Show favors earth roads R R alman vice president of the state road commission is an advocate of earth roads when ell made and well maintained in ins judgement jud gement they will answer the needs of the traveling pubic in nearly all aarts of utah it is my opinion that the state of utah is not strong enough financially to construct hard roada very extensively throughout tho state and there is a question in my mind also whether if the state has the money for the construction and the maintenance of such highways it would bo vise thus to invest it said sir ionian the annual rainfall in the state is from fifteen to twenty inches ho continued and in my judge ment a road properly constructed of earth will shed this amount of water so that at any time the road would not become what is cnown as mushy in alie springtime when the frost comes out of the ground hard roads cost from to a mile while alie cantli road can be constructed for a mile this of course applies to a road built in a comparatively uniformly sloping country in many portions of utah there are long stretches of sand road A fine wagon road or a fine highway for automobile traffic can bo made in parts by mixing with sand a proper proportion of clay the cost of construction of such a road will depend upon the cost of the material and the difficulty experienced in getting it onto the high v ay |