Show IC Counties unties Should Adopt Adapt Patrol I System in Maintaining Roads j County on aty commissioners have re received Jed J ed from front the state road commission a lu communication with refer reference nN 10 to roads The communication calls eail attention at attention attention at- at to tc two things things tIle the necessity J tr I of repairs before the damage is increased in creased r by y nam and traffic nd F vond d data dam l si The latter refers particularly t to surfaced hard road roads where the tendency tendency tend tend- tend tend-I enc ency b th to overload trucks and ando to o speed theta them at rates faster than I allowed b by the state law are ale more pronounced The fhe damage to the I pa pavements resulting from this ca cause use has been called to the attention of the he state road commission in iu several sever- sever al il ways and it is desired to pass these hese complaints on to the county count II commissioners the tIle representatives of repairing or of replacing the pavements falls Load hood Weighing Advised isM The commission held a conference with H H. E. E Crockett secretary of state stare and with Harvey Harve H H. Cluff attorney attorney attorney at at- torney general It was the opinion of Mr Cluff that the matter of damages damages dam dam- ages caused to state roads by overloadIng overloading over- over loadIng and by speeding falls withIn within with with- In u the tIle Jurisdiction of the state road commission However that body I has no funds that can be spent for other than titan road construction or maintenance within certain specified I counties The county officials on the other hand have the duty of enforcing all state laws and they will be asked by the state road commission commission commission com com- mission to do this The use of scales s to determine the weight of or loaded automobiles and the use of d devices for weighing the load on each wheel are to be recommended as a means of oC determining whether the Im Individual vehicle is actually complying with the state law The matter of the wl width th of If tires II used is also one of importance on onI both earth or gravel and hard sui I faced aced roads SUI I Pat Patrol System su Suggested j J f J t nry l o a te commission himself t until 1 tU recently a county commissioner must be ba in ina ina ina I a position to look after the tIle roads built in man many instances only Oly by I bonding to the tho limit or soon the they will have no roads road at atai atall atall ai all and further no money and n no nc means mealS of raising money tu to u build I roads The TIle problem Is not peculiar n to Utah but is Js being stressed in inmany inmany inmany many states as as we have been bren Informed in informed In- In n- n formed by officials vt vr other otner s stale slate ate road departments recently In th the tha cit city Kansas for example Is stressing stressing stressing stress stress- ing the policy of or building good gravel roads and then maintaining them properly tOur t Our communication aio alq re requests requests requests re- re quests the adoption of or the patrol system in each county 23 na among he rhe few if H not the only in moans means of maintaining roads pr properly perly This can not be done however until legislative legislative leg leg- action has been taken taleen A gasoline tax in this connection would help or It ma may be that the present motor vehicle le license tax will be found more than ample to take care of the Interest and sinking funds on the state road bonds anti and that help might come from this source In any event vent the state and the counties can not afford to let their roads road go to pieces In many In Instances Instances Instances In- In stances there is no other means from which to get funds to rebuild them |