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Show Agreement Reached On Division of Concrete To adjust the matter of dividing the concrete pavement that is included includ-ed in the Gunnison-Axtell road project pro-ject between Gunnison and Center-field, Center-field, some fifty representative citi-. citi-. zens of both Gunnison and Centerfield met at the Kinema theatre at Centerfield Cen-terfield last Thursday afternoon and held an extended conference with P. P. Dyreng, chairman of the board of county commissioner and A. W. Jensen, Jen-sen, county attorney. J. W. Jones acted as chairman of the meeting and discussions were freely had pertaining per-taining to the matter of the road project. pro-ject. Mr. Dyreng, after hearing many arguments, which were emphatic, stated that the board of county commissioners com-missioners was willing and glad to cooperate in any movement that would hurry up the road program and " f offered the help of the board in ad justing the matter of the division of concrete pavement that had been included in-cluded in the 10-mile project. He intimated in-timated that the commissioners were just as anxious to have the project started and that every effort would be made to be ready with their part by early spring. A committee, comprising Mayor Christiansen and J. W. Jones of this city, and Mayor Newman Beck and O. L. Malmgren of Centerfield, together to-gether with members of the board of county commissioners, will go to Salt Lake City next Monday at which time definite plans will be presented to the state road commission for the division proposition. The committee, too, will insist that immediate steps be taken to advertise and start the program just as early as practical. Commissioner Dyreng, during his address to the citizens, gave a detailed de-tailed explanation as to some of the vital points that touched upon the Gunnison-Axtell project and which appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune of ; Wednesday of last week. He stated ; when asked whether a right-of-way had been secured through the fields below Axtell for the road that thus far no plats had been furnished the commissioners from which to work and that the commissioners were in ignorance as to the width desired by the state road commission and also what drainage regulations would have to be provided. Adolph Jensen, county attorney, speaking from a point of economy, stated that the state and federal governments gov-ernments would not expend more than $20,000 per mile through incorporated incor-porated cities. This brought forth another argument and defenders of the south project cited the heavy expense ex-pense of Moroni and Ft. Green. It was explained that both of the cities in the northern end of the county each provided some $2000, but the overrun had reached nearly $20,000 in one instance. Comparative costs in road building ' was made and it was known that the construction of a road through the southern part of the county could be held to a minimum as compared with the north end, and this is due to the fact that the road on the Gunnison-Axtell project is devoid of creeks and heavy grades and would require very little grading and comparatively com-paratively no fills. When it was proposed that both Gunnison and Centerfield provide each $1000 the cost that would accrue in putting the pavement in the two towns, it was thought that the road could be built with the money that had already been provided and that the extra assessment would not be necessary. It was the sentiment, however, that in the event it was found necessary the requirements would be met, insofar as the $1000 for each town was concerned. Before the Centerfield meeting adjourned ad-journed a motion was carried that Gunnison and Centerfield go 50-50 on the concrete pavement and to this end the committee will take the matter mat-ter up at the meeting at Salt Lake next Monday. |