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Show T11E LEIH SUN. LEIIl UTAH MSTORY- OF THE STATE ROAD r lAiffiifrccinM. nu ittau 1909 - 1939 By H. V. RICHARDS, Statistical Engineer (Continue! from Last Week) emission cooperates with purchases of equipment, materials .. hoard of education and and supplies are made through the V "'hUe terries commission In State department of supplies and F mi the design ana opera- yurcuaso. r rf Mood busses and it inspects , Tn9 superintendent of the high. f, ool busses; h way patrol nas supervision of the fZ i to appoint nd supervise of- highway police, the agency charged K inspection stations for the wuh the enforcement of the laws oftlon, twice j . - - ui iuo ouua euu ma regulations or fV electrical equipment and the commission pertaining to traf-PrfnV traf-PrfnV mechanism of motor ye-, lie on the highways. K(Chapter48.Lawsof.l935). The traffl(J gafety engIneer t. rta enforcement h iuo vesugaies ana recommends the re. i.ttn 10 1ICBUD'U " " " " i "ya uf iuo cuuimixsuin 01 naz-.I311U6 naz-.I311U6 ., rt rhqilffpllrs. fhfl b.s ktl -... . opera""" - , ' vrr i u lw '"s""7 oaieiy son nas ,ii eommlsslon cooperated with charge of highway signs, signals f laminations for Issuance of ESlrlng the year, 1934-1939. -Meh this was not a iegai re-f re-f flt On November 15. 1939 The executive secretary of the' highway safety council, also secretary secre-tary of the Governor's coordinating eDt Elision assumed hlghway 8afety "mlttee. eoopeN ' tat commission assumed te3 w,th the8e agenc,es Jn c irge of this mg into efTect the purposes of the mA commission is also , council and tha Mmmutu in v, Slate aeronautics commission. promoting a highway safety pro. ZZa h Chapter 12. Laws of 1 As such it has supervision " '.nnautics within the State, finding (1) the establishment, 1 .... maintenance, operation. iluse of airports, landing fields, V beacons, and other nevlgatlon Cities, and (2) the establish- The statistical engineer assembles as-sembles and analyses fiscal, legal and engineering data for the Information Infor-mation of departments and for preparation of reports, in addition to other activities In relation to administration. The gasoline Inspector has charge of the enforcement nf th ,'iipment of all air schools, flying , iaw pertaining to specifications jbs, and all persons giving In- anri grades of motor fuels for sale rmctlon in flying. In general it at retail and theules and regula te duty oi me cumunaaiuu kj Uon3 or tne commission thereunder. , l i. t a rlpvelnnment of i f Vi ..,n,.tnn4-i - . mantles in the State and to supervision of the eommission's Kj end It has power to cooperate -hops and yards in North Salt Lake , thi costs of construction and where major repairs are made on hratlon oi airports ami uiuor u- j roaa equipment and where there l'.i?atlon facilities. Funds for , ia ai30 located a slim hnn tis supervision and cooperation j The district engineers have i derived from the tax on sales ( charge, under the chief and assist-! assist-! motor fuels used or manufae-1 ant engineers, of location, construe-sredfor construe-sredfor uss In aircraft. A dlrec- tlon, and maintenance in their rear re-ar of aeronautics is appointed by ; gpective districts and of the shops in which minor repairs are made on road equipment. Each district fce commission. resent Organization Right of Way Early in th8 history of Utah it became the practice to designate highway widths in units of chain measurement. Thus the width commonly com-monly adopted was 66 feet, with some few lesser widths, such as 2-rod or 3-rod lanes on unimportant unimport-ant roads. Near urban areas widths 'engineer has an assistant district TUB CUWUiiODiuM a J -: j it. . . n, .orrofnrlal rlntlM c"e'"ocr nuu mo requisite Clerical tallies W aotuuieui-o nuu moiciu .j.. . ,. . Wa the seal of the commission. "?J;" The public relations director has trlct offlce ag are also R order iarge of the dissemination , memoranda and requisitions orig--rough newspapers and other inating -m tha district. Districts ancles of current informat on malntain gome gtock of offlce 8up staining to the administration nlIft!l -,, mortal. . . i i. il. oi i i - iui- jaoeTeiopmemuiiuB oiaioruaua. ment charged to each district is Tie chief engineer is the chief housed in the sheds or shops most pecutlTe officer unaer tne com- convenient to place of use. fcisslon and all department heads lad district engineers report direct ly to him. Department heads in- an assistant engineer, senior njineer, bridge enginer, design aglneer, materials engineer, land- cape engineer, traffic safety en-ieer, en-ieer, chief accountant, superln- p?ident