The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-03-29

when members at the board of
commissioners uf Emery county met
with the state road commission nj
Salt Lake city u few days ago the
Mounds bridge matter which has
agitated the people u Carbon and
Emery counties FOR q time. was not
formally taken up. since that Htru,-
ture over the Price river y not on a
state highway. The county Officials
however, agreed 10 pay what expenses
had already been incurred 10y the state
In proceeding to erect the bridge at
the request 81 tho Emery commission.
The history 81 the Mounds affair IL
somewhat intcrcating. The bridge was
built by an appropriation made by tho
legislature OF 1913. when thu appru-
priation had existed for year and
NO work had been dome on the bridge.
persons Interested In the structure
began 10 exert what pressure they
could To- get action started. The state
engineer W. -. beers. made an in
vcstigation and recommended against
building the bridge with state funds
on the ground that there was not
enough traffic over the road To- Justify
the expense of such a. bridge.
other engineers made similar proc
tests Price men. however including
shcopmcn Interested In "a corral prni-
Get near Mounds. cxerted their influ.
ence. aud finally GOV. william Spry
released the appropriation and the
bridge was built Last January
sunnysldr man notified Gov. Simon
| Hamburger that The bridge was In
dangerous condition. investigation 10y
state Officials NJ tho request ~ the
governor disclosed that II was IN q
similar condition Co that az Helper
that " not repaired u would become e
total loFs. that II would cost from
twelve ~ nft,rn hundred doliars Co.
repair II. and that the steel contained
/ In u was worth much more now than
when the bridge was built
The governor presented the matter
through Ira a. browning. state road
engineer. a. ~" Emery county com.
mission That body said that u had
me- money IN the general fund, aid not
see that the bridge was of any great
general Use anyway. and wanted 4"
know " the state would not take u
lott the county'r hands The matter
was presented a. the attorney gem
l6ral who found NO legal obstacles,
and the state offered Co repair the
bridge for Emery county aud held
the matter uf payment IN allegiance
until taxes should be- collected, OF elise
o. wreck the bridge. diSpos" of u else
where In the state. and credit Emery
county with the amount. less the cost
LOT wfrckinK the structure. 4 resolu.
ton passed az the February meeting
LOT the Emery county commissioners
haid that the traffic over the bridge
did not Justify the expenditure of fif.
teen hundred dollars required 10 re-
pair u and IL was decided therefore
THAT the county would sell the bridge
To- the state. A. lis March meeting
the Emery county commission dccid-
ed that this action should be rcscind-
ed. In the meantime the sheepmen
Interested had made u protest o. the
Emery commission and had agreed "a
stand part of the eNpens" of putting
the bridge into parsable condition and
Ia give bond o. insure the county AK
laiurt loss should the bridge prove not
10 have been placed In proper 'ondl'
ton.
Meanwhile the newspapers at Price
got busy and blamed Ira u. browning
IL h now alleged. Tor the whole thing
although the state road commission
acted only on the request of Emery
county Price men who were inter
,it.d In the matter called browning
from his sick bed. ON the long distance
Telephone. and argued with him Co th'
effect that the wrecking OF the bridg'
should be- stopped. Browning raia
what he could and then referred th'
llnn.,lraV. ~ 9ha atai. engineer tteOrEt
liz. McGonagle. The work OF wreck
ling the bridge was not stopped. how
lever, until the Emery county commits
! alons request got 90 the state com
, mirsion. The state commission agree'
! 10 pull It's bridge gang of the worl
! provided Emery should pay from ~
general fund the two hundred dollar
or so expense already incurred In con
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