Show W t if a browning dies at home in H highway movement 9 V atom of pneumonia at age ageos of 59 sponsored W motor tor vehicle tax law provid providing i n for cater road Rever revenues fus ira B ehte highway engineer and well virell known knon through out ats utah h died divil at alt ASO c 1 ock setd I 1 ahila home 19 first aay afternoon I 1 avenue ur me Inc was a bricken with am 1 ago he fie lapsed into uncil i c I 1 1 oili den ft friday iday afternoon and death had bad been momentarily hip H aled led wi without re his big wife ii indan n lee ng were at the bedside bed aide was vas born at alexandria va march 28 1857 1867 his arty ally spent pent in that city an and I 1 A aaa a a youth he spent part 6 ti in gin washington D DC C as a a the af ile bogin his professional c career a ai an ens ensinger ineer wi with th thi the santa F fe rail railroad lr irl western kansas from there he went cut to the colorado midland i about arty izo I 1 he ie amme came to utah and ngin engin tarby companies of K his hia state twenty two years ago lie vas married to MOB miss may beetie who with his son survives him RESIDED IN COUNTY mr browning lived in ei emery me 1 ry county coun un ty for a number of years and wis was active in the development of the I 1 road program of that county when the state road was in its pioneering stages in 1913 mr i browning Browni nR first became associated with the state slate accepting a position as engineer engi reer of the d district is brict including carbon emery grand ancsan and san luan juan count counties les at that time road building was inird in its infancy and testate the state program en n titled the expenditure of about 1000 annually anthie early association ladocia t ion W with ith the work he laid out what has since been de designated 33 as the midland trail jn 1914 mr browning resigned as district engineer to lo run for he be state legislature on a a road program lie he carried his district by j a com comfort t able majority and immediately be aw 0 4 0 CM cime e interested in mearis means of raising revenue for hi highway gilway building at that urne time motor vehicles wt wrev re tax I 1 e el I 1 i I 1 sr i i ar t r A an I 1 thia license was good indefinitely jn in association with the secretary P bt 1 I 1 I 1 state slate anew a new m tor tir vehicle tall woo wi drawn which aich provided for a motor v vehicle hicle on practically the satre basis as the law now iri in effect and mr browning sponsored tins bil bill J tha legislature egi slature of 19 1925 APPOINTED ROAD I 1 this law proved to bk be a good start for financing the good roads roada cause and in may 1917 ur mr browa ing in A was appointed state road atnip car by governor si Simon mon B bambi am b c i ir gt with the amendment of alie state highway act in 1921 mr broring P resigned as state load engineer engine Cr and govenor charleo IL kabei latey I 1 let appointed liim him as the Dinora tid member odthe of the reorganized himli ak commission lie he served in thic dp lacity for more inore than a year m he 4 the commission resigned designe d in a ho liay mr browning for a time lime dehotel devotus his efforts to pr pravate vale business on 09 february mr drown crown ing ing was again named state roa I 1 engi ater t to succeed howard bilows rd 04 means who had succeeded him in 1621 sin since mr air Brow broering Bro wring ridi lad had dev te dallof of his big time and vr en the tte ad banc amt of ohp road roa ja fd I 1 eg ra in in i n utah visiting all of the important projects under I 1 cIll construction ani those under c contemplation an temp lation eft early aly in november lie IK went ent bait pmt with vilh henry H blood chairman chai df ahe state road cominis ion a ml i I 1 W J P irk r arith r T member of the cominis commission allun to attend the conN conference rence of the american A association of if highway agh way officials at pinehurst N C while in north carolina mr browning cont contracted a severe co cold id on a trip on road inspection and from that time lime on he was unable io to shake off t ill effect a of the disease lie stopped in in chicago on the way lome in birj r ir r t study the methods of handlin lian illin traffic problems in Il lionis is and while there look a trip over to chicago milwaukee high way he returned home homa on 20 and to mr parker on I 1 llie train that da lay that he was wag feel fael inz ing myan better than at any time during his trip that night he was taken ill and his condition imbt imond diat at ely ay iy became cr critical ideal mr Brow brooding ding was waa a me member m ber of mount moriah lodge no 2 P F and A M utah no 1 i salt lake tribune |