Show Auto Aid Toward Good Roads i iA C fe I fc i 1 r 2 a Na Y A V p 4 T t b b r u Utah Ut a h Builds B N New ew Highways Hi b la 4 1 c- c 1 I 44 1 44 i rt Motorists Glad to Give Help for the coming coming- two t T Utah completes its road building than program miles of hard surfaced WHEN will have ha more the Beehive state In addition years Y motorist and help the farmer l highways which so o delight n nto the be surpassed by any state in to the union to these h highways t wa s' s which cannot of or gravel and earth graded roads which there will be morn more than 1500 miles pleasant highways to if properly y maint maintained ned are arc in many respects These more latter roads however can cnn than the ribbons of hard surface must mustY travel try hard surface highway for in the end t the h e be classed as temporary automobile only Y bear the burden of road which will come for it is tho rho only traffic tra fic for hard bard surfaced road though is not best t in the world that The argument of automobile traffic but the burden that it bears with the least wear to operate This does not apply to W cheapest is it is the road over o which it traffic of the farmer fanner who has hns not yet the automobile alone alon bat to the of his produce to carrying truck for the rc reached ed the s stage o of f automobile the tho th e city markets Until tho the advent of or the har hard sur sur surfaced faced road tho problem of ot marketing spring months was as Indeed In Indeed Indeed In- In produce In the tho deed A hard one but now nov one mo may see sec tho farmers farmer's team trotting a good clip and pulling th the along tho the highway same Bame me load which In former times re required required re- re leeler draft drat animals to at a n snails snail's pace Tho rho surfaced hard roa road has much closer to the tho markets the the- city farmer and has mode made the rural home of I So SoI easy access to the man In town I I it can be seen Geen that the h surfaced hard selfish institution for forthe t I road load Is not a a. tho the benefit of the city motorist alono alone I but of vast benefit to all tho people of ot tho the nation and ono which will have haYo economic problems Its ita bearing on tho tM lens lems which confront the nat nation naton on It of endeavor fields bas has opened up new and new markets to farmers It has Intercourse 1 brought about a greater between people of tho populated centers eon con and the rural districts and will Mil tens tho the lines which In time eliminate heretofore have divided tho the two Auto Valuable ble Ally be though tho must automobile The the construction of credit for surfaced hard-surfaced given roads Into country dis dis- the Until the motor car came fighting righting the tho b bottle bad been farmer roads at least better good roads or all aU for tor alone but with the gasoline driven machine there came to him a valuable l lallY districts and this ally from tho city interested himself In the he all ally has so these campaign that his work along alonS' linos lines now surpasses oven iven en the wildest dreams of tho the first advocates of better helter hel- hel Is no fric fric- ter highways VS But there thero s of or orthe value tion The farmer realizes the tho the good roads and the city man appreciates appreciates ap ap- when he sets forth on ona ona In Ina preci tes them pleasure trip in his car The two a hand in hand and md classes are arc working the program ahead Is la pleasing b be because because be- be is taking takIng tak tak- federal government cause the t e ing tug a hand on a bl bigger ger scale scalo than ever eyer There is pending in Congress a measure measure measure meas meas- ure to appropriate for roads in tho the several states To Spend S nd i 1 The road building program for Utah at at this Um timer time regardless of tho the governments government's governments government's gov gov- ov- ov plan as provided for In the tho Townsend bill bUl calls for an expenditure of and will wUl open up districts districts districts dis dis- which until lately have been beon hard to get at with a motor car Today everywhere up and down the tho state tato workmen of the state road commission commission com com- mission or of private ate contractors are ares s seen en cn at work In many of these places the traveler will encounter a rather bad detour but ever every effort is being I put forth b by the Utah State Automobile Automobile Automobile Automo Automo- bile association to keep these detours passable and anti in fairly good shape The motorist must realize that if Ir he is isto isto to t have better roads for the tho year to como come he must content himself to a lIttle little little lit lit- lIt lIt- tle inconvenience during the construction construction construction tion period Utah toda today outshines her neighboring neighbor neighbor- ing In states in the matter of good roads and Is making great strides forward The work will go ahead until the roads co cast enit t and west and north and south are ribbons of hard surface and with these roads will be an accurate and comprehensive system of marking b by bythe bythe the Utah State Automobile association with the program complete Utah will Indeed be a pleasant place for the tho motorist motorist motorist mo mo- to spend his time New Nev Paving Contracts Awarded Tho The recent action of tho the state road commission whereby contracts were were e awarded for the construction of or miles of ot straight concrete highway is tho the beginning for Utah of ono one one of tho the finest networks of surfaced hard-surfaced roads I in the Intermountain region Tho Amount Involved in the of these new roads Is 8 and Is part of the state road building program program pro pro- gram Tam for which bonds have been voted Utah material and will be used used in the building of these roads I and and nd as work upon them is to commence com- com mence in the very near future it is isto to be expected that aside from the natural advantage to tho the traveling public the building of or these roads rouls will offer employment to toa a great many men thus putting Into effect tho the much advocated policy of doing something s no non now to assist th the tho unemployed There There are four tour pieces of highway to tobe tobe tobe be constructed and a as all the contracts called caned for tho the putting in of cement pipes for culverts these will be bo con con- I I I Tho places places' crete creto roads In a every r way where the roads will be constructed arc are as ns follows To Build Five nic Roads no d Thirty Thirty- From highway 56 56 west on cn third South street to the present pr ent paving p paving of ot miles ing In- at Magna a distance highway high high- highway Lincoln This road rond is 18 part of the 13 is ono one of tho the and wa way going oln- oln west most traveled tra roads In the state state- With the the tho proposed propose paving completed will willbo I Ibe road from Salt Lake City to Magna Masna bo ho one ono of ot the very cry best on the highway highway high high- of greater part as at present a wa way cement road is either macadam or the tho of road will bo ho This stretch paving constructed at a cost per mile of 2380 23 80 From a point miles south from north city tho the paving at MIdvale ale to tho the excluding Fork limits of American of distance tho the city of or Lohl Lehl a will be built at t n a acost miles mUes This road cost of or per mile of or Pleas- Pleas From the tho south city limits limits of Grove to the north city elt an Provo a distance of 8 miles mUc and at ata ata a n cost of or From tho the end nd of or the present paving mile mUe north of or Utah Hot about one of city limits s to the south Springs distance of SOS S 98 miles Brigham City a n. This stretch of or road rOld will cost to build Cu Cutting Out Ont Spots Spot In Tn the tho selection of tho the points at I which the new paving paYing was to bo done I of those tho the idea was to take care re that in tho the past have stretches of read much trouble to the traveling given so that with public There Thero is no doubt three thirty-three the completion of or these addition to miles of or paved pared roads in In Utah will have havo those no now In place thoroughfare thorough thorough- her hl highways a traveling fare second to none Aside from these contracts which have havo been awarded by the state road commission Jt it is the plan of or the state and federal government to work vork Jointly Jointly Joint joint- of or highways and ly In the tho construction of or trails trans costing costing- In the neighborhood developing de of or the purpose for the recreational areas of or tho the state This work will be commenced soon oon with Its Us completion the heretofore and inaccessible mountain retreats and nd como come within tho the places will wilt gaming range e of ot the motorists Front From advices received from the federal government o available avail a there is now more moro than able for tho the building of or roads In tho the national forests of or Ut Utah h. h |