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Show THIRD OF GRAVELING COMPLETED ON ROAD; NEW TRUCK ORDERED Approximately a third of the graveling grav-eling of the Milford-Minersville road has been completed since work began on June 26. Work or hauling and dumping from the gravel pits has continued at a rate of 400 yards a day until there is a mile of gravel ridge extending along the side of the road from the city limits lim-its of the Xovm and a two and a fourth miles of gravel from the pits to the experimental farm. Four trucks have been hauling continuously con-tinuously and another has been ordered order-ed from Salt Lake to insure that there will be no delay when the hauls become be-come longer from the pit. At the pit, another team of horses has been added to those already being used to insure that the gravel will be reaily for the trucks" as fast 'as the trucks can handle it. A good grade of gravel for scarifying scarify-ing is being used according to Tom Tarry, resident state engineer, who has been making four tests daily and who reports that the gravel is running approximately seventy per cent. Another month will see the completion comple-tion of the graveling job and the road will be in readiness for oiling.. J. Sumsion has the contract for the graveling and has subletted the hauling haul-ing to Tom Leaver. |