Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-12-02 | Page 20 | Park Drawing Motor Travel

PARK DRAWING MOTOR TRAVEL Zion Playground Attains Higher Mark l Than Last Year Between 25 5 and 30 per por cent moro more people have hll visited Zion Zinn national park thIs year than last year ac nc according ac- ac according cording to V. V T. T euper- euper visor of oC tho p who hn was wan today toda conferring ronCe with District DI Forester Fore tr U. U II IT and 1 District En En- Engineer B D. J. J Finch Last rast year ho said 1303 Z per per- sons lUll ears from Crom every evry state In the union and nn 1 from Crom 30 foreign coun coun- trie visited 1 the ho park while the number this year car will go o well over 0 Tourist travel el during the lost last few Cew weeks ho he h said call hay hai been un un- unusually usually heavy hen for Cor this time of oC year Tho The Zion park road program for Cor forthe tho the next five years ears call calls for Cor the expenditure of oC in the thc of oC Two Important Import rte rte- development of ot this winter are tho the scenic highway from Crom Zion park to tot Mt t Carmel being built by the fed Cell federal federal eral and state governments c and of C facilities Improvement r park ramp ties by the Union Pacific PI railroad The railroads railroad's work worle N k expected to start early In tho the coming c year ear some Rome new cabins bring In heln built to ex ex- extend eXtend extend tend the hotel facilities The Tho Im Improvements im- im improvements at t Bryco canyon and andRt at Rt tho the Grand canyon canon camp too are arc of oC Importance as tourist t develop develop- ments me Superintendent Scoven brought ht to Ogden O den a II number of oC new J pictures showing views Ies along the future futuro road rond from Crom Zion park to Mt MtCarmel Carmel farmel Some of or these wore pre taken from Crom galleries being made alon aloe the file tunnel road t In tho Pine Pino creek cr rk giving new vantage l e points to Inspect In the park scenery Itself Others are arc views on nn tho the higher lands to be traversed east cast of or the thee canyon e to view vie come pome en en- entirely entirely different scenery than ha hili has been reached by regular tourist parties