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Show $82,000 FOR ROAD I THRUCEDARCANYON I State Road Commission Desig- H nates This as (Government Post Ho.id. WORK TO BEGIN SOME I TIME Tills BUMMER, Will he of Incalculable Value to (iti- M ens of Iron and Kane Counties Bfl and Popular Scenic Rente. M The state road commission, n ting Bfl with engineering officials of the for- BJ civile. Monday afternoon) deft- EH nitely pledged the financial support Bfl of the slate to three forest roads, to Bfl be constructed as follows: Bfl From Logan to Garden City, at an M estimated expense of $ra,uoo. H From Fphraim to Orangovillc, at H an estimated expense .f 160,000, BH From Cedar City to I. one Valley, at fl an estimated expense of $K2,()00. H The roads will be built under the regulations governing the apprnpria- tiou for mads through national for- Bete, in which I 'tab shares to the ex- H tent of more than $10,11(10 a year. One- half the expense is borne by the Ted- H era government; the other half by H the state or couiitic affected, or both. ' In each case decided Monday formal K or informal consent has been given by H the county commissioners affected. H Total of $340,000. M The State commission also drafted H a tentative program for utilization of H post road money. Under this plan, if it is adopted, the state and federal H government will join with the counties in constructing or improving !lo H miles of road in I 'tali in 1II17, at an H average cost, rougly estimated, of $1,- K 000 a mile, or a total of about $1140,- M 000. The projects so tentatively out- lined are as follows: Helper to Myton H by way of Uuchesne, 7f miles; Beuver H to Newhouse, by way of Milford, !"f H miles; Thompson to I'lufT. 166 mile. : H Tremnnton to Snowville, 15 miles. K Bach road would make more access- t ilile to the railroad immense crop pro- H dining areas, of which the production H is at present limited on account of the H limited transportation facilities. H In each case the amount of partici- H pat ion in these projects by the coun- kJ ties affected has not la-en definitely H determined. It is estimated in most H inces that the expenditure of $1,- M 000 on the roads would put them in fine condition, provided with a gravel H or some similar surfacing material, I which would make the roads available BJ all the year. H A table showing the money avail- B able from federal aid for post roads, U prepared in the office of the state road M engineer, is as follows: H Total with H equal amount H For period ,,f money ending Federal spent by June aid state or county. H 1017 $ :7,i i 1 1,000 M 1018 114,000 L'2H,oi)i M 1019 171,000 : 12,00(1 M 1020 22s.(nm 456,000 H 1021 285,000 670,000 fl Total $K.r.:,,ii(i(i .1.710.1100 H Available Juh I. fl The money available by July 1 of EH 'In- present year, therefore, will bt QW 1342,000, including the sums listed JM hove for 1017 and 1018, Hence the H extensive program fot post road ! BEJ ing outlined. BJ A petition from the Utah county BB wa received Monday H asking the state road commission u EBJ designate the old Indian road on tl H West -lioie .,i" Utah lake a- tate BE highway. The matter was referred to BE the tate road engineer, Ira '.' Bi wn- ing. The road would connect the road BE now rumiii.,' from Santaquin to Em M ka. and would serve a rapidly (level I iping country, rich In re ourcei Des. BJ ret Evening News. EB |