Show BY CHIEF ENGINEER W D hammond recently addressed a letter to governor george H dem urging that some road construction work be done by the state in grand county during the year 1929 governor dem turned the letter over henry H blood chairman ot the state road commission expressing the hope that the commission would be able to do something for grand county during the year in the absence of mr blood in the east H 8 kerr chief engineer of the commission wrote hammond as follows with reference to your letter of november to governor dern referred by him to chairman blood ACT blood is east on business appertaining to the western states highway association of which he Is president I 1 therefore take pleasure in answering your letter and advising that irrespective of the tact that our allotment of federal highway funds is too limited to do what Is urgently necessary to do this next year the commission will im sure arrange for some work both in grand and san juan 1 I went ino this matter more in detail in answering a letter from mr patterson of moab and suggest you see this communication a copy of which having also been sent to the board of county commissioners col charles JP tasker well known mining engineer aab geologist who had resided at salt lake for many years died the last of the week the body was taken to green river his former home for colonel tasker had been engaged in oil development work in utah for the past twenty years |