Show ROAD PATROLS RECOMMENDED County commissioners have received rec jv- jv ed from the state state- road commission a communication with reference 10 to to- roads The communication calls at at- attention attention nt to two things things the the necessity of repairs before the damage Is h a increased Increased In in- creased by traffic and second damage done to roads by overloaded and speeding trucks The latter refers particularly to surfaced ard-surfaced roads where the tend- tend ncy both to overload trucks and ando o 0 speed them at rates faster than allowed by the state law are more pronounced The damage to the pavements resulting from this cause has been called to the attention of the state road commission in several several several sever sever- al ways and it is desired to pass these complaints on to the county commissioners the representatives of repairing or of replacing the pavements falls Load V Weighing Advised The commission held a conference with H. H E. E Crockett Crocke t secretary of state and with Harvey H H. H Cluff at attorney attorney attorney at- at torney general It was the opinion of Mr that the matter of damages damage damages dam dam- ages age c caused used to state roads by overloading overloading overloading over over- loading and by speeding falls within with with- in the jurisdiction of the state road commission However that body has no funds that can be spent for other than road construction or maintenance within certain specified counties The county officials on the other hand have the duty of enforcing all state laws and they will be asked by the state road commission commission com com- mission to do this The use of scales to determine the weight of loaded automobiles and the use of devices for weighing the load on each wheel are to be recommended as a means of or determining whether the individual vehicle is actually complying with the state tae law The matter of at the width of lit tires used is also one of importance on both earth or gravel and and sur hard faced roads Patrol System Suggested Co County commissioners said Henry W. W Lunt of the state road commission himself until r recently a county commissioner must ba bs ina in ina a position to look after the the- roads built in many Instances only by bonding the rc to the limit or soon they will have no roads road at atall atall atall all and further no money and no nc means of r raising money monAY tu to build roads The problem is is' not peculiar to Utah but is being stressed inmany inmany in m many states as we have been boen In Informed Informed In- In u- u formed by o officials uc or otner state sate state road departments recently in tha the city Kansas for example is stressing stressing stressing stress stress- ing the policy of of building good gravel roads and then maintaining them properly Our communication ai at n requests re- re quests the adoption of or tile tue patrol system in each county ts cs among the rhe few if not the only effi l u 1 m moana of of- maintaining roads properly This can not be done however until legislative legislative leg leg- action has been taken A gasoline tax in this connection help or it may be that the present plesent motor vehicle license tax lax will be found more than ample to taKe care care of the interest and anel sinking funds on the state slate road bonds anti and that some help might come from this source In uIn any event the state and the counties can not afford to let their roads go to pieces In many in instances instances instances in- in stances there is no other means from which to get funds to rebuild them t v 0 o 0 |