The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1919-05-16

Figures after ugurcs- have been prr-
pared hy Ira o. browning. state road
Icngiuc,r aud his office force IN nn ,f-
fort tu help the state road commission
solve the financial problem with y, hitch
II l. confronted n the next two years.
And the problem IT, not solved vet
The sheets were presented to- the mem
hers ut the commission u Few dnvs ago
and each man took his away with him.
after more ur less puzzled glance in
an effort tu arrive at ~, uill meaning
Iof the figures therein presented. pre-.
pared on tho basis that the forest
roads. the pustruads aud the hardsur-
faced state roads on the program
should hv completed Boo the next two
year, and that the counties should
contribute 20 per cent uf the cost 90
the highways ~ their respective yuun.
ties
Tahulatiuns prepared some weeks
lag" proved ruurlusiyclN that basis
Iof 10 per cent from the ,uuuti,. ter
Amy important part 1T the program
WnH not enough. Taking the state ns
% whole. " b. found that 80 per cent
would cover the cost nicely aud allow
the stat" Z" Keep within the funds
nov available iiut another obstacle
To- pay 90 pet cent. some uf them can.
not possibly live up t. thr program.
Their area De- tuu large aud their flunu.
'rial wealth and their population ARE
too small This conclusion was reach
led after account BE- taken ut 40 the
cash nuw 60 tho credit 1T those ruun.
tirF Doe the state road fund. and after
the maximum state road tnN ut tire,
mills WIS supposed a. have been irvipd
fur each ~ the two years iu az, pres.
'cnt hicnnium on their ruli nas,a.rd
valuation % WIS found thut the ,uun.
ties VIII have tu raise from lthr.
sources. proHumabi, from hund lssuss
nud perhaps ffum the county road
funds uud the general funds. amounts
VAR INK from nothing &C. ttgG,Nlg.tB.
The latter d. the aum fur Iron county.
where u had been hoped. with federal
aid. a. hnrdHuTfirc u single track"
highway pavement ulnv fp,t Wtdui
nll the way from Cedar CitN a. 81
'Ho"rE' ln fact, 10 wa hoped iu hutd.
suriayo practically nll the pusirupd
projects "f thu Arrowhead trait
Isonds Ar Suggested.
Washington county. after muuuy
from 40 tho regular suurr"s hus i..n
taken, would rtiil hr rhy for the hiru-
MUM n total uf Sos. gOsNt Just
where the counties could raise ruph
sums o. not ut present clear. and % it
one ~ the problems which the state
road Officials have before th,m. iiunds
have been suggested but the cone
atitutiuu ~ the state fixes the bonding
limit ut per cent. Even 10 Iron puuus
g., Tor example. has No banded ind,lt.
'dnrHH nov, : per cent uf the HHsrHs"d
valuation uf f7,7Ga,s7l would not bring
the total of the deficit fnf the blen-
MUM. Nor would per cent ~ Wash
iugiun'H Assessed valuation uf t2.Ntt.-
ibi come anywhere near fulfilling the
requirements at the program Tor the
hiennium, ~ anything 10 Go be- done
approaching the state road program.
the state win have Co contribute more
holp a. the weaker counties, ana pus-
Hlply nt Tho expense ~ the counties
better able h. pay Some ~ the lnttsf.
"a least. would derive benefit from Inn
proved roads in the outlA ms counties.
80 this procedure may be- adopted.
That In the problem before the state
. road commission.
There will not be- sufficient balance
in the present state road funds rpir
those derived from the bond issue ~
. $1,000, 600 authorized hy the hast lesis-
lnture, plus tho balance still uneXpsnd-
"a from the f2,U0O.O 900 bond issue uu-
thoried iva ysafs ago. o. solve the
problem without further financial aid
from the richer counties Totals uf
one uf the tables prepared hy Brown
INK show 900 being On the basis ut 20
pet cent participation Dos the ruuutirs
that Vurt a. the state ut the paving
proposed would boz Y2.a7f.l27,hGs IT
the pustruads proposed, 1854 9hb,al,
aud uf the forest roads S279, iG9. TN
der the provision that ut least 500. 900
ut the bond issue b. Co be- spent la each
, county there g. AN additional cxpoudi-
D. urr required Doe some uf the ,uuntir.
. pf the state of S25l,lia This hring
the total expense o. the state Sil3H..
. G2tl7, which rs % trIne under th,
balance in the states uurNpeudrd
e. funds from the bond ISSUES
, Toiui Tor Counties.
Against This the counties would have
tp put up. for paved roads, yt5al
FOL Tor postruads, Sl,0iG,siA.33, far fureF
4 roads, SlkG,llu, balances 81 $3.50,
p ana maintenance Charges Tor stat
b roads during the hiennium ~ $3.50.
600, This makes the total 90 com,
10 from the countie. S2,582.3bls3 TN
counties have cash ON hand. 90 thei
credit in the state road fund, of t279.
= $3.50. This would leave a total o
more than t2,3O0.OO 60 be raised b.
8 the counties in the two years A three
d mill road tax levied uniformity owe
n the state. would, uf course, accomplish
q lthis ana more than half az much agai
y In the biennium. hut three-mill IA
Il all over tho state Is not possible, and
s. II IL were, would not solve the ques
4 ton, because Il would mean that Sal
81 Lake county, for example, would hav
l. a balance after IL had built lis entir
paving unassisted, and that balanc
could not be transferred 10 any othe
Is county.
II The outline 81 the binnial program
IA as prepared-not yet formally adopt
II ed, OF course. and possibly not likel
~ 10 be In full-shOws a complete hard
70 surface road from Spanish Fork 20 IN
Utah-ldaho line. together with
stretch from Price 10 Helper Ia CaI