Show R 11 i IRON COUNTY AND STATE TO It OIL HIGHWAY I TO COUNTY LINE LINT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COOPERATE WITH STATE WORK TO BE E COMPLETED ED BEFORE DEFORE NEXT YEARS YEAR'S TOURIST SEASON COM COiN At the regular meeting of the county county county coun coun- ty commissioners held Tuesday Nov 13 at the county seat a operative co agreement was entered into between the county and the State Road Commission Commission Com Com- mission relative to the oiling of the highway from Cedar City to the WashIngton Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington County line The cost of the oiling of the highway highway highway high high- way from Cedar has been placed at of which amount the State will pay and Iron tron County will pay the balance It Is understood that the gravel will willbe willbe be placed on the highway for the entire entire entire en en- tire distance before the coming of spring at which 1 time the oiling will take place and be completed before the next tourist season which will commence by May 1 or r thereabouts I Experiments in other parts of ot the state on oiled roads have proven to the State Stab Road Commission that this is the only kind of road that will wUlstan stand standup up under the traffic strain of travel that this thIa part put of the state of Utah has I I The main reason that the road from Cedar to the Washington County line Une I is 11 to be oiled first is because there is isten isten isten ten times the amount of travel by truck and auto and far heavier loads are hauled than is in evidence from I Cedar to the Beaver Deaver County line The terrific traffic that maintains south I has made it almost Impossible to keep I the road free from corrugations and I to keep the grade free from breaks Oiling such as is and has been done done 1 in California is the only amy solution to keep our highway in proper condition I Continued on Page Four I I IRON COUNTY AND STATE TO OIL HIGHWAY Continued from Page One and prevent Its breaking up The cost of the up-keep up of an oiled I road road Is less by 70 per cent than a road composed of earth and gravel only I |