Show SIX MMES MILES OF PAVEMENT next monday july 2 the state road commission will open bids for grading and paving 1 12 1 2 miles of road south of richfield Richtie ld next nest to the paved part of main street 1 12 1 2 miles in salina and 3 miles from salina to redmond this will be the first step toward the fulfillment of the long cherished idea and hard bard fought tor for wish to have the north south highway through sevier county hard surfaced of course the commission reserves the right to reject any or all hide bids but it is nearly certain that one of the bids submitted will be accepted and then if the contractor to whom the contract will be awarded Is on the job making the necessary preparations and brings his bis road machinery to the grounds where he needs it we may see the work under way by august argust what a hard bard surfaced road will mean to our county has been often explained and does not need any more explanation but a word abord might be said ao an to what the construction activities will mean to the people of our county before bids are opened and acted upon we do not know what tho the total amount of the cost w will ill be it is however the experience of 0 counties where conditions are similar to those in sevier county that a mile all of hard surfacing comes to nearly the total cost of tile six miles that will be paved here therefore vill ill be about of this amount the federal government pays 76 per cent or in round figures three fourths tile the county 24 per cent one fourth this one quarter equal to of the money that was raised by our bond issue of the total cash about onolia one halt lf will be the cost of material and the other halt half labor nearly all of the labor will be supplied by people of the county which means that while our tax payers have to raise they will receive in wages and even those who so strongly opposed the he bond issue will have to admit that hat this paving proposition is not so BO bad ad a business proposition |