Show SCENIC ROAD I PROJECT UNDER WAY Reconstruction of Emigration to Killian I Route Begun Expect to Augment Crew Reconstruction of the Emigration canyon highway from train the zoo at logic Hogle gardens to a point near Killian canyon was In lull full swing Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day as one of the major projects in the state r road ad commissions commission's program program pro pro- gr gram of f scenic highway development in Utah work on the project began last lat week and will be completed within three months months' under terms of the he contract which was awarded recently recently recently re re- to the Floyd Whiting Construction Construe Construe- tion company of Kaysville Two steam shovels shove are operating and 30 men recruited from the na na- national nation tion Ional l reemployment service lists for Salt Lake county are Bre employed Inthe in inthe inthe the preliminary grading Double this number will receive jobs as as- construe construe- construction tion progresses the contractors esti esti- ma mate te The contract calls for the gr grading and gravel surfacing of 5 85 miles mlles of the highway preparatory t to oiling next year The work also involves the installation of concrete box cul cuI verts vents Manual labor r wherever feasible ble is is' being used to spread employment employ employ- ment benefits of 01 the project money as wid widely ly as possible The canyon highway was added I rec recently nUy to the the state state highway system paving the wa way for the expenditure of federal aid funds funds' on an on its lLo improvement improve ment The money for the project comes from Ut Utah's hs h's share shar of the 1933 federal eder l highway program The ro road d was surveyed from he mouth of f the canyon to Big mountain last year and the remainder of the time has has' been spent in hi obtaining ning rights of f way and in other preliminaries narles explained K C. C Wright chief engineer of the road commission After oiling next ext year s 's said ld Mr Wright the main part of the thc highway highway high high- way will will- have hav been brought up to gravel surface standard permitting fast safe sale driving Int into one of ot Salt Sal Lake county's noted rioted s regions ns |