Show FURTHER CHANGE IN IN- GRAVEl PITT PITi lEASE Revision Said to toBe Be Necessary Necessary sary V to Protect Investment Investment Invest Invest- ment of Made by Former Road Commission I V Denver offices of the Denver Rio Grande railroad wired the publio public utilities s commission here today that they were requesting the Union Pacific to publish a rate rata of 2 1561 per ton from Mount to all Carbon county points This concession came ame after a week on constant refusal by the railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road to all appeals from tho public i utilities commission The new rate ralo I will equalize cost of transporting gravel from the state pit pit as aa compared com I pared to that of commercial pits contesting the leasing of f thi this property I By JAMES G. G WOOLLEY r V Further revision of ot the cont ni in plated lease of the state crave ra el pit at at Mount will be necessary to protect an M investment made by the former state road commission it was learned toda when rumors bout about tho the capItol placed responsibility for or delay In a ac tion to an oversight o of this Item amount was paid to the tho Wattis Wattis-Sanf ads company compan under authority p. ofa motion pas passed ed by the then road com corn V In September 1920 It hi was tn addition to the paid this sim same sam company for equipment at the pit and ant w was s intended AS compensation for 27 27 I yards of ot gravel ruled out by the state because of the excessive amount of small sized material found In irs In this deposit V That cubic of ot screened aggregate lies In a pile pear near the pit Under the orl original l let te signed by N N. C C. Poulson chairman o VO q the state road commission and a rep rep- r e of the Heiselt Construction company this yards ards which cost along with the general deposit w would uld h have ve become the prop pro property t erty of that company on an annu annual j rental of ot And that the Heiselt Construction anticipated a a. aready aready ready sale of this material was ad admitted admitted admitted ad- ad by L L. V II U. Heiselt at the pit last Sunday ANNUAL RENTAL V The original lease leas called for a rep rep- tal ot of annually for seven r rl j 7 per cent on an investment nt of su v posed posed- and tho tt J gravel by br the state at 55 cents p per pg r cubic yard pit pried price V Commercial ma nia- nia men learning of the he intended u ulease V lease protested its consummation After Atter a conference with Governor Mabe Mabe Mabey Ma- Ma be bey be the road commission was directed direct direct- ed to permit the protesting material men to read rend the document Under the terms of ot this agreement the tho lessee was to have the right to toI remove an any or all gravel In this de deposit deposit deposit de- de posit on the annual rental basis and I the state was to furnish the rails forthe forthe for tor the necessary An admission b by both state employs employ's and the Construction construction con eon company revealed an int int- Intention nUon n- n V tion Uon to run two grades of gravel both under the standard first stipulated In constructing the Utah Juab-Utah c county and the Castlegate Price projects TEse first of these would grade from one one- fourth Inch to one and one one-h one half lf Inch aggregate The second grade would run from one fourth Inch to three three- fourths inch So that the e jI fines including the cubic yards ards already purchase by the state at 70 D cents per cubic yard ard could be be- handled han dIed In building these roads on a flat nat rate of f 55 cents per cubic yard When asked Sunday V as s to to V which V V Job the excessive fines tines would be I shipped to Mr 11 Heiselt and George Me- Me Gonagle former state engineer anc and no now consulting expert for the lIel V company said that question had not not been decided The Carbon cOun county project calls for cubic yards ards of f material and material men point Jp du 4 that if it the pile of ot cubic yards arils Is good for road building then t th the e state could handle handlo this for merely the the- V cost of ot loading V VENTER ENTER PROTEST V After having haing been shown the le lease se C the commercial material men entered f d da V Va a protest against its terms and the manner manner of its consummation Since then state officials have hae repeatedly denied any sight of ot the signed document document document docu docu- ment to tho the press the opposing material material ma ma- men and their attorneys When mandamus proceedings procer were suggested state officials immediately tely declared t the tho e original document to have been m mere merely re ly Iy a tentative e agreement and the attorney attorney ne ney generals general's office commenced preparation preparation preparation prep prep- of ot a new lease At a conference behind cIo closed ed doors In Governor Go Mabey's office Wednesday both papers came in for general discussion Neither Continued on page 3 3 V V CHANGE II z from page 1 1 d original nor the unsigned Icon contract tract provides for tor the title In the da ds previously bought and paid said and a revamping of at the providing for such reten- reten decided upon j Samuels attis company from purchased equipment to ro Mat nt pit and the pile of gravel for tor a total of ot 26 In Inthe inthe Ithe the Heiselt Construction whom the present lease ted are said to be in inter inter- ter- ter the of ithe commercial material sing this lease because of Its een arranged In secret and opel bids have pointed out that the additional freight costs on the Mount gravel over that of ot commercial commercIal commercial com com- mercial pits will run the ultimate cost of ot this material 27 In excess Cement Cement Cement Ce Ce- ment experts have figured that extra cement costs In using the Mount gravel grav grav- el as compared to the standard first will amount to more than 23 Competitive bids on the state pit have hae offered as high as 10 cents a yard royalty for this material which totals for foi the Carbon and Juab county Jobs And the pile of ot screened pea gravel ready for tor shipment cost the state 18 eighteen months ago GREAT LOSS This the material men Insist would have meant a loss of ot 75 at least to the state had they not protested the lease and they contend that the new lease being belm prepared d In secret may likewise contain some costly er errors er- er They today reiterated an intention intention tion to Institute injunction proceedIngs proceedings proceedings proceed proceed- ings as soon as the lease is known to tobe tobe tobe be signed A protest from the gravel men was laid on the table at yesterdays yesterday's meetIng meet meet- meetIng Ing of the road commission |