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Show THE AUTOMOBILE PAB.TY. Tho party of automobilo manufacturers manufac-turers which is pioneering tho mid-continent mid-continent trail from tho east to tho west coast, is with us today. Tho party received a hearty welcome in Salt Lake on Friday evening, and such coremonics as woro fitting and such courtesies as wore proper and agrooablo wcro extended. ex-tended. Tho party represents an immenso industry in-dustry in the' automobilo line, now one of iho foremost in tho United States, and the members comprising it aro immensely im-mensely interested in tho establishment establish-ment of a coast-to-coast automobilo concrete road. It is reckoned that this route would cost $10,000,000 for tho coucrete and $15,00,000 to grade tho road and lay tho concrete. The cost as stated is by no means excessive, and doubtless tho party will bo found to havo sufficient intluonco, by tho help of tho States and tho counties through which the automobile route is proposed to bo built, to bring tho project to success. Tho gentlemen comprising this party wcro warmly welcomed in Salt Lake, and the community in general seconds that welcome most heartily. Tho trip i3 an epoch-making ono, in that it is oxpected to bo tho forerunner of tho great automobile routo referred to. This party will lay out tho trail for that routo, and the routo itsolf, when biult, will bo almost as noteworthy as was tho first across-tho-moufltains railroad rail-road lino. Doubtless branches of this groat automobile au-tomobile routo will bo built at differont places. From hero it is fair to presume pre-sume that a branch road will run to tho National Park; another to the northwest coast at Portland and Seattle. Seat-tle. Probably another also will branch to tho southwest, reaching Los Angeles. Ange-les. These branches, howover, aro in tho future, tho main efforts now being to effect tho construction of tho great mid-continent automobile routo. - Tho party leaves hero tomorrow for tho west coast, and every one will join in wishing its members an enjoyable, speedy and successful trip. |