Show Road Project at Elgin Planned Construction of a federal aid secondary road project extending extending extending extend extend- ing from Elgin up the Green river for a distance of seven miles mUes and serving a number of farms aImS on the Grand county side lot of the Green river valley was wag considered Monday at a meetIng meeting meeting meet- meet Ing of the board of county com corn missioners Application for this project has been pending with the state road and the federal bureau of public roads for about five years and LInd It has now advanced to the tho point where construction may be undertaken un un- Estimated cost of the project Including several bridges across deep washes Is The county's share o of the cost will willbe willbe be 30 per cent or approximately Under the secondary highway federal aid plan counties counties coun coun- ties ies must pr provide vide the matching funds instead of the states of way matters Several and finance problems must be worked out before the county can enter into an agreement for exe execution of the project the commissioners state Present at Mondays Monday's meeting of the board were Commissioners Commission Commission- ers R. R J J. J Fletcher Frank Shields and L. L L. L Taylor and Clerk Margie Mangle M. M Shafer The board was WIlS advised by bythe bythe bythe the state road commission that thai Grand county's allocation of Class Clas B D road funds for 1949 1940 is Js This money will be paid over to the county when budgeted and requisitioned The board discussed the Possibility possibility pos pos- of building a suspension bridge across the Colorado river river riv riv- nv- nv er en south of If Cisco to serve the area between the Colorado and Dolores rivers Commissioner Shields was authorized to get Information on the costs of sucha such a structure and to find tind out to what extent interested citizens citizens' would extend financial aid The report of Edabelle A. A Empson manager of the Grand county hospital for the month of February showed receipts of 16 8 14 and expenses of ot The matter of ho hospital finances cs es was discussed and the muna- muna ger reported that some progress is being mode made in collecting outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing accounts The board decided to take legal action to Cj accounts from people who are making no effort to pay their hospital bills |