| Show vernal V er a my y ton t on surfaced ur i ce highway 7 wa y W A A aid ak L let net this ta its B be e the th A aim 0 of fe every very uintah U ta hr Resit est atiz t REPORTED THAT STATE WILL WORK ON UINTAH ROADS vernal to Duc duchesne hespe will be the immediate objective of state road builders J C ellis district engineer for state boad commission and secretary of state harden bennion are on way to vernal to start work party should ha have v e arria arrived e a ye yesterday esterd ay afternoon salt lake tribune NOT noy 16 the state road commission yesterday discussed finances sufficiently to assure itself that it Is still in the clear and then awarded two contracts tor for road improvement in washington county C the board also took measures to improve with federal aid the uintah county end of the road from vernal to duchesne when the assets and liabilities were balanced it was found that the state Is in the clear by about under the claua claus in the state road bond law requiring that each county except daggett shall receive at least of the state road bond money there Is still owing to the counties something more tha than ff ff the uintah county work comprises three stretches etches of the worst part of the road leading easterly out of vernal it was under discussion with representatives of the federal goi government a few fou days ago and it Is the understanding that station contracts on this work may be let to local bidders at once J C ellis district distrct engineer for the commission was instructed to 10 go to vernal and attend to the starting of this woric it Is believed that the project ment will bo be prepared and signed before the state win nin have incurred any expenditures on the road jt it vaa was expected that district engineer J C ellis of the commission and secretary of state harden a bould 0 uld arrive in vernal wednesday night but had not yet come at the time of going to press as they had phoned P F C parker to have local bidders to meet them who wish to hid bill on the can st ruction work vork mr air parker saya says that it is sate safe to any that the contracts will be let and that at least will be expended in vintah county by the state and if the government takes any part in the construction at least that much more if it dirt road bed Is made mado it would be 18 feet wide while if it the government helps the road bed would 41 have to be 24 bet wide and hard surfaced the first unit east of vernal would probably commence at the high line lipe canal and extend eastward the twist straightening the road and building the road on a much less grade |
