Uintah Basin Standard | 1960-06-02 | Page 11 | State Appoints Engineer for Indian Canyon

State appoints engineer for Indian Canyon Ernest Junior resident engineer at Duchesne for the Utah State Road has received assignment as engineer on the Indian Canyon Road improvement project near L. C. Stevenson and Grant Hansen of Altamont are contractors on this Work Is progressing on all three phases of the miles of road improvement project in Altonah and Bluebell areas of northern Duchesne reports E. J. engineer for the The prime coat application in preparation for spreading the oil Is about completed on the mile stretch from Home junction to the sub-grading is about finished on the stretch from Altonah to and the base course gravel is being applied on the 4 miles from Bluebell to The contractor's earth-moving equipment is at Altonah and rock crushers are operating at pits located on the Elwin Birch property in the Home area and on the Bruce Hartman property in the Bluebell area Nelson Construction of Salt Lake City started work on the project July 1959 Under terms of the 33 contract from the Utah State Road Commission to Nelson Bros the firm has working days to complete the construction An extremely long and cold winter this year hindered the progress of the project