Show STATE ENGINEER EXPLAINS COSTS ON PROJECT ANALYZES COSTS COTS FOR BENEFIT OF TAXPAYERS OF COUNTY by HOWARD MEANS special to the express SALT LAKE CITY jan 24 ru your insua of january I 1 1 notice a die cuelon of road costs on ozz project 10 1 D which we are undertaking to iet get under contract at tho the present time ebli information comes from nn an interview with county treasurer henderson Hend ereon representative W H and commissioner W L fletcher had bad with the road commission you state the amount of 0 engineering engine erlof on an this project la Is excessive I 1 would like to analyze this project tor for the taxpayers benefit in the first place this construction tio n is bein betas undertaken on a ag 74 bagin with tho the government in which the tho state pays the 26 per cent tor for the project when placed under contract at present the plans have beva submitted to tho bureau of public roads and contemplate re 1 colding bids on the con construction It ruction of t big project with gravel throughout A an n alternate alter nite is being asked for which using docil asphalt in the construction of one wile ile between 1 the flag pole and the tabernacle after the bids ara are received uintah county can then as to whether they want to p artict pate in the extra expense nece miry siry for the construction of the tb one mile on page 3 column 2 analyzes costs for 13 eq eaf it of f tasu pay payers ars continued from front page 1 f of asphalt this project Is estimate to sop where in the neighborhood of tho the preliminary engineering has coat cost approximately proximately 3 per cent at the time timo this project was under discussion ton by the county commissioners L they hey were told the preliminary engineering costs on the five mile project would be about equal to that on one twice the length I 1 would estimate that thai the amount of money spent on the th pro project Jett tor for investigation would represent 85 per cent of the amount necessary for a project length of this one the average cost of all engineer ing on all projects project il carried on dur lo 10 inga the ear 1922 avie averages ruges about 04 per cen cent t of df the cost costal of ll 11 the ie projects the government in their es 10 per cent for engl tapering tae ering and gad contingencies 1 our engineering on gravel surface projects will vill be a larger P pr per er cent ceat 1 I 1 than on bird surface pro projects jefts as the edme ame amount f work 4 necessary for tafe amner of money amount of invests investigation gathe of materials together with the survey of the project la is necessary in order to have full information for plane plans submitted to the bureau at 0 public toad aadi thia information la Is given gaven with the idea of comparing the preliminary engineering to the total coat cost of at the project and showing where the coat cost la Is not excessive on one hard surface project during 1922 which cost in tie 00 neighborhood of a half balf million dol dollar laro 3 the engineering covering all the feature and including inspection and investigation of depre rented 3 per cent cerit of the cost of the project ct if all of their ther I 1 I 1 could bo be granted jome som people would be perverse enough to wish abut that th they we know of or one fellow who never be the regularity of hie his church attendance he never abee |