Show Congress congressman mam colton wants federal funds put on road from venial to craig son non B colton utah representative in Con congress grets Is interested in car tying out in the immediate future the plan approved by congress in what Is I 1 known as the colton oddle public domain bill he ile recently pointed out that this Is the first time that the united states congress haa has auth onzer expenditures tor for the maintenance as well ell as the construction of X moral deral aid roads in its essence the public domain bill changes cl anges the basic federal aid act to authorize congress to make ap allons for both per cent V tian and for the maintenance of arterial highways and mothr govern ment owned lands which di 0 not tot produce any revenue tor for the tate it is 1 the first time that mainton ance of such roads has been undertaken said the congressman by the federal government and this issue was keenly debated in congress the argument pre crevalle prevalle pr evalle that these roads are across government owned lands that do not belong to the states ara that therefore ther etore the cons consider ideM eions which cause the states to un de take the maintenance of other federal aid highways do not apply the next step comes at the hearings before congressional committees ra boxt at winter to determine where the money Is most needed on the public doman we want to get construction tion started on these connecting links as soon P 0 a ble utah has a fair share of i A hach would come under the plo pi ang of the act there alpe 1 stretch from vernal to craig Go Ot corado orado rado the highway from price to grand junction and various connections to nevada I 1 think that the wendover cutoff which may hae to be reopened for reconstruction and en on which the maintenance andr increasingly crea singly heavy traffic threatens to become quite a problem can be fully qualified under this act if it is so de sired for both reconstruction aw mante maintenance nance |