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Show UU ' ROAD ROLLER MAN IS IN THEC1TY Marion Cllngor of Provo, representing represent-ing a road roller company of Ohio, is in tho city conferring with city and county officials regarding tho purchase pur-chase of road rollers for the summer work of making better roads. Mr. Clinger states that Weber county coun-ty Is the banner county of the state in the mattor of good roads and that nowhere In the Intermountain country have better results been obtained than here. Recently he visited Idaho, where much Interest Is being taken in the question of better roads, but tho people peo-ple have not yet reached the point of progress attained In Webor county A great deal of mouoy will bo expended ex-pended for the betterment of tho public pub-lic highways in the Gem state this year, says Mr, Clinger, and there Is going to bo a largo expenditure Jn the betterment of the Utah roads before be-fore the 'summer season Ih over In Utah county this year the entire road system will be sprinkled, there being fully 150 miles of county roads in that section. Mr dinger states that instoad of building distributing tanks along the highway, gnsollnc engines en-gines are being attiched to the. sprinkling wagons and the load is taken on wherever the sprinkler needs it by attaching a hose operated by the pump to a water ditch or artesian woll along the road No difficulty Js encountered in getting all the water needed for sprinkling purposes, tho cost being little or nothing to tho county. Tho main county road from Lehi on the north to Santaquin on the south, a distance of nearly forty miles, will be thoroughly sprinkled and all side roads leading to the smaller settlements set-tlements will bo covered with water each day. |