Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-06-28 | Page 9 | Highway Plans of Beehive State Financed

'WW PLANS OF BEEHIVE STJIE j - HMKED Utah's highway plans, which will E provide this state with a wonder'ul w system of pood roads? are regarded as financed. One bond issue of 14,000,-j 14,000,-j I 000, to make about $S. 000, 000 with w federal aid money, has been provided I for and t'icre is even talk of another I iffuc. Tho tentative plan recently outlined I by satr- Koad Engineer Ira A. Brown I jng ralls for an expenditure of about JS5,0U0 jointly by the state and gov- crnment this year. It was estimated f tnat this sum would pfoduce about 90 I mil" of road. ntimate construction plans, how-I how-I ever i' i reported, with include about 1 97 mlle of hard-surfaced roads and f 3i rniles, as federal aid projects, of I surfaced earth, macadam and hard-I hard-I surfaced roads. Under the $4,000,000 bond issue each county is to be allotted Jf.o.Ouu for J hardro.id to he built with federal aid. Por state roads only Hi per cent of the I cost, but must get it by bond Issues or other means aside from ordinary state road funds available for county f purposes. The method of management is de- tailed In Dern's senate bill No. 26, also I signed, and which as finally amended, I (jjj not provide $1"4,hoo a a standing annual fund lor the use of the state road commision for construction and I maintenance. ;ts previously reported. but does provide that whenever the slate road commission shall decide to construct or improve a portion of stati I road in any ounty. ihe board of conn-Bty conn-Bty commissioners is authorized to levy I; a 3-mile road tax on all assesable ! property. County commissioners may I aS0 levy a 3 mile tax for county roads. Where city pfreet? are or shall bp part mot the system of state roads, cities may levy ".-mile tax, to be used In connection v. nh the sMate road fund I en such streets The state road commission is given I' full charge of the expenditure of the E state road fund If shall furnish plans, F specifications and estimates for cul- f. verts, bride f ;md for road eonstruc- tion, and im Mental information, de-L de-L sired by couu'y boards, for use on I state or coumy roads. It shall test E'lroad materials and conduct expert j jments, at its option, and shall prepare a comprehensive manual of roaJ I buildinu and maintenance for the In-wonat In-wonat l-n o( c''.c' .is having Bb.ri Kril'n of such v.o.-k. The bill names the routes which are Ho ci flirns? :he s: stem of at Uj r-'sds. Htrd the cities thereon. One of the Eios important of these Is r, bj rtr. Batid sou rout from the ''a.i '-n-Bi) !lie .A 'cna Mre, through Sa't I. H.ilr. Te: wi.'l be the gret -c:ral Bins In tl-c r np.ted north- nnd-;cath t transcontinental route from Canada, to cilcc. Desert N'. ws.