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Show Bridge Repair RepairMoves Repairj RepairMoves j Moves SlowlySpecial SlowlySpecilt Slowly ( Special Sllecnl Specilt to T I ) I ) GREE GREENRVER RVER Aug 6Tues 6 -Tues Tues - TuesdB Tuesmarked Tues ' di\ di dB\ dB dimarked dBmarked \ \ marked the beginning begmnmg of the thesecond thesecond thesecond second \ eel ee1 since the th ( ' collapseof coIIapseof collapsef coIIapse collapse of f the hlghwabrIdge blghwabridge highway hlghwa\ hlghwa blghwa\ blghwa \ bridge over the theGreen theGreen theGreen Green river and completion of a aeras across a ' eras cross , , oss > ng over the wide span of ofr'ler ofr oir . et not Dur Durtog Durmg r'ler rler r ' ver is as .as , in m sight mg tog the past v \ ' , eek the only tlnng thing tlnngthat thingthat thingthat that has hastbeen been ebeen _ accomplishedthe accomplished accompl1shed J Jthe ithe the cleaiing dealIng cleating a\\ay a ay away \ \ of the debll dcbiis dcbiisand debmand ! and wreckage and preparatIons preparationsmacic preparationsmade . made macic for beginning begmnmg of drIvmg driving drivingof drivingf . of f pIIng p ling 1mg into mto the river bed to tosupport tosupport tosupport support a temporary span for forI forthe forthe I the bridge It has been statedthat stated statedthat . that it will wlII probably take anoth another anothor er or ereek \ tteek \\eek eek seek \ or 10 daS days da ) s before thespan the ' span will be completed so thattravel thattravel that ; travel can again continue contmue over . 50 . -In In - In n the tlie meantime Greennvcr Greennver Greenrivcr GreennverI Greennverand Greenrivcrand and other eastern castern Utah communjties commun I HelperiMoab ' ities lues jties indud mdud mclud ng Price Helper Helper'loab Helperoab 'loab loab ' oab and other towns furthersouth further'south furthersouth ' south are suffering suffermg gleatly giently from fromlo fromlogs from.la's from.las fromlas . lo logs ' < s of business busmess and tourist trade tradeon trade'on tradeon ' on which they depend a great greatdeal greatdeal greatdeal deal In some cases in m Greennvtr Greenl1ver Greeniivor Greenl1v Greeniiv er or bumess houses have eItherclosed eitherclosed either dosed closed , or are ready to close forthe forthe for &t t the & present because of lack of ofbus ofbus ofbus bus ness Bus lines lmes are able tocontinue tocontinue to tortnn continue rtnn + imTp operatIon nneratlOn by bv transfer trancfpr I nng ring passengeis passengels passengeos lover over the river with a small shut shuttie shuttie shuttie tie tram train operated over the raIl raIlroad railroad railroad road bridge All AIl other traffic IS ISbe isbe isbe be ng detoured either ovei ovel ovea hIghlay highsay high highay \lay lay say \ ay 40 fiom flom Salt Lake City or orsouth orsouth oisouth south over highway 160 to Cortez Cor Cortez Cortel tez tel Cob Colo and into mto New MexIco MexIcoBoth MexicoBoth MexicoBoth Both routes are a long waJ waaround wa waaround : , I IBl'ound around Bl'ound Blound ' It has been stated that thatif thaiif if the damage damageto -to to - traffic through throughsOutheastern throughsoutheastern throughsoutheastern sOutheastern Utah was only dur durtog dursat - IDg tog the t me the bridge is out It Itwould itwould itwould would not be so bad but that It ItI Itwill itI itwill ilmil will probable probabl probably take months and andmonths andmonths I months after the bridge is re reI repaU'ed repaired repaired I paU'ed paUed paired ' ' before 'before travel \ vi s \ ill III resume resumeItS resumeits resumeits ItS normal volume volumeA volumeI I A delegation of about 50 ofteals of ofIC ofteals IC teals als of Emery Carbon and andrand andrand andGrand rand counties met at Green Greenver Greenver Greennvtr ver with the highway authorIes authoriesFrida authon authorI authontsFrida es tsFrida esFrida FrIdaJ > : , to see what could be beone beone belone one to repair the damage as asu asuckly asluckly u uckly ckIy as possible The group groupneluded groupneluded groupdeluded neluded 0 Donald Miles dls dis dlsIrlel disfrict disrict Irlel frict road engineer engmeer ChlPf Chif Chi f Bridge Bridgeg Bridgeng Bridgehgneer