Show RIGHTS OF WAY COSTS DIVIDED State to Place 10 Per Cent Upon Involved Counties Irked by lack of cooperation b by various county commissioners in oba ob ob- obtaining Laming a in ing way rights-of-way for the state the he the Utah road commission announced Friday that henceforth the thc counties will aIlI be forced to bear at least 10 per percent ent cent of the cost of purchasing such property Until about a year ago when the tate state road commission undertook to relieve the thc local governments of such burden it was necessary for the counties coun ties ies to purchase c all rights way rights way of-way way needed by the state for highway con- con Cooperation of the coun- coun tics ics ks was expected in return for the tates tate's generosity Instead of enthusiastic the thc road commission corn corn- gained It met with indifference and andin anda in n a some cases county commissioners encouraged property owners to exact what the commission regarded as exorbitant ex- ex prices for lor necessary rights rights- f or H H. S S. S Kerr then chief engineer and andow now ow rights way engineer for the commission conducted an Ion Uon and r recommended commended to the body boy that hat in the future counties s shall be required to participate in the costs of f way rights-of-way purchases and if necessary to file action in courts to condemn the land needed The rec rec- was accepted by the commission late Thursday |