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Show MICIOl FOR TOE STREETS OF CITY OF OGDEN After having completed the building build-ing of a mile and a half of macadam road over the canjon dngwa) to Harrison avenue, the city rock crush er has been closed down for the win ter. but a number of loads of crushed rock are being hauled from the bins at the crushing plant to finish surfacing sur-facing the road to a point near Twen ty-flrst street on Harrison avenue. We have made a good road over the riugway," said Commissioner .1. C. Nye today, "and I believe that It j will be appreciated It is fifteen feet wide and has a deptn of 10 Inches Inch-es at the crown, sloping to about three or four inches on either side of the roadway The rock was taken from quartzlte quarry I am certain th?t when It Is once well settled it will make the very best macadam road that can be built" Mr Nye states that he will have an e3timate of the entire cost of the macadam road made to the board of commissioners in the near future for the purpose of determining just ho i ' much per yard t hr cost of such Ini provement is He thinks that wltu the crusher on hand, good roadbulld-ing roadbulld-ing can be carried on next year in districts where asphalt paving cannot be done. The macadam surface, he thinks, will greatly improve many of the streets and that the cost will oe BU.cn that the improvement will come within the reach of the city finances. |