| Show of US f UNO OPPOSED T MEETING c state constitutional amendment proposed tourist routing discussed an amendment to the utah state constitution which would prevent aversion of state gasoline tax ta moneys to other than construction construct io 1 and maintenance of the state higa way system was proposed saturday for sponsorship by the associated civic clubs of southern utah A proposal that the association request initiation of such an amendment was presented but because of association rules was ordered taken under advisement for so 30 days W D hammond state road commission member mechin meeting with they the club directors discussed the entire highway construction maintenance and financing program to support his plea that highway blinds especially the gasoline tax mio moneys s should hould be kept intact informally going on record even before the formal presentation of the me problem association officers indicated their support for any program which would prevent curtailment tail ment of the road program frank G martines Mar lines president of the associated civic clubs of southern utah traced the efforts r of groups seeking diversion of road funds mr air martines pointed to a growing agitation for such di version as endangering future highway programs and weakening the special tax system of the state slate i the present state highway system consists of slightly more than miles of roads of which only about one third is improved to a i satisfactory standard mr martines pointed out last year the gasoline tax collections totaled the 7 1936 collections are estimated at fixed charges for items such as highway patrol engineering gin gi purchase of rights of way insurance office rent administration gasoline testing and others require a considerable portion ot of the total more than annually is normally required to match federal appropriations of nearly mearly three times that amount club officials were informed leaving but a small annual budget for improvement of secondary roads and extensions of the state system mr martines definitely assured mr hammond that the sou southern theril I 1 utah association already had gone t on record as opposed to road money diversion representatives from 15 southern utah counties and visitors from arizona attended the meet ing saturday in the kanab high school building discussion of the bill now mow pending in congress which would eliminate the long and short haul baul clause of the interstate com merce act was vas included in the as business meeting other discussions centered on routing of the roosevelt highway construction st ruction of an airport near bryce canyon national park development and improvement of the highways between utah and arizona methods of increasing tourist traffic ex cx change between the two states and a proposal to increase the state school equalization fund fun d by 1 10 president martines named the standing association roads com attee of which L A i of milford is chairman to cooper rt ate with arizona civic leaders and officials regarding possible roal improvements Prove ments and tourist routing on sunday a caravan was form ed d to visit the pipe springs na dional monument 25 miles south of kanab the two day meeting was i arranged by the kanab lions duo i with elmer Jack jackson gon club dent as chairman mr 1117 and mis alta F G martines and mr 1117 and mrs ray E carr were in Zt attendance from richfield the next meeting of the ASS assorted fisted civic clubs of southern utah will be conducted at moab november 21 |
