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Vernal Express | 1920-12-03 | Page 1 | Road Work Progressing Nicely

Type issue
Date 1920-12-03
Paper Vernal Express
Language eng
City Vernal
County Unitah
Rights No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title Road Work Progressing Nicely
Type article
Date 1920-12-03
Paper Vernal Express
Language eng
City Vernal
County Unitah
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OCR Text road work progressing s 0 ax nicely ice y W WORK ORK ON BRIDGES WILL BE DE RUSHED TO completion AS SOON AS MATERIAL ARRIVE ARRIS FROM PRICE UINTAH COUNTY SURVEYOR MAKES REPORT ON ROAD WORK B JUL G DONE OVER COUNTS surveyor and uintah coun ty road engineer genoer nile hubbel makes a report of the road work BOW now being done over the county thi splendid bright baht and pleas pleasant Atit fall feather Is much to our advantage 1 and excellent progress la Is be ing boado all along the kinei mr hughal tolls tells us u as he our road achievements I 1 crows have haven been working for the past three weeks at jenson cutting down donn snow hilland hill and making a road to ohp ishri cool coal mine mines so the jonsen jensen ado tie PIG can get coal during the winter time without so many dangerous dug T ways they also completed the road at hyrum meeka meeks place around the eop seep there are ara two crews crown working on the vernal lapoint road which have completed three miles of 0 road include ing iho the long dugway on an the east of tho the lapoint ba point bench and the dugway through solid rock just this side of the east dugway they are now making a cut on the new road three ellb long which cuts out both heavy on middle bench r work will be continued on the vernal lapoint road until it Is ab sol necessary to call in the crous when the ground has frozen up and stops work A crew Is in working south of town on the road at bishop george B E wilkins place A truck is now out at price for bridge irons As soon as they arrive they will build the bridges in dry pork fork section and across ashley creek on kabell road the bridge across brush crock creek at riley mur rays will be completed as soon as material arrives which will be about three weeks the new bridge across the river west of lapoint Is to started and Is being built one half mile south of the original site chosen by the county and one mile north of where tho the bridger bridge was washed out three ago during the hisk fsr work had been started at the first site chosen but on account of dissat MUM Is of the people served it was mas stopped stopp d and work started one half mile south at this point the bridge rill will cost at least more says engineer hughel itu ghi but u t the people of lapoint ahl whiterocks White tero hay hen den leeton bennett and 4 wilson agreed a gre ed ahat mrle clearl change go 7 ali made they would donate to the county work equal to or more than the hum made cc ec essary by tha th change the amount appropriate wy vy the county would complete oom the bridge at the chosen bite site but not where it now Is being the th 0 extra cost Is by work consisting of directing and controlling cont roling the river at this point the people being served felt that to get got the bridge where they wanted anted yr ft T the 7 were willing to donate work mr hughel bays this inove move Is lit covi commendable and shows tho the pub lc ile and unselfish spirit of the people residing in n the west end of the county vou lity with their kelp the wor work k will be rapid lr pushed to completion
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