Uintah Basin Standard | 1957-06-06 | Page 2 | Poor Judgment Used

POOR JUDGMENT USED Late Tuesday afternoon builders of the new stretch of highway between Roosevelt and Myton set off a charge of blasting powder on the rocky point located directly across the road from the Roosevelt city and west of the state road Most of the residents of Roosevelt city were startled by the noise and jar that had proportions of a slight When the dust of this blast had several hundred square feet of the beautiful cemetery had been sprayed with rock and boulders from the size of a to some weighing at least a It was a disturbing sight to and one we almost uncalled It Is the opinion of the and we believe the at- of the city officials of that someone used poor Judgment in this phase of highway We don't know just how much damage was none to grave it cost several hundred dollars to repair remove the wash away the Then there is the matter of flowers and grass that probably can not be restored to their normal The mayor of Roosevelt reported Tuesday evening that this is the second blasting has dumped onto the indicated the city cleared up the mess and had submitted a bill to the That is the least the road can pay the We are not making or suggesting but in our the con- will be mighty lucky if they are not sued for this lack of proper