The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-21

er biennially. fixing his compensation
and shall have power 10 remove MN
for cause" etc. ,,,t-.-|
The above marks the passing % into
history OF the old county rQad dlstrlcl
and district road supervisor. HOW very
thankful we should be. For more IMAM
generation, or since Ihe uttS , "a t--e
pioneer, our only road Dullulns eApSI
has been the county district road sup
ervisor. and so the results. The aver
age road supervisor was a man cHOsSh
from any one of the various purs utts
of life. except road engineering ne
devoted only part of his time ana Us
ually much less of his attention 10 me
work. His only object was to comply
with the requirements OF the law ILaLL
heartedly, for the per diem as d luIS-
After so long a period OF his regime
and the expenditure OF hundreds OF
thousands of dollars, we nave very III
tie of common sense road bulldlhB dLu
repair, and many evidences OF husS
plumbers, mutilation OF the FoaIs ~
waste of money. There can ana need
be no better argument OF the weakness
and WrOngfulnesS Of such system
than such a condition.
1t is an easy matter to lay out and
construct a railroad grade, place tles
and rails thereon for the running OF
trains. as compared 70 the building ana
keeping in repair of tirst-class IOdd
that viii stand the alternating neat
and cold. sunshine and storm ana tne
an seasons OF the year. and yet. rail-
road company would never attempL 70
Derform such work without the best
trained expert, and so II IS in every me
in the business world. Inc eApel-l
trained in his particular me- saves
money and brings results,
Section 1 OF the same chapter OF tns
law above quoted reads IS touoWs-
FSec. f. The county road commission
eTs under the direction and supervision
Of the board of county commissioner 81
shall. "a Take charge OF the pu1ilS
roads within the county, and empLoy
and direct such eompetent hslp as iii Il q
he necessary to properly perform ms
duties. % Prepare and submit 10 the
county commissioners, for thelr aP-
DroVal plans. specifications ana tstl-
mates for any road CONSTRUCTION 70 g9
made in the county on county roaus
After the approval by the county COM
missioners of the plans, specifications
and estimates, provided nefeln' lnS
work of construction growing ouL OI
such approved plans, specifications ana
estimates shall be wholly Wlthln me
authority of the county road commits
sioners (3) May assist In the super
vising and constructing or STATE ROADS
under the direction and control or the
road commission. "a Keep the roads
clean of obstruction and In good re
pair" etc
This clearly indicates the class of
man or men sought TO be secured ana
entrusted with the l4tLpO- leA4A WI "A ia
building our roads and keeping them
in proper repair There are two lines
of work clearly indicated in the law.
The business side in selecting the roads
to be improved, authorizing OF APPROX
ing plans and aDprOpriating money Is
the line properly belonging 20 the
county commissions TO perform, but the
actual supervision Of the work OF con-
stTuctiOn and repair belongs wholly "a
the county road commissioner TO per-
form The county commissioners
should be very thankful that such du-
| ties may now be shifted TO one expert
| in each county who bears such re-
spOnsibility and answers 10 them there
| for.
Construction and repair OF the high
ways is a science, yes and an art. and
| to properly perform il requires an eX-
pert, especially trained.
The most important duty assigned "a
| the county commissioners to perform
| is the selection Of the county road com
missioner-that expert, who prepares
| the plans and spends the money IN
| building and repairing the road IN the
! best way known 70 mainland who may