Show STATE READY HEADY TO KEEP SNO SNOW Off HIGHWAYS New Nev Equipment Is Added For Patrolling oiling Miles Within State The Th state road commissions commission's or organization or- or gani Uon is 13 better prepared this year than ever before to battle snows along along- nearly miles of this states state's main highways K C. C Wright chief engineer said Mon Mon- day jay About worth of t new naw w equipment recently has lias been bee n purchased pur pur- chased including five tractors with the latest typo blade plows hydraulically operated d 20 new plows for use wi with th trucks tracks and two new sew sanding sanding- machines to cUmin cUmin- eliminate ate te the skidding hazard along icy stretches of road rood Mr Wright said he would ask the he commission to approve miles rifles of road for snow removal this year which tely the same ame mileage that was kept frea The commission com corn of f snow last lost winter mission attempts to provide r regnar regular regu au- au lar ar snow removal service on all aU highways and school bus us routes Cost Last winter state road snow re removal removal re- re moval noval cost and it is expected expected ex ox- the cost will vill be equally as great reat this winter The new tractor plows will be bs placed laced for heavy duty as follows Laketown summit Rich county from Castle Rock to the Wyoming line inc on U. U S. S S 30 Summit county gen general ral dut duty in Box 1 der coun y general duty on the roads in the Cedar City region gion and at Soldier Summit on U. U S. S 50 GO The Tile commission commission commis commis- sion already has tractor plows for service in regions where th the tho snowfall sno is heavy Last winter Mr Wright said we were and were unable to open the tha roads as fast as we would liked to have have- done We feel that we ar are now able to handle the heaviest snows Sand Machines l He said sald that on one of the new sanding machines has been used on the Sardi Sardine e canyon summit on U. U S. S 91 and has been found to bever be bevery bevery ver very effective Another one has been ordered for use at tho the point of the mountain between Salt gaIt Lake Lake- and Utah counties Mr Wright said that in places where good sand is close to the highway it is ia used to provide a nonskid dd sar- sar surface surface sur sur- face and in other places cinders are used The commission la ls considering considering con con- the use of a cheap slack coal obtained from tho mines ruffles near Coalville to coves coves' slippery portions of U. U S. S in Summit county An additional snow now removal S1 mo gang gang- of ot four m men n has been stationed stationed stationed sta sta- by the commission at Sol Sal Soldier Soldier dier Creek on U. U S. S 40 in tho the Strawberry valley The The- gangIs gang gang- Is equipped with a tractor plow and anda a truck plow Last year a a. single found to tobe tobe toc crew of four men was be c inadequate to combat the heavy snows which fell in that region Tribune |