of highway patrol, superin tendent tf shoos, and manager of , pi planning survey. More directly of 6 or 8 rods were usually estab-JMtrnction estab-JMtrnction and maintenance op- lished. In many Instances the l atlons are supervised by the dls-1 original width, due to inadequate Irict engineers of the five districts county records, cannot be deter-Mi deter-Mi offices at Salt Lake City, Og-''niined; usage, in such cases, gov-ht, gov-ht, Richfield, Price, and Cedar . erns the present width and in jfcly, straightening the right of way line I An office endneer assists the abutting owners must be paid for Met engineer in the details of moving back their fences and for ipervlston. Sunervisorv offices the land taken. Tax records are I include neither a maintenance nrt likely to shed any light on the aglneer nor an equipment en- extent of the public ownership be-iueer, be-iueer, and maintenance admlnis- cause as a rule the abutting owner atlon and the purchase, dlstribu- Pay9 taxes on the lana occupied by . use, and repair of road eauin- the highway. pit Is supervised by the chief) Part to assert the publics fagineer through district engineers claim as to highway width and also p luperlntenderrt of shops. s gviiao tor suDsequeni designa te assistant eneinssr ha ron- tlons. tne legislature m isai pro- N lapeniston of snrvevs and vided that the minimum width of FMJtroctlon nrolects. and t.hs r- highways outside of cities and pslts field parties of engineers ' towns should be 66 feet This pa inspectors. A labor supervisor limitation was removea Dy me Rckg contractn nnorHrn ni amendment of 1917 wherein it was pnolls on Federal-aid projects for provided that the State road com-p com-p Purpose of insuring compliance 1 mission and the county commis-Wla commis-Wla Federal regulations relative , 8loners should determine what the their resnfictlve road systems. This fJls. handles damage claims J still the law (36-1-4, R. S. 1933). P'UllSt th rnmmt.0l Tie brtnVa .n.t , k '"siucur is respoasi- F w the design and construction P" au structurM nA v,. .i.. P ot major structures. I m OenltTi i. . ... jf tte design of roads and the pre- !'".. f Plans. nof!flpiit,ni. it-i'68' ai cotracts therefor) Of Work unfl viiui Ito senior engineer, among other alnst th rnmmt.0i j '! Kithsr th countv commissioners Problems pertaining to rights or the road commission may re-Jty- J move encroachments, (36-1-12 to 86-1-16. K. S. 1933). Under the provisions of Chapter 76, Laws of 1911, the county commissioners com-missioners were autb.0r.2ed and required to secure the right of way for any State road in the location loca-tion designated hy the State road commission. This continued a coun- !M1!t until 1933 when Ifa h. n. uiaya iur USB UJ i J iooiui-" Eti 8 public and tha "ub- 019 state road commlsslon waa em v. ruaa miormaticn, etc. powerea 10 oDiam nguis ui m; iur "W rieht nf . v . I ci.i. nAa rninntor 2S. T.nwa of s,v, a - iaj agent uaa wiaio wi, vu"v. , ith? th9 "dminlstratlon of 1933). However, throughout the t , ,,aT fcts of way as required Period of county responsibility it km iD5 or reIcation ot high-1 was customary for the commission Kpm 0t oth8r land required ' and county to join In agreements n ulsnway purposes. covering grants irom raurimu "iar?. 7 engineer has panies ana ior iuo tuiumismuu . t teats and investigations 1 assume thereby certain obligations E'ttbi . Moratory in con-with respect to construction, main-is main-is tM . road worfc. and of tenance, and operation of the high-'JosT't5.0.1 high-'JosT't5.0.1 ollne in adminis- way. It was also usual for the ictlm. 719 law relative to in- State and county to Join In agree- Not ttM m EraQlns 01 Basollne: I ments granting easements 10 puo-U puo-U thi ii InTestlSations and tests He utilities relative t use of State irn-f uon 01 concrete and highway right or way. ouDsequem The iacins durlnS construction. ' to the law of 1933 it is the assump- pe engineer has tion that the State owns and con- NrMU , roaaside improve- trols all right or way wr cia.o P'e ot tr collection or pur- j roads, and county cooperation la f5i. v, : -"""us, ana geeas never requirea. (6) (To Be ContlnnciJ) J !"4haATr of tb9 Planning t., "as char-e of tt. ..n.r ins .. . " vwiicguuu ' the , dta ,n connection ?" 098 of a11 "5itbn of T preParatIon and 'iia. maps ,n connection " "t!c,CTtant has charge 2 order 6nt "e c,eared v'i vues road Biato.f.i- j road equipment AU FOUNDATIONS FOR FORTUNES Are right here ia the advertising columns of this paper. If what you're ellinf hit merit, ADVERTISE IT. Afl cd. will sell it ior yoo. Election Night Crowd in Times Square 4 "" 1 "-V''mmm" v".