Show road to vernal to be cleared board assures transport company highway will be open during winter request that the state road co commission render some assistance this winter in keeping open the road between salt lake and vernal by way ut of heber daniels canyon and th taj strawberry was made of the public utilities commission and the load commis ioa by the sterling transportation por tation company wednesday 0 officials of the company with senator alonzo 13 irvine irvane attorney for the concern called at the office of the utilities commission wednesday an ane later in ill company with F E ostlee secretary of the utilities commission com proceeded to the office of the road commission where the matter wr laid before H R whitney groo offic engineer of the commission company officials declared ahr during the lecent snowstorm it 11 ten trucks of the sterling compan were able to buck their w way ay the snow which was about taire feet deep on the tha strawberry num erous stalled automobiles some soine cor tabling women and chil children dien war found on the way they declared and after the trucks of tho the colaw co iian had passed over the road the othe machines were able to continue 0 their way in one car was a worn wom an who fainted three times corn com pany officials reported and muc suffering was experienced by othe women woman and children mr air groo informed the visitor that provisions had been made he C knowlton Know llon maintenance engin eer of the tha commis commission to keep thi ill road in question open an auto mobile truck equipped with a snow plow and aind a caterpillar simi similarly larl equipped are ana to work out of ilebei city up daniels canyon canyo nand and almonr the road toward vernal tea teairl with snowplows snow plows are to from the other direction dirac tl on to meet them the care of this rold road 1 included in mr air knowltons Knowl tons program mr air groo declared ain aind d everything possible will be done to keep the road in passable condition reports from vernal declare that snow conditions have hava caused mails to be from three to four hours late in reaching duchesne abd aad that the trucks have remained in that place overnight delivering the mail at vernal the next morning the summit has an altitude of feet and alid the snowfall on it was about fourteen inches accompanied by a wind crews and jent were sent to the summit by the state road commission last saturday and the road was quickly cleared the mail was delivered in vernal monday evening only forty five minutes late on the strawberry surn summit mit which has an altitude of feet eighteen inches of snow fell during a heavy blizzard blocking the road tor for a time |