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Show TOE SALT LAKE 'TRIBUNE, SUNDAY APKIL 23, 1922. MORNING, I. ' ' JIUIP -- V ! - , J 71 ,, Information Heretofore Un-available Now Declared Ready on Short Notice. 1 ,v.- - J7 11 ;.-- r , - " r.V. - r ' v'H: y ?T f :rtn. W v Gigantic - r? - .. MVs . . ' Field Agents Is Necessary for Working of Arrangement Cooperation , From '? v -- ,. "Vnth a scheme projected, to Unk Cedar Brakes, Brycs canyon, Zion National park, the proposed ' Presidents forest, which Is a part of the preeent Kalbab forest, and the Grand Canyon of the Colorado with a system of roads that would permit tourists to visit all of these natu-r- al scenic attractions in from three to six ' days, there eeemn only one flaw in Its r PMlectloB;sc.' T'S-- tt . Cut from solid - cUITe by, the rul of mouota.n torrents, there are to the east of Bryce canyon, almost midway between Montlcello and Pangultch, Utah, four natural brldgea Their arches vary from giant, massive structure to thinner and more artistic spans that resemble a rainbow. - These bridges hsvs been the subject of fiction, geological Vesearcn reports, Indian legends and plajb tales. Their remoteness from numerous habitations bss lent enchantment to their fame... t. 4 a 1 V . - It.. 4 , RAINBOW . OSALT LAKE CITY -- fV T Jjff 'r fc i . A V ' A $ Visited by' Few. J - Yet, with aB their beauty and grandeur," tew have visited these comparatively giant arches, the largest of whlaft ou.d rise high over an ordinary office building. Many hours of horseback riding Is ttis only means by which they can be vie! ted now. With the Increasing settlemtiu of southern Utah, the future utilisation 6f its vast resources it seems absolutely certain that it is only a question of time until a motor highway wlu pierce th wild desert land that surrounds Mother Earth's rainbows jealously guarding them trom irreverent human schemes. Picture for a moment what awaits the a, traveler en a visit to this group of natural bridges, colored cl IITa, lakes, rivers and forests that could be formed Into one group, whose diametrical line would hardly exceed several hundred miles. Imagine alt the colors of an artists palette blended Into Indescribable shapes. Every shads, from that of night to tho faintest pink and goid of dawn, blending, fusing and merging Into myri- ads of prismatic creation a The sudden trees, changing to a sea of deep-hue- d lofty of stature, in which countless hems of deer and all kinds of wild fowl, cat and bear habitata Then south, still south, to a chasm so deep and so wids that its width and depth defy all human hounds of exact conception. Here again can be found colora Strata upon strata, torn and rent by the resistless force of water obeying the law of gravity until the very center of the earth seems scarred and marked permanently with blood from, the heart of tho sphere. Then back again to tho north, into a wilderness of sagebrush and sandstone, where man Is seldom seen. There, bridging ravines as if ths day when human 4elngs awaiting might use them fdr a utilitarian purpose, the natural brldgee of Utah Us in repose, majestic and sublime. . -- Ax' N ' -- ; uf,.n.v Method Not New. y. It is not argued for this system that - It embodies anything essentially ndw in cost accounting for engineering construe- tion. On the contrary. It Is claimed for ( it that the sjstem Just Installed Is one - such as Is demanded In practically every , . Important private, business enterprise tn volving large engineering, construction -, and , maintenance expenditures It Is such, for example, as has long been in use by railroad svstems of the nation find by large bus'ness enterprises gen- t erally. It Is slmikur to the systems in vogue in the government bureau of public roads. In the bureau of Indian affairs and la the United States reclams, tlon service. It is a result of the study of those various systems, and they have been altered only sufficiently to make the System installed rSsponotve to the conditions obtaining In state and federal aid road construction and, maintenance in the state of Utah, reflecting accurately, and equally Important readily, the exact distribution of costs .inpurrel In the road work of the state. Such costs are admittedly large. The evolution of the road system of the nation In recent years, resulting from the increasingly widespread and diversified use of the motor-dr- i' en vehicle, would of Itself mean that. With such Increases In costs as were attrlbutalle to unusual labor and Industrial conditions resulting from the war and reconstruction periods: to the fact that reorganisation of departments and of engineering .and .construction forces had to go on amid a period of large expenditures coming with a suddenness that allowed little opportunity for preliminary organization; with such conditions, be It said, the new system has primarily little to do. It will, however, be of Invaluable assistance In reflecting accurately, clearly and definitely the presence of similar conditions in the future. And with certain diagnosis of the trouble, the task of applying the appropriate remedy Is Immensely simplified. 