Show AUTOMOBilE ROAD PROJECT AROUSES I ENTHUSIASM Meeting at Commercial Club Goes on Record as favoring Favor Favor- Favoring ing Midland Trail C ARE ARE PRESE PRESENT T Highway Boosters Boors rs to Appoint 5 Committee to Work forr fors for r s- s Salt Lake Route Lake Route C GOOD OUD roads road ent enthusiasts us automobile p and ana and anda a CI staple ana asia fancy as assortment of or sure enough boosters eri from Denver CI and Gra Grand d Junction Junction Junc Junc- tion lion Colo Cola Price and and lae elsewhere en enthused on- on tl for tor or three flours at the tue CommercIal Commercial Commercial Com Com- mercial club last night on the tho subject of or the tue projected transcontinental highWay highway high hlo way and in particular the propos proposed l route Joute for the tile highway known as the tho Midland trail The The- meetings meeting choice of the Midland Idland trail wa was made thade a matter matter matter mat mat- ter of ot record b by a n re resolution which passed am and i by tho the further resolution that a committee of ot ten representatives representatives rep- rep from remit and Colorado be he appointed to I de devise o ways 08 and means for tor influencing the A Automobile associations association's asso asso- choice of or a l route through this section of ot the tho country The representatives cs who will do ho appointed at once and will meet fleet at atI Grand Crand Junction Colo Cob within ten days I will consist of or two from Crom Salt Lake J. one each from rota Ogden den Provo Pro and Price two from Denver and antI one each cach from Grand Junction Glenwood Springs and ln Idaho Springs Colo Cob The Commercial club will announce Its representative and amid those of t the tho motor club today and President Yetter of oC tile the Denver chamber chamber cham chasn- ber of or commerce will ann announce his choice Friday Nobody III in inThe Opposition Tile The pros and anil cons of or the Midland trail proposition were argued by br various va Va- rious speakers The Tho pros had It It since no cons were in evidence e President W. W W. W Armstrong Armstrong- ot of the Commercial club presided at the meeting and aDd Gov William Spry in a brief address address address ad ad- dress welcomed the good roads Concluding he lie said No 0 other them Is so close to tho hearts of or tho lie people of ot Utah as the good roads q question and I can assure heart hearty operation co-operation best efforts and largest appropriations necessary to complete the projects President E. E VJ J. J. J Tetter etter of the Denver Den chamber chamber- of ot cd and andt t told told- ld a f tho the meeting g that while some of their roads are terrible awful awful the motorists of ot Colorado had also discovered that some somo of their roads Were Vere Imp Impassable and had had several sad experiences In fn trying to negotiate bad roads He lie added however however however how how- ever that th the tho Denver er chamber of ot commerce commerce commerce com com- merce had taken the good roads road question ques I tion to itself and that within ten days I after atter resolving to better conditions had thirty teams at work repairing and building roads Ho He said in part Our first reason for favoring ra the Midland trail Is fg possibly a selfish one ono but we wo frankly want tho the route that will go goo through h tho greatest part of ot Colorado Bur It If It is IH not cho chosen en as part of the final main route Denver Den will be taken care caro of ot on the Northwest Continued on Page 3 3 Column 1 PROJECT AROUSES MUCH ENTHUSIASM Meeting at Commercial Club Goes on Record as Favoring Favoring Favor Favor- ing ng Midland T Trail rail i J o Continued Iron front Page Pase 1 or the Overland O routes If It you ou depond de- de 1 pond pend ond on Cn the tho road you ou now have ha through Y Wyoming Salt Lake and OSden Ogden Og- Og den clen will eventually e find them themselves cut cutoff cutoff i CJ off from lom the northwest route I 1 have come conic to define Colorados Colorado's position If It you do not nol approve the tho Midland trail It Jt will simply be up to Colorado to join bands hands with boosters for another route I hope you ou will give sive It your support as ai It would build up your elt city state and territory as would no no other development of or tho good roads move move move- m men ment e n t. t t GIveS Give Talk TaIk A. A L. L the thc pathfinder who ho successfully blazed the trail fl from frim m Grand Junction to Salt Lake Lalee spoke o of his trall trail expeditions in behalf of the American Automobile llon Uon during which he hc has hus explored and mapped the four principal proposed