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Show $180,000 180000 $ , TO BE SPENT ATONCE AT ATONCE ATONCE ONCE ON ROAD PROJECTS PROJECTSWORK Jonl JonlIN ' WORK 'VORK VORK STARTING STARTI/ STARTI STARTIG / G THIS ' WEEK 'VEEK VEEK ON FLOY-THOMPSONS FLOY THOMPSONS FLOY-THOl\lPSONS THOl lPSONS - \ JOB JOB1N JOBIN IN 1N GRAND COUNTY AND DRY VALLEY SEC SEC- SECI SECTION SEC- SEC SECTION SECTION - - I TION IN SAN JUAN ; LOCAL LABOR LABORTO LABORTO ( TO BE USED . - Construction Constructlon work on the Floy- Floy FloyThompsons FloyThompsons Floy-Thompsons Floy Thompsons - - Thompsons federal aid road project projectin in Grand county and the Dry valley valleygravel valleygravel valleygravel gravel project in San Juan county wiIl will wiIlcommence willcommence willcommence commence this v w . week eek , according to K KC KC KC C Wright , assistant chief engineer of ofthe ofthe ofthe the state stat.e . road commission C0'11mlSS10n C011mlSS10n ' , , who was in inMoab inMoab inMoab Moab Tuesday and Wednesday on onmatters onmatters onmatters matters incident to the starting of ofoperations ofoperations ofoperations operations He was accompanied by byR byR byR R A Gills GUls of Price , district distnct engineer engineerFrank , Frank Lewis , resident engineer engmeer on the theGrand theGrand theGrand Grand county job , W . W . . Clyde , con- con contractor contractor con contractor - tractor on the Floy-Thompsons Floy Thompsons - pro- pro project pro project - proIject ject , , . and .and J W Whiting Wbit1ng , the contrac contrac- contractor contractor contractor pro-I pro I - - tor on the Dry valley project H J J.Nielsen JNielsen . Nielsen is resident engineer in charge chargeof chargeof chargeof of the San Juan county jobThe jobThe job jobThe chargeI I The two projects will wllI cost in the theneIghborhood theneighborhood theneighborhood neIghborhood of $180 180 $180000 180000 $ 000 The con- con conI contract contract con contract - I tract price on the ThompsonsFloyproject Thompsons-Floy Thompsons Floy Thompsons-Floyproject Thompsons Floyproject - I Iproject project is $108000 108000 $108 108 $ 000 , while the Dry val valley val- val valley - - valIley ley gravel g vel job will w1l1 cost approximately approximately$75 approximately75 val-I val I 000I $75 75 $ 000Both 000Both 000 000Both I Both contractois contractOl contractors s plan to start work workimmediately workimmediately I Iimmediately [ immediately W . W Clyde is today todaygettmg todaygetting I gettmg a camp established on the Ploy-Thompsons Ploy Thompsons Floy-Thompsons Floy - road and is hIring hIringmen hiringmen hiringmen men He expects to have grading gradingunder gradingunder gradingunder under way within with1n a few days Labor Laborfor Laborfor Laborfor for this project will wlII be obtained in inGrand inGrand inGrand Grand county exclusively , as will the theteams theteams theteams teams It is expected that about 40 40or 40or 40or or 50 teams and as many men will be beemployed beemployed beemployed employed Labor will be supplied suppUed by bythe bythe I the cftunty ceunty county commissioners conun1ssioners ftcm t4"n t4n " a l15t list l15tof listof listof of unemployed that has been com- com complIed compiled com compiled - - piled plIed It is understood that the con- con contactor contactor con contactor - tactor will rotate work to th the end that thatall thatall thatall all of th the unemployed of the county countymay countymay countymay may obtain some benefitThe benditThe benefit bendit benefitThe The same slime system will be used on theDry the theDry theDry Dry valley project , all of the labor and andteams andteams andteams teams being supplied by San Juan Juancounty Juancounty Juancounty county It is believed that . all .all avail avail- available available available - able labor and teams in that county countycan countycan , can be given employmentThe employmentThe employment employmentThe The Floy-Thompsons Floy Thompsons - project is 15 1275 1275miles 1275miles 1275miles miles in length and includes five fivebridges fivebridges fivebridges bridges The Dry valley project is 15 152 152m1les 152miles 2miles m1les miles m in length , and consists almost almostentirely almostentirely almostentirely entirely of gravel-surfacing gravel surfacing - , although althoughsome althoughsome althoughsome some of the grade will be widenedThese widenedThese widened widenedThese These jobs will be completed by byJune byJune byJune June , it is expected |