Show HIGHWAY A Y CHIEF SETS UTAH NEED Sum Necessary to Put Roads in Shape for Defense Says Official Expenditure of U is needed to mo modernize Utah's hIghways highways high- high ways to meet national defense Standards Ezra C. C Knowlton chief engineer state road commission said aid Wednesday In one of the concluding concluding con con- eluding sessions of the three-day three second annual highway engineerIng engineer engineer- Ing ng conference conducted in the University of Utah Union build build- Ing ng Talking on Federal and State Defense Highways Mr Knowlton said aid 2200 miles of state highway can an be classed as usable for defense defense de- de ense roads He said lone alone would be needed to repair highway 91 between Brigham City and nd Spanish Fork to make it an anA anAl A A l 1 defense arter artery Stresses Roads Roads' Importance Good adequate roads are arc as Important to national defense progress as arteries are to the human body he said Utah's roads need mod modernizing not only from the standpoint of national defense but also to care for or the Increase in tourist travel he le said Mr Knowlton noted that tourist trade throughout the state has ms trebled in 40 1930 decade He cited a check made on the Colorado state border east of Vernal Vernal Vernal Ver Ver- nal in which it was shown tourist travel had increased 2000 per cent during the period Suggesting that the cost of defense defense defense de de- de- de roads be carried by the federal federal federal fed fed- eral government Mr Knowlton traced raced the proposed route of the Fort Douglas-airport Douglas road which would traverse the northern part of the city Forum Weighs Roads Follow Following i n g Mr Knowltons Knowlton's speech B B. B J. J Finch Ogden district engineer public roads administration tion conducted a forum discussion on defense roads I J J. J M. M Hartong Sacramento Cal talked on Stabilization of of Sub Sub- grade Soil by Use of Emulsion He substituted d a as speaker pe l er for J. J CMcLeod C C. McLeod San Francisco who was unable to attend General chairman of of the sessions is Professor A A. Diefendorf head of the civil engineering department of the university S S. S H. H Kerr senior engineer state road commission commission commission com com- mission presided at the morning sessions During the afternoon session W. W L L. Anderson design engineer state road commission was in charge Douglas K Jones university civil engineering department instructor discussed Essential Consideration in the Design and ind Construction of Granular Stabilized Roads Levi Muir road commission material material material ma ma- engineer led a round table discussion on Mr Jones' Jones talk Paul Masters of the road commission delivered a speech on Bridge Types which was followed b by a discussion on the topic conducted by O. O C C. Lockhart rt Ogden senior highway bridge engineer public roads administration Wednesdays Wednesday's session was the most heavily attended of the con coin ference i |