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Show mm TICKLES STUPENDOUS TASK gineer Submits Maze of Figures to Help Solve the Problem. S mpiled en Basis That ighways Are to Be Com-. Com-. pleted in Two Years. ; ve huge siiccut of tabulations figures ' r lisniros at'ler figures have been pre- d In- Ira K. i;rovnin.!j, yUitc road en-cr, en-cr, and Iiis yffii-'u force in an effort (elp the stale road commission solve finaJioial problem with which it is -fronted in. the next two years. . id tiie problem i' not solved yet. . le sheets wcer presented to the nierii--... of the commission yesterday and .. . i man took lii.s away with him, after ore or less puzzled glance in an effort : rrivc at the full meaning of the fis-therein fis-therein presented, i ie figures v.ere prepared on tlio basis the lor' 't roads, the postroads and hard-surfaced state roads on tho " " ram should be completed in the not years, and that the counties should '' ribule I'O per cent of the cost of the - ,.waj3 iu their respective counties. : itiule Encountered. ibulations prepared some weeks airo Ked conclusively that a basis of 10 - cent from tho counties for any im-"-nut part of Ihe program was not "' " ikIi. Taklns the state as a whole, it -. ound tliat 20 per cent would cover cost nicely and allow the stata to i within the funds now available. ;..jt another obstacle was encountered. he counties are to pay TO per cent, . e of them cannot possibly live up to .:" program. Their area is too large and ,,, ; r financial wealth and their popula-are popula-are too small. lis conclusion was reached after ac-' ac-' .' it is taken of all the cash now to the ' :. it of those counties in the state road I, and after the maximum state road J of three mills was supposed to have i levied for each of the two years in .: present biennium on tiieir full as-1 as-1 ed valuation. It was found that the V Hies will have to raise from other ..' -ces. presumably from bond issues and ' laps from the county road funds and !1 ;- general funds, amounts varying from ling to SI G6.S42.1 0. The latter is the r for Iron county, where it had been !d, with federal aid, to hard surface '"" 'single track" highway (pavement , i feet wide) all the way from Cedar to St. Ceorgc. In fact, it was hoped lard Rinlace practically all the post- ' I projects of the Arrowhead trail. i:,ids Suggested! , L ashington county, after money: from the regular sources has been taken, Id still be shy for the biennium a to- )f $108,609.81. o;:.: ist where the counties could raise i sums is not at present clear, and It ne of the problems which the state 1 officials have before them. Bonds been suggested, but the constitution .- : he state fixes the bonding limit at -cent. Even if Iron county, for exile, ex-ile, lias no bonded indebtedness now, v- ar cent of file assessed valuation of ' ill. 974 would not bring the total of the c i t for tile biennium. N'or would '2 : cent of "Washington's assessed valua-of valua-of 5'J,Ml,3(i7 come anywhere near i- ' lling the requirements of the program the hiennlum. -anything is to be done approaching -- ; stato road program, the state will - . to contribute more help to the C. ker counties, and possibly at the ex- e of tbe counties better able to pay. e of the latter, at least, would de-l--- benefit from improved roads In tho ying counties, so this procedure may C!'.'-u1opted. That is the problem before J'.y - state road cunimlssion. mties Must Helj). ' iere will not be sufficient balance In i '- present state road funds nor those e-ved from the bond issue of $4,000,000 -: lorizcd b' the last legislature, plus the nee still "unexpended from the $2,000.-J $2,000.