| Show VEGA FILL mm I 1 GREAT improvement 1 the vega fill project cast of monticello was finished this week when hen the last of the cubic ya yards 3 of e excavation x lo 10 f ca and fill as made v which h I 1 eliminated I 1 i a dangerous curve and wind ing road read as well as a narrow bridgm bridge besides itha athe ej excavation anil and fill a foot tunnel was blasted thru thi it the sandstone bluff for the waters of the sheana to pass thru later some tons of gravel surface and blase su will be required to complete the mile of new road at present however the work has been halted although the road is open to travel A saving of levei several al hundred yards in distance distan e has been made by this much needed which amounts to little compared to the saving in travel time and the additional safety to travelers which is effected several bad wrecks had occurred on the old steep winding road at least two motor vehicles had crashed thru the bridge railing and into the bottom of the wash needless to say the new road will be much al appreciated by the motoring metering public meanwhile the work on lie he blanding end of the M monticello ont acello bland blanding ing goes on apace two large caterpillar type dirt movers are in oration operation these one of them capable of hauling five yards of dirt at a load each of the big machines is operated by only boneman on one eman man thus effecting great I 1 economy in road read excavation where no large rocks are encountered these two road improvement projects are the completing links of our h highway hway system bet between Neen monticello and blanding much highway improvement is still necessary on en our way to make it a fast safe motorway but surveys have been made and as money becomes avail available all oe ins improvement pro is sure to follow 1 |
