Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-01-14 | Page 11 | Road Agent Offices Will be Abolished

Road Agent Offices Wifl Be Abolished U Hi Taylor, state road agent With he idcjuafter in Ogden, announced this mornlnn that be has Sa yet received no official notice that all stale road agents In the state had been placed on I '.he retired list yesterday morning upon instructions ot Governor Charles R. Mabev. Air. Taylor derlared that the, move has been oecled for some time,; however, and It is probable that the official notificatiou will arrive soon. Information reached Ogden tods, that the elimination of the road agents was made yesterday by Governor Mabev Ma-bev in lino with the general retrench ment policy of the administration. Ir.i It. Browning, state road engineer, has uvvn urutrfu 10 noiny me roan ugenis of the abolishment of the offices, it was said These agents :ire residents of the different counties in which they work and there is one to each county, making mak-ing twenty-nine In all. Actual work 'on the roads has been held up for a vera! weeks except ror maintenance, BO that most of the agents, who were on a pei- diem basis, were not drawing pay. The agents are bonded and responsible re-sponsible for certain property and equipment In iheir possession Their I instructions are to turn this property I over to the counly commissioners, submit sub-mit reports to the state road engineer, 'and be relieved of their responsibility. 00