1. $ v ' rj ; ; V t ' - j ,f Is4, - 'A -- tf! i ' v , "V TO ,fe mcssawo V With this system In proper' working order, a board of county commissioners ,, should he able to ascertain on a few minutes notice not only, the condition of their state road fund with the state treasurer, but exactly the purpose for which expenses have been kieurrtd. They may learn at once how much of this has been spent for labor, how much for engineering or Inspection, how much for . each of the many various forms of road maintenance on any particular stretch of road in their county. They may read-ll- v and at comparatively little expense of time or clerical labor trace eevry cent of expenditures so listed buck to the voucher submitted, thereby learning Just who got the money and on what claim of service performed or of materials supplied. In the past it has cost days and even weeks of effort to get answers to pertinent questions of such a nature. And In some notable instances it never has teen possible, county officials have stated. and Justifiably, too. to get a satisfactory statement. In stilt more numer- ous instances the checking of the statement when rendered has been h Impossible. new Under the 'system, summaries of interest and of Importance to the public, n form lng , thB. people exactly- - what part of their money has been expended In the previous month or quarter, mpy e issued of the readily andof within a few days the period snd the rendercompletion bills of therefor. has This seldom ing been possible In the past, even on a single project, not to mention the entire work in the state, specifying each county and each federal aid project. Officials of the United States bureau of public roads will. It is claimed, he able ;o get on demand the Information thev have a right to demand as to prugress of Work and condition of aoco u n ts I n form s -tlon which thev do demand, property before they will, or are permitted to. refund to the state any part of the 14 the cost uf fuilstTartWHfVrlUcB per cent-othev are now undertaking to pay on federal aid projects in Utah. well-nig- ' f a ,1 f . Check on Bids. From an administrative engineering standpoint, one of the important benefits of the new system will be the assembling of data which will make It possible to determine readily the reasonableness oP bids on future road work. The unit cost a matter of prime Importance In road work as In all forms of engineering construction, will be accurately deter- mined for work already accomplished, and from such information it "111 easily he possible to sea whether a contractor bidding on unite Is placing his work at too high a figure, or, which Is equally Important, at so low a figure that It will - be Impossible for him to carry out the contract in a satisfactory manner. All of these claims for the new eost accounting system may be summarised. Mr. Means says. In the fact that the atm lias been to establlah the work on business principles, such as are demanded tnt 'v nfter long years of cxocrience by federal engineering bureaus, but si so . WumesB dntei pr! vot long ond successful experience, it Is designed lo give public officials and the grnetal public Information 4o which they are en-- 1 A titled, and which they should know If public work Is to be administered prop- - erlv. is complete In It detail, c-- Vf I i, - i Ji In 1 r- ARIZONA-KAIBAB .' v V K rt v i a " '7 '' -' TfjZri FOREST 7 iOSAAfCittS w. GRAND 4' 1 CANYON fi " V ' "'V i " v' 'C ' !. ' - V GREAT WHITE itt THPON& 4 - ti s- r' so far as we have been able to see, Mr. Means said, and yet comparatively Disc Wheels Declared . Faster Than Wire Ones BLOOMINGTON. Ind., April Z2. Dr. A. Id. Foley, head of the department of physics- - and Waterman research professor at Indiana university, believes diso wheels on automobiles will go faster than wire wheels. While experimenting recently on a means for the measurement of time. Dg. Foley Incidentally made the discovt ery. In his experiment Dr.. Foley hitched a motor to a At high speed the bicycle wheel. churning of the apokes in the atr was so great that It was impossible to make the wheel go faster than some 100 revolutions per minute. He then hitched a. smaller motor to a Expenses Classified. Contingent expenses of the state road offices are divided into five classes, expenses of the road commission and of the engineering, accounting, equipment and maintenance departments. Field engineering expenses also are divided into five classes, preliminary engineering on federal aid projects, for which tbs federal government does not share the expense, and engineering and inspection On earth, gravel and - hartbsnrface roads and on maintenance, whether under state or fed-. eral aid projects Other construction expenses are divided Into classes according to the kind of road, earth, roads constructed by foroe account, gravel roads, cement concrete, bituminous, concrete baa with bituminous wearing surface, ' pipe dnlverta, box culverts, lores accounts on culverts or bridges under twenty-fospan, wooden, steel or concrete bridges over twenty-fospan. : Then come classes of maintenance of roads, or earth, gravel or of bridges Other classes have to do