Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-04-29 | Page 5 | State and County to Spend Money on State Street from City Line

STATE AND COUNTY TO SPEND MONEY ON STATE STREET fROM CITY LINE Will operate Co in M Making Making- It Fit for Part of Auto Highway High High- I way From Sou South h The Tho Bt state te and md tho county o of ot Salt Lal Lake e together expect to spend spond 1200 on state road Improvement work woj in inthis inthis this county count this tills year car Yesterday tho county commissioners appropriated tho the county's half halt of ot tho the amount It ItIs Itis Itis is proposed to spend most of this money au on State street from tho Utah county line to Salt SnIt city limits Salt Lake Lako has already authorised ed tho paving of State street from Ninth South to tho elt city limits and the rest of ot tho the road in this county will be improved by tho county and tho state together The work to be done will consist ot grading widening lu In places and mac mac- ad am Izi n g. g Tho The worst portion of ot the road l is that in the vicinity of the Narrows Just this side of ot Utah county count and a large amount of or the thc proposed work is to be bedone bedone i done dono along alons this section In Utah cont comi comity con t ty the road has haH already been improved rom from tho Utah county line lino to Pro tojroyo When Then the work worl is completed the tho highway highway high high- wa way will become a no part of or tho the great transcontinental highway for tor aut autos s. s The proposition of at levying a special lal 5 S mill road ta tax in tho the road districts of this county count as authorized by statute statute stat stat- ute Is to Ia be taken up by the tho commissioners commissioners commis commis- at their next meeting Salt Lake Laho county has not as yet levied this road tax but tho the demand for road improvements im mi- pro this year yur Is so imperative c cand and anti the funds are arc so limited that the commissioners are seriously considering consider consider- Int ing ng Its advisability ad e