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Show ! BF.IDGE SITE AT ROCivVILLE CONVEYED TO U. S. BY" UTAH j i Deed conveying property on the I right of way for the Rockville bridge ! over the Virgin river to the federal interior department was signed Feb. 19 by Gov. Charles R. Mabey. The conveyance is made to remove any legal objections which might be made over the national park service spending the $40,000 appropriated by congress to build the bridge connecting con-necting the Zion National Park highway high-way with the Big Plains in Arizona furnishing a short cut to The Grand Canyon of the Colorado. Under a federal enactment the government can make improvements in the form of public buildings only where it owns the property. A deed covering about 2,400 square feet was given Washington county by the Hir-schi Hir-schi family and Washington county added the balance of the right of way needed for the bridge, j Construction is expected to begin . oon . |