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Show Road Commission Promises Road Aid "Oiling of the Gunnison - Levan highway, getting appropriations from the federal funds for closing the gap between Fairview and Thistle on highway high-way route 89, and seeking funds to standardize the highway through Sal-ina Sal-ina canyon, appeared mighty encouraging encour-aging following the conference with the state road commission members and Governor H. H. Blood, at meetings meet-ings held Monday evening and Tuesday Tues-day of this week," stated Ira Over-felt, Over-felt, cashier for the Gunnison Valley Val-ley bank, and who represented the local Lions club at the Salt Lake sessions. ses-sions. "The road commission members, as well as Governor Blood, were very responsive to all proposals advanced by the general committee that visited visit-ed the officials and it is certain that results will follow," continued Mr. Overfelt . Funds for completing route 89 from Fairview to Thistle have partially been cared for, but there is a stretch of about six miles that no allotment of funds has been provided for. This, 'he state road commission reported, would be taken up at once and an ppropriation secured for its completion. comple-tion. The oiling of the highway between Gunnison and Levan, it was said by (Continued on last page) Road Commission Promises Road Aid (Continued from page 1) the commission, is on the present program, pro-gram, and likely the project will be put over this year. Salina canyon, the all-year mountain moun-tain highway, and which is drawing heavy travel notwithstanding the fact that it is not a standard highway, is to get recognition, according to statements state-ments made by members of the road commission. This canyon is the major project of 1933 for the Associated Civic Clubs of Southern Utah, and much influence is being brought forth to make a standard road through" the canyon. It will be necessary, however, to complete plans with the bureau of public roads at Washington, the forestry for-estry department and the state of Utah, to hurriedly bring the matter to a real issue and create a new setup, set-up, or carry out plans on previous arrangements. A committee, comprising compris-ing Frank Martines, former mayor of Richfield, Dr. C. Leo Merrill of Salina, and A. D. Kellor of Castledale, was selected to place the plans before the heads of the various departments. The meeting was attended by representatives rep-resentatives from Iron county, Sanpete, San-pete, Sevier, Emery, Garfield, Kanab, Washington, Beaver and Millard. |