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Show OFFER TO FINANCE s BOTH STATE AND COUNTY SHARE OF . :' PAVEMENT .: m J ,' 1 Utah county, represented by Jos. 1 eph Reeco, chairman of tho board ot 1 county commissioners, and R. D. J Wadley, cotnmisslonor, mado th'e prop- 4 osltlon' to tho state road commission 2 Tuesday, ft, Salt Iiko, that Utah coun- 4 ty weuld undertnko to flnanco both 4 state, and county shares of tho pave, j ment through' Pleasant Grove and 4 SprlBgvlllo, provided such an arrange- 4 ment'rwaa cultable to the Btato com- i mtaslon. This virtually means that i the raonjy to pay for this paving would' bo tr,kcn out of th'o state road j ta lkiUtah county. . Thor-sta'fl commission say no objec. j tion ''to. thin, provided that bids on . the paving woik ar0 within ouch 11m- ' lU'as.lh'o state commission may sane- . Uon. til wes decided, before final ac. . tion should bo taken by tho state, to . awaibitlio opening of tho bids. Flea-saatfOravo Flea-saatfOravo Is advertising for a pave- ( roent.to consist of a cement concrete ( bftse.l'fbur to six Inches thick, with a , surfacing of bltullthtc material. , Sprinvillo is expected to take similar I , dctioib in the near future. I, Should such arrangements be com. I pleted, it will mnko a solid strip of pavsnent from Salt lak0 to Spanish Span-ish Fork. Tho portion through Uio two cities will total about threo and onc-hnlf miles. It Is expected that contractors on stnto roqd work, who nro already in this county, will bo able. to uncdrtako tills work at a mln. Imumrcast. whllo tholr ouflts aro hero. The Utah county commissioners also al-so offered tho state storago room for any T. N. T. that tho government may allot to tho stnto, and expressed the willingness also to pay the freight on IW provided it wns reserved for use 1n Utah county. Commissioner Wad-' Wad-' loy. axplalncd that there nro nband. oncdlnihe tunnels suitable fbrcstor-agc fbrcstor-agc at 'a' place whore thero will bo no danner to tho public Utah county has hnd "xperienco with tills explosive, explos-ive, and recently used It In construe ting a ptoco or road, which was cs-tlmntod cs-tlmntod to ruuuiro two months of timo uml $5000 expenditure to finish' by ordinary or-dinary methods. An export powdor man used a email forco ot men and completod Uio road in ono month nt an cxpenbo ot $1200. Tlie explosivo may bo had now at tho cost only of tho freight. Tho state linn an allotment of ten enrs, of which flvo havo "ccn taken. Tho others will bo taken 1 1 onco, a |