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Show WEBER COUNTY ASKS NEW ROAD Would Build Route From Death Curve and Past Sugar Factory Construction of a new road In J Weber county, from Death Curve at Rlverdale to the sugar factory at Wli- ' son and connecting up with the stato road at Twenty-fourth strt. is sought by the county commission. Chairman Moroni Skeen and Andrew S. Allen, state road agent, held a conference With the slate road commission com-mission In Salt Lake We Inesday seeking seek-ing approval of the jir. , 1 now highway by the fifteenth lesiaiatura, 1 which will meet in January. It Is proposed lliat the new highway high-way be made a new link and that the present paved rout past the death curv and down to Rlverda i be tvjt disturb. -.1 This highway now cnt- rs Ogden after a series of curves by Why of Washington avenue. It was represented rep-resented by Mr. Skeen that the proposed pro-posed route, which has already been designated as a count) road, form! an Lnnortant link In the highway system sys-tem both Intercourity an.i for Weber county. Though It crosses one rail- ! road track, the terrain Is such that an overhead crossing could be established establish-ed with hut little cost It was urged that Weber coun.v now lias improved practically all of the state highway system In the county, coun-ty, and that the only ilalms she may have to future federal or statu aid i would hae to be on a new road not now on the system. The road officials offi-cials pointed out that under present circumstances aid would be limited 10 the federal road system. but Mr. Skeen declared that the designation of tho road as a state road would in ike It possible to secure some aid in its construction if means of financing fi-nancing could be found at some future fu-ture date. It was agreed that after the new county officials take office January 1 the state road commission will go over i the proposed route with them to consider con-sider the proposition. In the mean-'time, mean-'time, Mr. Skeen said the county officials of-ficials would confer tuh the Web?r legislative delegation to have the matter mat-ter taken up before the legislature, with a view to having the law designating desig-nating state highways amended to 'ii-clude 'ii-clude the new road. |