Show I POOR FINANCIAL i. i r X IN r rr r rS S SAN JUAN Financial conditions of or ran Pan an J Juan lan County is poor poop according to a 1 letUp let- let Up tJi from rom tho chairman of ot the board of C of at that county to tot t road commission lon There fit I due San Juan county in taxes ac according nc- nc cording to the letter and andiA iA at t largo part of at the property will nm l Ite Ie e odor for taxes unless the p people ople are ara t tb Work Vork out the amount of the the tax on the construction of or Z The letter suggests that tho the highway high high- way yav tv from La LaSal Cal al to Hatch Wash ash be he ordered constructed constructed and that the th the people people- who pwe e taxes be bo allowed to on the project and that tho state road oad commission reimburse the count county 74 per cent of or the payroll payroll pay pay- roll because be the project is a federal one ore It Ft Is estimated that the cost costor of or tho the proposed road will bo be about and of or this amount about 2000 would be returned to the I county for Cor its Us general school and other ether funds if It all labor was performed performed per per- per formed in payment of or taxes and the total outlay would be about In cash for Cor drainage e structures and en engineering engineering en- en J the balance being the 18 per cent ent applied for tor road purposes By furnishing 26 per cent In on tax account the cost to the tho county would be for tor thet nt of ot funds other h for tor which levies OVI 8 were pf jt lc- lc concludes con con- eludes ludes the letter 7 The state road commission In In reply reply re re- re- re pi ply v today says MrS that the n I does not see sea how v It can reimburse the county 7 per cent of ot payroll In rh Inasmuch It- It as ns it receives rece federal air aIt oft OH the case and the tha work done and ma furnished In accordance i Ith Ith the contract prices As for tor e. e example n that the contractor a agreed Teed to use county labor in his work move moves 1000 yards vars of or eXcava- eXcava tion during th the month at sa say a contract contract contract con- con i tract price of or BO 60 cents per cubic yard ar ard 1 or 01 00 the tate state would then lu lit turn after paying the estimate to the contractor voucher the government government gov gov- for its Us 7 per cent of at this 00 and not for tor its Iti 7 per cent of ot any pa payrolls rolls However It is poso pos pos- to work out the plan as pro pro- posed rosed by the commissioners if it tho the county count will execute a l note for a aloan aloan aloan loan from tram the th revolving fund covering cov cov- covering ering g its 26 per cent The state will I cI T fb pl then proceed with I the letting i of t the contract t certain unit prices statIng stating stating stat stat- ing in the Ule contract that the contractor tor agrees to accept labor furnished by San Juan county t for fora o a period r of three fir nm months the pay a of t. t t the workmen work workmen r men being at a stipulated price ten follows detail as to method of ot receipts At the r resent timer time says the commission v we e are aro making a location location location loca loca- tion survey on this project but federal federal federal fed fed- eral aid funds will not be available available available avail avail- able for tor the work until June 30 80 1924 1524 I. so so that under the most favor- favor nt all IP conditions nothing can be done until the approval of at plans and specifications together with the approval approval ap- ap pro al of ot the project statement by bythe bythe bythe the bureau of ot public roads hence August Augus 1 1 1924 would bo be the nearest date IntI that work could he begin ln I |