Show Nevada Engineer Takes Stand On Utah Highway Connection As a result O of the visit of Nevadas Nevada's State highway engineer and Utah State Road Commission and engineer en to this section last week a i I definite decision or the proposed road from Cedar City to the Nevada Nevada Nev Nev- ada state line and on to Panacea I r was this week In keeping with this promise W W. D. D ond chairman of the state commission forwarded a letter let let- letter ter to the Boards of County Commissioners Commissioners Com Com- missioners of Washington and Iron Counties which is as follows ann ann which is self Honorable Board of County Commissioners Washington and Iron County Gentlemen As you know the State Road Commission recently spent several days das In Iron and Washington Counties Countes es on road matters We were hopeful that final decision might be made as to the proposed road west of Cedar City You already have copies of letters letters let let- which plainly state that federal fed era eral money will not be released until un un- I 11 til Nevada and Utah come to a meeting of the the minds Mr Robert j Allen Highway Engineer of Nevada Nevada Nev Nev- ada ado notified us yesterday morning I that Nevada would meet Utah on a I state connection at one point only namely somewhere near th the point where the Modena road now crosses the Nevada state line This stand taken by Nevada presents a picture entirely different from what we had anticipated I This Commission now has Inthe in inthe inthe the field feld several engineers who will exhaust every possible route with the thought In mind of serving Inthe in inthe inthe the best possible manner Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington and Iron counties On receipt of a report from these engineers will notify you OU and will possibly arr ar range a meeting to discuss the whole matter Yours very truly W. W D. D Hammond Chairman |