Show ALLOCATED FOR STATE ROADS SET UP FOR WIDENING WIDE N OGDEN HIGHWAY to Be Spent on on New Work on Southern Utah Roads New highway work totaling was allocated Monday b by th the state highway commission Of this amount will be spent on the highway between Salt Lake and Ogden it il was announced work costing will be done on highway No 91 in southern Utah land and will be used wed for bridge construction on highway No 89 30 between between be be- tween Orderville and Mt ML Carmel The new work will mark the beginning beginning begin begin- ning of the super highway between Salt Lake and Ogden officials said The first unit of ot this construction willbe will willbe willbe be from a point near the state highway high way shops in North Salt Lake to the Davis Davin county line The highway will willbe willbe willbe be widened from 18 to 40 feet feeL SEEK TRACK REMOVAL REl AL ALThe The initial appropriation calls for forthe forthe forthe the expenditure of and th tha l work is dependent Henry H. H Blood chairman of the highway commission said upon the results of negotiations with the Utah Light and Traction company for the removal of Its tracks over all or part of the distance An additional will be spent for widening and resurfacing the highway from Riverdale to the Ogden Ogden Og Og- Og- Og den city limits Mr Blood said This road is 18 feet wide at nt present and will be widened to 22 feet The work in southern Utah consists consists con con- of the following Parowan to Paragonah grading and graveling Dog Valley to Wildcat graveling graveling grav gray eling cling and oiling Wildcat to Beaver graveling and oiling Buckhorn to lo Paragonah grading and oiling SMALLER CO CONTRACTS TRACTS In providing for this work Mr Blood said efforts have been made to have the contracts drawn for smaller amounts than usuaL It is believed believed believed be be- these contracts are not so small small- that prices will be advanced but there will be a gre greater ter number or ot of them which will result in providing more employment at a given time It will also hasten the completion of ot road improvements The highway department already has plans under way for the construction construction con eon of a secondary highway from a point near the Davis county line to Ogden This will be west of ot the present road between Bountiful and Farmington will cross cross' the present present pres pres- ent highway at Farmington and will follow the hillside to the mouth of or Weber canyon canyon and into Ogden via th the tha Weber canyon road I |