Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-05-12 | Page 14 | Work [Illegible] on Utah [Illegible]

Commission Will yfjK. County to Prepare' tablishing Caa TO ATTACK SAND RjjB ON HIGHWAY w Interesting ExperlmSb Made Witli Split LW Near FarnungtW Under provisions of thelKij labor law preparations areBP rapirlly to set at work aa iflft visable of the state's prisdST, roads of Utah. At a meeHlB state Toad commission hokPKr' ernor's office, it wa5 deciB1 for with the coituty commiaBL prominent citizens of VtfKf relatdvo to establishing thtK vict camp in the northern jjE couuly, where the sand riijK attacked. Tho comniiaaiKj Warden Arthur Pratt and UmW llineer, will visit JJavis oB. Tuesday. It is probable thflH result in a decision to osB? camp within a for daya foflgf visit. Word has been re"B& the commissioners of Davia'"B. ready for the work to begitrBftT Iu the 'liscussiotis that o9p tho meeting of the coram qtfj den Pratt, who was presenfcB? that he does not desire toyT. than fifty convicts, and tbafl: be kept bunched as much asK The commission tendercdjjHP of road engineer to W. D. BK, salary of .5200 a month. i been associated with the UnR reclamation service for aH? To Work Sand EidP Jn visiting the Davis coifl the commission will look ovejHE rOad between Salt Lake -E where deep sand makes tB most impassable. It is tK establishment of a convict riH sand ridge will meau thatH licularly bad stretch of ToaHf be given a solid surface, wbK sure a good road botweoK The members of the road IB who will go to Davis countH ernor William Spry. .J. W.H ihe Agricultural college at'H P. Lyman of the UniversiJH Caleb Tanner, state CDginH Matson, stato treasurer, WaiH Pratt and Road Engineer In connection with the movement in using convict.H is a well defined movementH the roads of the state bettaH efficient attention in the tdM nient in up-keep. Among7 now in favor in treating of the best dirt roads is tH Split-Log SragH The merits of the spIit-IH working roads were Thursday afternoon nearJH in the presence of CommeraJH fieers and others. In wntchiH work the men present belleH work claimed for this simH has not been overcslimatedH to obtain the best results TH must be damp. However, tH4H excellent work even when 'H is dr It is probable thaH roads committee will recdiH use of the drag- in the treatiH highways of tho state. AH who made the trip to seeiM work wero J. E. Caine, C. 1$M S. D. Evans, A. B. Snwyotj Vandcventer. The party majH in an automobile. Government bulletins barH tributed among the countxH sioners of the state relativeB of the drag.