Show Moab Airport To be Surfaced At a meeting of the board of county commissioners Monday a revised project was approved for surfacing gravel-surfacing the new Moab airport Constructed early last spring with natural soil coil surfacing the landing strip has been damaged by recent wind and rain storms and the board feels that the laying of a four- four inch coating of crushed gravelIs gravel is essential to protect the airport airport air port from further deterioration It is planned to gravel a ri strip 1100 1 ao feet wide and feet long as well as the apron and approach The estimated cost i is s approximately of which the Civil Aeronautics AuthorIty Authority Authority Author Author- ity will furnish the state and county furnishing the re re re- 1 It is hoped to get the project completed by fall Next year the commissioners plan to set up a n project calling for oil- oil mulching the strip So far the erosion damage to ithe the airport has been very slight alight the commissioners state bu bulas but butas but las as time goes on the Bullying jwill will become serious unless a protecting layer of crushed gravel is laid Present at Mondays Monday's meeting g of the board were Commissioners Commission CommIssIon- lers ers R R. R J J. J Fletcher her Frank S1 Shields IdS r i I j 1 and L L. L L L. Taylor and ana Cler k Margie M M. Learning Leaming Kent Johnson Improvement supervisor for the bureau of land management met with the board regarding an Improvement improvement improve improve- ment program on the roads inthe in inthe the Sand Flats Fiats area between the Colorado and Dolores rivers He ille stated that the grazing in interests interests In- In plan to expend at least on the project and the board agreed to cooperate to the extent of additional I The report of the county hospital hospital hos hos- pital for the month of June showed expenses of and receipts of The board voted to Install air- air conditioning in the county court house The estimated cost willbe will willbe willbe be The Tho salary of ot Lester Burr Durr janitor and caretaker at the court house and grounds was wasat set at a month Willard A. A Day former chair chair- man m n of the state tate road commission commis- commis o alon sion I n now representing an equipment equip equip- I ment company met with the he board |