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Show STATE PREPARED TO HANDLE HANDLECOURTHOUSE HANDLECOURTHOUSE COURTHOUSE BRIDGE SITUATION SITUATIONLast Last week the board of county com- com commissioners commissioners com commissioners - missioners requested R A Gillis , dis- dis district district dis district - - trict road engineer , . to Ito take up with withthe withthe withthe the state road commission commisslon the matter matterof matterof matterof of providing plOviding piovlding a temporary cro crossing crossingover crossingover . sing singover < : over lower Courthouse wash , fourmiles four fourmiles fourmiles miles north of Moab A steel bridgewas bridge bridgewas bridgewas was washed out here last year , and asmall a asmall asmall small temporary structure was pro provided pro- pro provided provided - vided to be used until a large permanent perman perman- permanent permanent - ent bridge could be erected This Thistemporary Thistemporary Thistemporary temporary structure will wJ.11 wJ11 . doubtless be becovered becovered becovered covered with the high water from theColorado the theColorado theColorado Colorado river , which each spring springbacks springbacks springbacks backs up into mto the washYesterday washYesterday wash washYesterday Yesterday the county commissioners commissionersreceived commissionersreceived commissionersreceived received the following letter from fromEngmeer fromEngineer fromEngineer Engmeer Engineer Glllis Gillis * ' "In In " answer to your letter of May 5-concerning 5 concerning S . 5 ' - concerning the temporary bridge afclower at atlower atlower lower Courthouse wash v.ash vash . The condi condi- condition condition condition - - tion afc at Courthouse wash was brought broughtto broughfrto " to my attention some time ago . , ancl and andwe anclwe andwe we are preparing prep"lrlng preplrlng " to take care of am any anyemergency anvuneigency " une1gency emergency that may arise during l high highwater high.water highwater gh ghwater . water in the Colorado river WIthIn WIthInthe Withinthe Withinthe the next ncxt week we will have suffIclent sufficienu sufficienubridge sufficientbridge . brIdge material materia , and also a no pile dnver dnverlocated dnverlocated driverlocated located in Grand county By havingthe havInr having havingthe ; the material materlal on the ground vie we e canplace c"tn ctn can c"tnplace canplace " place a temporary bridge acro"s acros acro " s thewash the thewash thewash wash very quickly , but we do .I I . ! f3t ot : > t wishto "ish ish wish "ishto wishto " to go to this expense unless un1e.ss un1ess . we aresure are aresure aresure sure It will wlU be necessary . " I |