Vernal Express | 1937-08-12 | Page 1 | County and State Officers Inspect Watson Road

I County and State Officers Inspect Watson Road On a road Inspection tour into the southeast end of or Uintah coun- coun county ty on Tuesday Uintah a s three thre three Ity c commissioners Sheriff J 3 Emery Em r Johnson and District Engineer C CE fE E Larsen of the Utah state road d commission examined roads and andI bridges in the Bonanza- Bonanza Watson and Rainbow area to U S 40 I Little hope is held by the group grou that the Watson-US Watson 40 road can cant be made a state secondary high high- t way nay at present as this requires an act of or the state legislature How I How ever plans were made by the com I corn corn- missioners to give bridges In that area some much needed attention I and to provide county main maintenance ance ten ance for at least one of the t OI to tw Utah routes Into Watson Gilsonite mine operators and thel UIntah Railway ay are principal tax tax-I j payers In that section and good goodroad road roads are a necessity for steady shipments The Inspection party was as as met at I Watson by Homer D Ford super super- superintendent superintendent superintendent of or the Barger Co gil- gil gilsonite producers and E V Des- Des i hays a mine foreman who con con- conferred con 1 con conferred erred with the road officials on the road problem The people have hae cooperated materially the county In the main maintenance ten ten-I I ance of roads road In t that section