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Show provements that "will 'add greatly to the comfort of park visitors in the future. The construction program now starting at Bryce Canyon calls for an expenditure of $125,000 and will include the same addition to the Ds-Luxe Ds-Luxe facilities as in Zion Park, extension ex-tension of the water system, addition addi-tion to the power house, and many minor improvements. 'Work on theae facilities will be rushed in order that the crews may be available for work on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon Can-yon a.s soon as the snow is cleared clear-ed from the road. Roads to Zion and liryce Canyon are now open. However, the only way to reach Bryce from Zion is via the Pipe Springs Desert, as the road over Cedar Mountain via Cedar Breaks is still buried deep under snow in the higher elevations. E. T. Scoyen, Superintendent, Zion-Bryce Canyon Math Parks. 'improvements At Zion National Park Zion National Park, Utah, April 22: After completing an improvement program at Zion Lodge in which $151,000 was expended, crews of the Union Pacific System moved to Bryce Canyon National Park today, and will start a $125,000 building program at that place, it was stated at the oliice of the Superintendent of Zion-Bvyco Canyon National Parks. The company has just completed five-room DeLuxe cottages which include in-clude a private bath for each room. Water is kept hot by automatic electric elec-tric water heaters. One of the major construction items was the installation of two 150,000 gallon water storage tanks, and building of a six inch cast iron supply line for supplying the lodge. In addition there were minor im- |