| Show UNIs ON WAY OR CBS etoal approve of local projects by Gove government coming soab 0 reports rep ceo goo J constantine ahe times independent as a tol relative zela tive to the cn ince lor for thi i chy I 1 completion raple tion of the two local fed ral kid aid road project projects i I 1 salt wt lake atty utah feb 3 afi cpr clr 1 L L taylor editor moab utah pendent jodar mr taylor aylor dar referring err ng to federal aid project projects 6 5 and 6 1 I have met commission I 1 art frt peter peterson xon lund and blood and ta tte road engineer mean means and be information will 1 eve v the following cje ot of Jn interest terest to ane people of grind grand dinty anty especially Itol erring to project no va 6 5 finis first I 1 i fa authorized to state that a mod modified ifield gre agreement ement nent has been entered into foi fol oderal oral aid money which agreement submitted to the federal bureau a received their endorse tt Ogden and h ite t and approval the ogden bur tautua iku already forwarded this to the an ban Pran clico bureau with favorable ri recommendations commendAtions I 1 am Inform informed cd thai that with this start there is no doubt 0 final sw approval at washington and the tommi ision is already preparing voucher vouchers to begin the work this agreement calls for the inz immediate mediate re of 35 of federal money 0 to olease okise ie it v on n project no 6 the 35 kow however Is foro fore work already done aone that has not been matched with feder at money heretofore the commis lion tion will then use ute this money to complete na and aa as the money is paid out the government will match the money so 0 o pent spent with 50 per cent more the BEre agn ement estimates that will be required to td entirely complete no 6 thus additional will come from the ithe government giving with the be a total of 55 I 1 am ad that the commission can call see do lio reason why WO work rk on no s should pot be started within sixty days at the 10 longest t and then pushed through to final inai completion aa As to project no 6 with the we 35 at floo procured wih with the modified agreement ment as to NO 0 o 6 and the 2 procured as above a total will be procured of 0 inasmuch as na it t will vill require lopoo 40 to complete no 6 there will the then ri se be to spend on n no 6 which in turn will I 1 be ed td with 60 50 per cent government the remainder will then m noney onea r and be e procured by other means to continue along road mad lines let me ie add ahe pe following I 1 have been in everal several consul consultations ns relative to the asoline Oline tax and the distribution ot ands for road purposes at present the lie bill of senator peters provides that hat the license tax be cut in half nd a tax of 2 cents put on gas gm this process it has been es estimated A bat t after necessary deduction deductions have been fen made there will be left lt rom this road fund per an in q lum im will be deducted for continuing fenaes of the commission and thus beave ave a balance of per annum i create into a r revolving evolving fund for ad purposes il it t Is contemplated at as funds are ore taken from the relying fund for various counties af at if 11 will be repaid from the money f vining ming from the government as I 1 will LAx plain after is county has advance the necessary eg esSary funds to start a pro 00 t instead stead of calling on the county 60 continue advancing money awalt ipg S the receipt of federal money the emission will advance it from the revolving fund and then as the gov ament money is received it Is paid 0 ack ck into the revolving fund accord MOO to the amount advanced from that id d thus there Is always a tuna funa on hand so that when projects are orv started arted they need not close down walting the receipt of federal money moner I 1 have been endeavoring to efel effect ct a prom daro whereby the per br 1 A pum lum could be d distributed buted dollar for foz collar lar per mile of state road through tad the state ard thus insure a more equitable bitable division of road money for butlein lying yin counties with am emiller aller lations ona the plan above outlined la Is vie answer at the present time the MIn tulon intimating that in cases nka and san juan counties ey 7 are to in favor of stretching a point lowing allowing them more than in othe other it but of course there Is no afi rantee i ante as to this it Is 11 only an ti nation ifould appreciate receiving any ft commendations from my antz lahat that they may desire to maice makel A and arutt emst the he matter will v III be discuss ed and tha results communicated to td 1 me eo so that I 1 may act intelligently 1 and to the best interests of the peo ve very truly yours G GEO EO J CONSTANT constantine M |
