Show ASPHALT PLANT COMMENCES fENCES WORK The Vernal asphalt lt plant owned owned owned own own- ed and operated by the State Road Commission started op operation op ration this week for the manufacture of materials materials materials ma ma- to be used in the paving of the Fort Duchesne to Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt highway Fifty eight Duchesne Duehesne and Uintah county men are being employed in the plant under the supervision of D. D P. P Maher superintendent of the p pant ant Five thousand tons of the na na- na- na the Live material will be used in the first run The contract will be let letIn letin letin in the near future for the tile construction construe construe- tion of the highway and placing of ot the material The total cost of the project is estimated at 90 Treating of the asphalt reduces the difficulty of laying it in the wint winter r. r In warm weather it 1 is almost to pound the material material ma ma- as s it gums up the hammers hammers ham ham ham- mers mers In cold weather the material ma ma- is I of a texture that makes working comparatively easy Levi J. J MuIr chemist of the state road commission commissionS said |