Show state de designates signa a tes vo so 40 as roosevelt highway state road commission selects so U S 40 through utah As shortest and the most scenic route for roosevelt highway from cape cod mass to pacific coast U 8 40 highway received a boost when the state road commission designated it as aa the route to be used by the roosevelt national lilg highway hway through utah extending from froin cape cod mass to the pa cefic coast the new highway will go through vernal to heber city provo and then southwest to the coast the route over oer US 40 from denver v er to provo was wan considered by t the he state road commission as the most scenic shortest and most beneficial to the state of utah thousands of will pass through vernal and towns of the uintah basin each year as a result of tilts this new highway penetrating utah a great scenio scenic inland empire tourists tourist S will make longer stops in the state and ret a very favorable impression of the beautiful along this route abich penetrates tho tha rocky mountain range and along the southern rim of the uin taha to the beautiful wasatch range the history of US 40 goes back to 1861 when a civil engineer named E L berthoud wishing to gain a westward est Aard connection from denier to salt lake city was as employed by W 11 russell and pen idol laday the overland transportation magnates to examine the country in search of such a route the sur ey aided that a road could be constructed which would shorten the distance from the missouri to the by 2150 miles it has only teen been within the last few years however that the state and federal governments have been active in constructing this road largely as federal ald aid and forest aid projects prom from denver proceeding by dr cir cullous mountain construction jy U IS to 40 la 13 built across the continental divide through the berthoud raa 62 miles west of denver at an elevation of feet again it crosses the rocky mountains at muddy pa pass 84 94 miles north of the berthoud at an elem elevation tion of 8 feet and for the third time via ia the rabbit ears pass 7 miles northwest of the muddy pass at an altitude of feet above see sea level thus the continental divide la Is crossed three times within n adles of denver during this ride the tourist will see scenery unequaled anywhere else in the world the me ride Is more like a trip through the alps of 01 switzerland and the vegetation Is similar to that of england A special meeting of the vernal llona club road committee was called on monday evening and a resolution rm lution drawn up to be forwarded the state road commission to express the appreciation of the people ot of this community for their action A letter was also written to W D rishel secretary manag er cr of the utah state automobile association thanking him for his interest in the improving of US 40 through the uintah basin southern utah avic alvic clubb take issue with state for designating uintah ba sin route urge grand junction and price route instead would be doom of basin roads RICHFIELD that the becom men emendation dation of the utah state road commission relative to the routing of the roosevelt transcontinental highway through utah will mill be vigorously opposed by bouthern utah was indicated last thursday by frank 0 martines Martl nes president of the associated civic clubs cluba of southern utah and L A ot of milford Ml lford chairman of the organizations organization 8 road committee in discussing the matter they rho also took exception to the campaign campagna camp agn recently started by W D rishel se cretaro manager of the utah state automobile association in promo ting travel over US 40 for the benefit of salt lake city and thereby causing an unfavorably condition to exist with ith wyoming wyoming people are planning retaliatory measures and the united travel association southern wyo ming has called a special meeting to discuss the matter the associated civic clubs became interested in the roosevelt highway routing several months ago as a means of bringing more people into the state the roosevelt highway association has pio the highway and ana succeeded in getting it officially designated as U 8 no 6 from cape cod mass to greeley Ore eley colo tho association desires that it cross croas utah to Ton apah nev and the official number be given it to the pacific coast it was mas to aid in this that the associated clubs was mas asked to petition the utah state road noaa commission to in turn recommend to the ame ameaan I 1 can association of state highway officials the body that passes on the official designation to five che the road om caal status from greeley to denver v er grand junction colorado price spanish fork eureka and delta ao baker nevada the road commission ho however weer recommended that the road enter utah over US 40 through vernal to reber heber city thence via provo and spanish fork and sout southwest hest in accordance with the request while southern utah la is disappointed at not having the recommendation men dation call for the use of US SO 50 via grand junction and price the principal complaint according to president martines Martl nes and mr Is the reasons given by the state road commission tor for favoring the other route K 0 wright chief engineer and preston 0 peterson member of the commission sold said before the dl di rectors of the associated civic club at their recent meeting in mt Plem pleasant ant that US 40 was the shortest by approximately 67 miles in checking the actual difference in the distances we e find that the nor thein route Is the shorter by 36 miles mile but that the south rou route can not only be traveled in considerably sider Bider ably less les time but Is the more scenic of the two asserted president martines Martl nes then we can not see the consistency in di distort descg bating this route over mer a road that la is usually closed a part of the winter months does not offer adequate for tourists Is thru an extremely Ep sp arcely settled country and without a doubt will not be as attractive to the traveling public as other available routes between denver colorado and salt sail lake city or any other point in utah in regards to US 40 41 they im cm d that even though the associated soc socia ted civic clubs Is primarily interested te in the development of a southern utah that the organization Is also concerned with ith the development J of all other parts of tho the state and the state as a whole hole A mr braugh said we tire are just as aa anxious as tha he people of salt alt laka city or the people of eastern utah through which US 40 runs to we bee it finished to ft a hard surfaced faced standard wo we realize that every time a new and better artery into any part of utah is built the entire state bene benefits lits vidde of the people coming over oer it ft ill find their way A ay into our part of the state tills this theory holds good for J every road we me have or can bulla that taps a new area i in that connection they took exception I 1 with ith mr rishel who aho recently stated that US 40 Is the only continued on page four southern utah clubs protest state action cantin Continued from paye page ono on 1 alwain main artery in the state that ka ha 5 liot been completed comp to it hard bur faced standard and started a campaign to obtain its ita improvement ur mr ashel also said ald that it Is the most important road for in increase ing tourist travel in utah 89 connecting utah and arizona and topping the heavy traveled east west no 60 66 be one of the most popular scenic und lus commercial highways of west ern amu amet lea ica yet apparently it isn t considered a main artery according to mr rmel it la is literally lined with cenec attractions and yet of the people who visited the grand canyon national park from october 1 1034 1934 to august 31 1933 1935 only approximately one seventh of them can be traced into our state much of that must be because of the condition of the road mr said bald ile iio continued the entire state of utah lows a considerable amount of tourist business because of the condition of 80 89 near bryce itryce canyon national park many travelers will vill not continue north from bryce and nd zion when they learn of the condition of the route they to go south and wet and leave the state stale isomer boner than they would otherwise rio do 1 the associated civic clubs has efti in getting betting the co opera alon of the civic organizations organization and state officials of arizona ond and ex pert to materially increase travel into the state as a result mr did not anno announce lince what hat plan be MI followed in attempting to have the state road commission chanso change its lt rec recommend ommen elation dation for the routing of the hoosac velt highway but indicated hla his committee would contact the commission members at an early date Tri tribune bure |