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Show llll ROADS i, iij . Enthusiastic Meeting of Supcr- j j f 4 ' ' lagoon. l it i I R"."' ! TAX 0F ONE' MILL j jf mLi?' IN DAVIS COUNTY I' i I ifl;' c Men Will .Patrol Road Between jl Salt Lake City and ! ?;r ogicn. I '.IH 3 A'c. The appointment of the supervisor of ! 'if; ij roads' for Davis county, who will co- j C " operate with the road supervisors of ; S l 'V "Weber and Salt Lake-counties, and rep- i j- 1 1 $ '; vescntatives from the Salt Lako City 4 I fit T Antomobilo club and from Ogden city, , IP .y: in tho supervision of tho work for the Vj J jC . ' improvement of county roads, and i I l 8$ specif ienlly tho road between Salt ; ! JlTi Lake and Ogden, was taken np at a hfi m wrM: meeting of representative men from I ll' Davis county at Lagoon Tuesday aftor- N l I Br There were, present from Davis coun- ilM fBF II- Kn"la". Joh" Walsh and C. ; ' i PSfi A. Fcrnolius. county commissioners of ft Davis county: II. 'J. Sheffield, ehair- 'j i . 4 . BEi .- man of the Commercial club, and John ;I I W&L-' G- -t- Barnes of Kaysvillo: Kufus ' Hi ' Bffl1? Adams of Layton: A. L. Clark, mayor i . I IK?:' of l'armincton; ,1. IT. "Robinson and 1 ! M ' HPi; -Tohn IT. White; D. P. Felt of Farming- '' if Hfe''' ton; Joseph Peerv, president of the I ii PSf it "Weber Conniv Good Koads association; ?s! tftfl Ear.1 ' O. IT. Ilowlett, president of the Salt I Imii" KfiST Lako Citv Automobile chib, and TV. E. cafe' ZVTacarton, secretary of the Automobile wffe' ''. club, were also in attendance. John S. "White of Farmingtou was elected imp" supervisor of roads for Davis county, sB and Mr. Peerv announced that 0. J. flj8& Stilhvell of "Weber county had been ap- Wj;. pointed representative from Weber B":i . connt3' Tax 0f Qac Mill. Wj yT. ' On motion of Mr. Adams it was voted 3 ' that it be the sense of tho meeting that fm ' ' . .an assessment tax of ono mill bo levied i5 '" upon tho counts' for the improvement .P, and maintenance of the road through sf? Davis county between Salt Lake City . and OfTflon. 1 fM . Tho meeting was carried on with a W I - . great amount of enthusiasm and the "i" AT ' heartiest good will and harmony pre- !v y IM . vailed throughout. The representatives i of the different cities were evidently '. Ill i there for business, and carried every- A l :" thing forward with a vim. The ques- ' I n, -v . rion of what should be done to improve .l ! Wi T. . the roads was thoroughly discussed. It 1 iLvmt '''-' vras the sense of the meeting that the I' Iiflfl Va'i' roa( between Salt Lake City and Oc- 'lea be divided into districts of short -i Slr distances, each portion to l)e under tho .j : tint supervision of a man who shpuld patrol L'- $T.I it anfl see that it was kept in good con- dition. It was felt that bv givfiig the 'I'jm' 'vT. matter personal attention the road could If Ji&r. be maintained in good condition with Jif j'iW - , ' -the least expense and trouble, and after i (114 '' X" ' Ue initial expense had been met in i j -'v"'' placing the road in good condition it ' 11' f-: would be comparatively easy to so i wll maintain 51. The farmers along the g Tirv : i v. highway would be warned to keep the j !i jT irrigating waters off the road, and the F 'J jl j small chuck holes could be kept filled. F' I H '" Matters regarding the proper surfacing llDpiJ . and grading were also discussed at some ja, JS length. -and the projer kind of material ; .' to be used in making a roadbed thor- M"'' I ; oughly considered. 1 1 , t j j Meeting of Supervisors. jf lj 1' Tt is proposed to hold a meeting of ft .j! 1 ho different supervisors selected as H ';) ' t soon as iossible. and to take the neces- SB f sary steps to-bring to the attention of Bin . " . the county' commissioners and other cWy and countv officials the proper ! '-fi things to be done, so that the work J jj j y can be started at ouce. A meeting of 'HIS fc' officials from Salt Lake City and Elfj countv will be held at tho office of the fin Automobile club Friday night, and an- Hj ,i? other meeting will be held in Ogden I jljiKi 2 ; INfonday. On that day a tour of Davis iH'-jjl- " '0unty will be m3do in automobiles IjHM - with the county commissioners and the Sj 'j ' supervisors from Salt Lake county and k 'V? t ' 'ity, so that all of the different off i- iiri :;. cials may become thoroughly convers- rUB jjw fj ant with what is necessary to bo done VL jjl . ,i that the work may be started at once. Mayor A. L. Brewer of Ogden has al-Hlf al-Hlf 'M " ready signified his interest in the iifla H j movement and will appoint a represent- ih! II ative as soon as possible The reprc- ?c ir I 'S bentative from Sait Lake City will be I i 'y5 . appointed by Mayor P.rausford. I |