ng g neer Mounce Mourlce Mourice Housecroft of ofe ofie oftie ie e state road commission May MayrJ Mayir Mayr r rJ J Bracken Lee of Price May Mayir Mayr H r D E _ _ Baldwin Baldwm _ Moab _ _ _ CounH Coun . \ I horit orlt Hatch Helper CltJ city cit : , attor attorey attort ey 07 ? State Senator Mitchell Me MeI Meeh Mech Mech I eh ch Moab Representative E K Kson KIson KIson son Ison ! Price CommlsSlOner Commissioner Commissionerrank Commissionerrank CommlsSlOnerank I CommlsSlOnerI ank rank Halt Hat Hatt ! Greennver GreenrIver Reprenlabve Repreatative Repre Reprentative ntative nlabve atative WlI WinWord Wnford ! ord Bunce Grand Grandmisty Grandlunty unty misty Commissioner E B BlIer Bbier Blller [ lIer bier Carbon county Carbon Carbonunty CarbonOimty Carbonounty unty Oimty Clerk B H Young MaJ Ma Mar Mait : , r Howard Iioward Ioward Silliman Sllhman Greennvt Greenrivr GreenrIv GreenrIvrand rand r and J 3 A Theobold secretary secretaryCarbon secretaryf secretaryiCarbon f ( Carbon iCarbon County Associated Inustres In Inustr Inistr ustr istr es together with busmess business businessiin busmessen businesslen len en from the community commumty communityD commumtyD communityp D p strict stIlCt Rodd ROc1d Road Engineer MIles Mileslated MIlestated tated possible's possibles possIbleas that e e\eo e eo \ , erJ er : , thing thmg possIble ' as ' being bemg done to hurry up the theP31I thePair theepair P31I Pair of the bridge brrdge but that the theob theoh theon ob oh obas ohas longnil longd \ Has \\as as as proving provmg to be a long d tedious one \ with I\vlth I vlth the equip equiptttnl equipent equiptot ent tot available Then with the theggestIon theegestion the"Kestion theKestion " beked ggestIon egestion that the railroad be beated adequateflupment adequateu adequateLU ked to furnish furmsh more adequate LU u pment pinent and to assist in m the"ork theork the theork theirk appointfl appomtd appointd " ork irk a committee was appomt appoint d to contact outside help ThIs ThIsmnllttee Thistflflhittee Thisnunittee Mayor'e Mayore Mayorlee Mayorto mnllttee tflflhittee is composed of ee to ' of o Price Prrce Senator Melichor Melich MelIeh a > or Baldw n ci of Moab and a s'ember sember aember ' ember of the Moab Transpor Transport Transporton ' committees committeeas t ton * on n company ompanJ : , The committee as s instructed to Govmor Govrnor GovOtor appeal to Gov rnor Otor icS offic"or officor OfflCfor Maw ai arid arm . state road OfflC off ic " S " for more assistance assistanceIhe assIStanceThe The Ihe Ash\\ Ash Ashworth Ashorth \ orth Transfer com corn corn'y corny comany corniiiy any iiiy " trucki truckat ' owner of the big truck : brIdgeaded at " trashed crashed through the bndg brIdge < ' deVered deOcred aded , with " " " a 0 . tractor I.A IA . < HLU1 ; bemg being UCAllg de UC Vered Ocred MachinV MachutY ' ed by the Robinson Robmson Machm Machut Y IndianPPer MachmCOmpany company to the Big Indial Indian Indialtt'i1 ' tt'i1 tti1 PPer ' southeastenltl " ' ' nune mme mine m in southeasten southeasteln southeastemn southeastemnwas tah tahwas " ltl .1 1 . . _ was . _ able to tn rptr.pwo rptrpwo retriev retrreve . . the fh th . . _ . _ and Its cargo from the nv 1 \ , nvbed bed dame The extent of the dam e to detertied either \ was sas \ as not deter tied tiedrarmers ed , , rarmers farmers Hard Hit lilt flit Farmers Parmers Hit'Miners ' e 'Miners Miners ofe ofr on the east side of ofL loss quitelOSS , rVer r . Ver r are also suffering suffermg quite t diffito lis as they fmd find It very dlfh diffi to i " transport h hch Itch melonseft Transport their melons Itchare ch chare are rapIdacross rapidacroas ripening rlpemng quite rapId rapidto to across acroas truck ti tii1 i1 the rlver rIver to GreenrIv O ennv ennvivcal the them west ivcal , and aiiu north nuLLii nuLLiikets te Usual markets kets It is too toei In tfl Is IsIn the season to find fmd mar marai e In 10 Colorado The onl only way e O rOduce produce ean can be moved across at ai t tlver river . . , IS by w ferrJ ferrying .n-Ai .nAi .n n Ai . - : , mg iii In m row ruv ruvDM1 Inslve Ptnsive InslveI \ > ! atWhich DM1 , , Which WhichI ? " I la " very y slow andl and an ( I | |