Show IRA III BROWNING HAS ANOTHER FIT OVER ingratitude OF GARBON COUNTY FOLK laet last night nights telegram contained an ail other nightmare ira browning state road engineer engine cr about carbon county getting more than its it share of road fund funds it is tie fame old camou flage used list winter during the legis leg lature when road matter matters were belne bein discussed discue the statement ment of brown ing contal contained neet the allegation that 87 of the state bond funds haye have been spent in this county since jannary 1 1918 and of state toad road money paid by the county into the state fund what the road has always dodged when akiua statements to the public about spending motay u la in carbon bunty is that all the money ha has lon beon on the bamberger damberger bennion boule boulevard ard where it doe does carbon county a mini mum of good not one per cent of the carbon county taxpayers river over travel over ever the helper duehesne duchesne road where ill all the money moncy is going to help barn dam berger bennion and their friends who own property in an the reservation that road ia is of little benefit to the majority of ca cebon cabon bon county and carbon county burgues that she should not pay for a road to the bol holdings dings of frienda friends of the state road commission 1 1 her main commercial highways are aften ven no at it ij Is not argued heie heia gnat there should not bo be a good road to the basin there should be two of them for the bamberger boulevard is block ed od by snow several months in the year the road from price to myton should have the jame iame amount of state money as the felper Duch ebue road the eon con ot is only that one road should not get all the rond road aney while other more alore important roads aie aile entirely ne tie gleckel carbon and counties eballes eb illes browning to now just whore where the ir oney ironey pt in carbon county bas has gone and how much of it ban has been frit fritt ded in needle needless overhead the following letter has ha been sent to him by loy the price au ast 28 1919 ira R borowi browning I 1 state road engineer st S at lake city dutilh dear fair we have hav before us the salt lake telegram lof of august 27 1119 1919 ald in it an aej artiel headed people oa on midland frail trail threaten to boycott salt lake i in this article they purport to quote you ai as elating stating that abou county bag has been given 1237 7 of the state od road bond fund for the improvement and main cnance ut its roads since january 1 1918 As am taxpayers of carbon county we thu time respect respectfully fally request that you furnish either this committee or tho the county commissioner commissioners of carbon county with a detailed report bowing showing just where here taia ani money Ms bas beel Pent on what roade roads and what proportion his been applied on the tile aen of ive riverhead expense an general office alarich alari cs the tile writers have live looking over tho the reports jimile by tile state high way commis commission siou to the tile county lommis of carbon county annl an I 1 none of us being familiar with the system of reporting ara are unable to dir discover cover just where this money has ha been expended that has been appropriated and for that reason realign mako make this request we have always maintained that if we had a friend on the board it was your yourself and hae liae expected that we bald receive fair treat treatment meat at your hands lands and that our Inte rift ruts would re coulder atlon 1 u I so f to your influence unlit artach and ne we are greatly d to I 1 arn from a source that we cannot boult that euch such is not the case and that from state ments made by yourself you relt to certain parties wh se word we cannot doubt lead us to feel that you have been a party to the unjust treatment received at 1 tile hand of the commission we desire to call your attention to a statement made by you some few months ago because tho newspapers of carbon county stad seen fit to criticize the commission for it its ott to which you took personal exception exceptions and re plied that if a ou had your way carbon bounty would not receive one oue dollar of the state bond fwd on its roads we would also like to be informed an aps to how bow many surveys have beed been made on the long proposed laving be ie tween prick and helper utah a as it seems that the survey is abent the only thing we have been able to get out of the commission we are particularly of ob the cost of the castio late Pa racheline cheline road via willow creek and of tf information that wil enlighten us as to just why price biver river canyon road was abandoned and whether or not the proper oftie offiel ialo als or the people of carbon county were consulted in the matter we would alao also pl il to b informed whether or not the taxes in carbon county and turned over to the commire on hav ba ben pent vent on toads oad designated by the and with the ton cement sent of the county commission ere erg we also desire to know whether or not in the appoints ent out ul u dietr 11 en on tinned on page four BROWN BROWNING ING HAS ANOTHER FIT OVER ingratitude continued from front page one ginders jhb co comity i ity ba hav v 1 ever been consulted and if it it ii Is not a fact feat your appointment appointments hae liane teen and from front joutsi ie le counties and of men who wiro not hot familiar with our county anil and roid id conditions the oely thing we il d sire at thi this time ie is fair sn abil t li iii formation that we are legally to aa As to the cl elvirn tim mado made by the auto mol mot lie ile association their statements are not in lit conformity with affidavits and market marked maps that ne e ba hae bae e in our pos bralon 1 furnished ua us by i barties artiea who have been personally routed by the salt lake office an I 1 I 1 ad to boid the road between cas tie gate and grand junction A copy of thi this lettler is being fur lift hed the publication aud and since you have hane sten fit lit to open the question we desire that the neatter lo 10 nettled settled lour statement aa not to no or from front ernert county we beg leave to state that green aver the town in ermery county directly touched by the midland trail have responded to a man in thie this fight end and a 11 list of all ei at to the proposition will be famished farnia lied your office and to th tb yew of carbon and finery oun roun x ties and antl to salt lake like city 17 bouls J IV HAMMON ARTHUR J IA A E 11 I 1 PEACOCK BENTON RANDOLPH |