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Show - - - : - : - - JSTORY STORY ' OF THE STATE ROADCOMMISSION ROADCOMMISSION ROAD | COMMISSION OF ur UTAH AU 1909 - . 1939 1939By 1939By By v H RICHARDS Stat st at ea cal ! Engineer - iriiitti octlon octlonthe ctJon " " ctJonpa accumulate acc"ml accml " Iate1vs accumulateth pa pass P s ' "e e ng rig " years , an the th the9 ; , dnce sInce the motor vehicle vehiclel l ' " e9 rood good roads motormovement movementtheir increment movement ththelr movementththelr 9 eeesgoadoroads eeesgoadoroadsmotor ; profound transformaour transformato transtorma transforma transtorma11'our their thoir 11'our 11our ' our daily datly llves lives and ln In the theInd thel.y thely thel.ydminlstratlon . to dminlstratlon administration of o ( our highIt high " Ind increasingly ad adeous adeons adStrrtus it becomes becon1cs It to weave the record of ofJII'S ofass ot- ot otnd " - eous eons . and nd tl t1 e a improvement of ofh ofhgbaa1S otMhn JII'S JIIS ] ) ass ' there thereinder Inder Into a afed acted bllays ya hgbaa1S h cted , fed " history In Iu the Statecommission StateCommission State StateM M commission Commission s Eleventh BlenBtnon Bien Blen BienReport Blen8eport Report 8eport w wlne covering lne the fiscalthere fiscal ' " ion thereion ionof3 i9291939 19291939 Ory . . . of3 of3the ot of the there twowdecadesd twowdecadesdof two was decades IncludedOry included of ofog ofS lroad oflroad build bund dthe ng og "hlch hlch which " hich followed followedcreation followedtr followed.Inn followedInn ' creation trstton stton . . . ofdthe of the commission by byJeglslature byyglslature Jeglslature yglslature bySris tr ture of o ( 1 l 1"09 109 Q09 iO9 " Due to the theexpreoslons theexPre the.xore'ilons the.xoreilons thexoreilons " expreoslons exPre . ' sions of o ( interest In Inpubucat inpoblicat In"nblicat Innblicat " pubucat poblicat on and ot of Its value ask ask as t k of o ( ! reference it Is desIrable desIrableIII desirableag desirablennt III ag the history down to date datebe datethe dateittie be the ! itinipoint standpoint of o ( thirty yearsb yearsa years yearsriy riy 11 b I ? a ! first 5rst legislative enactment enactmentnnt enactmentan Statejing appropriation tor for State Stateclpatlon StateInttlon jing in an jingcipatlon clpatlon cipatlon ( and IInd supervis supervls on in the theI theTeDlent thecement theiiTeaeBt I TeDlent cement of o ( the h gh ghways ways was wased wased wasiltlln ed In 1909 The law ( Chap- Chap Chap118 ChapII Chap-118 Chap 118 - - 118 Laws of o ( 1909 in erIect effect11) effect11 II 1 ) created a II State roads roadscorn road com corn comon cornha cornJOB ha on and * al established a Statebuild Statebuild State StateI I build ne Og f"1111 f1111 fund " to le be ) wed used by bycomm byComm conim comm ss is on tor for highway con conclloo conetloa contion clloo etloa ( IB In is cooperation with the theral thejnl 1\1 1 ral \ counties on a s system stem ofhIgbways ofhighways of Ii hisliways hIgbways highways to be designated by bycommission bycommission byOBinlssIon commission ( I Ie | commissione II e Interest In highway 1m im 1memeot imanent 1mtinent emeot anent and the des re to re reI ree ree ree I e eilsttog existing detects defects in highway highwayIslratlon highwaytitration highwayInlslration Islratlon titration was expressed In InGovernor inGovernors InGoTernora Governor Governors s message of o tha thatsherein that t twbereln rtereta wbereln sherein on the subject of ofIt ofit ot3 tI I , it was urged A uniform uniformni uniformill uniformm ; ill m ot of construction a ' " ftith Ith a as as ais s ot of ra r siag sing special road fin finIn fin1n fins In 1n the various counties countlea11 countiesId Id be provided What is done doneId doneId doneH Id be ilong along the tbe lines hnes of stabll stabil stablland stabilsad stabilni and sad ( thoroughness having Ina fna In fn Ina a permanency which un unately un0tely unBitely ately 0tely has been overlooked In iny inf y , Instances lostances heretofore Provl Provi ProvlIhoold Provishould Provlilonid Ihoold should be made requiring com corn come11n cornIcy cornicy Icy e11n to In those to whom Is given given'Jork givencork givenwt 'Jork Jork cork ' ot of improvement There Therea Thereo o 0 occasion tor for me to dwellthe dwell , Ilia Ihe the advantages of ot such 1m im 1mments imments 1menents , ments to the people of theaod theand the ! , mi aod and I heartily recommend recommendprompt recommendprompt recommendprompt prompt and most earnest conI con I 1 1lion 'itlon itlon ' lion ot of o1 this important sub sub1C9 . 