with the headquarters engineering department expenditures laboratory, warehouse and strap operations, aud plant expenditures for the same offices. KMB filMI ! IXPRditUU ! OmafiO Into a number of detail accounts Each class has Its number, and each detail also a number. The combination of class and detail- gives the number of the account. Detail divisions required for engineering work, for example, include information as to expenses of engineering parties for salaries of survey party, of field drafting party, for Inspection of road, structures, gravel pits and delivery points and for the field laboratory; engineering charges at the Salt Lake office, expenses for photogratihy. .laboratory charges at the Halt Lake office, automobile travel, personal expenses, telegrams and telephone rails, rent, light, fuel, water, minor equipment repairs and supplies, minor miscellaneous expenses, office supplies and a reasonable rental for equipment must nil be reported separately, and will be kept In separate rfccounta at the office for each road project or road division In the state. On those classes dealing with construction, the detail divisions correspond to the Items on which the contractors must bid In taking the work, some of the classes carrying nearly thirty detail divisions of the expenditures. - r steel ot A hard-surfa- Maintenance Cost Shown. Road maintenance Items are among the most Important, snd the details required In this class Include Information as to whether the labor expenses wers for the state road agents'vheadquarters, for dragging and minor surface repairs, for grad- - snd attained a' Speed W-- erf" . 1 -- 1 - v . ' j : 4 . , county Una. la numbered 426; that from this city to the (Summit county line, 42T; that from Halt Lake to Utah county line, ttS. and from (Salt Lake to the Tooele county line Is 429. Similar natural divisions ars used In numbering the state roads In each county. The federal aid projects are kept separate end retain their United H.atee bureau of public, roads numbers., The system makes it possible to clasIn the field and sify all costs accurately to keep account of 11 expenditures at alt times. It should be known In the state road offices at all times npt only how much motley has been spent on each piece of road or federal aid project in the state road system, but also the exact amount that has been spent for any par" ticular detail of that road, .whether, for automobile mileage, for materials or for any ons of the various details Into which tho work has been divided. -- ot - The origination of the great area comprising this group of scentc wonders Is well described by Robert Sterling Yard, executive secretary of the National Parks association. in a report during January I, 1920. In part, it is as follows: Our great southwest, during periods compassing roost of ths history of tho earth's crust, ros above the waters and fell below them many times. During submersions it accumulated ths limestones snd most of ths sandstones whldh decorate the steps of the plateau region. Iur-tn- g it acquired two of its uplifting showiest strata by gift of winds Vowing from dry deserts; and since it rose for the last time it has acquired Its terraced character by ths wash of millions of years of rains and melting snows. Rarely do the boundaries of these plateaus present straight line. Bitten by GRAND CANYON tong, deep canyons and thrusting forward intarmedlata FRDM NORTH RIM capes snd promontories, they protrude, retreat, turn, curve and O twist In a thousand fantastic outlines. The dind themselves are slmllariv varied. Every eroslonai form which sandetone la ver Main street and crossroads to Mil- capable of taking Is probably here exhibitlard oounty Una, ed In Innumerable striking examp'es. One No. 2 Beaver- IrcJ. 9.1 miles; Beaver of the most frequent forme shows a Main street end crossroads to Iron coun- precipice dropping some hundreds of feet i from the brink of a talus, ty line. No. I Besver-Mllfor30.7 miles; Bee. from which sometimes rise companies and ver Main street and crossroads to north regiments of pinnacles . face of Milford station. ' No. 4 j . il.l miles; Canyons Numerous. Milford hotel to Newhouse depot.-NThere are probably thousands of milee 24 miles; BaaVer 5 Beaver-Flut- e. should measure all the Main street crossroads to Pluto county of clitfs If one snd little. All are beauindentations, big line. of them astonish by their tiful; many BOXKLDER COUNTY. loveliness of decoration and their grandNo. 20.1 miles1 eur of form. The traveler never wearies, end Brigham City courthouse to Tremonton so extraordinary Is the diversity e bank. charm of the endless spectacle.- , I No." 7 Tremonton Idaho, 20.9 mUea, are a good Utahs natural bridges given Trempnton bank to Idaho state llne,:. description, in the- - ecenlo folder recently" 23 Tremonton-Hnowvlll39.9 promulgated by Balt Lake City Commer- It will' also ftlve the total amount spent No. on each road for the month and the year, miles; Tremonton bank lo crossroads - at del dub end chamber of commerce. It " r follow.' and also the total amount-spen- t In each SnawvlUe. Snowville-Nevad102 1 milee; No. 29 of the classes of road work already deLocated In the heart of Ban Juan scribed, both for month and year. The crossroads at Bnowvllls to Nevada state county, near the head of Armstrong can- line. ami White canyon, le the natural sheet also yon Indicates Just what summary 30 Snowvllle-ldab2 5 No. class of work has been performed in each miles; bridges national monument, the objective Snowvtlle hotel Idaho line. to state of every hardy wavfarer who is bent on county and on each federal aid project. 