Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-04-12 | Page 13 | State Offers Road Oil Jobs

r STATE OFFERS ROAD OIL JOBS Highway Board Would Give Work to Private Contractors Contractors Contractors Con Con- tractors ii The Utah state road commission Tuesday offered to withdraw from the highway oiling business and turn turnover turnover turnover over the entire 1932 oiling program to private contractors The matter was discussed with Mark lark Mark Tuttle manager of ot the intermountain inter- inter intermountain intermountain mountain branch Associated General Contractors of ot America who called a meeting late Tuesday afternoon of contractors to consider the proposal The road commission budget provides provides pro pro- vides for an expenditure of on n oiling projects this year Plans call all for surfacing of ot miles In the past the state commission has done about half halt of or such work itself Itsel since contractors generally were not regarded as interested as-interested interested in such jobs The bulk of ot the contract work v war va- done by J. J C. C Compton of Mc- Mc Ore Last year the firm of Morrison and Knudson of ot Salt Lake and Boise Idaho received oil contracts and one or two other Utah firms submitted bids CONTRACT U UNITS ITS The highway department has found that best results for both the state and contractors have been secured by letting contracts in units of 30 to 40 miles niles It was announced Tuesday th that t smaller units will be considered The 1932 plans call for oiling highway highway highway high high- way No 91 and making it dustless from Tom the Idaho line to Kanosh and from rom Parowan to the Arizona line Highway No south 30 also will be bo dustless from the Wyoming line near Evanston through Weber can canyon on and to Rattlesnake pass in Box Elder EIder county The projects follow Unit E Box E Box Elder county Garland Garland Garland Gar Gar- land to Plymouth Junction 1135 miles Blue Creek summit to Rattlesnake Rattlesnake Rattlesnake Rattle Rattle- snake pass 1007 miles Brigham City to Calls Call's Fort 6 miles Cache county Logan Losan to Hyrum 65 mil miles Webster r to Lewiston 45 miles Unit D Summit D Summit county Emory to Wyoming line 1963 miles Echo to Henefer Flat miles Kimballs Kimball's Junction to Paces Pace's ranch miles Davis count county North Farmington to Weber canyon canon 5 miles SALT LAKE COUNTY WORK Unit F Salt F Salt Lake county south on Ninth East street Salt Lake 4 m miles Tooele county Grantsville to Mills Junction miles Timpie to Dill 1320 miles Wendover to Sal- Sal duro 10 miles Wasatch county Weber Weber Weber We We- ber to Midway 4 miles Unit C Plute C Piute county Marysvale Marysvale Marysvale Marys- Marys vale Junction and Circleville 6 miles Garfield county Panguitch City 2 miles Carbon county Castle Gate to Utah county line Jine 86 miles mlles Sevier county Elsinore to-Sevier to 97 miles Grand county n near ar Moab miles Emery county near Huntington 8 miles Unit B Kane B Kane county ML Mt Carmel Cannel to Three Lakes 89 miles Washington county St. St George to 1252 miles Iron county Buckhorn flats to Beaver county line 67 miles across Buckhorn flats miles Unit Juab A county Chicken creek to Millard county line 1153 miles Millard count county Juab county countyline countyline countyline line to Holden 1782 miles Beaver county near Beaver 7 miles mileL II