| Show COMMISSIO N SEIM at the meeting held at andersons Ander sens ranch last thursday by state road commiss commissioners lonerd ira browning geo D casto and ano N 0 poulson Pou laon B J finch district engineer of the federal bureau ot of roads chairman whitehead of the county commissioners engineer leo A snow the special committee ot of the st george commercial club the contractors tor for sec B ot of tha the state road Represent representative alive J W imlay and other representative citizens ot of st george and hurricane the subject ot of the proposed changes in sees A and B were thoroughly discussed mr air whitehead was on his way to salt lake to attend the tile industrial conference and delegated jos S snow to represent the county after the conference the party went over the road and examined the places where work was proposed and changes made on looking over the alternatives 0 of f cut and tunnel in sea see 1113 B 1 the state road commissioners expressed themselves as unanimously of the opinion that the tunnel was the only solution being much cheaper and much eater the state road commissioners vindicated chas H Bige lows selection ot of the tunnel a as the only proper thing as two dangerous blind curves on the proposed cut would be avoided and the tubel tunnel would have a straight approach and a clear view right through from both ends mr finch stated that even it if the cost ot of tunnel was the same as the cut the tunnel was by tar far preferable from the points of safety and grade A saving of between and Is represented by the tunnel mr finch spoke ot of the upkeep of the roads built by the aid of federal funds and emphatically stated that unless these roads were kept in repair after being built all federal aid would be withdrawn from washington county the verbal agreement entered into by all parties has been written and signed by the county commissioners the road contractors for sec see 1113 B 11 the officers of the st george and hurricane commercial clubs and the road committee appointed by the st george commercial club the agreement follows st george utah april 1921 state road Commis commission slon salt lake city utah gentlemen complying with your request and our verbal agreement with you while here investigating the road situation recently we the un der signed citizens officials and contractors of county hereby submit in writing our proposition as follows the county will cell sell bonds and place at the disposal of the state road commission twenty thousand dollars provided the state furnish a like amount and the bureau of public roads forty thousand dollars all to be applied as follows the forty five hundred feet of section B 1 known as the tunnel through the black ridge shall be completed and the balance of the contract of section B and the balance of the above fund Us b applied on section A that two alternative bids be called tor for on section all A to wit one from andersons Ander sens ranch to bellevue and one from andersons Ander sens ranch to the steel bridge across ash creek that tha t th the e three bridges is section A ba be reduced to rubble mason that the steel previously shipped and charged to the county to be used as far as need be in the construction of these bridges and credit be allowed the county for came same as part of its quota as above that the proposed m mile ile of road west of andersons Ander sens be eliminated and the road be run in front or east of the anderson house all of which we believe to be tor for the best interest of the county that we agree to submit bids for the surfacing of road leading up to the black ridge tunnel la in section 11 B and pledge ourselves to surface said in accordance with the governments specifications free of cost to the state and county for Us its halt of the cost ot of such surfacing provided the government and state broo reo to WO 44 abac |
