Show ABOUT THE STREETS an extraordinary high grado in places is IT thattie Th that atthe the center of a street should be to level with the top of property owner owners fence pence the work being dono done on the principal streets of ogden now is substantial and effective and from a buggy riding standpoint ie is excellent the grades it appear appears are to be made uniform and ne as a consequence tho the street in places is much higher than its contingent sidewalk alk and tho the property alon along it property o owners ners are complaining of the continuation of an unnecessarily high grade acro it leaves their real estate two feet lou lower er than the street and down upon i which persons gaze when riding by wath ati fth much the same feelings that a person experiences when traveling tra cling on an elevated railway fifth street is now completed and it is indeed a magnificent thoroughfare iro the center of fifth street however hower is on n a level lev el with ith the tile top of the fences fens 1 I in 11 front of property on franklin street and if the grade of fourth street as it exists now juist below young street is continued on to wall persons person who live ive between fourth and fifth streets on franklin will almost bo be persuaded that tho the present ground of their residences aro are basements on fourth street between young and franklin streets the filling is nearly two feet deep in places Si sidewalks deNral ariu mut t be rained to inis extent and the deprecation to property because of this must be a it is a w way y below the street and in addition to acing being unsightly is not a little inconvenient the tile difficulty appears to exist in the d desire sire to make a Aini uniform forin grade 1111 givon points regardless of blocks allis i his is commendable if it is universally practicable but it is questionable tio it more than the tile taxes ot of tho the people v will ill not bo be sacrificed to atta attain I 1 it the value of the property fro from which thone those taxes are tie derived ri ved it seems to be a general opinion that all this could bo be obviated by a grado tor lor each block ins instead ead af Q a uniform ono one for three or four block locks the tile city is as natures artificer left it eo so far as the level of her streets are concerned lach each block could bo be graded for itself and the result would bo be equally good while the property of everybody would stand an equal chance so far as its relation to the grade of 0 the street fa acet concerned ceil Dd all al of which is respectfully submitted I 1 |