1C9 1909 1109 ! there were outside of the thepulous theBluloul I pulous counties In the north northportion northportion northBl portion ot of the State very verymITes veryodes verynBes mITes odes of o1 roads fthlch "hleh hleh which " could be beas beas beid M as Improved even with wllh al alee alce alBee ee ce lor for conditions ot of thIrty thIrtyago thirtyago thirtyup ago ) In nearly all other areas areasthe areasthe areastithe the State due to the sparse sparseatIon sparseltron sparselition atIon ltron and 1 I mited mlled coiled means adeImprovement adeimprovement ade ImproTement Improvement of the hlghwa1S highway highwaysi hlghwa1Sa s sI a I practicable practlcable imposs bility blhty Intoimtles In Inties Inties ties along the State s bor borI borthere borthere bor.there borthere I . there were on the east west westloutb westsouth westtOBth loutb south no interstate connec connecl I l Io lo o her ber than mere trails and andCIIod andtoad and'conitlon andconitlon to1 ' CIIod toad tlon tion continued due andI to torestrictions torestrictions I restrictions in methods of ofC ofcog otKB C cog morelthe lJg ? for tor ten years or more morel morelie I ( be the ! creation ot of the State Slate roadIston roadlesion road roadlilOD lilOD Iston lesion lesione ! ! ! roadi I I e tgency agency responsible for all allroads allroads alllioaii roads prior to the creation creationState creationie I State md r01d road commission was wasch wasCh waspch ch county a three memberIt membero memberof member of o ( ! county commlsslonels commissfoneis commissloneisT commissfoneisy y , highway revenues were werefrom wereti asd 54 from ( rom a 1 mited mlted levy on as asproperty asproperty property and a poll tax I taxI taxboods taxbonds "Olds Olds boods bonds " financed from the prop propto proptu propttx apII tu ttx Trere were Issuable upon apo apof ap II ot of o ! property owners subject subjecttiinstltutional subjectConstitutional nstltutlonal Constitutional debt llmltat IImltat limitat on onto onio onM to io percent ot of o1 assessed valuaaddition valua . in toin inlocal - In _ .addlton addlton . ' tdditlon addition , . " ' ' ! Vll > to m LQ local local Dcome income ! income - ' . " ' ' Vll > m LQ local Dcome income ! . _ . , Dcomeassistance incomeassistance incometsslttance assistance waa was derived from trom"ate tromate " tate late fromtate fromlate through incidental ap ttloni atIoos stioni apatIoos apstioni ; par particularly II cui a r I y forIS forSi tor for IS Si In 10 various counties The Theents Theeats The"lit Thelit " ents eats la In the Governor s mes mesabove mesabove mestioTe above probably1 probablynpon probablyupon quoted are probably laadef inadeof npoa npon upon Instances ot of inade bade badeof ot of plans and supervision supervisionState State tunds funds were Involved involved"rolMly involvedrolMly InvolvedIcnlarly involvedIcularly " Icnlarly Icularly indicative ot of the the"ii theii " Ilty lily theIlty thelily theI thee tor for good h ghwavs ghwap ghwa in the thetasportation thethat I e tranSPortation syst syste system m n is the theeen that is ! its n twenty nine coun couneen councen een cen county aeate seats are notrailroads not ' notby by railroads railroadsno and nine coun'fI'e coun ' 'fI'e fIe theira " ' no railroads within theirAdamn their theirMmin a ' theirI I Agencyut Agencyer er Mmin Admin Adamn itratlve atratlve atrative Agency statute"l