Show vernal delegation V e agati 0 on secures 2500 U to start steinauer nater A draw road work U state road commission to appropriate this sum and furnish caterpillar tractor laa la A saturday Satur daj afternoon alter noon a most successful conference was as held at tue we state capital with the state road com commission rals 3 and represent representatives athes of uintah county with regard to matters affect ng county roads and the completion ct of the highe highly ily between betseen vernal and salt lake city pre ent at the conference were 13 J finch district engineer with the federal bureau of public roads chair nun nin 11 11 blood 11 8 S kerr calel engineer and W E knowlton district engineer of the state road corn com james 11 wallis W S hen dechon and E peterson of the lions club A theodore johnson ernest eaten and rl 0 lundberg of the aln tah county farm bureau and willarda willord Willar dl richards and A T burton of the sterling transportation company the first matter discussed was the completion of the state highway from vernal to salt lake city the question was asked whether this could not be completed this car or at least by july of next 3 car ear and the road east of vernal to the colorado line no next t 3 icar ear chairman blood showed tb this 41 was impossible and that in order to ac t comaish com what ahat they had scheduled for this year they ft ere taking the money from other projects in the state this was as especially true with respect to the road from heber to fruitland froitland Fruit land which mr finch said was taking almost all of the forest funds available and what was anticipated for the next three years they would t ate av the entire road completed hovi however ever by the end of next year with regard to the road from vernal east to the colorado line chairman blood could set no definite time in which this work could be completed f continued on page 7 VERNAL delegation SECURES 2500 FOR WORK ON DRAW ROAD continued from page pege 1 certainly abot not within the dext three years but he felt like promising that it would be accomplished jy 37 the time the hig huty from denver west est to the utah line was built the matter of improving the road from vernal north through the draw was as then taken up and chairman blood and associates showed a great desire to do something BUD suo stant lal early in the spring so as to make possible the full use odthe of the ver nal nil manila highway for this purpose mr finch chillman blood engineer kerr and engineer knowlton withdrew fron from the conference to another room for the purpose of consulting budgets and estimates to see what could be promised on returning to the conference chaiem in blood announced that they would agree to put a caterpillar at work 83 coon soon as road conditions would permit and spend in improving aliat road it wax uns also suggested that an effort be made through the lions ns cl C b and vintah county farm bureau t to get t help which would contribute part of their labor so as to increase the amount to be expended it if this was done the necessary work could be accomplished complis hed so that the state could then take over the road and maintain L chairman blood announced that h and his associates cere very desirous ot of accepting the invitation eluned them tum by the lions club to visit vernal and as assured ared the uintah county delegation g tion that this would be done as soon own as his health permitted the conference was characterized by the most friendly feelings and the thanks of people of uintah county sere ere expressed to the commission for their consider consideration atlon |