the board's action yesterday. yester-day. Is purely to assist In the great work of exploiting and developing tho wonderful resources of Utah, and is clearly not In the interest of any particular par-ticular promoter or concern marketing Utah rock asphalt. Where contracts for paving are concerned, con-cerned, and esoccially street paving contracts In this city and state, the club will use Its influence lo have provision mutle in these contracts for J.hcuse of the Utah product, regardless regard-less of who the bidders may be According to tho investigators ol the special committee, which has been at work since the recent local "asphalt" "as-phalt" agitation ovei paving contracts awarded to Contractor Hcman, there arc almost Illimitable Melds and deposits de-posits of ;r.phaltam within this 3tate's confines, which only need proper do-telopment do-telopment to pour money and industrial indus-trial riches Into nil business channels of this 'section. The Investigations. It I was reported, showed beyond any j question that the Utah matei lal wa? of the highest grade and superior o nsphaltum in general use for paving purposes. |