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Show - - - - - - - - Postwar Road RoadPlans RoadPlans RoadPIana Plans Made 8y By 8yRoad ByRoad ByRoad Road Commission The Utah State Road CommIs- CommIs Consuls- Consuls CommIssIon Consulssion ConunU-slon ConunU slon - sIon la 1:1 11 to : making every effort p a- a pos- pos - asible possible p6 p6sible -sible sible - sible despite deplte . ' ! a critical manpower manpowershortage manpowerohortage manpowershortage shortage ohortage to formulate tormulate a postwar postwarprogram postwarprogram poctwarprogram program wl which ch wlU will enable the thestate thestate thestate state Immediately to reume resume * re recommended re- re - reoommended recommended - commended oommended road mad projects whenhostilities when whenhostilities whenhostilities hostilities cease It waa was disclooed disclosed disclooedrecently disclosedrecently disclosedrecently recently by John E Evans Evan * road roadcommission roadcommission roadcommission commission chairmanMr chairmanMr chairman chairmanMr Mr Evan Evans * comments followPd followed followPdreceipt followedreceipt followedreceipt receipt of a letter from B J JFinch JFinch JFinch Finch district d1.strict d1strict . engineer of the IT U ITB US U"8 U8 " B S Public Roads Administration AdministrationS Administration.who Administrationwho AdministrationSwho . , who recommended recomniencied that Utahprogram Ut9.h Ut9h Utah . 8 s * 8program sprogram program be advanced a as * speedilyas speedily as possible so o the state would be beIn bein b bIn In a petition p05ltlon position to prosecute a 12 to to15 15 million dollar dolIar a year program programduring programduring programduring during ; the three years followingthe following : the war warFailure Failure ts t ( < do so would mean meanthat meanthat meanthat that weould we \ would \\ould ould nut Hut . be able to do doour doour doour our share In the employment sit sit- situation sit- sit situation situation . - - . uation that will wlIl dcvelope develope after thewar the thewar thewar war and that the state of Utahwould UtahWould Utah Would not be b < ( In a position pooitlon to ut- ut iii- iii utilize iiiSize ut utilize - ilize Size the funds provided I shall shallbe shallbe shallbe be glad to assist asslt : ! In any way pos- pos posBible possible po posible - -sible sible - Bible sible to expedite the lIubm1sslon submission lIubm1sslonand submissionand ! submissionand and approval of the neceBSary necessary neceBSaryprogram necessaryprogram necessaryprogram program Mr Tinch Finch said In his hisletter hisletter hialetter hialetterThe letter letterThe The district d18trlct engineer called caUed at attention at- at attention . - tention to the fact that national nationallegislation nationallegislation nationallegislation legislation already has ha * been in- in introduced introduced In Introduced - troduced to provide (1 1 $1 ( $ 000 000 000 000a 000a a year for the first three postwar } years ears . earsMr Mr E > tarul Evans E ana said Utah s a program program.Ls programLs programI programis . I is . < ; being seriously hampered by the thelack thelack thelack lack of manpower However hedisclosed hI he hedinlosed ' dIM dinlosed losed district dtstrlct road engineersthroughout engineers engineersthroughout engineersthroughout throughout the state now are areworking areworking areworking working on postwar road pro- pro program programs pro programs - grams gram ! and when finished fln1shed these theseprograms theseprograms theseprocram programs * will be sent in to the thecentral thecentral thecentral central office In Salt LakeWhen L.akeWhen Lake L.ake LakeWhen . When these projects are re- re - receIved received re received - ceived here we will classify them themas themas themas as Nos 1 I 2 and 3 In the order ofImportance or of orImportance ofimportance Importance the commissionersaid commtssloner commissioner commtsslonersaid commissionersaid said ' The 'The Utah program la Is one onewhJch onewhich oaewhich whJch which Is tnKrwovcn tnfArwoven Interwoven ! WitH witit .t t . , teder fedd13 * Lcounty , county and city need needs needs , * , and ud md mdpact W , . . . teX-pect teX pect - . pect pact coon 800n soon to have nave a " a , . .1SUt 1SUt ctent ctentamount wtftlclaitamount I1UIc1et I1UIc1etamount * amount of planninf plannlntr planning COItI 1ete coinpetetO coinpetetOenable c < o nlete l'tc ltc . < ' " 'fenable fenable ' ) enable the & ttate &tate tate state to pTUclpate patUctpate paiUCIPte 'In In 'InavaUable ' In Inavailable lnarailable avaUable available federal funda funds tun when WbeD the thewar thewar Orwar war end ends * Ur Mr EvanS lSTan added a ded . . 'f f ' < . .1\- .1 . ' 54 . \ - |