Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-09-21 | Page 24 | David Mattson from Long [Illegible]

FROM LONG M Says Excellent HigjBK Be Constructed toSji Line for $5ojMli TELLS OF EXPIRE,- Prophesies GovernjjM penditure of 25 BiS J Roads in Next For an expenditure oBvj $5000 an excellent highrHbU Lako to the Colorado ,-H throngh the. Uintah reeJB B bo complotod and placed Sfl ditiou for traffic, accordSBB Mattson, secretary of statjaYjfi man of tlie good roads Hfl tho Salt Lake CommetoliBH returned yesterday ;frotn aUH trip to Denver with A. dSB tho famous pathfinder. Mr. Mattson and MtBf mado the trip leisurely, cEl'-ginc cEl'-ginc the road, marking allKSC elevations, drawing a corilBcJA1 the road, and examining aHr with a view to making sijKr to improvements and repailBEiL bad places in the road iiflU found east of Colton andHP son. In Colorado tho oniB of tho road wa3 in the aat ' nossee pass. sBaff' The bad places on the rSVfc will be easily ironed out.CRY, Mr. Mattson. For a shl this side of Colton tho r'iBr but the expense of repaiiMk slight. The road west ofR fifteen miles to tho statKU twenty-four miles farther ' rado sido to Eainslcy is cr'jKtaf arroyos that frequently acfE for a wash. The expense -,RiJ the road against washoutBBP groat, Mr. Mattson tnhkiyM1 Comments on Roads Mr. Mattson believes iaSl roads movement fostered-HpiH tional Highways associatiqBr Mr. Westgard is vice presIaMS' much more for universal "jKl!? the United States than JWjf, tions fostering the varionR? nental automobile roads. )jKgtt Many of our peopla setDf the erroneous irapreBslonHwfe Westgard has Indorsed 'llB,ti other of the proposed nental routes. As- a oi&ttoK.ki his object Is to map out of a great, comprchonstVe'Bfc;tt system throughout the TJnlHltife traversing sections wheriuHEi t est number of people ttfltEi by good roads. Twenty-JHEfje dollars will be spent onVBte i in the United States ln;B," ' twenty-five years, and tMHL penditure of this sum itiHr est Importance. -HM'T Federal control of ourjjBtli system, with a larffo anaHfci appropriation for icouitaiBV state and local approprH construction of new rc&&K result In a great good rHfe that will directly faeneiltBpli, son In the country. Hk In Utah three roads tftiBaMl the state from east toHLgtt been mapped out by MjBfcB as part of the national Kfe system- The northern rKu tho state from WyomliE i, through Salt Lake, OgdaHE ham City and leaves tnc'Ky ward along the northerrijMlr:, Great Salt lake rB7fc! Follows Midland TraliBjj Another road follows thaHm lected by the Midland TrB tlon, entering the state River and following tha;R1v Rio Grande and WestejBflR. through the state. This . one that we passed over oHP It enters the state from CoBQ east of Jenson and PB5KI Myton and Duchesne ana.-Bii Midland Route at Colton.Ml All three roads are now 4Hk K able and tho expendlturaJMIt'." great amount of money them In excellent wtBwi northern road needs butvBfefe expenditure. The rood alpikj land route should he repulItHhif. Green River to the state UpKte proved this side of ColtoMt-, other road the most wcIBia Is east of Jenson. Ultlmaieifc j It should be our aim to Afc all three highways. ."HM Tho road through UlnUH passes through a thickly stBhjj try and an Improved road to the. nearest rauroK:-j Colton will do much t.HMpifc country. Ultimately JWB should be connected wttn;,;Bjjw by a good road by ,;Hy and Parle City and flK. way of Park City and C"Miii present the greatest need HUhi pie of Ulnla'n county 1b ment In the road M'oyJm est route to a railroad. Our trip to Denver was j plcasantest experiences I Ht; though It was pioneering' fBM, we had to rough It At,l3Ek0 line we broke anl nSMF bv a cloudburst, fifteen roe nearest ranch. VittSB mobile that nlghL cl,$Pli( grado to Tennessee Pab.BJM broke an oxlo and were davs. The scenery there JTWf fill" and wo had excellent aH lions at a ranch house. joved the experience. T-oceplionn at each of. through which wepasseUMC?