- New York's Great White WaT was the rPn f i-nn ..: . . . . Jelrea?? iSiltaS ' rigbt neWly dCCted V,CC Prcs,dent- Wallace, former New Recruits for Uncle Sam's Army ","'-'-rjrTi-rr-tir"v--if -rv-rt rrrrnincc- fOi" ig Kv - H ) i , " 1 A raw batch of new recruits are pictured as they arrived at Fort Devens, at Ayer, Mass., ready to go through the routine that will turn them out as soldiers of the line within ft few months. There are 3,400 sol diers and 100 officers housed at present at Devens. Meanwhile more than 3,000 artisans are working night and day to complete the first of 27 new barracks to accommodate the 1940 batch of draftees. Each building will house 63 men. The Old Folks 'At Home' in London Christened 4 i 4 .. . t "4 This aged couple spend the air raids In the de luxe shelter constructed in the basement of their Westminster borough home in London. The bunks upon which they rest were installed by the Westminster council which is providing them for all private shelters, to enable the populace to obtain their proper rest and curb "air raid nerves." As London's Children Are Evacuated 1. y V. 12. M- 4 i " - 1 i csa .,.,(,f, r,i British capUons with these pictures describe them as "another large nartY of mothers and children being evacuated to the country from M the left a child in a policewoman's arms shows her be-ent be-ent .Mhe excitement EigM: . youngster with a- Identiflca-ton Identiflca-ton teTaround her neck is being carried to a waiting bus by a policeman. - 1 if f'-j ijy i 'Am N ; I r - ; ' x El x liy Not So Hot While station attendants were toepplng their brows at the extreme heat la Fort Wayne, Ind a woman driving a car with a Mississippi license li-cense stopped at one of the stations to have a heater installed. Far From Capital Amarlllo, Texas, largest city In the Texas Panhandle, Is nearer to the capitals of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, than t Is to Austin, capital of Texas. The U. S. S. Swanson, new destroyer, de-stroyer, sliding down the ways at the Charleston, 8. C, navy yard. It was christened by Mrs. Claude Swanson, wife of the late secretary of the navy. Speaks for Petain If -v - f "1 ' Gaston Benri-Baye, French am bassador to the C. S., who deliv ered te Secretary Cordell Hull the reply of Marshal Petain to President Presi-dent Roosevelt's appeal that the Vicv regime abstain frem collabo rating with Germany in the war. Can Eat Bleat Through a speelai dispensation is sued many years ago, Roman Catho lics in the military and naval serv ices of the United States are not required to forego meat on days of abstinence. Admit Tractor Part France will admit tractor engine parts into the country at reduced duties if they are to be used by farmers. Cavell Signature A weekly expense list bearing the signature of Nurse Edith Cavell re cently sold for 112 pounds in Paris, Pain Brush To have a paint brush always ready for use, keep the bristles sus pended in raw linseed oil London Police Each policeman In London hero-after hero-after will cost the elty f 1,280 a year. Soap Chips Scraps of soap put through a food chopper become soap chips. Insomnia Sufferers According to statistics, nearly 1,500,000 people in England suffer from insomnia. Why Worry . A newly married couple waa' leaving the registrar's office when the wife remembered she had registered regis-tered her age as a year older than she actually was. "Oh, never mind," said her husband, "yell get the auld age pension a year sooner." Lettuce In the Boudoir Complexions benefit from lettuce facials and lettuce soap, according to an Englishwoman who represent aa English line of herbal cosmetics. An Old Custom Th customs of women dyeing their hair and tinting their fingernail finger-nail date back some 4,000 year ia Egypt, as is evidenced by pictures in ancient monuments and by mummies. Packer Is the Name Packer, (William M.) 1 the vice president in charge of distribution of the car similar in name, in Saa Francisco. Malta Population Malta, site of th great British naval base in the Mediterranean, ha a population of 262,000. Flour Exporter For the past seven years Australia Austra-lia has been the world's largest flour exporter. Adding Fertilizer Eeep soil in which household plants are growing enriched by adding add-ing fertilizer occasionally. Buy Gaa Early The best time to buy gas, engineer engi-neer say, Is before the sun comes up. Later In th day th sun causes gasoline to expand. THEATRICAL ENTERTAINERS Co art Coait Thmtrll Aietur, 101 Flrat Ni. Bank. Suit Lk. Kntorialnart furalah for ell eccnlona, (ran tha biggest star to tb anwllmt entertainer. HOTELS When In RKNlt. 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