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Show PIONEER P1OMEER CITIZEN CITILE URCESMEV URGES URCES : NEW MEV BRIDGE BAIDE OVER RIVER RIVERI RIVERGeorge I George i.ut- i.ut i.utA . & . - F . . . Powell A . u > . pIOneer dioneer citizen of ofMoab ofMoab ofMoab Moab , has written a letter to the gov-I gov I govIernor gov- gov governor gov governor - - ernor and state load ioad comm commission is'non isnon . ' , urg- urg urgi urg - - i ing lag urging urglag that a new bridge be constructed constructedacross constructedacross I Iacross across the Colorado river at Moab Mr MrPowell MrPowell MrPowell Powell believes bel1eves that the bridge bndge should shouldbe shouldbe shouldbe be located below the mouth of Court- Court Courthouse Courthouse Court-house Court house - house wash . , which would eliminate the theproposed theproposed theproposed proposed Courthouse bridgeSeveral bridgeSeveral bridge bridgeSeveral Several months ago the Moab LIons LIonsclub Lionsclub Lionsclub club urged the state road commission commissionto to take similar action , and pointed out outreasons I Ireasons reasons which it believed belleved showed the theadvlsabll1ty theadvisability theadvisability II advlsabll1ty advisability of eliminating el1mlnating the Court- Court Courthouse Courthouse Court-house Court house - house conjstruction bridge entirely through the con-j con j con- con construction con construction - struction of a new bridge across the theColorado theColorado theColorado Colorado , located below the Court- Court Courthouse Courthouse Court-house Court house theI - I house dossing Classmg ciossmg State road , . engmeers engmeersI engineers engmeershave engineershave engineershave I have apparently decided against agamst thIs thIsI thIsprogram thisprogram I ' program , since a new Courthouse bridge bridgeI bridgeis I Is _ now on the program for early con- con construction construction con construction - struction structionFollowing Following is a copy of Mr Pov.cll's Pov.clls Povclls Poell's Poells Pov.cll'sletter Poell'sletter Pow . ell'sletter ellsletter ' letter : 'To To ' To the governor and state road roadcommissIOners roadcommissioners roadcommissioners commissIOners of Utah"In Utah ' . "In In " a recent issue of The Times-In Times In Times-In- TimesIndependent TimesIndependent TimesIndependent - - dependent , an item therein drew the theattention theattention theattention attention of our people leople here , and the thesame thesame thesame same has been generally discussed The Thesaid Thesaid said aid item was that a bridge was about aboutto aboutto aboutto to be built across Courthouse . wash v.ash vash at atthe atthe atthe the approximate cost of $40,000 40000 $ , A Alalge Alaige Alaige lalge laige majority mzjority of our people here think thinkthis thinkthis thinkthis this is a great mistake , . as the said saidmoney saidmoney saidmoney money could be used to far tar better betterpurpose betterpurpose betterpurpose betterpurpose"The purpose purposeI purpose'The purposeThe I ' "The The 'The " The bridge brldge acioss the river here Is Isin isin isin in very bad condition , is consIdered consIdereddangerous considereddangerous considereddangerous dangerous , and warning to that rffect rffectI effecti rffectis effectiIs effectis I is posted so that the general publIc publIcmay publicmay publicmay may take notice of same"When same"When same same"When publIcI I "When When " the said bridge was built bwlt it itwas itwas itwas was located at the very worst place on onthe onthe onthe the river , where the bed is nothing but butquicksand butquicksand butquicksand onI I quicksand , and thousands of dollars dollarshas I , Ihas has been spent to keep it from fal1lng falling fal1lngover fallingover fallingover over If the same had been built be- be below below be below - low the said Courthouse wash it would wouldhave wouldhave wouldhave have had a bedrock bcdrccl bcdrcck . foundation to tobuild tobuild tobuild build on and the a c \ would sould \ ould be no need needfot needlot needfoi fot lot a bridge acro acro&s acros across & the said wash"Our wash"Our wash wash"Our "Our Our " citizens here believe that a new newbrIdge newbridge newbridge brIdge should be built across the river riveron riveron riveron on a location loc\tion loc tion loc'ttion locttion ' ' \ that is perfectly sound soundand soundand soundand and thatould that would \\ould ould \ shorten the road more morethan morethan morethan than a no mile Therefore , we would like liketo liketo liketo to proposiItion SLC st.e ste se . the Courthouse wash proposi proposi- proposi-I proposi I proposiI proposition proposition - I tion abandoned and the said money moneyapplied moneyapplied moneyapplied applied ' on building a new bridge across acrossthe acrossthe acrossthe the nver rIver , which would not only hclp help hclpMoab helpMoab helpMoab Moab , . but the state and the travel1ng traveling travel1ngpubhc travelingpublic travelingpublic pubhc public publicI publicYours I ' Yours for conservation of the staterO'1.d stateroid state stateroid roid rO'1.d rO1.d rO1d ' . fund , GEO F . 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