Show Engineers Say Poor Roads Hike Accidents Highway Authorities leg Begin in Discussions Of Postwar Plans too oo many accidents accident are occurring occurring occur occur- ring on Utah's highways b because ca s the roads are far from being adequate in jn more ways than one The The Salt Lake City planning board ard ord has worked out a proposed public public works work program which will entail a cost for carrying out the i projects of upwards of 30 There is a definite need for expenditure ext ex ex- t of for improvement im im- un- un provement of Utah's municipal J water ter supply ano another er for ifor sewage disposal and elimination elimina tion of stream pollution and attention at at- must be given the mosquito abatement program These Thee are a a few of at the pert pert- comments made by speakers j addressing the opening sessions of annual highway engineering engineer- engineer ing conference Tuesday in the Union nion building University of Utah which is devoted to postwar plan- plan jiing ning A. A A Diefendorf head of the university's department of civil i engineering was general chair chair- lUan nan nian Reveals eats Plans rians t. t W. W L. L Anderson design n engineer engi engl- it fleer neer cf Utah state road commission told more than delegates that th the postwar plans of the highway department call for the expenditure expenditure expendi expendi- ture ture of a year of federal federal federal fed fed- eral funds over o a year three-year period t to help m make ke Utah's h highway system tem tern modem There is a great need for better highways highways' in Utah asserted Mr Anderson There are too many accidents accident on them We Ve have had to io distribute our funds the best we could in the past and our highway has not been an adequate one but one just to cover the tate There is too much congestion over over man many str stretches and the maint maintenance maintenance main main- t nance c cost st is Ls too high therefore a large postwar highway program t i. is sorely needed in Utah Our present roads were built for low speed cars and a low volume of traffic Program Lags t During the tife war we have built only access ro roads ds tc to military installations in in- and du due to the equipment equip equip- ment o n ben been done Ours Our p program has lagged to the extent of of a year compared with normal times Mr Ir Anderson said Laid that fuat more money spent on n highways will pay dividends He added that motorIsts motorists motor motor- Ista will save ave immense sums um in operating costs wear arid tear on tires tirS and other parts of the machines machines ma ma- chines and there will be big Wg maintenance maintenance maintenance main main- cost reductions Principally it will reduce accidents ace acci cd- cd dents and save liv lives s Mr Woolley listed a grand to total total total to- to tal of proposed projects as more than and then listed many improvements which would cost some more He Hei Held i laid ld that in in su summarizing n the needs heeds to carry out a a. a b balanced lanced postWar post post- War warl planning program the first lit step p of importance is careful selections se se- se- se of the most needed project I I L Financial Policy r A uA sound financial policy should be e established for the fue financing of all ll projects project and where rights-of- rights way vay need to be acquired immediate immedi immedi- Rte ate ste steps s should be taken to obtain ob ob- ob- ob tain tam them Need fir far engineers was cited by 4 A. A LeRoy Taylor of the Uni- Uni of Utah school of mines and engineering He said that he heh h has calls regularly for engineers to to go on projects projects' and predicted that at the right kind of f postwar planning would assure plenty of or Work for all engineers He Re told hearers that th the reason we have so 80 many bureaus bUreau in JI lie down on the job and figure we lay ay down on the job and figure we will ill filet let the federal government do the work for Ifor f or us K BrIef rief speeches were made by Lester ter A. A Blackner Utah state toad road ro d commission who presided Commission Chairman John S. S Evans V rl and Mayor Earl J J. Glade Projects Mayor Myor Glade said aid Postwar improvements in and of of themselves mu mui be of oC la lasting JUng alue altie to the community They rust Hist be needed and should not be merely to provide jobs In InQ Q Our ur r postwar planning we we must not overlook the vital item of oC lance flance ce Cities and state must give very Ivery reasonable encouragement it iw private enterprise p r Among the chief afternoon was wa Colonel Villi William m mN N. N Carey C r y chief engineer federal j Works agency Washington D. D C. C bo talked at length on postwar lanning ling for the nation pointing It LOU OU Mk th that t a sound long range ange prof pro- pro f tram am would be carried out Howard oward Hurst sanitary engi- engi r neer H Utah state board of ot health Utah's water wate problems J nd its need need for sewage disposal nd stream eam pollution prevention He warned that tha t anny army lancers have vc Jold told of the possibility ty Jv becoming a major dis dis- Bt r the war and anti that Utah d have a vigorous r mosquito Lem ent nt program ft rie e final J Cession sion will be held With a banquet Tues Tues- i I w I 4 S. S I IIA IA p 4 f I S M Mit it r rr 4 r 6 I 4 4 F S J I L A Engineers Examine Slump Cone at af Annual Highway Session A. A Diefendorf left W. W L L. Anderson and C. C G. G Woolley speakers at the conference study a gadget used to measure the consistency of concrete which goes into info highways I |