Show rOOD F OD ROADS h CONVENTION AT MANTI 3 legates from Precincts Precinct in Sanpete San Sen- pete pete Courty Consider Road- Road Building Program Will Ask Commission to Call Cail Bond Election le i County commissioners of Sanete Sanete San- San T fete ete county will be asked to call Special f bond el election to bond Iris county to tt the extent of loj road purpose This as ras the decision at athe ire he good roads convention held Manti last Ved Wednesday The precincts precincts' of the cou county ty ere vere re represented by the f follow follow- low low- ng number of de delegates e ates Foun- Foun lin in in Green 4 Moroni 5 Wales Fairview 8 Mo Mount t Pleasant 0 Spring City 10 Ephraim 2 2 Chester 2 Manti Manzi 6 May- May eld 5 Gunnison 20 9 Axtell 1 Indian Indian- i la 1 l. Judge A. A H H. Christensen of anti was elect elected d chairman of oftie l tie he e convention and S. S Peter Pet- Pet son secretary Judge Christensen asserted hat at at a convention held in W Wanti anti anti February it was the at that time to favor the 11 1 of the county for the amount necessary to carry out the lItie Jie road construction planned Jj for this county and at t the same sameI or j-or I Rime ime have sufficient funds on f rand nd for fu future ule road work L L. L P. P Brady chairman ot of the lioard Board of County Commissions reported what had been accomplished by the commissioners in 4 their recent meeting with the J State Road Commission in Salt SaltI I take ake ke Cit City He reported that aut a- a ut ten months ago the road commission was willing to do dot dothe dothe t the e work in Sanpete county on a 80 20 80 29 basis Since that time however according to Mr Mrs Brady Bra- Bra dy ay the increased cost of material materi materi- al and labor has raised this county's portion of the expense from to about and that in order to have the Pigeon Hollow to Manti road completed it would be necessary for Sanpete county to b bond nd I lU Mr Brady r dy also Is stated that this project h has s now v been desi designated a federal post road and would t i receive government aid in its Continued on Page 4 f Road Convention 1 I Held at Manti pant 1 1 Continued from Page 1 j construction F F. H. H mayor o of f i i e 4 Ephraim informed the delegates delegat delegat- es at the convention that th the e state road engineer has mendt d that the Arrow Head route be diverted through Sanpete Sanpete San San- pete and Sevier counties T This Thi is s statement was confirmed by Mr Brady of the county commission and it was also stated by Judge Judg e A. A H. H Christensen that it had been reported that the name o othis of f this road would be changed t to o th the Zions Canyon Highway A. A W. W Jensen city atC attorney o of f Ephraim presented data at the e meeting regarding an act o of f congress providing for federal laid I aid on post post road projects an and d i I emphasized the fact that late fate action was necessary to prevent pre pre- pre pre- vent a forfeiture of this federal federa l I aid which h has been extended fo for r the construction of the Pigeon n Hollow to Manti Monti highway I Halbert S. S S Kerr district road engineer informed the delegates tes 7 fi r r 1 f o r 7 I that a federal road official made madean an inspection trip over the Pigeon Pig Pig- eon Hollow to Manti road last Friday and that his report and recommendations ns to the federal government would be very The following recommendations were drafted by a committee commit commit- tee composed of one from each precinct The recommendations were unanimously approved by the delegates in convention con con- and will be presented to the County Commissioners for their consideration and action A copy will also be sent to each in the c county The recommendations recommendations rec rec- follow To the Honorable Board of County Commissioners Representatives from practically all cities and towns in Sanpete County in Convention assembled at the County Court Hou House e on March 1920 td J Ii z 11 aH unanimously adopted the following follow follow- following ing with respect to a road program program pro pro- program gram for Sanpete co county nty Recommended that we bond the county to the limit for road purposes That the bonds be put up in in the Bond Election as follows to be expended for surfaced hard road from Fairview Fairview Fairview Fair- Fair view to Spring City from Manti ManU south limits to Sevier county line from Pigeon Hollow to Juab county line from Manti south limits to Pigeon Hollow and if there is any excess from construction con con- of Manti Manti-Ephraim Manti Ephraim project pro pro- to divide fifty-fifty fifty between the Pigeon Juab Hollow-Juab district and Manti Sevier Manti-Sevier Sevier district That we leave the time of ex expenditure ex- ex to the County Commissioners Commissioners Commis Commis- and the money be spent only where designated fl q i Li |