Show BOARD A ASKS BIDS ON ONS 5 S CONTRACTS r f ex 1 Action Marks Opening of Two Million-Dollar Million Highway Highway High tHigh way Program MEN TO GET JOBS S. S L. L County Projects I T Total tal Signalizing the opening of a 2000 fed federal ral ro road d' d bui building ding program in Utah the state road commission Friday Friday Fri Fri- I da day called for lor bids on five ive contracts including 11 projects The action according to K C. C Wright chief chiel engineer of t the cOlT commission commis cominis- nis- nis sion sian follows final approval of the program by the federal bureau o of public roads Contracts for all projects already prepared including 44 jobs in 23 counties at a cost of at willbe will willbe willbe be let by December 1 Others still under consideration will raise the total total to to- tal to The e program according according accord accord- in ing to Mr 1 Wright will put from rom to Utah men to to work The road commission Mr Wright said is expecting to push this work as rapidly as possible now that it has nas federal approval We hope to have some work under way within a short time time while the entire program will Y-lill willbe be DC in the hands of ot contractors ct rs by December 1 To Work Vork 30 Hours The iThe program includes pavin paving oiling oiling oil oil- ing lag grading g. g resurfacing i g and nd building of new bridges brids iri hi virtually lly every part o of the state t t Stringent nt regulations e have lave been laid down own to see that the work docs does the greatest good for the greatest majority and we intend to see sec that that these regulations are complied complied com com- plied with Workers Yorkers he said said will vill work under undera a hour 30 week on a wage scale running running run run- ning fling from 55 cents per hour for common common com coin mon labor to toa a maximum of for skilled labor This will make a weekly week- week ly iy y pa paycheck check of from 1650 to possible he pointed out One new regulation laid laft down he said is that contractors will vill be required required re rc- re- re to furnish free Itee of at charge transportation for workers to and from rom their work from the principal town own where employed Another change which will benefit workers he ic said is increasing the scale of common common cornmon com corn mon labor in municipalities to fit conditions Thus he pointed out farmers in rural sections who have an opportunity to work on their farms arms as well as on the roads will receive the minimum while workers in cities who are dependent on the Continued on Past Page Two BIDS ARE ASKED ON 5 ROAD JOBS Action Marks Opening of f Two Tw T Million-Dollar Million Highway Highway Highway High High- way Program Continued from Fig Jaee One road work for tor subsistence win will receive re rc a lar larger er weekly check Approximately 50 per cent of ot th the federal funds or has haB been bee to the federal aid lid system outside outside outside out out- side of municipalities according t to Mr Wright with spent on extensions and nd improvements into int intond and nd through municipalities and for feeder and secondary roads The Salt Lake county projects total total to tal according to the list released re rc leased Friday by Mr Wright Included ed cd Is for highway ton for paving Thirty third South street from State to Seventh E East ast t streets for fOl bituminous resurfacing of Second West street OOOO for bituminous resurfacing o of tate State street from Ninth South to Sev Seventh South streets for conCrete conCrete con con- Crete and bituminous resurfacing from Midvale to Sandy and for tor MIdvale ale grade separation n. n I 1 Oth Other r Projects Approved ro ed I Ii I Other approved projects by coun i lias tiec ice follow Beaver Beaver Deaver lo 10 oil oilS kg 1 I Box Elder Brigham Cit City r concrete l ving widening and bituminous us r re reSurfacing rc Surfacing of South Main Mail street 25 Madison to Collinston grading and graveling Calls Cans Fort to Madsen grading and graveling I Cache North Logan concrete wid wid- ning of Main street Wells Wells- ille me to H Hyrum oiling 1 Logan west wesL eradine radIn and traveling Lewiston to Idaho l line ne oiling g Carbon Cat Cat- canyon to Emery county coun county county ty line rock asphalt surfacing I Davis Salt Lake county line Une to South Bountiful ul concrete paving North Farmington to Weber canyon oiling and shoulder widening widen in Inc ing Sunset Sunse west grading and graveling Emery Huntington to Castle Dale via Orangeville oil mix surfacing I. I Garfield Panguitch to Hatch oil mix gravel surfacing Hatch to o Bryce Canyon Junction oil mix resurfacing I Grand Elgin to Cisco oil mix re re- I I Juab Levan to Gunnison grading and ind graveling r I. Kane Glendale to Mt Junction Junc tion lion oil mix gravel surfacing Big Dig Meadow revision oil mix gravel surfacing f II I Piute Plute Koosharem reservoir to Loa Lea grading and graveling 25 coo O i Ri Pi Rich h h. h Garden City to Idaho line traveling ISan San Juan Blanding to I I- I trading grading and graveling T Sanpete ManU Mantl to Pigeon Hollow Bituminous resurfacing and curve ro re Vision Levan to Gunnison grading and graveling oil mix treatment treat treat- ment Sevier Monroe to Sugar Factory tiling and bridge t I Summit Echo reservoir highway graveling raveling r Uintah Hallway Halfway Hollow to Twists sock rock ock asphalt sura surfacing Utah Pleasant Grove to American ark tark canyon grading and graveling Payson revision concrete paving Provo south concrete widening id ning and bituminous resurfacing ing mg Wasatch Utah-Wasatch Soldier Summit to Carbon arbon county line oil mix gravel surfacing f Wasatch Soldier Summit to Colton mix resurface k v Washington Junction to Zion Park oil mix gravel surface Weber Twenty second street to north orth limits Ogden bituminous resurfacing re re- re- re surfacing Beaver Creek toMonte to toMonte toMonte Monte Cristo grading and graveling |