Show road W IF aa Is in 1 kor aint approximately proximately rP A tons tona of native rock bock asphaltum will be ba ed to surface U S 40 from ther the ouray valley canal to twists Tivis ts to be mined this winter winte although not ya yc finally approved the national TU recovery COVery nig wals wais budget includes rathe use of approximately 5 DD tons of rook tor for surfacing of TY IT 9 40 for 7 75 5 miles between tho the ouray canal and the twists tha me asphalt will be mined this winter and spread on the road as early in the spring as Is practical to work the utah road read program has been boosted 1575 to relieve tt tl e unemployment situation all ali possible led tape arin bs be in order that work may be ba started tasa fall for the baray canal project of surfacing it will mill require approximately tons of oe rock asphalt tills this wll will be mined in the hills just west of vernal and will give work to a considerable number of men at a time when oth obar r road work cannot be ba carried on another reid re id project now leing surveyed la is the road from the hairway hair way hollow to the top of the hill west of vernal rt it Is estimated 73 DOO v be spent on this project it Is in tor for gravel construction and surfacing while it Is not definitely known just when work will start on these to load projects it Is encourage ing to know that uintah county Is to lave have A few miles of primary maxy highway tested out with rock asphalt sur taxing it Is possible ble before all of ther wv ap allotment of roney poney lias ha been used that other sections of tile the U 8 40 will ft be ordered surfaced by local material leeral ameral thousands of dollars could be saved by the state road commission by luring having the U B S 40 surfaced sur fated the spring pring from vernal to jensen and even on to the tha colorado line this should bo be done before the relatively new surfacing is so badly worn out thi t an entire ne new surface face 13 13 m e quiren before rock asphalt la Is placed on the road bed there need be no tear fear on the part of the state road as to the desirability and durability of the took rock asphalt as an economical surfacing material for a num bar of years the three quarter mile stretch from the monument to the vintah stake tabernacle has had elery eiery transportation test to put on any sm faced highway the very heaviest loads of gilsonite conj to and the heaviest oil attucks to say nothing of the heavy loads ot of bridge steel have passed over this seeton section of road it is a well known fact thit that in all tasa years there has never been any big biff repair bills on this rock asfalt surfaced stretch of croaa there vere mere also abo seen different methods used in treating the as ahalt beece placing it on the gravel bed none of them have broken I 1 down showing that rock asphalt treated li io any way Is a success as a surfacing material the mining of at least 10 DOD to ad more tons of asphalt would mould make a winter project which would place comity out ot of tho the red as aa tar far as relief funds would be concerned for able bodied citizens this surely would be a great benefit to the state and nation |