| Show will discuss uintah basin road CHIEF CHIRP ENGINEER 0 barans WIM BLEM ENGINEER ENGIN KEIl IN TO DISCUSS ROAD 1 SALT LAKE CITY july 17 howard C means chief engineer may set out for vornal vernal tora oot P st J wilson chief engineer of at the united states bureau of at public roada roads and it K X bishop his assistant who aro are planning to come through utah following the victory highway throughout that highway enters utah from colorado at X ranch east of jensen jenson and leaves it at wendover mr wilson was present presen at the meeting of the western association of state highway officials in Bait Salt bake Lake last tuesday and wednesday but returned eastward to come back again from dearer deaver by automobile the state road commission will on its return from cedar city make arrangements to meet mr wilison and mr bishop as soon as possible and the problems of the uintah uintah basin portion or at the federal highway system will be discussed so 80 far as approved the federal highway system in utah from K ranch ends at duehesne Du Due chesno besne leaving the connection between that city and tho the remainder of the federal highway system open there Is ls t alforest aj forest h 1 highway from froitland Pruit Fruit land this side of du chesno to hobor heber and abere there Is another road built with ith federal aid but not on the proposed federal aid system submitted between Duch esno cano and castlegate Cast legate A third road crosses tho the mountains between stock more and kamas all three roads haro have high summits and the federal effort will undoubtedly be to obtain the best beat route possible out of the basin which can be kept open all the year or nearly all year it Is even possible that still some other route may be sought stage c system surged SuR god the problem of road construction within the basin itsell is a knotty one in view of the large distances and the small taxable resources with which to pay the states share it Is suggested however that the stage construction process here would result in locating a road that will be al at least passable at all times and JA that may gradually be converted into a of the standards fixed by federal engineers as necessary lor the traffic offering will be run tor for hard hartl surface pavement for rather more than a mile from the eastern end of the price pave mant mr nt through the business district of price the important structure on this thin road Is an underpass where tho the road crosses the denver rio grande western tracks the bids will bo be opened august 10 but the contract cannot be awarded until ab price city and carbon county get the u widened right of way asked by federal off officials this request is for sixty six aix feet beet |
