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Show SHARE EQUALLY IN ROAD FUND All Counties to Be Placed on Same Footing in Allotments SALT LAKE. Jan 21. As a result of a conference yesterday between II. C. Means, Mate road engineer, William Wil-liam Bailey and Professor William Peterson advisory commission the state road commission, and Qeofffe D. Caato, acting chairman of the state road commission, all counties v, HI be left on an equal footing iq far as participation par-ticipation In federal aid for road construction con-struction Is, concerned, (in thai baala tho counties will be naked for ono-fourth ono-fourth Of the coat of rond construction construc-tion and tho federal government i hree-fourths. If the 25-75 proportion Is adhered to In all counties of the state the federal aid road program will be limited to about 11,110.000 In all. unless additional federal appro prlatlons are made. It was pointed out that If all the 1660.000 bond l9ue voted In rncho county for roads were spent on federal fed-eral highways It would take all federal fed-eral money now available for the entire en-tire state and Juab's bond Ismic or j 122.".. 000 would take most of riah'a share of nn additional $75,000,000 federal fed-eral appropriation since the gets $850,000 out of each 76,000 000 appropriation by congress a state rond tax of .1 of a mill In Salt Lake county On the present valuation w ould raise 2?6,000 each year, which would use up another appropriation from congress. Duo to the absence of Chairman X. C Poulson and Ira Ii. Browning who wen at tlieir homes ill yestcrdiv. w action was taken by the Mute road commission. The alternate plan proposed at the last meeting of classifying the counties coun-ties according to their valuation met With opposition, It being pointed out thai Ihe federal aid mony should go to the counties on the same basis that the state receives It In the event that the Wendover route recommended as a primary road I through Tooele county, is adopted bj the Lincoln Highwuy association, th committee from Ely and Last BIy, I Nov., ask that the sta: consldei plac-i plac-i Ing on the secondary system i ro id n Ipabah following closely the Nevada state line. |