Show ma 00 TRAIL i a ni ration of stage conshue state will tion policy by possible financing long wg biresch ot of road in grand county cownty commissioners have grind grand asked by the state mad road commis ka wn A a s state tate for the son to t year ot of i at least two mills to tnt mitt cor the state portion of costs for federal ald aid project on the midland 1 ta between green river and the 1 0 state line near westwater the afta 11 i made possible by ot of the stage tag construction ebon Is 11 applicable to the large and sparkly policy poley settled tiled countley count led in utah st lh the salt lake jake tribune jill state construction as applying roads of hither higher ty type solved to list appeared ipp eared for a time to become elome impossible problem in sevier a t that county wanted a long of hard surface highway without serious deprivation other counties in the state there to not riot sufficient federal aid funds wt TO out such an am ambitious bilious pro irit to feet it vas was decided to plan the work h t two st to construct a gravel pd for even a lone lenrer er stretch as a pit of the 1924 road program of the lutt ate and to leave the hard surfacing otil such time as the necess necessary nad and fods should become available traffic co conditions should shout d demand the costly type more the underlying principle ts Is that vicere funds are not available to complete a long stretch of road 0 of a tun taia type and the work be done piece piecemeal oeal meat it is better to 0 o arrange that the plans and specifications so some improvement can be effected on the tie whole stretch rather than to con tact a short stretch of very high type tm and nd leave the remainder of the unimproved it it J is the weak t in 11 the th e highway that controls the ne traffic and no more can be moed over ova a highway because a small part of it is in excellent condition than on be lit moved over the poorest place fa in that highway if a rodd toad is imp impal sable 1 for fifteen miles during three months of the year it will impassable during the same three months even though five miles be improved roved to a point where they could be used the entire year sevier county is able to take a big stage of highway c construction at one time and the federal fede 1 funds ap up peir ear to be available it has 6 a bond finance its end issue with which to ct of the work so something like twenty miles of grayel road are to be considered when the 1924 road pro gum is finally made up grand county must take smaller stages just as is it would have to take smaller sectors if it undertook to construct nothing but hard surfaced highway it could possibly 9 frince one mile a year tear of bard hard surface construction if it A were to attempt to carry out euch such a road build ine ing program for the sixty five mile P t stretch of midland trail across the count county it might make nake a standard agn ewel toad road for five or six miles R year if the federal funds were avail the stage construction program as applied to grand county it the minty takes up the proposition now nde will in involve vo e first the construction of just such structures as are aesa necessary to keep traffic open the goyos royos ro yos 1 of grand county which wih will fill up P and beco become me ini passable impassable with each of the sudden cloudbursts which occur in that region during late and august have long been one of w the ue roost most severe problems of road construction in that district the sudden floods ash out bridges on a moments ments ao notice and leave a steep led narrow gully to tc be ie crossed by the e tourist after he has waited sev tl hour hours for the flood to subside the important import aut thing in stage con is that the wad be located tte the permanent road should go got when ben it is finally cor completed ted then structures can cau be construct ea M of the required permanency to i arvo the higher hither type of road and all the pres ot demands of traffic one penna bent lent thing thin about bout any road no matter f wat the type of construct construction io n should 64 its location if once properly 10 lo bated that need never ch angeii even though lard surface may wear west down or culverts and bridges from time to t a require renewal the vord word was sent by the tate state yd ad commission to grand county the receipt of a letter from the loftice of B J finch district engineer va 4 the united states bureau wes of f pub ab c roada roads this letter was e 1 by ck W crose cross acting district engineer na reads as follows during inspection of the thomp 1011 onla IA sal gal and the woodside goodside side bridge bridge projects troJe ct residents dents of grund county 14 both moab and green river brought ip up the subject of future im Prove ments on the highway between green a river and the colors colorado do line 11 the ne impression seems to preva P that t th state does not intend to ini in tite any federal kai aid projects bed awe nse no county fonda funds a avaU abie P possibly anly the contrary la ts true namely nw that t fed federal aid funds f for or 1923 W 19 ud arral will vill not riot be syri lable forem for im ments in tbt p bartot art of thid att athe th a picnic given bat batur ar f bt on the ad oue wash w s M a ah 1 lut ottly 44 A limited review of the requirements ments of the highway in quett question lon brings to light a possible line of procedure which would involve a comparatively small amount of federal ively aid and yet aglace place an appreciable which mileage of to road 11 in a condition to a great extent the will answer demands of through traffic present about seventy five through there are ire t vehicles ehi cles a day burink the summer months the highway I 1 the location ft pf be determined so that should at first thail outlays being made from ye year at to j the be it total may not year by the county followed loss A calef careful lit reconnaissance should by a transit line surat survey y etc could sections made croat cross be be omitted for considerable portions quite is improvement inasmuch as of the far dista distant yiL some section sections be selected and then could highway started ingolv involving construction stage tage the building of structures merely wo would id probably aich which in most cases to fifteen fool f 00 t be from ten foot pan span an earth boac road span boxes or pipe present require the would answer several possibly sibly for poa traffic of bents the present resent most cases years in ath the connected w road could be lines permanent built on structures location in changes unless material fact filet such in necess necessary ar I 1 could appear involved earthwork de portions avoided as in n the tf lecton tOll of the lira of a to its possible it seems se ems alp id conclusion nt of this est east furnish an sin Improve improvement me it if the r road dad commission comand and grid west highway aside a nomina I 1 mi nion can set aid sid funds fund for true of federal amount tb tl construction tures only stage levy sufficient elent to would have lu ave the county and survey to cover amount the project state portion ot of in grand county ity A two mill levy like wl while wa ile will raise Mm ethin wa will be necessary for thie of indicated a part outline survey as its the permanent cross the st um IM by mr sir proportion of bcd with the ervent to t the he total eral aid ining in and around 30 the ars first t year woo thereafter construction construe cao is 14 stage we this type t e of utah one oce sec ee mit to entirely new has anti not project emery F knerl price the the of tion benent nt to the ayerst for limited en em in been also als construction of bridged bridges trail in midland and on the n county treated cry ery bridge has ben b the woodside federal aid hi y as 13 a 2 separate traffic tro it for tb the a pre pres project serving s to come ent and nd for many years year higher hither type ali much win though a installed it oe eren even present at lit presen on thin than emery through to highway on this aUe nyles and coo cOu cuban clibon V and id than it is beco b greater rood |