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Show i Entire Go. Protests By -Pass Road West ot Lake bmmittee of 13 Named to 1 Carry Protest to Capitol; rtah county is up in arms over B- No- 112, by Representative erson of Riverton proposing to ride a by-pass road west of Utah ;e, which would miss all of the cities of the county, including pi, American Fork, Pleasant love, Provo, Springville, Spanish rk, Payson and Santaquin, lo-ied lo-ied in the fertile agricultural and it growing district of the state, tepresentatives of each civic club the county were invited to meet mday afternoon at the Provo amber of Commerce to discuss ; new highway, to be known as ;hway 74, a part of the state pri-ry pri-ry system. According to plans outlined the jr road would be an extension of ! present Redwood highway which Is about four miles south of Riven. Riv-en. From this point it would i southerly along the west side the Jordan river to the Lehi-jar Lehi-jar Valley road, thence across Ear Valley and North Tintic and Er the Homanville saddle, where would join highway 26 of Ho-nsville. Ho-nsville. The route south of Eu-b. Eu-b. would be over the Grand Cen-l Cen-l highway- iccording to the sponsors this id would open up a section of i state, the North Tintic Mining trict, the Clay Beds of Cedar lley, the big lime quarries of the reme northern part of North itic, the big mills of Manning i the mining activity at Mercur-of Mercur-of these districts would be ben-ted ben-ted by such a road, it is said-Jtah said-Jtah county representatives from ry city except Lehi met at Provo nday and discussed the matter, e bill was branded, "ridiculous" i "shortsighted" and if let pass B felt would be a great detriment the entire county, nmittee Is Named committee of 13, appointed Mon-; Mon-; by Mr. Brockbank, will meet h the legislative committee after special committee comprised of (ex Hedquist, J. W. Gillman and kyton Jenkins, find out the dis-Eition dis-Eition of the bill at present, and en the legislative committee will the general committee is com-Ised com-Ised of the following men: J. W. man, county commission chair-n; chair-n; Mayor A. O. Smoot, Provo; X Hedquist, chairman highway unittee Provo chamber of com-rce; com-rce; Mayor Stanley Taylor, Lehi; 7or William S. Storrs, American t; Mayor W. W. Lim, Pleasant ive; President I. J. Burr of the m town board; S. L. Mendenhall, Ingville; Mayor Rees W. James, inish Fork; Mayor Henry Er-dson, Er-dson, Payson; William Broad-it, Broad-it, Santaquin, and Mayor Lynn iks, Salem. o |
