Show S Good Roads all aU looking forward to an immediate im jm- jm A YEAR ago We wo were A mediate program of road rond improvement The two I and 1918 had bad halted improvement nt t tb to war ar years 1917 1017 I tho the public highways but bat as ns the smiling spring sprint of the returned to industrial industrial industrial indus indus- peace year unfolded nn and the tho soldiers trial pursuits a vast amount of good road work was laid out generous provision for its construction was made by state counties and cities and the newspapers were filled with rith glowing accounts of what the year would bring forth Results were disappointing Actual performance performance mance manco did not m measure up to official promise Tho The program that was rendered was not up t to the display advertisement There are good reasons to be advanced for ranch much of the tlC failure Methods prescribed by law la lafor for giving notice notice noLice no no- tice Lice of intention to make improvements notice to bidders bidders bidders bid bid- ders af after r jurisdiction is acquired 1 perhaps having to re- re advertise on account of alleged combination of bidders to extort excessive prices reluctance to offer bonds for sale at a n. sacrifice early fall frosts frosts nIl all these were conditions conditions con con- which tended to retard road construction in all 1111 parts of the state Other unfavorable circumstances in various localities oc occasioned postponements Of course there was a n considerable considerable- amount of road roadwork roadwork work performed but the full expectations were not realized realized real real- and now we are aro entering upon another working sen season on The money which was not spent last year tar is is j available now Material and wages are arc high it is true I but there is no certain prospect of any reduction While economy ought to be exercised in the expenditure of I public funds l S there e is neither l wisdom nor 1 economy on l in I jor long JOng appropriations rui v j allY I Imade made pending reductions in wages and md material that do donot donot not irot materialize Moneys available for public expenditure expendi ture should be expended Otherwise the wheels of progress progress progress ress are ore stopped and industrial depression is a result There is a n crying need for good roads in Utah Many of the other states are arc far in advance of ours in this respect ct Every tr trivial al objection or hindrance to the carrying out ont of projected road improvements should be resolved in favor of immediate prosecution o of the work |