Show appropriation BY ROAD commission chairman geo W perry and thomas nichols of the board ot of county commis boners returned from a special meeting of the state road commission this week the meeting was held in salt lake and these nien men were specially called to the capital to go oer the proposition of improvements and appropriations tor for uintah county roads they returned with an assurance that 1000 would be given by tile me state board to this county tor for the immediate purchase of scrapers and other necessary tools to scrape roads with A new method will be adopted this year in scraping and dragging the roads stations will be established along the several high highway was and men will be assigned to work mork in specified tei aitor tor ihus ibus after each storm instead of having a crew cren ot of men start I 1 at one centralized point and not be I 1 able to cover all the roads alter after a storm the new plan will mill allow ample I 1 time for each man to cover his portion giving all the roads attention alter after a storm As is generally genei generally ally diio known nn the board t lets no contracts or authorizes any road improvement to be made as this 1 ji done entirely by the state road commission 0 1 mission through its local com lit lulaa 1 loner louer get geo 1 L goodrich in mal ing its share of the appropriation hom boeer ho en eer er the board has the pov er to de designate N where work shall be q e the following sums were expended in ill the ear 1917 maintenance of all state roads on vernal duchesne Du chesno road new nem construction 5 change in snake hollow 1500 1600 three main uintah river bridges making a total of 13 ment on the vernal duchesne road the total amount expended reached a sum of the new construction item was the amount coi cohering ering the erect erection ien of tho the bridge over the duchesne aher at rt ft duchesne nearly a mile of travel was aas saved by the erection of this bridge |