routes from which tho transcontinental I highway vao will bo be developed de Mr Ir Vestgard Vest gard told of oC the recent conference of ot manuC manufacturers at Indianapolis which Informed him that their association would provide a l sum of ot approximately 1 with which to help holp build the road He lie said ald It I is up to the I people along the different trails to show the committee where tho the money mone shall bo be spent The fhe final route will willbe willbe be selected l b by next spring i t Dou Douglas la White hite industrial o agent ent of the Salt Lake Route spoke briefly on the attitude e o oC ot the tile railroads towards the good roads movement stating that contrary to common supposition the railroads welcomed good roads as assistants in developing the country countr and said that the thc road he ho represented I at least was willing to stand an Increase increase in- in crease In taxes to assure the building buildIng- of or the road On behalf of or Weber reher county count O. O J. J Stilwell secretary of the Weber club at Ogden spoke c of or O Ogden's den view of the highway question saying that wo we would cIe 1 like 1 o 1 to sec ce the i.- i. road that I. I Inot comes i I fl I I J JD U 4 VI I I U UI LI d. d I I. I LU c 5 riV 1 VII UI far Of going g south and added that Weber county count had the best roads o of oC an any r county in an any state In the tam tain region Trice PrIce Man Talked TaiLed ell made by br Levi Lev f. f A rousing speech was ma e IN r. r X N. Harmon of Price He lie said in part We e have hap had hau t to pend spend lots of oC money Jin ln Jn our county count but hut we wo are arc ready to tackle this road The Price Irice delegation delegation c tion of ot twenty members present to tonight to- to night Is united on the he proposition an and 1 Mn jn in their behalf behal I pledge that if IC this krall Is dc designated as the hi highway h a t we two will vili lend our best efforts to CurI fur fur- I nishi all ahI the tue money monc you ask of or us to o jut this road through We e have obligations to meet but what we cannot al o by taxation we will raise per per- to put that road through h Price vc e have ha no outlet Our Our people want ant antto to spend ll their surplus money and we know Imo of ot no b better place to spend money than titan in Salt Lake I k Senator Horace P. P DC De Long of u Grand Junction said In part I Bal Bad roads make America hard up t nalles ies billionaires and all other such aIres alres go 0 on boats boat or hire boats to reach Europe a and nId her good roads road Dont Don't reach out your our left len lefthand lefthand hand to 10 meet Colorados Colorado's rl right ht hand and fall to get et together There wille will willbe willbe be e other t transcontinental routes but we want to get et In on the first good g thing If we wo dont don't get ct together and show thc thorp them we ve have hn the tha best route we arc goIng goIng- to J lose st J If w wo we do get et to- to f we can win wih the batti before U. U Some Somo day a we e shall be able to eat cat breakfast Jn n Grand Junction Jun whoop whooper er up on the thc road and cat eat dinner with you OU here hero In Jn Salt Sail Lake Price has ha the tho greatest bunch of ot live wires wire you ou ever cr laid hands on oli Truly It Is the the pearl flearl of great reat Price Senator H. H C. C Iverson 1 of Carbon county also io spoke on behalf of oC the Mil Mid Midland laud land a trail and suggested that one half of Jf the now in the state treasury treasury treas treas- ury iry be b tle devoted d to building the road saying that with all an our power we weare arc are going to put our lUI million or at least leasta a a lot of money noney into that jackpot jack jael jackpot pot and we are arc going oln to apply our energies ner to making this thin on one of oC the Jl happiest and mo most t prosperous states rIn In hi the union 1 r addresses es were also made by Si SiV V V. Derrah assistant general freight agent a ent of the thO th Denver Denvor lit Rio llo Grande and b- b by bW W W. D D. local secretary o of ot the American Automobile tion Mr 11 said that sooner or later Yellowstone Yell park parle would be to motor car traffic and that Salt Lake wanted wante the Yellowstone park parl This suggestion on his part u I I brought forth a resolution b by B. B FRedman F F. Rt Redman to the effect that the tho meeting was vas in favor tavor of or opening opening- Yellowstone par park to motor traffic and that representatives of Utah and Colorado In Con Congress ress be bc urged to U use e their best efforts to bring this about The Thc reso reso- re resolution o- o I lution was adopted I II I |