-J - bond issue authorized two years ago, solve ttie Problem without further H - lclal d i 1 from the richer counties. : )tals of one of the tables prepared by ; Hrownhig shotv as follows, all being F:-.ho hasio of 20 per cent participation . i'. he counties: cost to the state of the paving pro-j.:-d would be f 2.374.127.8; of the post s prouosed, $1,534,085.31, aid of tho ii st i-oady, S270,(i0. Under tlie provi-lf. provi-lf. that at least JfjO.OOO of the bond is-ls is-ls lo bo spent In each county, there ;U" n additional expenditure required in t?Ce of the counties of tho state of.$':51,-:y of.$':51,-:y i.: This brings the total expense to the o $l.4:::i,';:.t.!7, which Is a trifle under rrf balance iu the state's unexpended ;'v Is from tho bond issues. . al for Counties. .!ainst this the counties would have -f -'Ut up, for paved roads, $591,531; for ::' roads, Sl.O lii.O IS.H3; for forest roads. -,110: halancs of .",3,73. und mnlnte-:e mnlnte-:e charges f"r slate roads during tho ii nluin of ?T "0,000. This makes the . P'l lo come from Ihe countios $2,r.02.- 1'' .i. The counties haVo cash on hand, c:. heir rredit in the slate road fund, of K;.-, 4K5.0. This wotllil leave a total of ill1 e than $2,:;on,000 to lie raised by the , Hies in Ihe two years. A tlircc-mill t'li I tax. levied uniformly over the slate. Ui. of course, accomplish this and :...! c than half as much again in the nluin. But a tliiee-mlll lax all over T.. slate is not possible, and, If it were. ; i Irl not solve the question, because it hi mean that Salt Lake county, for Tiplc, would have a balance after It 7 buill Its enlire paving unassisted, and L-1" : I'M hi urn could not be transferred to :n ; other counl v lut Program Shows. ji.'lle outline of the biennial program "spared not vol. formallv adopted, of t; rse. and possible not likely lo be in Lf i shows r complete hard surface road y II Spanish Fork to the I'tah-ldaho logelher with a stretch from Trice i-'liici-. in Carbon countv, and two and o: -half miles In Klchlleld. Six miles of c;c- via (s contemplated in Weber. nvenienls on the main north and south luav are estimated at s"S.Oeo a mile. ... Tarvia at S I .-..t'i-0 a mile. Ihe Klchlleld at $:'n., inn a niile, and the Price to Per at J:-J.0i,) a mile. nrd surfacing in posl road protects Of , ' carry the north and south highway far as Payson. from Spanish Fork, iu . -J connlv; would t used on ihe Trice t.nmry road, on Hie Tn'chesn- to Ver-. Ver-. nro.lect, am ,,,, riu..s ,,f the Arrmv-t'CI Arrmv-t'CI h-ail Hint post rnnd prolects li St. Oorge almost coutinuousiv until fj,;l up In .Milhu-ii county. J 'ojects Contemplated. 8c:Kli,in post road prnjoels are con-Waled con-Waled from Oc.'.en to Hooper, from ..fsv:ilo in Tanuuilch and on Ihe Mor-' Mor-' .''0!,,", 'oop. Karth roads with gravel Biirillar surfacing are planned for Cas-m Cas-m to Imchesnc: from I im.! I'o Cedar J: from Keaver lo .Mil ford; from Trc-"'"n Trc-"'"n to Snowvillc; from Tangultch to Jiau and from Junction to liscalantc 1 rnrds are lo bo use! on a large 1- mher of oil,,,- projects. , "lal cstinialcl cost of pst road b!;: ipcts lK ?r,.l77. IT-'.r. I. of which the gov-ini,.,u gov-ini,.,u would bear ;.o tier cent. Ihe slale I Pin- cent and the countv interested 2 i ' rent. V er Hie hard-surfaced roads built with- ',lcral aid, the total cost to the slnir. ;i a a.l ready no I oil, is ?2.".7 4. 1 ?7.v', while the cost to the various counties ta-tnia: ta-tnia: l'tah county. $1 TP.'-H': Sail Lako conn I v, Ss.TC. ; P,n is count y. .,VJ."; A'phv count y, JL'S. Tp:1 ; BoxeUinr cuun ty. $tU .th"10 ; (."'a rhon count y. $Ctj.4i.'d; C'nohe countyi loP.rjCa, and Sevier county, $15,-00'."'. |