Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-16 | Page 13 | State Prodded on Promise to Fix Highway 40

STATE TE A-TE PRODDED ON PROMISE TO TOL L FIX HIGHWAY 40 j Delegation of U Uintah nt h Y Basin Men Visit i i Governor Governor Henry H. H Blood and th the state tato road commission Monday were reminded that a promise had hadeen been 1 been een made ade that so something ething would be be- bedone e- e done edone about Improving U. U S fL high way in the Uintah basin bUln Fr Fred d Ferron Forron of Roosevelt Roosevel president president president dent of the Associated Civic Clubs 1 of f Eastern Utah and a delegation delegation- of citizens from uie this the Uintah b basin in gave g ve the reminder The state has promised t to spend this fall Improving three e stretches of the highway cast of Heber He He- ber er Mr F Ferron said We Wo are go gong going going go- go ing ng to make certain that the tho promise promise prom prom- ise isn't forgotten n Before the delegation visited the state tate capitol it conferred with Wilham William Wil- Wil liam ham mm D. D Rishel Ruhel president of f th the Utah State Automobile association associations at the Newhouse hotel Mr Rishel told the delegation members that the road commission their was biggest problem Mr Ferron said the delegation d was firm in its stand th that t the Roosevelt highway along U. U S. S 40 should be routed to Heber and thence hence to Provo He was backed in his declaration by y State Senator IL H. B. B Calder of Vernal VOmIt and State Representative DF D D. F. F Mitchell of Roosevelt Paving of U. U S. S highway 40 has been one of the sore spots in the road commissions commission's expansion pro pro pro- gram grain Mr Rishel of the state automobile auto mobile association has haa advocated ted surfacing of the road to bring to Salt Lake Lak City and northern Ut Utah h tourist traffic which he Jl says yS li Is going going going go go- ing to other states Inhabitants Inhabitants' of the tho Uintah basin particularly want the road d to to be completed because there Is no railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road serving the territory and d th they y desire an year all year all year h highway