Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-04-01 | Page 48 | Stevens Asks Data on Road Building

i STEVEfSlSKS DATA" j Oa ROU) BUILDING Wants to Know of Possibilities Possibil-ities in Case of Army Mobilization. Iiifurmation fls to mrtt-hinery and nn-n to rn:nl building work in (nsf or mohili.JitioM of Hiu military forces ' ; Hi' tho I.'nib'd StViU-s lis us Imnmi reqno.-.Lftri ! or' U. Murtfsui, state rund eit.iiioer, 1 v K. A. c em, conirni.-ioiH'r of the dfjijutniciit of jxddic roads of tho state of .Yw Jc;rny and lncmljer of t bo ex-p.-uliu; (.ommittcr of the A mcriofin As- soriation of StJti.fi Hi;uvny ( if hYials. His I 'tier to Mr. Morgan follows: As directed hy 0. V. Colt-man, prmident of th; American Association Associa-tion of Ktatfi Highway Ofticials, I ! atn sending you blanks for reports on the machinery and men available for road work in cji.ho of mobilization. mobiliza-tion. Jt is not necepsar.y that options on t ?i o title to the machinery hnnld be ne-nred, nor that the men Ihoj'l'i enlist. Tb.0 information uan.J.ed i.s as to tlio resourees avaLi-able avaLi-able on reasonable terms a.nd on short, notice. Will you kindly fill in tlw names and the maehinery avaihfJiliW fn this state this data was obtained by nddress'inir weli-I weli-I Known .eon tractors and th,o county officials. ( in adduinn to tiio above, can you end Air. t'nlemaii it map of your - stale showixiy: the location of' the, I quarries and ofjier deposits of road j materials, wifh in formation as to 1 j the rharacter of the? output and tlio : i ra il roads over whici t Ins output is ! i -!)iined' If tiiis "is impossible or , would delay yinu answer, a list of: location, charaeU'r of material pro-i pro-i i duecd and railniuds would suffice, j I would impress on you the de- ; siiabilitv of an earlv answer. Tt is :o not exported that the data will be ( rouiplete; early nvailahility is more i 0 important than completeness. As : soon, therefore, you can gather j' the facts, will you send the blanks ' to Cr. P. Coleman, president of the j .j American Asoc'tition of State ! Highway Officials. Richmond, Va.?