31 Brlgham-Cach- e. No. 10.4 mles; seeing all the wender things In nature s Thus, Mr. Means said, a person will bs able to see in one place and at a Brigham City postofflce to Cache county vast curio house. The three massive structures have acquired .somehow the glance a summary of ths entire road ex- lineNo. , 32 Brtgham-Webe- r, 12.2 milee; unpoetlc nemos of Ed in. Carolina snd penditures of the state for month and two-da- y Augusta!' They are reached bj year, and to determine how much Is be- Brigham City courthouse to Weber counhorseback Journey, from Blending or of various ty line, ing spent for engineering . through CACHE COUNTY. the wild Montlcello, for construction courtry of several the kinds, r. 14.1 No. 61 Classes or ths maintenance of the varimilee: .traversed by the majestic Colorado river. ous kinds of road. The whole story of Logan, tabernacle to Boxelder oounty on will one be road the the progress !. Spans Perfect, rheeu This ought lo prove .one of the No. 2 14.5 miles ThesJ bridge ars carved out most valuable, as well as one of tha more Logan tabernacle to crossroads north ol of the softtowering stone formation with a surfeatures of ku'ormational. the plan. Richmond. . of design and on strucsymmetry prising 3 Croesroa d 3 3 , Tho numbers given to the Utah stala No. miles, tural line that suggest the 'Hu print Toad system, the mileage of each num- crossroads north of Richmond to Idaho of the modern engineer. Colossal In diand Its road are bered description glden state line. mensions and massive In form, they are In the accompanying, which has been No. via' Lewis- located In Idoally picturesque settings. prepared 'to go along with a state road ton, 7.3 miles; crossroads north RichVivid color delineations and strange map which Indicates definitely ' the rout- mond to Idaho stste line. architectural adornments make them ob road: numbered S3 of each 65 Logan-RicNo. miles; Logan Jecta of surpassing grandeur. Each or ing tabernacle to Rich, county line. . BEAVER COUNTY. is happily poised with respect ths bridges 23 I miles; Bea ' CARBON COUNTY. to the surrounding landscape, making It No. 1 Beaver-Mlllare for the tourist to get No. 74 lt.l miles, poesbls Creekr to Frio thrill of alluring vista and graceful akycourthouse. line. River Junction. n on the most preThe Augusta is built - No. 77 Castings 10.! tentious soale of them all. having a span tnlles; Willow Creek tv Price River JunO' of 310 feet, a width of fifty feet and a tlon to Ducheenw county line. at the center of the arch of 166. 4 6 73 Monument-UtaNo. miles height "In the vicinity of the three bridgee are to Utah oounty home Bamberger monument J of the moet interacting line. rulne that have eo far been discov -r' Creek Junction, No.t 79 The famous "ledd-- r ruin' ia near ered. 19 2 miles; Price courthouse to Boldler the These places ot Augusta bridge. S and they are all able to exerclae a de- Creek Junction. to visit and storied Interest are now 0 Soldier Creek Junrtlon-D- u No. gree of driving skill that apeak hlghy explore. 9 miles; 85 Soldier Creek Juno chesne, for the simplicity and sureties of operaThe Rainbow bridge national monuline. tion Of American cars. It ts nothing tlon to41Duchesne oounty Junction-Emerment, alec In Ban Juan county, but it' No. Boldler Creek unusual to sea the tnereat vouth at the south seat of the other three. Is miles helm of a huge car, and drive it. safely 14 4 miles; Boldler .Creek Junction to Em- unluue among the natural bridge of th line. county ery most the traffic. world Mrough congested Not only ts It arched underneath 9.i miles; Main hut No. 82 'On January 1. 1923, there were over above as well, Its spun suggesting tht Ion to Intersect streets end Emery depot 10,506,460 motor vehicles registered in the' sweeping contour of an actual rainbow. United Htates alone, or one to every ten county line. The bridge le 309 feet above the wate DAGGETT COUNTY. persons In the country. Hlnce that time end its span Is 279 feet. To reach tht, these ftgures have been considerably augNo. 101 miles; Ma- wonderful structure required severs) dave mented. aa the Industry has been going nila courthouse to Utnwood (main street snd e pack outfit. It ts a Journey for fie at topnoteh, speed eince the first of tha Intrepid, through a gl"finr4 of t year. OeaUsvei sa EoUswiat Ysge v wonders." , jl Mllford-Newhoue- e, -- . L.