Show H R F F hG MAY C ROS S WEST A C. C TYNG URGES U. U S. S TO SPEND VAST SUM By Charles Tyng 1 IMMEDIATE construction of three national highways running cast casti i. i and west under direction of a a. federal highway commission and at tho expense of tho the government is advocated by Charles Oharles Tyng president president dent of the Tyng Warehouse Storage company of Salt Lake and for I years au an enthusiastic supporter of good roads The expenditures proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed by Mr involve and would give to the states west of the Mississippi miles of finely constructed roads if the cost of building them averaged a a. mile The reasons for urging th this a gigantic undertaking at this thi time in include jn- jn clude dude the immediate need for providing jobs for thousands of men that nay inay be unable to g get t work during the next few years unless it is jg arranged arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar ranged for on a large scale by tho the government The need for prompt action n and the benefits that tha will accrue t all citizens of the western states are axe carefully set forth in an article written by Mr MX Tyng who wh l has studied the subject for several years i A Af f r s 1 1 i 1 I V 7 4 j CHARLES G Commercial l Roads Would Draw Drav Wealth Into Juto Far West WestI I I TN outlining m my mr Ideas on the build build- In ins Ing of ot permanent militar military military-commer cial highWAYs by tho the federal government govern o ment merit I first shall call attention to th tho toll following owinG resolutions passed by tho thi tho Rotary club of or this city four tour years ears ago this month and to some of the reason I then advanced t h why the government should build the roads and wh why th tho thu western states should support 19 such ch a movement em c n t. t The resolutions follow olto Whereas Tho The present war i i. i is demonstrating the absolute necessity necessity noces- noces sity both from a 3 commercial and a a. military standpoint of or hard surfaced surfaced surfaced sur sur- faced roads Whereas The means meang of ot haulin and transporting transporting- products of farm the mine the manufacturer and the tho merchant are slow alow ex expensive pen pen- sivo sive and orid cumbersome owing to th tHeT generally poor conditions of ot our out roads so that the cost of ot all commodities commodities com Corn is thereby increased Whereas It is patent that motor transportation is becoming more and more vital in the movement of or products from the producing to tho the shipping and consuming areas and Whereas The Tho sentiment Bel of ot all communities is demanding tho the immediate immediate im- im mediate improvement of ot our roads roads' in all sections therefore be it Resolved b by bl the Salt Lake Rotary Ro- Ro tar tary club that it urge ure upon our representatives in Congress Cons that that that- such laws shaM shall be bo Introduced anc an and supported by them as s will cause tho the federal g government to Ild bl maintain and administer perma- perma ment military commercial national highways throughout all sections of or these United States but more particularly through those parts where the average a total of or does not exceed five fhe Inhabitants inhabitants tants ants to the square mile for ty miles on n each side of ot the road to be bo built and nd further that Im Immediate Immediate Im- Im mediate preference in the dIng d- d Ing lug of or these roads b by the tho federal government go shall be given those thosa states wherein the Uie government owns tho the greatest areas 1 of the public pubic pub pUb- lic Hc ic domain and where the these so are within the prescribed limit of ot population population pop pop- ula lion as set forth above bo lie it further Resolved That all governmental so activities with respect to highways bo ho administered by a a. federal highway high way commission Plan Would Aid Md Utah Tal Talc c the Lincoln highway as an ex ex- ex ample Should these ideas be enacted into law tho the government would build Home of or this hl highway hwa In western Ne Nc Nebraska Nc- Nc braska almost the entire sections section Iring ly lying lying ly- ly ing in InY Wyoming Y Utah Nevada pada vada an and eastern eastorn California Of or tho the Santa Fc Fo trail trail a large largo part Mexico lying In Colorado all In New California California- and Arizona and from the tho Arizona line probably t to tc Barstow CaL CaLI mileage I belle believe an equal or a greater trail northern the would be built on As A you ou are arc Well aware owing to tho the character of or the country countr it Is el e- e this country will much of or 1 l 1 doubtful If It ever bo be settled Therefore good roads unless built by private subscription ex- ex would not be constructed for tor you d nt if nI 11 v. v vv cepi cep t bV ample precedent precedent prece prece- 1 belie bellove that there ig Is dent for fort tho the government building such roads and amI further that authority is given to Congress and tho the govera- govera ment under that section of or the constitution establish granting power to roads and that thatIs and nd post Is as much justification as is claimed for or tho ho rivers ers and harbors bills Three Il Needed l Three national l highways wa 8 should bo be worked for tor en east cant lit and west immediately tho the northern the tho Bouthern south Bouth- central routes all of ot which tho the and ern era through r regions In which which- tho limit pass of ut population would apply This Thill should Interest all the Pacific coast In- In arid and antI other ther states within the requirement As coming would be hO certain to b ba vl Vi I Vitally states that tally f concerned In the tho movement r I should suggeSt the tho following California and Oregon would not hot only have t territory as the they within tho the limit but would w Uld b s bethe coming cominS' roads oads the largest beneficiaries of or such Wyoming Idaho Utah Nevada c a n Colorado Cob Colo Mexico Ie ico would rado and andew New Ne' tha the of ot necessarily subscribe as ns one only menus means of oC getting such hl highways built Ar Ar- Nebraska 1 Montana tho the Dakotas on Following Page PairoJ |