Show SHALL UTAH ROAD BUILDING th alie 0 statement was recently mado made at a sol salt lake rotary notary club luncheon and is 18 jiow being freely circulated that utah has more paved highways than all ot of its border states cobbiii ed i 1 e nevada idaho wyoming colorado and arizona Stati bucu I 1 ilae hae L it however that after all the highways placed under corli coni tract this year in these several stats have been constructed that statement will scarcely apply As a matter ot of fact utah up until the present time dine has placed under contract independent ot of mun ties eu a total ot of but ralles miles 0 01 pe sid highways 1122 miles ot of w which ich were for solid concrete vou st ruction when we compare with 0 G 3 total for utah the number 0 of miles of concrete highways lecent decently ly 1 1 under contract by a single coant county yin in arizona 1 e miles w we c can better appreciate that ii if our eu viable position ns as described by tile alie aforementioned statement Is to hold true we will have to make mahe some rapid rides ides in road building during the cclif g year in arizona the county commena acs such an unusually large doai piram as miles is maricola maricopa Mari lari copa capa of wh alt idi phoenix Is the county seat sea tiie the county has a population ot of 75 OPO to finance the construction or as 21 miles of 6 inch thick concrete roads required a bond issue of 54 4 OC which passed with little difficulty fi rumors have it that next diw estill still more bonds will be voted for additional highways utah last year ranked fly jbf all the states by virtue of the nit nii bor il or or of miles of concrete roads for per ot of papule ton that seat of honor was easily arpea this year by arizona vali will continue with its roach croaa construction program next year only if ais ib incoming ingi legislature egI slature will pro vis the necessary funds otherwise li tie kle more than simply maintenance 0 c blat s highways can be done now how can additional funds tor for high Vary ax purposes be provided several duj taxable lable suggestions to this end haas been made and are now being ava n serious consideration in good rep rca circles generally they are a as follows 01 lows I 1 ait it under the present law tile the htwa sl j cannot bond tor for more than 1 I 1 i 0 ot of its assessed valuation which oi 0 n i bitsis basis ot of the returns tor for this year defines a limit 0 of this amount bonds have already been issued for road purposes being financed by the automobile license tax to ahe the extent c 34 0 0 there remains then their a bonding limit of could So Si uld constitutional amendment no 3 providing ag to increase the bond pir ilg limit to 2 have passed a total ot could be converted to the th slate male road fund this amount coupled with 1400 ftc an aich will next year accrue from the federal government would create a total fund of sur al 1 A t to enable the state to con ario W ith a sane road building program 2 id A general tax jofs afsar ay 3 mills c roul oua be levied tor for state road pur 3 such a levy would make uv vt able based on oil the re rent reent nt total assessed valuation the lovas made by the several counties independently this year for roads roads n eted the state which a ful valent to a blanket levy of ab t U it ivi 1 mills Revenues from this a tiburce tio nou cc however would not b be e adall laie until near tile the end of the year 3rd ard the present personal property tax on automobiles now going anto the general fund could be RP ap to the state road fund this it is estimated would provide very nearly si annually obviously this matter ot of highway construction is one of the most vital pr problems oblenis with which th the e incoming coming tri legislature legislate leg islat 11 r 0 win ill have to deal and should hc uld therefore be given every consideration de after all in the these se mod turn n ii times us jis ot of days ot of old ill the prost siv elless of 0 a community is ia meas iral primarily by its facilities |