Show SOLONS FAVOR PLAN IMPROVEMENTS TO HIGHWAYS Representatives from All Counties Meet Road Commission Representatives c from e c every even county count In iii tho state met with the tho state road tI commission commission com corn mission and tho the house and senate committees committees com corn on good roads this morning to discuss proposed road legislation to determine the desires desire and needs of ot tho the several counties a Gov Simon er Bambers-er met with the gathering and in a brief briet Introductory said sald that tho the several county there assembled would do that which is most needed by this state In the promotion promotion promotion pro pro- motion of or good roads loads There Is no one in the state of ot Utah who Is more in favor ta of ot good roads than I r said the governor so I fir l am not here however howe to even cven Intimate what you ou ought ht to do 10 You know best I Iam Iam Iam am here to listen and to learn There Is a n strong feeling on m my part thou though h that you OU are arc hero here for tor the big fg thing to thins to wait wall over a da day clay to see me sign the prohibition bill tomorrow morning A roll call can of ot the counties showed that every on one one of at the counties exceptIng exceptIng excepting except except- ing Duchesne and Rich had at least one commissioner present at tho meet meet- ing lug There two counties were represented represented represented nevertheless b by slate state road agents Many Ia 1 of ot tho the counties had all three commissioners present I IThe The Interest In the good roads legislation legislation legis legis- i lation lallon is especially special strong In tho the faraway faraway far far- ar- ar awa away counties such uch as Washington and Sun San Juan which had complete county boards in attendance In all there thero were ere tift fifty county commissioners and sixty other representatives from the several counties at the meeting R. R R R. Lyman of tho the state road commission commission com corn mission presided at the meeting and explained the workings of or tho the state road building organization and outlined Its us purposes in the proposed e legislation One of ot the chief amendments to the present law which the state road commission commission com corn mission will seek Is to make It possible for count county commissioners after fixing a a. road district to lo levy a tax against abutting property owners for tor the bull buildIng building build build- in Ing of ot roads It is proposed that the tho county and amI state in such district shall shan pay 76 per cent of ot such cost and the tho abutting property owners owners to pa pay 2 25 2 per cent The Tho provision pro also is made for tor the special assessment a against all an property In the district served b by such road Tho The matter was not taken kindly kindly kind kind- ly lr to b by all an count county representatives and ancI will In all an probability develop considerable considerable consid consid- erable opposition from lom the rural com coin Ie 1 I II I |