| Show VAST SUM SPENT IN GRAND ON HIGHWAYS tills COUNTY RECEIVED MOKE MORE THAN THIRD OF MILLION DOLLARS IN HOAD ROAD construction LAST YEAR more than a third of a million dollars to ile DC exact 82 was expended in grand county on highway construction during the fiscal year ending june 30 1931 according to a report compiled friday in the office of the state auditor grand county saw more road activity than any other county in the state all of this construction being confined to route 50 between thompsons Thomp sons and the colorado state line in san juan county was expended by the state on road construction st the total disbursements of the state for road construction and maintenance during the year aggregated approximately of the total warrants disbursed for construction wor work k totaled while maintenance costs totaled more than since the last legislature added about miles to the state road system and set apart the revenues from the additional one half cent in gasoline sales tax for maintenance and construction on of this added portion a small amount of this maintenance total here given was tor for money spent on that system As a matter of fact however none of the revenue revenue from the added one halt half cent tax had reached the state road funds by the close of the last fiscal year june 30 the law went into effect in may and the secreta secretary ry of state turns his receipts over to the state treasurer by quarters the report shows that the total of salaries and travel account expenditures tures were slightly less than these represent the true overhead items that cannot be charged properly against any particular project the salaries of the commissioners sio ners accounting expenses and general office items that are for the operation and supervision of the entire road system rather than any one project are included in such items the overhead represents about 13 cents for each dollar spent on the road system as a whole construction costs are distributed among the counties since each project is kept within a county if it crosses a county line a different letter Is assigned to it with the same project number for the fiscal year in question con cona a st ruction was most active in grand county where united states route 50 was occupying attention some was spent there in the 12 months tooele thoele county where consid considerable enAble work was done on the same transcontinental tin route and a spur from it leading to tooele thoele city was next in total disbursements for construction with washington county and utah runty also received more than each the share of ut utah ah runty being also largely on united states route 50 the in carbon was likewise chiefly on that route mr air and mrs L L brady announce the birth of a daughter at san jose hospital san jose calif on september 18 mrs airs brady was formerly miss beatrice meador of moab daughter of the late W J meador and Is a sister of carroll J meador of this place |
