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Show GOVEB INSPECTS STATEJiGliWAYS Work to Be Started at Once on Road From Richfield to Fish Lake. Work w ill be started almost immediately immedi-ately on tho construction of the new road i fron Richfield to Fish lake, according to : Ira R. Browning, gtate mad eniner. yes-I yes-I terday. following a conference with R. H. Siddoway. state fish and came commis-t commis-t loner. Mr. Id do way wfnt to Sevier ecmuy as a special representative uf the icad commission to discuss the project vith prominent citizen;; of that section, as reported In yesterday's issue of The Tribune. Trib-une. iSo favorable are the people of that see t ion to the project outlined bv the state road experts that work will be started as soon as possible, and a road eliinii.atlng heavy grades and iihor'.enini: the distance fifteen mifes will be ready for use this summer. The commission has not yet decided how the A)rk shall be done. II. Kerr, district dis-trict road engineer in the central part of the state, recommended to Mr. Brownins that local people be awarded the work. If that is done. Mr. Browning says. Mr. Kerr will be authorized- to make all arrangements, ar-rangements, and cont varior will make their arrangements wit h him on the ground. The other possibility is that the commission may decide to ask for bids on the entire job. However, there seems to be an opinion in favor of station work for locai contractors, and when the commission com-mission meets it niay authorize District Engineer Kerr to go ahead with the project. Elimination of the dangerous grade crossings in Parley's eanyun on the Lincoln Lin-coln highway is tontemplatpd by the state road engineer. Accompanied by Chief Engineer En-gineer Gwynn of the iJeiner V. Klo Grande, Mr. r.piwnmg made a trip up the canyon y e--teiiay morning; to study the problem. Trre A'e now seven of these ci o-sings, five or w hi -)i can and probably will 1 c cut out by cnanges in t!ie r-.-ute of tho ro;id. Mr. drowning said on his return yesterday a fit r.ioon. One crossing has been eliminated by t he high-line high-line road, and if the others can be removed re-moved it will make the canyon much safer for the thousands of local and transcontinental transcon-tinental tourists who use th'j road annually. an-nually. 1 Governor Bamberger and PeTcta ry of Stato Harden Eennion m:ido a trip to Weber and Box eider count s yesterday for the purpose of in-pe.-t i:.g t:i state roads and prof''-d improvement sites in ; both counties. Ti.f go ernor and Mr. Hen- inion wid lively make a teport c-n their trip at the next meeting of the road commission. |