Show STATE STAT E ROAR ROAD BUILDING PLANS the road building program in box bos elder county as contemplated by the state road commission will be limited tills this year according to the statement of the district and county engineers having that work in charge five projects have been determined upon as follows brigham weber road to be given a flush coat on two miles of 0 stretch between willard and the hot springs brigham tremonton road to be given a gravel surface where necessary with the usual grading and filling to make the highway as smooth as possible brigham wellsville road comes in tor for general maintenance this year only and the canyon highway will be kept in as nearly perfect condition as it Is possible to maintain an earth highway tremonton idaho road which is the highway running north from the garland sugar factory to plymouth will have some new work done upon it in order to complete the graveling of approximately 16 miles of highway leading into plymouth this highway was partly graveled during the winter when a fleet of 0 army trucks were put on the job that work will be graded up and kept in repair tremonton nevala road will only receive the general maintenance and will be kept in as good condition as possible it Is not to be understood that the present contracts tor for hard surfacing road work will be cancelled they will be completed this summer it if possible the projects named above are for additional work that has not already been let for contract in its program tor for road work this year the state road commission Is RISO also introducing the patrol system after the order ot of the a system that maintains successfully in european countries for instance an army truck will be employed throughout the summer on the tremonton idaho road and wherever any patching Is needed the work will be done immediately all de press lons in the highway caused by traffic will be filled up and rolled firm in order that the surface of the highway may be kept smooth and even as possible in this way the highway will not be permitted to disintegrate but will be kept up in the highest est possible condition A second patrol will be installed on the brigham wellsville highway to insure a beautiful boulevard through the canyon all summer this Is a new policy being adopted by the state road commission after mature thought and investigation of the matter in practically all the european countries the roads everywhere except in the cities are maca and patrols are stationed at short abort distances the workmen usually being men of advancing years who cannot do hard work they have their pile ot of cracked rock breaking the material themselves in many caces a wheelbarrow pick and shovel and a little depression occurs in the highway they immediately dig out the hole and fill it with new material which is firmly tamped camped in place to conform to the general contour and surface of the highway in this way the roads roada and highways are maintained at top efficiency at a small cost the road stretches in this country are so extensive that the man and pile of 0 cobble rocks wont do so the road truck has been substituted and it Is hoped to demonstrate during the mer the wisdom and economy ot of this innovation yesterday chairman brigham wright and bishop A it capener of the board of county commissioners district engineer R al miller and engineer K X C wright ot of the state road field force and victor E madsen I 1 made an auto tour up through the valley to plymouth looking oyer over the various projects in id the valley the settled weather ot of the past two weeks has brought the frost out ot of the roads in easy stages and they are re now drying up nicely so that riding over them is really a pleasure |