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Show CEMENT CHARGES DENIED BY ENGINEER SALT LAKE, July 27 Sylvester Q Cannon, city engineer. In a statement made public Wednesday, denied charges made bv William F Long, representative of the Portland Cement Ce-ment association, that Suit Lake officials offi-cials have discriminated against Utah cement by the use of bituminous fion-crete fion-crete for street paving "It appears from newspaper reports that William F. Long local representative repre-sentative for the Portland Cement association, as-sociation, is quoted In a recent speech before one of the luncheon clubs of this city a-s having severely criticised the city officials for their action In awarding the contract for the paving of tho streets on the southeast bench. In paving extonslon No. 131, for the bituminous concrete type Instead of cement concrete," Mr. Cannon said. Mr Cannon condemned the alleged use by Mr. Long of country newspaper newspa-per spaco for unsigned propaganda favorable to cement concrete roads, and alleged criticism of officials who j I do not favor this tv pc of paving material. ma-terial. Denial Is entered that 73 per cent of the property owners In the district referred to, who expressed themselves on the subject, favored concrete cement, ce-ment, and Mr. Cannon says that only about 16 per cent of the frontage Involved In-volved expressed preference for concrete. |