Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-04-08 | Page 16 | County Officials Seek Information

COUNTY OFFICIALS SEEK INFORMATION Hold Conference With State Stat e Road Commission t Make fake Complaints I Two delegations were were were-in In conference e with the state road commission desirIng de tie- de- de siring to to kno know why the tho boards of at commissioners commissioners com com- missioners of ot their county were no not taken Into the confidence JC the state stat e commission Weber county commissioners commissioners commis commis- were anxious to know wh why y copies of or the tho pay PlY roll in which the e count county of Weber was interested were c not furnished the board They were particularly particular Incensed Incense I over the hiring of ot automobiles at th the therMe e rate of ot 10 a a. month In winter Inter an and I the additional expense of ot approximately approximately j 50 50 a a. month for tor supplies fo for tor r I Ithe the car Commissioner M. M P. P Brown wh who o spoke for the Weber county board said saki t the board believed it was entitled t ta to toa o a a. duplicate copy of or tho the pay roll fo for tor or r road work In Weber county He Ho sai said d that the they were questioned by their thel r constituents about th the tho road rOM work an and d the they were powerless to reply because of oC lack Jack of oC information It was admitted b by the tho commission that tho the board boar was wa entitled to th the information but it Il was said that to tomake tomake tomake make copies of the pay roll would ncI ne necessitate necessitate ne- ne the employment of oC at least I two more clerks and that t It was not done as aM a question of DC economy It was finally decided to have ha the engineer in charge of If tho work vork In lit Weber count county make out duplicate I copies of the pay roll loll and have them I I submitted to tho the count county commission I IThe The commissioners from Duchesne count county also desired to bo be tal taken en Into Inlo th the confidence of ot the tho state commission commission commission commis commis- sion regarding reg the work on tho thu roads In the tho district