Show ST ITE ENGINEER SAYS IDS CHIEF TOPIC LN IN SOUTH after driving 1016 1015 miles from here to southern utah and back some times as he says operating his car as an automobile and sometimes as a submarine george F mcgonagle state engineer returned to salt lake last night he was accompanied on the trip by oliver J grimes secretary to governor bamberger and secretary of the juvenile court commission carl A alien allen state inspector of mines and D B J finch of og dell deb district engineer of the united states bureau of public roads the party left salt lake la in company with members of the state board of land but bu left eft that parly par at lit panguitch Pan gultch and returned a day later than the land board members sou southern thern utah is now talking strongly of roads says mr mcgonagle who is a member of the state road commission there Is a movement on to change the arrowhead trail to run through hurricane and into st george IA in addition mr air finch and mr mcgonagle as well as the people of utah s dixie are considering si plans for or a short line route from zion national park to the grand canyon at present the route Is long and the traveler from the grand canyon to zion park has to drop about 1000 feet off the hurricane fault on a heavy grade and then climb that much again to get into the park it Is believed that the road can be arranged so that the visitor from the canyon can visit the park and then take the down grade out ot of the park ino st george on mater ater mission mr air McGon agles visit was in part connected with water conservation matters he reports that there Is a strong movement on for the raising of the tropic dam to accommodate water storage tor for the benefit ot of tha the I 1 dry farmers around widtsoe it is asserted that most ot of the flow ot of the east fork of the sevier during nine months of the year sinks before it reaches the main channel of the sevier and it is the plan to store this water higher up and to use it tor for irrigation with the idea that the return flow will be heavy negotiations are under way tor for the purchase of storage rights from the state in the hatchtown Hatch town project to trade to otter creek reservoir owners tor for the waters to be stored in the east fork at the tropic dam mr air grimes reported that near zion national park the party encountered a I 1 near cloudburst which clothed the great natural wonderland in a garb which will not be frequently seen by the ordinary tourist every little cleft in the canyon mr air grimes said had its own waterfall and the water was flowing off the sheer sides of the big cliffs in torrents salt lake tribune |