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Show , River Road Receives ReceivesMuch ReceivesMuch ReceivesMuchNeeded Much Needed RepairsBetterment Repairs RepairsBetterment BettermentOIk Betterment \ woik \\OIk OIk on the Colo Cola Colorado Colarado Colorado rado nver river highay high \ay ay v s \ ay between Moab Moaband Moaband Moaband and Caotif Ca"U CaU Cat1c " " ' valley has been under underay underway underway and al alread already already \\ay ay way \ for the past month read ready ) a vast improvement lffiprovement is in inevidence inevidence eVldence evidence The grade has been beenwldened beenwidened beenwidened wldened widened from frem frcm Moab to Nigger Bm Bill Billcanyon Billcanyon canyon some very dangerous dug dugways dugways dugways ways receiving recelvmg attention In many manyplacfs rnan rnanplaces manyplaces placfs places It has been necessary to toblast toblast toblast blast out sheer cliffs cl1ffs to perlmt perirnt perirntw permitwidening w \ Idening the grade gradeA A large tractor equipped with withbulldozer \ withbulldozer Ith Ithbulldozer bulldozer is being bemg used together togetherwith togetherwith togetherwith with air compressor and Jack Jackhaml11ers jackhammers jackhammers haml11ers hammers The work Is under the thesupervl5lon thesupervision thesupervision supervl5lon supervision of GeorgeVhite George \ White \Vhite Vhite mam main mamtenance maintenance maintenance tenance foreman on the roadIt roadIt road roadIt It is the intention mtentlOn to carr can-i can i carry - the theImprovement theimprovement theimprovement Improvement Improvementork \ work \\ork ork up the nver river nverss riveras is as ! far as Castle \ valley alley salley and the theJob thejob thejob Job probably \ will III continue contmue for an another another another other month or more Wherever .Vherever Vherever Whereverpossible Whereverpossible . .Vhereverpossible possible the grade111 grade \ will \\111 111 wili \ beldened be \\ldened ldened widened widenedand \ widenedand ldenedand \ and curves and humps111 humps \ will \\111 111 be beelimmated beeliminated beeliminated elimmated eliminated The work constitutes constitutesthe constitutesthe constitutesthe the most extensive bet 11 I > rment pro proJect project project Ject on the river read rcad react in m the past past20 is corn cornpleted cornpleted 20 years When the job pleted Ieted the hlghv highway highwa3 . a a1l \ will \\1l 1l ! be immeasurably im immpasurably immeasurably mpasurably measurably safer for trafficTl1e trafficThe traffic trafficThe with withstate withstate Ith Ithstate The Tl1e \ vork cork ork is being bemg financed \ state road fl ft find nd ad taxes collected collectea In Inuland inLriand uland xiand ( , county tOunty matchedIth matched \ with \\Ith Ith a like likesum likesum likesum sum from the state road com'1lIS com1lIS convnis com'1lISSlOn convnission com'mssion commssion ' ' SlOn sion About $3500 3500 $ is being betng expend expended expended expended ed and by utilizing lltllizmg heavy equip equipment equipment equipmeat great amount of ofbetterment ofbetterment ment meat a very betterment can be accomplished |