Show e s Prepare fog lor 1919 1 ill Sea Season SOl f b wt K C v b c. c b c. c c. c e. e b Show Why County Road Bond 1 Issue Should Pass ass NEED OF GOOD ROADS LOCALLY IS POINTED OUT BY VOLUNTEERS Taxpayers to Be Called Upon Thursday to Ratify Issue Which Will Z Provide Greatest Scenic Route o of Its Kind Cind in World orld Auto Men Alen Meet Tomorrow Night P PROBABLY the greatest stride in road building in Utah will be he deci decided ed at nt the bond election to be he held heM next Thurs Thursday Thursday- ny February 13 when the taxpayers of Salt Lake county will be e culled called upon to ratify the tho issue with which to carry out plans that will start the greatest scenic road of its kind in the world and hard surface the avenues in the county in such a way that it will increase business many mans millions of dollars It will work for hundreds s of returning soldiers cost property owners only 38 39 cents a year J p per r thousand of as assessed essed valuation bring the farmer fanner closer to the city furnish h him m a ch cheaper avenue of or transportation for his Lis products assist in the securing securing- cf cl tourist travel which is now amounting to millions ns of dollars a year lower many of the food prices through better means of travel el and securing securing- a market an and securing the the- themore themore more rapid dc development and deliveries for the rural l districts To fo create interest in ill the bond issue a meeting of automobile accessories and good roads r u advocates d will be he held at the Commercial club at 8 o'clock Monday At a meeting of or the county commissIoners commissioners commis commis- and members of or the Utah State Automobile association held last week plans were discussed for tor placing before beor the voters the benefits that will be re received re- re d from the bond Is Issue ue It was pointed out that property owners will only be contributing contrIbuting- 38 cents a a. year year- for tor each 1000 of ot assessed valuation and antI that thal tho returns on this to everybody everybody every every- bod body would bo be far tar In excess of ot tho the In In- In vestment The wages of ot one man for tor forone forone torone one tIa day would bo be sufficient to care for tor tho the bonds for ten years ears In other words If It a man lost one days day's work In Ina Ina a 3 year he ii would bo ba losing sufficient to total tal take e cr caro of tho the cost on 1000 worth orth of assessed valuation for tor ten years ears What hot l Call CoIl ForIt For Jor or It is not expected that more than halt hall of ot tho bond issue if It that much will bo ho a used during durin- the present year The plans are for the spending of ot SO SOPer SOPer SOPer Per cent of ot the tho money on hard surface roads and 20 per cent on macadamized roads The roads in Salt Lake county count Were adequate for conditions at that time but they are arc far from meeting demands deman today At tho same time ono one of ot tho the greatest of ot scenic roads will be started running through City Creek canyon capon over o h boulevard go goIng going going go- go ing up Emigration crossing through Little Mountain pass crossing Parleys Parley's canyon canon and then over the tho Alpine scenic high line Another road that Is proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed is the boulevard boulc J. J skirting the Wasatch mountains Other Improvements will bo be the tho hard surfacIng surfacing surfacing ing of or the Redwood Hedwood road from first ty South street to beyond Bluffdale Bluffdale Bluff Bluff- dale putting in a hard surface road from the road on State street to the southern count county line liner A hard surface road will also bo ho put in on tho thA BIn Bingham ham highway There are aro several other road improvements where hard bard surfacing will be done southeast of ot Salt SaIL Lako and also west est on the tho road to Tooele It is pointed out that the roads planned and the Improvements that will be made mado will allow greater development devel- devel development devel el of or the motor truck express ss which will frill allow deliveries to be made throughout the count county at less expense than at present Return produce brought Into t the e city can bo be o handled much more easily and ana cheaply Benefit to 0 Soldiers Soldier Returning soi soldiers will shortly cause causo causen a n problem which will have to bo be met by the tho patriotic patriotic- citizens of ot Utah The Tho making of ot good roads which are iro also of ot the tho greatest benefit to the state will furnish h employment to many Tho The issue will also take up tho the slack In la labor labor lil- lil bor circles caused b by readjustment of ot prices in various Industries Tourist travel In Utah has reached a point few tow realize A scenic route such as has been proposed would greatly add to tho attractions of the state In comparison with Denver Salt Lake Lako has made mado but progress along alon these lines lIne Thousands more of ot the touring class would come to the tho state with better better better bet bet- ter roads Recently President of ot the CalIfornia California California Cal Cal- association declared that hundreds of or settlers were ere secured in that state through the good roads and the courtesies to tourists lIe He sail that each cach tourist that entered the tho state was reg-I reg and throughout the tho roads that they traveled they were taken care caro of or with tho the re result that hundreds each year adopt the tho state ate as their thelt home Needed Seeded Each automobile tourist that enters rs Salt Lako I adds to to the wealth of or the tate state and to bo read ready for Cor tho the great amount of ot travel tra that will bo be seen In Inthe Inthe the tho next few years ears Utah must have havo good roads On three of at the five great continental highways Salt Lake L' Is Isble ble blessed with better opportunities for securing automobile travel than any other cIt city r in the intermountain region re re- re gion Ion By Dy good roads belter better farms will be developed More ore settlers will find their way Wl into the tho state and the tho best class clan of farmers tanners will come como here The Tho following is a copy of ot the leter letter let let- ter cr er being issued by tho Utah State Automobile Au- Au association The Tho directors of or your association taro lao Investigated tho tha proposed county and ind city bond bontI Issue All 11 of ot tho the county Continued on page 23 3 NEED OF GOOD ROADS Continued from page 19 bon bonds s go for tor roads Part of tho the city bonds go for paved streets One of ot tho prime primo objects of ot this as association association association as- as Is to 10 do all In our power as ns asan asan an organization to secure bettor highways high high- ways Yas After first investigating In the the- plans of ot both the tho count county commissioners and city commissioners as to where and how this money will be spent wo deem it our duty to go on record In favor of or both bond Issues It means better bottor highways and also work for tor our un un- Un- Un employed Wo We therefore ask asic that you ou a as an ln In Individual In- In and you ou as a a. member of ot the theU U Utah t au State Au Automobile t am ob ii e ass association oc i at ton I back bock up your our directors b by voting yes cs Then go to your our motorist friend and ask him to vote voto yes es Lets Let's all get together and show what we can do as tho the first real organized body of or autO autO- owners In tho the State or of Utah The county bonds means a a. tax of or only 38 cents on 1000 valuation The Tho loss of one ono days day's pay to a a. returning soldier would be the same samo a as your our tax on 1000 valuation for ten years Think It over The Tho date is Thursday February ry 13 13 1919 Signed Joseph Decker er Leon Icon Sweet David A. A Smith Eugeno Eugene Giles Glies 1 F. F C. C I Schramm W. W D. D Rishel H. H II H. Mac MacMil- MacMil len lea S S. D. D Evans E B. B F. F Redman nedma n. n R. R M. M Cross Max George Georgo O. O elf Charles Tyng Ralph E. E Bristol directors tors torn Utah State Automobile association I |