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Show PAVING GOI B 01 STREETS OF . THE CITY Work on the paving of streets in different dif-ferent parts of the city is progressing rapidly and unless an early winter sets in, it is thought all the work now contracted con-tracted for will be completed before winter. " ! On Washington avenue, the excavation excava-tion .work has proceeded as far as Thirty-third street, and the concrete base Is being laid as fast as the grading, following the excavating, has been completed. By closely following the steam shovel in this way, there is no delay and streets are not blocked indefinitely. in-definitely. Contractor P. J. Moran states that If the weather continues fa-orable, fa-orable, he will have the east side of Washington avenue open for traffic before be-fore election time. ParlH of the street are now being used, although the surface sur-face has not been laid. The steam shovel -work on Adams avenue, between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets, is about completed, complet-ed, and the concrete in "being laid. This street -will "be completed in a short time. Too. work of tho stairway.-on - the i Twenty-sixth street end of Orchard avenue av-enue has been done and the stairway is now being used. Finishing touches, such as terracing and laying of sod will soon be given, so that the attractive attrac-tive innovation in the way of a street ending will be completed. A new sidewalk has been laid on the west side of the Ogden river bridge by the street department. This department de-partment has also resurfaced Canyon road and Seventeenth street, from Yrashington avenue as far east as Glenwood park. |