Show JI I 1 I- I 3 D. D S. S ALLOTS FOR FO R UT UTAH YS IG FUND UNO INCLUDED FOR FINANCING CROSSING WORK Other Money Scheduled for Truck Secondary Road Jobs Secretary of Agriculture Wall Wallace ce Friday apportioned Utah t for or federal highway aid ald in the fiscal fiscal year ear beginning next July 1 said a a. United United Press dispatch from W Wash Wash- hington h- h ington D. D C C. The allotment includes for or grade crossing work to be used in n financing a statewide program being eing mapped by the state state- public service ervice commission The apportionment was part art of a national allocation of The Utah apportionment was broken down as eta follows Truck hi highways g h way s secondary roads oads and rade crossings State To Match Fund Save for the grade crossing fund the le state is to match the federal basis money on a for dollar-for-dollar Ward C. C Holbrook chairman of ofle the le public service commission said his lis group will meet January 4 with the he state road commission to discuss dis- dis cuss the grade crossing program The public service commission has las been mapping the grade crossIng crossIng cross- cross Ing ng work but the road commission will direct the expenditure of the money Mr Holbrook said the grade crossing allocation is only about half that of previous years congress congress con- con gress ress having slashed appropriations Utah Program Mapped The program will need all this apportionment he added The planned program calls caUs for Installation installation in- in of protective d devices vices at grade rade crossings crossing rather than grade separations by means of overpasses or r underpasses This year such a program was WM approved by the U. U S. S bureau of public roads but the bureau warned its s okeh did not mean similar ap- ap approval approval roval would be granted for 1939 Mr Holbrook said his commission commission commis- commis sion ion feels that all hazardous crossings crossings cross- cross ings should be protected with warning devices before a program of f grade separation is begun The road commission already has begun drafting a program for work on main and secondary roads and now that the funds have been apportioned apportioned apportioned ap ap- ap- ap portioned the plans can be submitted submitted sub- sub to the U. U S. S bureau of pubic public pub pub- lie lic ic roads said Ezra C. C Knowlton chief engineer Although the money is for use in inthe inthe the he 40 1939 fiscal ry ar and cann cannot t be e drawn until after July 1 the commission can place projects under under under un un- un- un der contract as soon as the program receives bureau approval Mr Knowlton said The program is to be submitted to o the bureau soon The apportionment represents represents rep rep- represents resents a slash of about from rom the 39 1938 fiscal year apportionment apportionment Mr Knowlton said The 40 1939 apportionment in included included in- in eluded for trunk roads for secondary roads and for grade crossing work I |