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Show Criticism of Maw 'Unfair' Says Woodbury Governor Given Credit For County Being Given Additional Money By EVAN J. WOODBURY Washington County Commissioner Of late there has been in Washington Wash-ington county, a certain amount of what I believe to be unfair criticism of the Governor of our state. Because I believe it is unfair, and feeling that the criticism criti-cism exists because of lack of informaton, I offer the following: Gov. Herbert B. Maw is personally per-sonally responsible for several thousand dollars additional appropriations ap-propriations for road improve-m improve-m e n t purposes in Washington county in 1943. All of the appropriation ap-propriation is not as yet spent. Due to the fact that we . are at war, and that sufficient equipment equip-ment and labor were not available to make all of the necessary improvements im-provements in 1943, some of the money will have to be used in 1944, namely, that amount allocated allo-cated to the St. George-Enterprise road. Looked Our Roads Over When the state commission came down to Washington county last spring and looked over our roads, they left without giving us much encouragement of getting what we asked for. Later, when Governor Gov-ernor Maw came down, he was shown our roads and told what we wanted. He was sympathetic with our needs, but told us that an oiled highway from St. George to Enterprise was out of the question ques-tion for the duration of the war, but he would see that enough money was made available to keep that road open all winter and take care of other projects we were asking for. While meeting with the county commissioners last Friday district road engineer, Roy McLeese made the statement that Governor Maw had fully lived up to his promises to the people of Washington county. He said, "If anybody has failed to keep his (the Gov-(Continued Gov-(Continued on page five) Woodbury Report (Continued from first page) ernor's) promise it is I". He went on to state that he had done the best he could with the equipment and labor available, and that he has tried to do first those projects he understood the people considered most urgent. The county commissioners are appreciative of the interest being manifest by the citizens of Washington Wash-ington county in these projects and feel that the Governor will continue to give the county consideration con-sideration for these highway and other improvement projects. At their recent meeting the commissioners decided to ask the state for appropriations to cover two highway projects for 1944. Number one calls for the oiling of the 16 miles of highway from St. George to Veyo on the St. George to Enterprise road. This section is reported practically ready for oiling. Must Be Okehed It is understood that this project, proj-ect, because of its anticipated cost, must first be okehed by the National Na-tional War Production board, who may act favorably on the proposition proposi-tion if they feel the road oiling is sufficiently essential under present conditions. Should that project not be okehed, consideration will be asked on the two and three-tenths miles of highway from St. George to the Rio Virgin bridge. Since this comes within the proper cost limitations it would not require the okeh of the National War Productipn board, but could be approved otherwise, if oil is available. If neither of the above projects are approved for 1944, it is desired de-sired that the money be spent on the highway south from U. S. 91 from the town of Washington to connect with the field road and bring this stretch up to the standard stand-ard required for later oiling. Project number two calls for improvement funds, in addition to the regular maintenance allotment, allot-ment, the same to be spent on the Hurricane to Short Creek road. |