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Show COUNTY ROADS" TO BE KEPT UP Commissioners of Weber, Davis and Morgan counties met this morning in tho countv building and agreed upon a plan foi maintenance of state roads connecting their respective counties, preparatory to meeting with representatives represent-atives of the chamber of commerce at luncheon to discuss the matter of paving pav-ing the road whlrh connects the statei highway at Itlverdalc and runs to the eastern Morgan county line, through Weber canyon. in a resolution passed by the re-, specthe commissioners, they all pledg ed support to each other and to the, .state road commission and the federal, bureau of public roads to thoroughlTi aud efficiently maintain state roads in their counties during 1922. Although: no plan was definitely formulated, all commissioners favored the patrol system sys-tem of maintenance and Intimated that , thoy would adopt this plan. The pa-j trol system proldes the nssignnifn' ' of workers permanently to a pertain iMtah r . r.. A ..i'Ii ,.n.. : I ft ki-ei. their portion In repair at nil times Two men with a truck, ran efficient!) patrol and take care Of from eight to ten miles of highway, It is I John R. Stewart .In charge of road maintenance for the state, was present at the meeting and spoke, to the commissioners com-missioners on the subjoct of maintenance, mainte-nance, at the opening of th. meeting I Me declared the state road commission W Insist upon tho pruper maintenance mainte-nance of roads before attempting IT further work TO TAX GASOL1N E Mr. Stewart said the state at pree-jent pree-jent had no available funds to aid in road maintenance to any gr'i extent. He however Intimated that the motorists mo-torists next year will be compelled to shoulder the expense of maintenance through a gasoline tax which is now b Ing contemplated b Ihe stat.' to provide a large maintenance fund Mi Stewarl did not go into this sub-; iject deeplv. but conveyed the Idea to. the commissioners that with next year, I the problem of road maintenance! I would orobablv be solved through thc placing of a gasoline tax by the state M which would compel the motorist or lnuck owner to carry the burden of state road maiiUcnan e I In hLs talk. Mr Stewart called at-j jtention to tho Importance of th We-, ber canyon road and declared thai probabl) more tourists traveled ovei this highway in coming into the etatC I from tho east than over any other I road Ho urged that the commission-) I ers of the three counties, which the I mad passes through, to formulate im- mediate plan, for its proper malnte-jnunce malnte-jnunce before the proposed paving Is1 I placed. The road Is approximately- 4 4 miles iln length. Approximately 35 miles runs through Morgan county; C.S miles through Davie anj three milea In Weber We-ber county, according to Mr. Stewart. The commissioners pledged tlvlr support to the state and each other In keeping this road in proper condition, in tho resolution which was unani-' unani-' mously adopted Tho commissioners who met today were Clarence Winegar, George Holt and John v Galley, Davis; Melvln Tooner, John S Turner and W. E, Riddle Rid-dle Mniq.m and Moroni SKen E. S. Green and John M. Child f Water county. it |
