Show road from vernal vern is is given final OK plans and an agreement sign ed by state road commission last week survey crew now at work CERTIFIED COPI OF TITE resolution moved by commissioner IV L I 1 dietch Fl etther er seconded by Cora conuel allaer Ern anut eaton passed that the co agreement nt between the slate state road commbs son on and uintah county corer cover ing the cot cost el of save avei sa ve construe lien and minter lance of federal ad aid project MA M 96 A road bi tw apper app rr td ed and nd the commissioners anth nth to rim cop co p ment and that the county of tin ai th in order to its it ob 1 under said co operative lve aar ment ement hereby appropriates tl ill e um sum of nineteen thou Tho und and fhe If hundred undred dollars or as much moi moro a as ma may y be nece sury made valt 4 ble tron from state road tax receipts 11 it II 11 SID DOnAY chalikian chah Chali Jian I 1 hereby certify that the above 11 1 1 a full tall t rue is and correct cop top f a resolution passed by the board of county at a meeting held january 1931 SOV SONT MURRAY seal county clerk uintah county altah the preceding prag paragraphs relating to the improvement of U S 8 40 highway from rom the doughboy monument to jensen are welcome into information to residents of vernil vernal and ashley valley the charge in the r rute ute of the highs highway sy between ver nal and end jensen has been pendent for or several ears the comm commission ishlon rs of 0 uintah county unanimously voted their agre emet on the ampro privation pria atlon tion tor for the construction and the th maintenance ot of the improvement on january 31 1031 and the fate state road commission on february 28 1931 signed and returned to the commis i 1 boners its acceptance and endorse nent of the action th new route of the U 8 3 ac highway ilg hway ul ill run from the dough boy manua nt in vernal d due east t for about 1000 yards to the P peter r the erickson ickson Gr place thence sou southeast bt b t t to the joe mccarrel ranch thence t h to the naples store thence ru southeast t beast to the mantle ranch traversing sections 6 S 5 8 S 16 and IS 15 to the present highway near ashley reek creek the distance from vernal to jensen Is 1 shortened by this new aute oute the erst of 0 this project will be approximately 80 it is understood that construction work on this project will start in april or early in may bray at the latest the project Is 13 one of the biggest construction jobs in the county in recent years yeats about forty men and a considerable ld number of teams will be employed for some time on the probe t a phase of vital importance to residents of the valley the survey made last year on the new route of U V 8 40 0 o highs highway ay from the east cast nd rid of the bridge spanning the green river at jensen to cocklebur Cokl cot klebar ebur junction has been sanctioned and accepted by the state stat road commission the th route of this segment of the U S 40 highway high eight miles in length runs from t the past east end of the bridge due baz east to the top of 0 a plateau and then folio olio ys road hollow I 1 to cockle cocklebur u junction construction ot of this beg eg ment merit will involve an expenditure of f approximately 90 the entire survey of the U S 40 highway from the bridge to the utah colorado state line aill shorten the distance by about four mile miles from cocklebur CocU ebur junction the passes south of the reef I 1 t tw snake sri a ke john wash following this to the state line the K X ra ranch c s stunted on the state line I 1 be isu 1 ft to tso miles to the northeast ot of tho the new survey the me location ot of the U 40 highway ai as now fixed HI ill be permanent 11 II had been planned nned to use a steam stoel on construction of the jensen cocklebur set beg merit ment but it as is fowl that the machine can not bd transported across the bridge at jensen A As a result more men will tad find employ ment on this project probably a total ot of about sixty with ith a con sid erable number of teams team added work will be started in april or early may word haa has been received ot of the ar rival of a baby boy to mr and mrs L |