Show The beauty of this of Utah Agricultural colleges college's attractive campus at Logan AIRPLANE VIEW the AN campus campus and the fine features of the college arc to b enjoyed by thousands of earnest men and women l I school for its national summer who will enroll at the college next summer gi r 1 t I r y I Ir s vj T 1 x t S 9 r e I I t ta a Q t H r kei l I F yC a t tI tw y I w a 4 c g t ta a I l lv v t ti a as a i c a at ati s y x xa a aJ ail F r 54 a an aF n 8 t- t e lf F h ht t e I R at t te tr e r rI rR t ya yaa Ly r a u ut F s sa sr r ih ihy ihA v M a 4 t t y A e er eV eh C r V h I t jw t t BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROAD ROADS liNKS INKS mn m SPACES Millions Being Expended From Ogden Offices for Improved Highways in Utah Idaho Wyoming and Arizona The Th bureau of public roads L I a branch of the th department of o culture an culture Its functions function are ar to lid aid In Inthe the lm ement an and nd l of public roade road rad and aDd to 1 promote t etter agricultural engineering work i-work In the th Improvement and construction of ot public roads duties of the th bureau are ar l 1 To ro administer the th federal aid road act under which the th national n gov- gov eminent cooperates t s with Uh the Ur states t t rip nil the th Improvement T m nt of ot post pot and national forest roads and 2 to conduct Investigation In and die knowledge of ot the th various phases of o road construction In ID 1913 1912 for the th first time the th office ot of public roads engaged In ID road n which was not for tor ex- ex x- x or educational purposes This work vork consisted of up lint ling improve ment ing the construction and Improve Improve- Improvement ment of certain post pot roads through through- ut I lout the tir country The Th federal road fact was ao passed In 1916 and the administration of this act was as a rP laced laced In the tho hands bands of the bureau lot Hor of public roads road Administration of acts act act of lIrt- lIrt erl In carrying out tho th provi- provi provisions of the lane lams III s providing federal laid aid for the th construction of roads by the th states tates In the mOB most Import Import- Important Important Important ant administrative duty of tho th bu- bu bu The Th work ark In ln Involved dived In Us its performance consists of 1 the tho th ap- ap ap approval of projects project submitted by the states 2 the tb the th Inspection of the tho construction and maintenance of tho the roads constructed by the states tates with v federal aid 3 9 the repair of federal aid roads not properly maintained by the th states 4 the th engineering and anil construction tion or cork Mork on n forest roads and 5 the tho distribution of surplus war ar mat material suitable for use uee u In Inh of roads Originally rho h country w was wo divided Into ten districts for tor I purposes In 1920 the th num- num I ber br was wu to thirteen and aDd during 1922 It was reduced to two tw District DIstrict No 12 has ha lt its It headquarters teu In Ogden n and ana corers co ers all of Utah and Idaho the part of ot Wyo- Wyo Wyo Wyoming ruing ming south of ot Yellowstone park and of Arizona north of the tb Colo Colo- Colorado Colorado Colorado rado river There are ar perman perman- permanent permanent ent employee In this district and durIng the th winter they thy lire are ar practically all residents or Olden Ogden Dur- Dur DurIng During Inc Dur-Inc Ing the th summer umro r the th majority of these men are ar assigned nd to projects project either Ither lurve survey or construction NATIONAL FOREST ROADS During the th past year y r there hu bar buben been expended on forest force road read con con- construction con construction through h the th Ogden office a total of 90 OS 06 In ID Utah 2 86 t was expended In con- con four forty miles of road In maintenance was ox- ox expended x and aDd t twenty five tn onty miles mUes were wr surveyed for tor future construction In Wyoming one forty miles of road were constructed at a cost coat of 21 1 3 14 and 73 3 19 was w expended 1199 In maintenance Fourteen miles were ere surveyed for tor new construction construction tion In Idaho the th work of distrIct No 12 on forest roads covers only the portion of ot the th state stat south of the Salmon river In this part of the state two fifty-two mile miles were wr cond con con- constructed con constructed at a cost of 53 46 Maintenance expenditures were Gl 61 Eighteen n mile miles were surveyed for tor new ew construction ROW RO In Utah there thor w was s a expended on federal aid projects In 1921 1923 1 I of ot which aid totalled to- to to totalled 00 which covers work on thirteen thirton large bridges bridge forty forty- forty thre three miles of ot graded Traded road miles of gravel ravel surface lihty eight miles completed In 1922 1928 and 34 i 6 miles concrete pavement of which fourteen runes In lies were Com eom- Completed com In 1923 By Dy the th end nd of ot the 1924 season there thor will be b no mo see see- sec section tion of the th north and south hIgh hIgh- hIghway highway bl way h-way way will not be b passable f both winter and aDd summer Bummer from the tho Idaho line Une practically to St George One Important piece plc of o gravel cravel eur- eur tac sur-tac taco face work Initiated during the th past year was wa for a distance of ot 89 9 55 mU mile across cross Salt Bait 11 LAke L k mud flats flat from Knolls KnoUs to Wendover which will be b completed lAte lat In the th fall of 1924 The Th road will 1 halo hav been completed between ham Brigham City And Wellsville furnishing a Cache valley open p n the th entire year yarA A project In Echo canyon where construction will be b started Ih 1924 will result In the th elimination of seven evon railroad grade crossings crossing and provide ten ta miles mUes of gravel eur- eur sur-fao sur from Echo City easterly to- to toward toward to toward ward Evanston A patrol system of maintenance anc has been ben stab by the th state stat on several of the projects completed during the tho year Bet Better Betler cr mAintenance Is le In- In insured In Insured lured for the tk year 1924 boco so of funds made mad available I from the gasoline sales tax taL IDAHO IDAnO ROAD nOAD WORK Idaho with about the th same sam area u Utah has a federal aid road I Iu system y t m of 2711 2783 mules rolles mil compared with 1588 1 S toi fot this state Owing to toa toa toa a different proportion of public lands the tho th maximum amount of o federal fed fed- oral eral ral aid allowable to an Idaho project Is 68 59 I per pr cent while for Utah It Is ls 74 14 per pr cent r nt of the th cost coat of a project During the calendar year 1323 1929 In III Idaho there ther has been seventeen projects under construction construction construction tion with a mileage c of Some were begun In 1922 and some will ill un run over Into 1924 During 1924 there are ar prospects pro p ct for the tb con I con con- construction con construction of eighteen projects with witha a mileage of This Includes Include four old projects with A II length of on forty one miles which are ar being extended or resurfaced Nearly all I projects project are ar surfaced d aith Ith crushed stone ton or gravel Within or adja adja- adja adjacent adjacent cent to the tho th larrr larger centers of ot population lation are several veral projects aur- aur sur surfaced I faced with concrete or bitumInous pavements m The Th total length of off f hard bard surfaced projects Is Sift four fitt tift four miles The total alu of ot work done ton Idaho federal aid projects In 1923 1922 was about 1276 00 of which was paid from federal aid funds LONG ROUTE OPENED It can be b seen that the th task of completing the th federal aid system will take quite quit n II number of bears ears of continuous effort erfort However Howver so sotar far has this work progressed that It Is le now possible to go so from Og- Og OgI Ogden 0 I den via Pocatello 1 Twin In Falls Boise Welser Weller and Leu Lewiston Iston to the tho CaD Canadian ad Ian boundary at the th rate rat of miles per day by auto The unImproved sections are ar relatively fe few and short and Are ar being less less- less less- lessened lessened lessened ened e tiery ery year ear This Is le made mad pos pos- possible possible pos pos-elbl sible by the th federal aid 8 stem of con connected roads |