Show GOOD ROADS IN UTAH Delegates from All Over Utah Boosting Boost-ing for Improvement In Highways High-ways Good Roads Association Associa-tion Formed Salt Lake City Delegates to the number of 250 from all portions of tho state gathered In Salt Lake City on Thursday January 14 for the purpose pur-pose of discussing tho Important question of the improvement of the public highways of the state Among the Important things accomplished at the opening session was time appoint inont of a legislative committee consisting con-sisting of one member from ea county and ten at large from Salt Lake which was Instructed to report at Fridays session of tho convention A resolution committee of five members mem-bers and one on permanent organization organi-zation of ten members was also appointed I ap-pointed John Dorn was named tern i porary chairman and J E Jennings secretary I Professor It R Lyman and L W Page of the department of agrlrul taro at Washington gave some excellent ex-cellent advice as to tho different methods of road snaking Professor Lyman advocated a well built load of dirt as tho best foundation for the macadam or asphaltum road that could be had and quoted liberally from figures as to cost of maintenance mainte-nance and construction According to these figures a road of asphaltum would cost 14000 a mile with a I given width of 30 feet A goo 1 dirt rend could be constructed by means of n scraper and a split log drag for 30 to 40 a mile and maintained for less than 10 a mile a year over afterwards af-terwards Professor RIi Lyman made the statement during the course pf an address to the delegates that n road through Utah of snfflelcnt strength and durability to withstand the wear and tear of automobiles could be built at a cost of no less than 525000 n mile Judge O W Powers stated that tho growing popularity of the automobile was directly responsible for tho present movement for better roads After two long and enthusiastic sessions on Thursday the good roads convention finished Its business thoroughly organized a Stato Good Roads association decided In detail upon the good roads measures that the present legislature will be asked to adopt and adjourned sine die Tho convention was a success In every way The plan now arranged for purposes pur-poses of carrying out a system ol good roads throughout tho state Is the appolnlmept of a commission by the governor of the state the commission com-mission to consist of the governor the state engineer the state treasurer treas-urer an engineer from tho University Univer-sity of Utah and an qnglneer from the State Agricultural college This commission will select a competent highway engineer who will have charge of all the roads in tho state without being under the Jurisdiction of the state engineer except as that individual represents the commission of five members This highway engineer will be a salaried ofllcer and will hold his position po-sition as long as he continued to give competent service The details of this scheme are embodied in a bill which will be presented to tho legislature I legis-lature during tho present session Tho permanent organization of the I convention was effected as follows President Governor William Spry secretary and treasurer J E Jennings Jen-nings an executive committee of live members two from Salt Lake count and ono each from Weber Cache and Utah counties Senator Herschel Bui len Jr was elected to serve from Cache county George M Cannon andO and-O H Hewlet from Salt Lake count Jbseph Dunn of Provo from Utah county and O B Madsen of Ogden from Weber county Vicepresidents were elected one from each county Tho subject of good roads was mado the basis of a discussion between be-tween Governor Spry and L W Pago director of public roads of the department de-partment of agriculture at a meeting meet-ing held In the governors office Frl day morning A number of senators and repro sentatlves were present at the conference con-ference and many details of good roads construction were pretty thoroughly thor-oughly threshed out The matter of administration of the scheme in order or-der to avoid any interference from politics was especially dwelt upon and Mr Page outlined a plan for this and also gavo a good deal of Information Informa-tion regarding tho methods of con structlng hard surface roads |