statutel statutet the terms of the statute " t lilEhway highway department was wasre wasv fivers by wasby r ycona a commission department ot of five fivel Gov"tw Govtw " 01 St GofiveSt rs re reycona tH the . cons ' " State ' " sting ' "le le " of o ( the Gov Gofive Gofivev v as chairman the ' engineer the"tineer thetineer theengineer " the State treasurer ne na treasurer"member treasurermember treasurerne treasurerna " theI thea member from each ol of the " I a of oc the State university universitye " e State Bl ta agricultural agrlcultural collese college collegetd collegeM td M " ' by oy the governing boards " e S boardse boardsS " institutions " reof re0f "tutlong tutlong Under a re- re re"Btnt - - of 0f the statute in 1917 an "Btnt Btnt l1ent bent " anl1ent anbent ! fiver provided proYlded for ( or a five- five five"r - - r ofoternor of0vernor commission consisting of oternor 0vernor th(7 th7 theof . -"r "r r - " " of 01 the State the ( 0 0try try tryattorney ot of state Btate the State audl audi audin audlattorney * theengineer attorney ney general and the thero ( engineer All members of to ro . 'U'OEumg UOEumg the'U'OEumg ' toregoing foregoing oregolng ' * ; " " ' 6 1 forms lorms Iorms ot ol of oX f th the . 'U'OEumg UOEumg ' ' * ; " " ' 6 lorms Iorms IUlon lesion | ' ii the"iro theiro " , I . , served without addl adds , / addlWttrensatlon addlcompensation thecIa Wttrensatlon compensation in 19- 19 191 1991 19"1 " - > 1 the thetii cIa I1 I1lied , i type pe of t > t 'ommission ommission commission ' was wasut.fl Gned lied boardstaa thenuted henuteri ut.fl utfl . and * na tlle the board "d d " as then hen thenM uted uteri " " " and end " nt 1t "ontiuulngr ontiuulngr continuIng to the M thoe time , with a brief exception below exceptionww ? ? threet threers consisted ot of threo three t rs pr threepr prappointed or thpor apPointed theThe at large by thp the The term of . - ' " ofllce office is 1s ta 1se - " * U * U11LUO 19 I e ' " II ea apII apea "cept cept elCept except that the first ap- ap apB1 - - B1i'8 were -i'8 i'8 i8 - ' to serve for t"0 t0 two t"0respectivelyhi0 " 1sad and sad andelx sadSix B1 | elx Six 1 ' Dent sent years ? , ' ' " ' respectlvely respectively respectivelyhi0 d dy detment8 nhnents etment8 1921nhnents " to ' Oecember December 1 1921 ao y t of at are mado made with the theao the Senate The Gov apPOints aDDOlnts " " " "nf nf J one of o ( the members membersn111 taD1lDlsson mnmiesion ! as Its cha/rmdn cha rmdn chalrmdn / ore Olare than two members may Ity rty politiIty politirty n111 bated . ted " " With " the samo aame same politi polltl"Ion polltlIon " lion eioa The Members Illembers of o ( the then theu 'II II as ' n ? received - - " < -u u - beginning ut ; iimioi ( in d 500d annual annualsalary lu"niial luniial " aalary salary ot of $3 3 $3500I'I 3500II $ 500 and"n andn and4nd qUlred 4nd ' " ieo 500ieo ' " to .YOOO YOOO that . $4 4 $4000 4000 $ 000 in 1939) 1939 ) and t a member shall - I I devote all his time to the duties dutiesprescribed dutiesprescribed dutiesprescribed prescribed by law tor for the office ofllce of ofcommissioner ofcommissioner otcommissioner commissioner and not sel sene sere \ e In Inother inother inother other publ c capacityI capacity I 1 The exception e.ceptlon eceptlon : ! . above noted In Inthe the law prescribing an 'lppointlVe lppointlVe tppointrve 'lppointlVecommlss.lon ' tppointrvecommission ppointlvecommission commlss.lon commlsslon commission of1933 . was an enactment of requiringone 1933 repealed in 193 193o 193a requiring one ot of the three members ot of the thecommission thecommission thecommission commission to be one ot of the elec electlve elective tlve tive officers ot11cers in the executive executh executtte e dEl- dEl de- de dElp'lrtment dep'irtnlent de-pirtment de pirtment - - - p'lrtment plrtment p'irtnlent pirtnlent ' ' ot of the State government governmentto to servo es ex offlcio oIDclo officio and without ad dlt/onal dlt onal ditfoual additional addltonal