Show GOOD ROADS IN UTAH delegates from all over utah boost ing for improvement in highways good ro roads ids As assoria socia tion formed salt lake city Del delegates to the number of from al ail portions poi lions of tho the state gathered in salt lake city on thursday january 14 for the purpose of discussing the important question of the improvement C ment of the public highways of the state ani among ong tho the important things accomplished at the opening session ans the n appoint ti point mont of a legislative committee consisting of one member from each cacti county and ten at largo from salt lake which was instructed to report al fridays Fil daya session of the convention A resolution committee of five members and one on permanent bation of ten members was also appointed john dern was name named temporary cha chairman irman and J K E jennings secretary Props processor sor it R lynian lyman and L b W pago page of tile the department of axil agriculture cill at washington gave some excellent advice as to the different methods of road making professor lyman advocated a well built road of dirt as tho the best foundation for the macadam ina cadam or asphaltum road that could be had and quoted liberally from figures as to cost of maintenance and construction according to these figures a road load of asphaltum would cost a mile with a given width of 30 feet A good dirt could be constructed by means of a sc scraper raper and a split lo 10 log drag for 30 to 40 a mile and maintained for lisa than 10 a mile a year ever afterwards ter wards professor R R lyman made the statement during the course of in an addres to tile the dele delegates gatia that a road through utah of sufficient strength and durability to withstand the weir wear bild tear of automobiles could bo be built at a cost of no less than a mile judge 0 W V powers stated that the be growing popularity of the automobile was directly responsible for tho the present movement for better roads after long and enthusiastic sessions on thursday the good roads convention finished its ita busl business ness thoroughly organized a state good I 1 roads I 1 0 t d 8 association decided in d etall detail upon the good roads measures that the present legislature will be asked to adopt and adjourned sine die the colv convention antion waa a success in every way the plan now arranged for purposes of carrying out a system of good roads throughout the state Is the appointment of a commission by the governor of the state the commission to c consist of ti ta governor the state engineer the irate state treasurer I 1 an engineer from the university 1 of utah and an engineer from the state agricultural college this commission will select a competent highway engineer who will have charge of all the roads in the state without being under the jurisdiction of the state engineer except as that individual represents the commission of five members this highway engineer will bo be a salaried Ealar led of officer fleer and will hold bold his position as long as he continues to give competent sor service vice the details of this scheme are embodied in a bill velch will cje be presented to the legislature during the present session tho the permanent organization of the convention was effected as follows president governor william spry secretary and treasurer J 13 jennings an executive committee of five members two from salt lake county and one each from weber cache and utah counties senator horschel bullen jr was elected to serve from cacho cache county george at cannon and 0 H hewlet from salt lalie county jqseph dunn of provo from utah county and 0 13 madsan or of ogden from weber county aleh presidents were elected one from each county tho subject of good roads was made the basis of a discussion between governor spry and L W page director of public roads of 0 the department part ment of agriculture at a meeting held in the governors friday fri A number of senators and representatives senta tives were present at the conference and many details of good roads construction were pretty thoroughly threshed out tho the matter of administration of the scheme in order to avoid any interference from poli politics tres was especially espelin lly dwelt upon and mr page outlined a plan for this and also gave a good deal aal of information regarding the methods of con hard surface roads |