Show Road Commission Sets Wage Scale On State Projects The plans under which the I tats state at road oad commission will expend on emergency construction highway projects before next July 1 1 setting forth wages that must be paid and conditions under which contracts must be taken was announced by the commission commission com corn mission the first of the week In accordance accordance accordance ac ac- with regulations promulgated by the federal government the work to be furnished in this manner will be te widely distributed over the state and anda a reasonable amount of first stage stalie I construction projects must be Included ed in the program Contractors will bid subject to provisions provisions pro pro- vl visions lons that they will not employ skilled skilled skill skill- skilled ed or unskilled labor more than 30 hours a week that the unskilled labor will be selected from lists to be furnished furnished furn furn- l hed by local committees designated by the state road commission and hit hand labor will replace machine labor under certain specified conditions conditions conditions condi condi- and in general so far as pos pos- sible Contractors may not pay their unskilled unskilled un un- skilled labor less than 48 cents an hour nor skilled labor less than 60 cents an hour They must pay a minimum minimum mini mini- mum of 17 cents an hour per horse for teams Where boarding camps camp campst are necessary they may not charge chargi more than 00 90 O cents per day for tor board In keeping with the spirit of the th e emergency unemployment act and t to oh o show Utah's entire cooperation wit with h the federal government go in the object t sought to provide employment t and to o afford as many as possible a chance chant e to sustain themselves and their families fam fan reported the state road commission commission com com- flies Ules it 1 is mission Is s contemplating making g Continued on page 8 D RO COMM COMMISSION I D 3 n TS W WAGE W. GE SC SCALE LE F FOIL FOE n blAIS r PROJECTS Continued ed j fr J pays pae Jl I 1 similar 3 t to caver carer all 11 s state J e projects undertaken taken tiu ta- period Consi Considerably less titan tiun rn on- on half of the mileage e on th the state mi raid system Is 15 on the federal all aU system and ancl the federal moneys mones may nuy be ex expended ec- ec only on federal all It Is also aho reported that the commission commission commis commis- sion slon might even g go farther r and a j 3 the same sallIe system on a hour 30 week nd md other as far ai as pw p-Jl- sible to the regular work which Is done by the state en entirety entirely I ly out of state funds funs I At 48 8 cents for a hour 30 week eek It was pointed out by Henry H. H Blood I chairman of the commission a common common common com com- mon laborer would be able t to provide 1440 a week He will have available at least 18 hours of a hour 48 week which he might be able to turn to some advantage to himself Should Sno-ild he be able to make such worth worthan I Ian an average of cf 20 an hour his hh work would yield 18 j I But Dut If U the work is such that a road construction camp Is 13 ne necessary essary the I work being far removed from the homes of ot the local laborers he would have nl no way of turning such additional additional addi addi- time t tj to advantage On the other hand neither he nor the contractor would want him to spend so sa much additional ll Idle time In camp and his board charge would be going on regularly regularly regu resu- Hence It Is 15 argued perhaps an allowance of ot 37 2 1 cents an hour for tor fora tora a hour 48 week such special conditions might be found advisable It would yield the 18 a week less leas the board charge and ond so be somewhat equivalent to the 1440 SIU by bythe bythe bythe the common laborer on 01 a project where a camp was unnecessary |