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Show I A NONPARTISAN COMMISSION Al meeting f the commercial clubs and civic bodies of Dtah, in Sail Lake on Tuesday, the question of hoi besl t maintain the roads of the . t ; 1 1 was up for discussion mid, as a result, those prea 'nt voted in favor nf trtkinu' tin' state highway commission out "! politics bj placing the supervision in the hands f a nonpartisan board composed oi technical!) fitted nu n. A number i resolutions were adopted two "t which follow! "Whereas, Ii 1 the belief "1 this convention thai the present system of state highway commission is wrong in principle because it means .1 complete upheaval of the stair highway department al evcrj change of administration, re suiting in enormous loss t time, energy and funds bj placing plac-ing men withoul experience and entirely out of touch with state high w ay plans in charge and control of the state's liiuhwav system and thai ii makes possibli the building up pf a political machine through tin expenditure t' 1 n r jji-Mims jji-Mims of public funds for labor and material, with result' ant loss tn highway building and maintenance . therefore, be it "Resolved, Thai it the desire f this convention thai the next sessl it the legislature enact ;i iicv stste highway law. placing the construction and maintenance of all siat highways under control "i a state highwaj commission which shall be nonpartisan, composed of men especially iit-tcfl iit-tcfl for this work, and each for s term of years that a majority ma-jority of such commission shall always be holdover members, su ih1 plans of ilu' commission shall continue without interrupt inter-rupt inn J eai alter year This move is a commendable 'ne. The highway commission should he free from all suspicion "I b plaj t politics t present our roads arc costing as high as $35,00Q a mile, which is almost prohibitive. pro-hibitive. By the naming of experts on the commission, this cost should he greatly reduced by the better organization which would he brought about, due in part to the working to a plan over a longer period of time than is possible under political changes. The selection of the commission should be bj civil service oxami nation. |