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Show I IMPROVING STREETS. Experimenting with ashes on its streets. Ia Crosse. Wisconsin, has found a wa !;. which to make a waste from the homes servo to good purpose Scientific American is authority for the statement that bj this plan the sandy and almost impassable streets have been converted into smooth, hard driveways. In ihe last two years thi board of public works has thus improved about ten miles of streets, using the ashes from residences and factories Between 30 and ." load- of ashes (two yards per load 1 are required for the improvement of one block of sand street, at a cost of a little over $1 t per block for haulage only, or aboul $186 per mile, as against the old practice of paying to have them hauled and dumped on waste land Thrre are not many Bandy streets in Ogden, but a big area on the bench is elay and. if some cheap method of surfacing the ctreeis. whejtf ela makes a stick mass m wel weather, could be devised, the reliet would be thankfully accepted b the people The dirt street-, oi Ogden at present arc one of the biggest problems prob-lems confronting ihe citj administration. When chuck holes form in the streets, filling the openings offers onlj temporary improvement, improve-ment, for the autOS, li the suction created by the lires pull out the loose material When wagons were used, the flat iron tires helped to firmly pack the din in place The auto has made paving imperative wherever there is heavy traffic or a demand for smooth roads |