Show ST STATES STATE'S A iES iE'S SHARE IN U U. U S S. S HIGHWAY WAY WORK BOOSTED N New ev Ratio to Increase Utah Cost Amount of Construction Utah's share hare of ot federal aid road construction costs has been boosted from 26 per cent to per cent the state road commission was informed Tuesday by B B. B J J. Finch Pinch of Ogden Oden district dis dis- dis- dis engineer of the United States bureau bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau of or roads The new ratio effective next April 1 I is i expected to have the dual effect in an 1936 of oC boosting the cost to the stale tate and i increasing the amount of federal aid road construction Under the presidents president's proposed work relief bill an amendment nt earmarks a part of ot the fund for road purposes and of the amount which would be set aside for road purposes Utah would get et for road construction and for railroad railroad rail rail- road crossing work Paid raid by Gasoline Tax Chief Engineer K C C. Wright ht of ot the state road commission pointed out that Utah would have to match the allotment with a percent percent per percent cent allotment totaling or about more than would have been een necessary under the 26 per cent ratio which prevailed for many years Utah's share is paid from th the gasoline gasoline gasoline gaso gaso- line tax The tax commission pointed out that in the 34 1933 fiscal year the tax lax paid into the state amounted to all alt of at which went for maintenance maintenance maintenance main main- and construction of or roads road and administration costs of or the state road commission Ratio Varies Mr Wright explained that on that basis basle Utah could raise enough from the gasoline tax lax to participate in the probable federal aid road construction program of 1936 but that Utah's share share of or the program would take lake so much of or the tax money it would be necessary necessary necessary sary to reduce substantially the exclusive ex ox- x- x elusive state road program The ratio varies in the states under tinder un tin- der the new plan Mr 1 Finch said the government gt paying per cent in Nevada the highest amount and in Oklahoma the lowest amount The new arrangement will have no effect in Utah this year because road roadwork roadwork roadwork work throughout 1035 1935 will be done with a federal grant crant of Mr Wright explained |