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Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-06-24 | Page 1 | Utah's Road Boyd Ready for Action

Type issue
Date 1933-06-24
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Utah's Road Boyd Ready for Action
Type article
Date 1933-06-24
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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OCR Text UTAH'S ROAD 80 BODY Of READY I FOR ACTION Commission A Awaits Receipt of of Regulations From Washington ashin on V PROGRAM M IS MAPPED OUT Surveys Completed on Projects Projects Projects Reaching g Many Areas Utah's road commission Saturday awaited only receipt of of official reg reg- from Washington to proceed with a a. highway program under the definitely the state from rom the public highway fund These regulations made public Fri Friday day by the public works board in W Washington hington govern labor hours use of hand labor and machinery and numerous numerous nu nu- nu- nu technical s stipulations I of con con- tracts When they are officially made known mown wn to the road commission that body jody will wUl be ready to advertise the first of many projects under the program l 1 Weeks ago the commission made surveys for new road work that is I expected will reach Into every county of the slated V The program will be two fold to fold to provIde employment and to build up further urther the state system of highways The allocations of Friday definitely fixed Utah's road fund share which previously had been estimated at Various va Va- rIous ious amounts To the will willbe be added the states state's share in another set aside for ro roads ds in national na na- lonal forests parks Indian reservations reserva lions and the public domain Although the road commission is in in- crested only in the national forest phase of this latter allotment Utah will benefit in this this' money While the he sum was not allocated along with the Friday it has been estimated that and probably probably proba proba- bly ly more will wUl be spent in this state by the various agencies directing I these hese roads That the federal government Is ready to start the new road work a as soon as possible was indicated in special dispatches to The Telegram from rom Washington These stated t there re reis is sufficient money in the treasury to meet early summer demands of the tales states states although the amounts all allocated cat ed cd d are arc expected to be spread over over- the next year and a half FUNDS FOR TOR POST The cabinet committee on p public bUc works announced allocations of funds for or construction at army posts in in in- hiding eluding for Fort Douglas The funds a Telegram dispatch said aid said will be used for construction of two wo new stables each to cost and nd hold animals Other items Include 2500 for telephone construe construe- tion ion at the post and for repair of f roads there WASHINGTON June 24 2 W Road p-Road Road bUilding on a huge scale will get under uner un- un der er way early next month to become the he first big expenditure in President Roosevelt's campaign for reemploy ment and economic recovery Allocation to states of the Uie j highway fund has been completed by y the public works board Promulgated gated today were rules for Jor spending It t Thirty hours' hours work a week with fixed minimum pay will govern all contracts no convict labor will be I permitted permitted machinery must give way I Continued on Pa PUG e Two UTAH'S UJ AH'S ROAD ROADS BODY S READY FOR Continued Prom From Pate Pue PUI One to pick and shovel the actual projects project must be widely scattered MONEY A AVAILABLE V The road money will wi be available on July 1 I when President Roosevelt returns return He expects expect to be able to approve ap up- prove immediately thereafter appointment ap up- ape of state public works work administrators administrators ad ad- who will direct expenditure expendi wi ture of more than under under un un- un der the entire entre public works program Meanwhile pressing close cose behind the roads road plan for tor an immediate start the army has ha drafted a n housing homing and construction plan now being beig scrutinized by a works work board committee for report next week The navy department pushing its extensive extensive extensive exten exten- sive ship construction plans sought arrangements arrangement to have the hour 30 work week applied to all al its it shipyard shipyard shipyard ship ship- yard contracts The Te requirement probably probably probably ably will wi be written into the call cal for forbids forbids bids bid on the half hal of the vessel 32 32 vessel program pro program pro gram gam which will wi go to private build build- ers Similar regulation will wi control the construction in i navy yards yard R. R R F. F C. C REPORTS Wih With the works work program ad and in Ji industrial i. i and ad farm far price price lifting lifting pushing pushing push push- ing lag forward fast fat as a possible the Reconstruction Reconstruction Re Re- construction corporation yesterday gave congress a report for May showing showing show show- ing lag a peak in that month for its it rele relief allocations They totaled around including to the new federal farm credit agency for lor or I refinancing farm mortgages while went to increase federal subscriptions to the capital stock of 1 the federal home loan bank I IRele Relief Belief Rele and loans loan to financial institutions J i took around 12 of this going to states state for support sup support sup sup- 1 port of the unemployed Of the loans I authorized to banks bank etc some of the biggest were to U tIc the e Anglo Anglo- Anglo California National bank San Fran Fran- Sn Fan Fan- cicco SI 3 Ofin f to the thi receiver H Cana Cana- v val Y- Y Bank 1 arid and t f T Tut Trust ut company company mp New Ne I Orleans Orean and Bank and Trust company New Or Or- leans The conservator of the Harriman Harriman Harri Harri- Harr man National bank New York was down on the list lit for Other sizable amounts amount were distributed In stock subscriptions for reorganization for of closed cosed banks bank NEW REGULATIONS Several new ideas were put pul into the regulations on highway construe construe- tion Besides linking up existing federal federal fed fed- eral aid highways extending them and running them through municipalities the new funds are are to be employed employed employed em em- for landscaping roadways for eliminating safety safely hazards for par par- existing railroad branch lines which may be marked for fOl abandonment abandon abandon- ment meat in i the railroad reorganization plan The hour 30 week provision Is i made flexible by imposing a general hour limit to the month four our and third one weeks average so that time lost on account of bad weather one week may be made up the next next Also Alo Aloa a hour 40 maximum maxium is allowed on jobs where camps are remote and housing facilities have to be provided State highway de departments will wi have general supervision of the work subject to federal federal approval Biggest amounts amount allotted were Texas Texa 24 New York Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania Area Area population population tion ton and road mileage of each state governed the division
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