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Show STATE HIGHWAY I liilnh, Ua-alili and I'tah Counties Agree to It ul Id Head to Salt Lake llouiiilary. David Mulson, secretary of state aud acting governor, presided at a slato highway meeting at Provo, Monday, Mon-day, which was attended by good roads advocates rrom Colorado, representatives rep-resentatives or tho Suit Lako Coalmen, Coal-men, lal Club and about fifty members of the I'rovo Commercial Club . 10 It Morgan, stato road englueor, mlilri'sscd 0'u meeting and said that there was about fCO.OOO in stnto funds available for road construction lu Utah Wasatch and Uintah counties, i-xcliislvo or tho 1UH taxes to bo added add-ed to the ruiid. Aluteon said thut Salt Lake county would do Its share, ami similar sentiments were voiced by .rpprusciiUtlvea of Uintah, Wasatch and Utah counties. A. W. Henderson, representing tho Chamber ot Commerce or Colorado Springs and tho Pikes Peak route, explained tho plans or tho organization. organiza-tion. Joseph McKulght aud W. H. Slddo-way, Slddo-way, county commissioners ot Uintah county, said their county would see to It thnt the road would be constructed con-structed from thu Utah-Colorado line to Vernal. E. J. Cummings, commissioner commis-sioner ot Wasatch county, Indorsed thu plan and suggested thnt tho route bo through Strawborry canyon instead ot Spanish Fork canyon. Ho agreed with II. W. Harvey, also commissioner or Wasatch county, thnt thu road would bo constructed through their territory regardless ot what route was selected. Hcnjamlu Isaacs, Charles 11. Ward nnd II. S. Chrlstcnscu, commissioners ot Utnli county, pledged tho support ot their district to the project. Charles F, Decker, mayor ot Provo, aid that city would construct a first- jivl class connecting link through the fUI city. Mm This road when completed will pass HUP through Pleasant Grove, American lilUP Fork nnd Lehl, so that eastern auto- Wrmk mobiilsts will como through tho best aV part or Utah In going to tho big Pan- jmJB ama Exposition. ?3tS . Mrs |