- v CEDAR, BREAKS lng and surfacing, for repairing wash-- , outs nd fUlt for -- Clearing difclns, cul- verts and bridges, for repairing such! structures, for repairing cracks and Joints, for patching and surfacing with, bitumen, or with concrete, for roinovtng now, or for minor repairs to bridges o'er twenty-fospan. Also under this oluss are ths engineering charges for the work that may be made by the Halt Lake office. gas, oil and motor supplies, laboratory charges, automobile tiwvel, personal penses, telephone and telegrams, and similar expenses as for "the engineering, and finally the cost of any materials used, delivered on ths Job. For maintenance of earth roads the class number Is TO, Recent costs have bsen In connection with labor for removal of enow, detail No, 11, The expense item is covered under the accounting number 7011. Maintenance of a gravel road is class 71, end If enow la removed from gravel roads the expense le under Maintethe accounting number 7111. nance of roads Is class No. 72, and the cost of labor for removing enow from pavement la given under account No. 7211. The entire state road system, comprising something like 34k) miles of the 24.000 miles of roads and alleys actually used In the state, la divided Into sections, each of which has a separate number. There ere several sections In each county. The sheet reporting any work done on any part of the state road system, either for maintenance or construction, bears the number of the road. The state rok from Balt Lake to the Davis hard-surfa- -- d, revolutions per minute, mors than twice as fast as the wire wheel was driven. The speed at which the disc was driven, if It were on the ground, would be over 400 milee per hour, while the fastest the wire wheel wae driven, even with the larger motor, was at the rate of about 140 miles per hour. ot - dlse- - 4800 , Origination Described. 4 ? simple. It does demand cooperation, especially on the part of the field forces, the men who are actually expending the money and who know exactly for what It is being expended. Such cooperation, I believe, we have a right to demand and expect, and we will do so. There le nothing required of any of the field men that a person of sufficient intelligence to take charge of such work will not be able to understand and to perform readily." Instructions Issued to resident engineers distributed throughout the state till something of the general plan followed and of the detailed workings of the system; The cost keeping system will cover all construction and maintenance work on roads throughout the state. All state road agents and engineers having charge of construction or maintenance will be required to distribute the costs as outlined In the system. This Is to be done on forms furnished by the state, and corresponding to the books of the system in the state road offices. " can-yor- V v - v ?- 'is? - to I i , -- Complete Data Available. Become Nature - Devotees' Mecca. e -- i BidsFairto H The report of the special audit of the state road commleaion, filed last week, called attention to the '"unsatisfactory" eut-xin- wk, -- ? - Southern Utah Wonderland v Jh condition In which road accounts had been kept, and particularly to the Impossibility In many instances of obtaining anything like an exact account of distribution of coeta among the various Items which go to make, up road Manyof the- - causes of the confused condition complained of. It is A. - gathered. . had been eliminated an 'time .w hut the special auditore-wer, by no means satisfied with the condi-tlo- n as they found them to be at the , close of the audit period July 31 of last ' year. Some slight" reference was msde In the report to installations that havs v been made since that time In the effort - - to get the accounting system of the state road commission on a baste-o- f accuracy and of a utility In giving desired infor- matfon commensurate with the size and of an enterprise which msy j lmpftrtance be called on to spend anywhere from to 11,000,000 $5,000,000 or more of public i funds In any one year. 1 The latest Installation' In thl direction and, in the opinion of at least some of the state officials most familiar with . it. the most Important single feature of 1; the entire revision is the cost accounting system which has been Inaugurated by Howard C. Means, state road engineer, 7 with-the ; assistance of engineers of the wtate rwid offices and of the federal bureau of public roads. San Juan , County Important Part of Tourit Attraction 1 - Bridges . in 'W Monthly Summary Made, , 'will be assembled In a cost summary monthly. This cost sum- will a glance the Awlre at mary give expenditures for the month In thiTti and ths entire expenditure for the year. All this material e, ' a, o, ... Lngan-Boxalde- Logan-Croesroa- h. d, all-tn- e, Price-Willo- Americans Proficient in Driving 'Motor Cars America Js a nation of expert drivers. The 'skill with which almost any American handles a motor car has always visitors to this country, who In their own land are accustomed to seeing few Turn, alt of which are operonly ated by professional chauffeurs - Tha Idea of an entire populace being able to drive a motor car la unheard of. However, It la almost as unheard of here to aee anvone who can't drive a motor car. Along any of our roads a atudy of the drivers also 111 raveal that a, larger percentage ere boys and women, v w , h, Prlce-8oldl- y, Price-Emer- y. ' Manlla-Llnwoo- d, Tti r , |
