The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1919-03-07
TEN MILLIONS WITHIN
REACH FOR UTAH
ROADS
STATE MUST NOW PROVIDE FoR
HUGE SUMS OF MONEY.
Carbon County Is to Benefit BY the
Price to Emery Highway and the
One Through Willow Creek to the
Uintah Basin Country - Work On
Each Begins Early In the Spring.

Utah will build roads and may have
ten million dollars available for this
purpose bv July !. 1921. The gov.
eminent will provide S3.6jn.OOO. bat
the difference. S6.3jO.O00. must como
from the Golfers of the state Accord
iDs 90 g. r. McGonaglc. chief of the
state ruad commission. the actual ok.
pcnditurc will be- spread over "a pcrioJ
.of -four years cit will be- the most
ambition, road building program ever
attempted IN the state" he said lns,
Monday in discussing the projects
That will be- carricrd ont "Thc rn1d
commission is settling itself for m,
hardest four years of It's career"
Word that rund appropriations for
The state may reach the dccimillion
figu % came ont Monday. when new
of the federal road net reached Utah.
This net. which carries an allotment
.ot S3.l2lSii. refers only tu the ungt
roads. % is explained. ami imnlir,
that The state will appropriate dollar
for dollar with the government An.
other act provides for the ovucudi.
turc by ID" government of Si2i.nO0 in
the next hirnnium for national forest
roads IN Utah. IN which the state con
tributes nm amount equal 10 the M.
iional nnprupriniiun
The difference between the sums
that the government and the state will
nav for THESE two clnasrs of roads and
the 100000 O0 total Is the nlrrad, ni,-
prnpriatod amount of s2bOnOOn.
which the state will spend in hard
surfaced HIGHWAYS "Thcrc rnn be
no doubt that Utah will make the
necessary APPROXIMATIONS tn enable the
state g. secure the millions ~ dollars
OF road money ;hat the federal rov.
eminent Is willing a. spend In Utah. :"
McGonnelc predicted
Apart from the approximation for
forest roads. s0pn.56j becomes avail.
rhlc for immediate construction uf
post hirhwuvs 10 got this. the state
must file with the federal govern
rent by july lst Of this wear o. pledge
iu construct the proper highways ont
of the fund md 10 appropriate dollar
for dollar. As the state road cnmmi,
sion has more than ~ n0O.0O0 await
able nt present. this will be- done im.
mcdiniUly. declares McGonnglc. With
the contract signed. NJ much time NJ
may ho needed a. construct the rnnds
may be- consumed bv the state and
the funds will still be- forihcom NC.
saws the road commission chief. Bv
july /. 1920. SlO5s.42j viii have been
appropriated for this class of high
wINS hy the government. nnd hy the
same date IN 1921, Hi,il5.lSj more
VII be- available.
For the expenditure Of this money
iwoniv-soycn projects are under con
s.iCrniion hy the state aud tho gov.
eminent. Ia anticipation Of this
wears appropriation two projects in
lvolying fifiy-fivc miles Of postroads
between Castle Gate aud Duchesno,
and one hundred miles of similar
ronds between Thumpsops and BLAND.
lag, ARE being built. These will r..
Iuuirc ma outlay of about one-fourth of
the total appropriation for the yenr.
M rs estimated, other projects will
be- placed under way Immediately, in
Guiding the poslrond from Price 10 the
town Of Emery IN Emery county. The
latter calls for siXty-iiye miles OF
WORK