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Show Defense Engineering Engmeermg on onUtah Utah Highwa.ys Highways HighwaysDiscussed . DISaLSsed lit at Meeting MeetingDefens Defens Defensn Defensnvas " , was vas the theme thrme of the theinniiil 1nnual ' Utah Highway Engineering EngineeringConference EngineeringConference Conference held last week ; at the theUI theUi UI lverlty IveT"lty IveTlty " * ; of Utah just as It Is the thes . , ibject Ibjl"ct Ibjlct " uppermost In the minds of ofmo otmost mo t AmericansAttended Americans AmericansAttended Attended by leading civil clvU engl engii ! eera eprs of Utah and Idaho and vis visIted visited Ited by successful men In the Held Heldfrom fieldfrom from California and Chicago the theconvention theconvention convention lasted three days It Itwa Itwas wa , > devoted to dL dl&cusslon dlcusslon & < , cussion of Utah s spart spart part In the tht ' aspects aspect . " of national de defen detense fen e < ; which arc are the engineer s chiefr chiefC chief C ( i ! corn cern cornHe Defense He tense hilhways highways In Utah were weretJ weretl tJ cl ct ! ler er s ibjcct Ibject of disc 1 isslon , > lon In Ini i Idera idcratlon tlon of the $2 2 $2000000 2000000 $2000000which $ 000 000 000which which will com come ! " Into the state statewhen statewhen when congress cong-rees cong rees - ; makes the $287000 287000 (2x7 2x7 ( $ 000000 000 appropriation for the nation nationA A cording to speakers at the ther r nference nfl"rence nflrence " Utah Utahs s money will w1ll be beIH'nt bepent IH'nt IHnt ' to widen Iden existing- existing existinghighwaysfor - highways highwaysfor for uae use In national emergency and andI andt t I il II I 1 access accps , > roads to airports airportsmilitary airportsmilitary military reserves and supply de depote depots depotsThe pote ; The construction of government governmentairports governmentairports airports was discussed by experts expertsIn In the work In addition to elabrate elab- elab elabrate - - ( < rate < ; specifications peclflcatlons laid down by bythp bythe thp army the airports under con conIcleratlon Idt'rntlon Idtrntlon ' must be so constructed 1 ' to support the 38 31000 000 pound poundwheel \ heel load of the new government1 governmentI government I mbers mberc ; 11 RS ' > against the 4000 pound poundhppj poundwheel \\hppj hppj \ load rarried carried by bv most civil clvll civili clvllJ J i nlrports'Ill nirports nlrports nirportsThp ' Thp 'Ill Ill ! ' brllg bri IRCS { ' < ; of Utah would be bein 1 ' n e { ' i l i 1 mor more { ' < ; serious erlou < ; problem problpm In Ina a 3 e f ' of n 11 n itlonsi ltlonal emergency emergencyt t ! ! an tl II e ( ' hl hfphwnys h\\1ye h 1ye \ ! ; Ita It \\a a \ as < ; reveal revealf'd revealpd f'd fd ' at a late latp < ; session " , - > Ion Bridges all allthrOl allthroi thrOl tl l 01 t II tie { ' i ation atlon are at pre prosent < ; ent too narrow nanow and too fragile to torarry tocarry rarry heavy army traffic Al Although Although though as I\S I S \ set et no piovlslon ptovlslon has been made by the rovemment government to toImprove t tImprove < Improve bridles bridges the nation s eng engineers ! neers see the need for many manycha mr--changesThe mr changesThe - - cha ngee ; The Salt Lake municipal alrpor airport airport'tme alrportmc ' tmc 'tme tme In for generous commenda commendatlon commendatlon tlon because of Its revolutionary revolutionarylighting revolutlonarlittiting lighting system which abolishes abolishesthe abollshfthe the old floodlighting method The Thenew Th Thnew new system provides adequate lu lumlnatlon lllummatlon mlnatlon without glare by the slm slmpIe simpie pIe expedient of using superloi superior superiorcontract superloicontract contract llthts lights to outline the therunway thrunway ( runway and allowing the planes planesto planesto to use their own hIgh highpoweredheadlights powered poweredheadlights headlights to light the field Thu This Thisvstem Thuvstem I ThisI vstem Is the brain child of Dr II IIIT HT Plum Consulting COl18ultlng Engineer of ofSlIt olSilt SlIt Lake City and has been adopl adopled adoptcd IT ed In many airports throughout thrO.lghollt thrOlghollt . t'1e t1e t'1ecountry t'i ti t'icountry ' ' < country < ; since ince It has proved so high highIIY highly successful In UtahHighway Utah UtahHighway IIY Highway 40 has been designated a aI adefense adefense defense highway as far east liS liSKlmba1 &aKimballs aKimballs & I Klmba\1 Klmba 1 \ s Junction near Park ParkCity ParhCity City |