additfoual / salaryFor salaryFor salary salaryFor For tho the present liw hw governing governingtl governingtI tI tl e a composition of the road com corn commissIOn cornmission cornmission missIOn see Chapter 46 Laws of 1939 1939Following ot1939 ot1939Following Following Is the personnel of ofmembers ofmembers ofmembers members of o ( the road commission commissionduring during consecutive consecuth consecutile e organIzations organIzationssince organizationssince organizationssince since its Inception with dates of ofaccess ofaccess ofaccess access on and retirementYear retirement I ofAlember ofbfember Member Alember bfember , , . yrar Yeara Year , of o ( scrv Serv Spry coF coF co coF F rat rt r , t Er Ex : orec Offc Off ore c o 0 Commiss CommlSl ! On OnW onw onW W 11am II 11 it Bm am pm Spry Governor 1909 1912 1913C 1912Caleb Caleb 1912David l b Txnner Tanner State Enit EnR Eng : necr neer veer 1900 1909 1912 David Mattson M ttson Sta St * e a Treniurcr Treasurer 1909 1912 Rleh Richa 1912Rich 1912Rleh 1912Richa * d K R Lymnn Lymon Lyman trom from St St . . Un 1909 1912 1913I 1912J 1 J W Jcnsco Jensen from AfrL AgrL Agri . College 1909 1912Second 1912Sccond 1912 1912Second Second Sccond Ex Off do Comm u SI as ! on onW onw onVf W 11 nm am Srry Story Spry Go crnor ernor 1913 lS13 1916 ( 191W 1916W W D BOCK Beers State Slate En Ene Eng " , nccr neer ncer 1913 1916 le.e lee Jesse 1916Jews 1916le.e 1916Jesse . D D Jewkes State Staw T easuror easurer e sur r 1912 1913 1916 R 1916RchnrdR 1916R 1916W chord chnrd R Lyman from St St . . . Uni UnL . . 19H lS13 1913 1916 W U 11 am * m Pctcrton Peterson from Aeri Agrl Agri Col 1913 1916 1916Th 1916Th 191 < Th rd Ex 0 Ottc Ott ( c o 0 Comm M SI ! soon soonS on onS onS S OHarden mon BtmberEer Bamberger Go trnor ernor 191719 1917 19 0 Harden Bonn Benn on Sec See y of State Slate 1917 1920 D81l Darn 1920Dim 1920D81l 1920Darn B Sheld Sh eld < . Attorney Gen I 1 1917 19 0 Joseph 0Joseph R e State Stow Aud tor 101719 1917 19 0 Geo tGeo F MeGonag McGonag McGona e a State Slaw Enr Eng 1917 1920Appo 1920Appo 1920 1920Appo Appo nt ft re ye . Cofflm Comm s.ion sion s.ionN sionr sifonM . , N r ; 0 C Poulson 1921 May 19 2 2Georee 2Geer"e 2George Geer"e Geere George " D Casto Casl Casio < > 13 19 1 I May lIIoy 19 ira . ' 2Preston 2Presl Ira ( R it Brown ng n ? 19 1 May IIIsy 19 2 Presl Preston < > n G Peterson Pewrson ' 19 IS 2 to date Henry daleHenry dateHenry W Lunt 19 2 IS25 1925 Henry 1925Henry IS25Henry H Bood B ood 19 . ' > 1932 1932W 1932Iv W Iv J Parker 19.5 195 19'6 196 19 . ' ' > 6 October 1935 1935Joseph 1935Josepb Josepb Joseph 1935Edward Chez Atl Ally y Gen Cen 1 I l 1933 1993 June 1935 Edward 1937W E HOWE ' Ju Jo y 1935 March 1937 W D Hammond ' Octo Ocl < > 1935 to I < > date George dafCcorte dateGeorge Abbott April 1937 1931 to data dola date 1 ' Served as 118 cha eha nnan rman neon unt 1 I . Mv r.t.y rt.y rty May . 1922 when wben whentbe wbenthe whenthe tbe the first Scat appo Ilppo nt ve ye comm eomm 'I I ' . s . , on res yes encd gned good . . . * ' Served as cha eha rinan rman 1922 10 S 5 S'Served 51 'Served Served ' . Served u as eh cha " , rman 19 6 193'Served 193 'Served Served * ' Served as cha eha rman 1935 1933 October 1937 Ser March,1937 March1937 ed ai as a , cha eha rman . October Oclober 1935 March March , , 1937 1937s s , Served as chairman cbalrman Apr 1 I 1937 1931 to date . . Des gnat on of State RoadsThe RoadsThe Roads RoadsThe The law of 1909 authorized authorlzed the theselection theselection theselection selection of a system of o State roads roadsby roadsby roadsby by the road comm ssion SSlon Not more morethan morethan morethan than one road was to be designated designatedIn in a county in 1n the same general dl di dlredlon direction direction redlon rection and roads and streets In fn Incities fncities incities cities of the first and second class classmInimum classminimum classminimum ( mInimum , populations of 50000 50000and 50 000 000and 000and and 5 5000 000 respectively In |