Show V VI I I weber W eber Men lien Vainly Ask For Concrete Highway I i B By Albert F. F Philips county count or organizations through business m men n And nd farmers farm farm- ers were told yesterday 1 stor to go JO away way n back and sit down by the state road roul commission after a a. two hours' hours hearing in In which the tho Weber county count delegation mado made a a. vigorous protest against the In that than of pavement use county which tho the state road rond commis commis- commission I and for rOt slon sion proposed proponed to put down which the contract has been awarded Last st Friday the state road commis I commission commission sion ston opened bids for tor the rebut resurfacing facing of oC the hl highway hway from Hoy Roy to tho south ell city limits of Ogden from rom North orth Ogden Ogden Ogden Og- Og den Hot Ilot Springs and arI from tram the oa opt jt t city limits of Ogden Oen up O Ogden den can can- of six wiles mlles a total yon on n a distance twelve miles Four bidders bidders bid bid- 1 mileage of ot propositions and Gibbons Gibbons Gib Gib- ders d submitted lowest bons Heed whose bid was won the contract Ogden O lIln Societies l I Protect rote t against the construction of or Prot Protests highway y were mado made 1 last s of this typo Q board of oC to the Weber county of Monday representatives eH o othe orI o or othe b by I commissioners merchants of ot Or Ogden en the tho W V her ber the club I the tho Rotary bureau arm Parm County Count University club Tho rho Weber and tho the agreed to then commissioners too county to obtain a hearing bet before o endeavor Vor commission Yost or- or road the tho state was teas tho the result days day's meeting were wor against t the tho lio ho hoof chief prot protests Tho of oC tho the hway hl aY It was vas I I two Inch coating coaling of or Insisted that a bitumen on top of oC the road was wa Insufficient Insufficient while th the cost would be bo withIn withIn with- with what a arc rc- rc reinforced In n or a of permanent concrete road 11 cost In tho the del from Weber ebor county county county coun coun- ty wore Senator W. W J. J Parker John JohnLewis S. S Lewis of oC the merchants association of 01 oC Ogden Donned Donnld p. p U. U McKay Me- Me Kay of ot the farm bureau J J. J U. U u Ild rodge redge Jr of oC the O Ogden den Rotary club John Colley president of ot tho the University sity club Representative T. T l C. C McKa McKay O. O J T L Stillwell Frank Stevens of the Ogden Oden bureau S. S V. V Grow John Child and Bishop Ensign I resent rr Called Crime Tho The delegation did U not mince words Senator Parker told the Iho state slate commis- commis slon that It would bo be H u. crime to putdown put putdown down clown any an othor kind of ot road roid than a cement highway All of the delegation delos-atlon except tho county commissioners wore were tho the uio o declaration for strong In their of Utah mt material In tho building of ot the roads John Lewis of ot the th merchants merchants' association asso asso- of an any elation opposed the construction lard hard hard sur surfaced sur- sur ur- ur other r of or highway than faced laced anti and ho appealed to tho the commission commission commission commis commis- sion to consider carefully what It Il lid did didIn lidIn In the hu building of or roads particularly In ln Ogdon Ogden canyon When hen J J. U U. U Eldred e asked State En Engineer En- En Ineer gincer McGonagle lo If was asgood as ns asgood good as ns cement tho the reply was NeO NO o. o but hut surfaced hard Is 18 Mr lr Ir Stillwell asked as to th the cost of oC royalty royalty royal royal- t ty and Engineer Incer replied that It was waa about 2600 a n. mile This caused Mr rt to lo point out that If It Utah Ulah materials were used in the roads this much additional money would remain In tho state Patent Cause Cau e for Royalty John Cully declared that lon long a ago o he lie as 8 a chemist had made a mixture almost al almost al- al most Identical with that of oC the tha bitu- bitu pavement and a asked why h royally should he be paid tho the company The reply was that the patent office said the company had a patent Tho The pavement In Salt Lake was cited as a n. permanent pavement This caused Frank Stevens to sa say that the contention that pavement pavement pavement pave pave- ment gave satisfaction In Salt Lake was no reason why It should answer In Ogden Ogden Ogden Og- Og den canyon It was at al this point that Mr requested tho the board to reject all bids to for thin the th work and to have ha Included In the proposition proposals for a concrete road and June JUrie Object This caused Secretary of at the commission to lo declare that tho the proposition proposition proposition was not lot fair n as It t placed all nil tho the burden on the commission State Auditor Auditor Auditor Au Au- 1 detailed work that ho had hadI done dono on tho the canyon Cl road twenty years oars I two ico and said snit that he could bring down i t bi big dele delegation atlon from rom Ogden who would stand by bv the plan This re remark remark remark re- re mark was wa Instantly instant questioned and Mr lr Ririe had not nothing hili more to say sa Donald D. D McKay of ot tho ho farm tarm bureau bu bureau bureau bu- bu reau declared that the canyon road was i In a worse condition than It had been In for tor years This concluded ed thear the ar for Cor tho rho protesters It waa ryas then discovered d that tho they had t I been heen cell butting their heads a against a astone a. a stone atone wall for fur it was learned that lint the contract for tor pavement pa had been awarded and that tho the commission tad rad ad given a hearing In a a. matter on which Its members had already passed The Tho commission however or did not give Ilvo he the delegation n an any information regard regard- ins ins- ng the lie award awarding Ins Ins- of tho the contract 1 Woodruff Hond Bond Plan PInn Deferred The Tlc matter r of building building- the Woodruff Woodruff- Randolph highway a 1 forest project was waR protested by forestry enl engi- was presented by Representative e T T r K i. McKay Action was deferred unil until un- un 11 til il Representative e Rc D. D D. D McKay McKa has Jone one over o tho the route with a u forestry ore tr on on- ineer and T. T L report has been submitted roads from Final surveys on post I Sl ii Fork ork to Pa Payson son thirteen miles Delta to Kan Kanosh Kanash sh sixty miles and to Levan were approved All AU Allwill Allwill will he hwd I cl surfaced except part from Delta to t l Holden Tho The plans now go to to the the- th dish ct at San Francisco Sanpete county commissioners have havo decided to pavo pave a a. section n of tho the state road each year yeat until t entire county count has a concrete road fro frou one ono end to the other othet Tho The state stale ha ha mado made an appropriation of at te to build concrete concrete concrete con con- crete roads In the tho county The rhe pavement pavement pavement pave pave- ment will bo ho eighteen feet I In width Aid for Camper r Offeree l Because tourists going to th tho Grand Gran canyon canon havo have had In locating l camping places on Kaibab p plateau where water vater could bo be had lead the t test est supervisor at K will be bo o furnish information to all wh who v tires wv call at his office In Kanab Secretary of State Benlon Benion Ben Ion of or the road commission while declaring that tho the commission Is arranging to place sign boards marking mC the highways also SUS' SUS suggests that tho the common practice practice practice tice of ot making targets of oC those sl signboards sign signboards n boards should stop Salt aka Lako county yesterday paid over to State Treasurer Daniel O. O Larson Larson Larson Lar Lar- son advance money collected on tho the state road fund |