Show arrowhead trail improvements planned chas h H bigelow state district road engineer attended the trl state conference of road engineers at san bernardino california feb 24 and from him the news gets the following particulars of the conference which was of great importance to the arrowhead trails present at the conference were C C cotterell state engineer chas benson district engineer W A johnson state highway commissioner E W griffith and E E smith of at las vegas representing nevada the full board of supervisors of san bernardino co cal carl and douglas rhodes of los angeles cal and C H bigelow tor for utah the purpose of at this meeting was to work out a plan whereby the arrowhead trail may be designated in california by a shorter route than the one at present used also to provide and perfect a workable plan whereby the arrowhead trail will be certain to receive the fullest possible benefits from the townsend bill As there has been a conflict of interests in california involving three possible routes between las vegas and san bernardino it was deemed best at this conference to appoint a reconnaissance party made up of five locating engineers headed by C H bigelow who made a thorough study of the various routes involved in 1914 to bring in a report at the earliest possible date recommending some one route that california may designate as a state highway to the nevada state line it if the jean ludlow route Is chosen the distance from st george to los angeles pill avill be shortened about 60 50 miles and much of the low altitude region avoided while in los angeles mr bigelow effected arrangements with the auto club of southern california tor for pictorial exploitation of utah at all club branch and main offices which includes sail san bernardino san diego el centre centro santa barbara los angeles ventura and bakers geld iTeld in behalf of at the arrowhead trails assa mr bigelow arranged tor for a california delegation to meet supt bupt of national parks mather at the dedication of zion national park at an as yet unannounced date in may alay the arrowhead trails also will act as host to capt owen H R bird the correspondent and magazine writer who plans to reach st george about march tenth bringing with him mr 0 connelly as photographer this party will secure flat moving and telescope views tor for newspaper and magazine release exploiting the scenic attractions along the arrowhead trail as well as its commercial and development value to tha the intermountain Mount aln region bridge dridge over virgin approved approval 0 of t tha e messu te bunker vill bridge was received feb 17 by C C gottrell ottrell state highway engineer of nevada from the bureau of public roads this assures the removal of the most troublesome and dangerous section of the arrowhead trail and as provision was made to carry an irrigation pipe una on the bridge structure it will do away with the annual shortage of water at bunker bille and mesquite and also permit of a touch much increased cultivated acreage to grow cotton at las vegas the fisk tire and rubber co have obtained six thousand acres of land in the las vegas valley for the growing of long fibre fabre cotton for manufacture at las vegas into tire fabric acres has hits been planted this spring to provide seed tor for the entire acreage next year providing the soil is proven adapted to cotton culture big dig 19 party coming jos H manderfield writes jos 8 9 snow of this city that thos pock general passenger agent of the salt lake route expects to conduct a party of business men from los angeles on a tour of at southern utah in way may leaving the railroad at milford and covering the territory thoroughly between milford and st george in motor cars |