Show STATE ROAD HOAD MEN CONFER ON PLANS FOR USING FUNDS with with the passage of the colton oddle legislation for or increased forest road appropriations the utah e tato state road commission was in ogden saturday conferring wi with th eng engineers inedra ot of the f federal bureau ot of public roads and tho the forest service over the distribution that should be made ot of the in erased funds to be allotted utah for est cat highways the several agencies whose agreement is necessary for allocation ot of these funds to highway projects were agreed f on the several projects but withheld any formal ratification until the president should sign the bill the final legislative steps were taken late friday when senator tasker L oddie called up tor for coil consideration sidera the bill bearing thelam the name of congressman gr esiman don B colton the senate had previously passed a similar bill but it had been agreed the colton bill should be the one to be enacted there Is essentially no difference between the two masures lasures ma the oddie bill would have made the first annual increase of for or forest roads roads ayal available lable immediately and the colton bill makes this increase available july 1 1930 enactment of 0 this bill into a law brings to a close one atthe two to major highway acts sponsored for the last three years by the western association of state highway officials over I 1 which chairman henry H blood of the utah road commission presides as pre president aident the movement to gain i increased forest road funds was first launched in 1927 at the denver meeting of the western organization and the association has been aiding western congressional delegations in organizing gan izing support tor for the last three years this 8 act will prove brov beneficial to the eleven western states which are prepared immediately to take fake up the increased funds made available mr blood said utah Is to get about above the old appropriation of for each of the three years starting july 1 1930 preference must be given to those roads lot bated on the principal highway systems tims in addition to the major projects U heretofore included in the forest road fasy 7 fl program three major projects will 0 now be initiated the largest Is allocation ot of about for a project in logan canyon on which cache county will be asked to put up about about additional of the increased funds will bo be spent in the strawberry valley increasing the depth of the abo gravel ravel capping from three to six inches some of the balance will be used to enlarge the project already budgeted in th the daniels canyon section the iner increase ease on the latter project will make it poss i 14 to extend the road closer to heber the balance remaining of 0 the new funds will be used for administration and maintenance expenses deseret 1 nowa ot of april 2 25 |