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Show ORNG:YlLLE-EPKRAIM ROAD WILL BE RUSHED After four j'taT ''.delay from one t.uise or unulhi r. '.he fnrty-f ive-mile ftivtch of post r :. 3 between Orange-vi'le, Orange-vi'le, Emery nn-r!), and Ephraim, snr.pete coti.i:y. t to he constructed, :im1 the work is : te completed this year. Such was the d i iston reached at a treeting of the stale road commission, .it w hich were also present Commissioner Commis-sioner O. II. Gillispie and Road Agent Our! Wilbere of Emery county, and Chris Wi'ihu-dson, mayor of Ephraim; IVler Mortcnson, former commissioner commission-er of Sanpete county; E. E. Kidder, se:i i. r highway engineer, and J. P. l'.rady and C. J. Christiansen, present co!!!:!sioners of Sanpete county. Ira U. Hi owning, formerly of Castledale a'-ul now state road engineer and sec-retary sec-retary to the state road commission, v. a. ."Iso present in his official capably. capa-bly. It is reported that he has kept i friendly -eye on this road since his ; ... '.uiisition of the state appointment. The original estimate of the cost of j the road, arrived at following the min-t'te min-t'te survey made a year ago by a corps i f iiivti under the direction of En-f.iu-rr Ferguson, was about $118,000. Ma advances in cost of materials and laliur bring the present estimate up to approximately $160,000. The present Sanpete board of commissioners have never been very favorably inclined to the idea of cooperating in the building f this read and no occasion for de- ' lay in going ahead with its constructs construc-ts .n has been overlooked by them. i Th- announcement was no more than r::a.!e that the road would be proceeded pro-ceeded with immediately by contract instead of force account than the San- i ;.fte commissioners protested against ; thi? being done until further investi-; investi-; i V.i n had been made. Monday's ! reeling in Salt Lake, attended by the I jviri! :s named above, was the result I -t is believed that this Is the last ! the succession of delays. This is .forest road project No. 1, .til the determination to complete it this year and take advantage of the t'. vvrnment's proffer of one-half the t .'al cost of the road, will open up ex- ns ve resources which would not oth- T-Aise be available. It is estimated j y ths-forest service men that about I ;.u?ft:(io feet of standing timber is I -. i;)i;n .re.ach.ef the road, while practi-f-.:j." r-II -i'f the coal used In southern i ' '. rural Sanpete county can be se- :f,d by team and auto truck from the i ''an is in Straight canyon upon the 'cmpjetion of the road, meaning a ?r:-at time- and money-saving benefit n the people of that section and, at 'he same time, releasing for other ind mere pressing purposes the cars n'.w used in furnishing them coal by rail. Kids wiil be called for at once by the '.res-,. -t-rvice, and it is understood that several big grading outfits upstate stand ready to grab at the chance to -eure this work as they all have con-S!h-ral!e equipment standing idle just note, while, odd as it may seem, labor is also reported plentiful upstate. The securing of this road has meant hard work by boosters of Castle Dale ral Orangeville and Ephraim from its v'-ry inception, and the fact'that their rrad now seems in affair way of being a reality makes them feel very good about it. " |