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Show H GOOD EXAMPLES. If Tve aro to interest tourists in Utah's resources wo must liavo good roadf, and $1,000,000 in Salt Luke couu-LL couu-LL iy is a conservative sunt to spend for the benefits which will bo derived from a permanent system of highways. Tour-ists Tour-ists cuuie to Salt Lake City and radiate, so to speak, from here to the points of interest in Utah. It will not avail to bno good roads throughout the rest of j the state if we do not havo good roads j in Salt Lake county. Without good roads tho visitors will not atop to seek I'haaccEf for Investment. With good roads throughout tlie country tourists will become acquainted with the re-sources re-sources of the county and tho state. Even thoso who do not invest will nd-vcrtise nd-vcrtise the good things of Utah all ovnr tho country. A system of good roads, therefore, has a. publicity value a.s well as a direct business value. It has been suggested1 that $750,000 is enough to establish an adequate sys-tem sys-tem of good Toads in Salt Lake county. Tho federal oxpert, however, who made a thorough investigation of Salt Lak,o county's needs, declared that $1,000,-000 $1,000,-000 was tho uu'uiiiiuiii' that should be oipendcu if the county desired to cs-tsiblisk cs-tsiblisk a pcriuajieut system of bard surfaced highways and to be in, a posi-tion posi-tion to maintain' them at the least pos- fcjblc cost. A poor system of highways will be more expensive than a good svstctP. In the long run an issuo of --ToO.i.'OO v.'ill be less economical than an issue of $1,000,000. A great and rich county such as Salt Lake county should uol hesitate to votir" iho $1,000,000 in bonds for good roads. Hj (July a fow days ago Riverside county, Hj (.alil'oruin, passed by a vote 'of five to M one :t bond issue of -$i .125.000 for good roads. In 1 HI 0 that county had a pop-Hj pop-Hj nlaiion of 34.6'JG. This action on the Hl part of Riverside county was in koop- Hj ng with the activity now general in California to obtain good roads. Uur-iiig Uur-iiig the next year California will issue bonds iu the sum of $10,000,000 for Hj train hard-surfaced arteries throughout 'he state Each, county will bond itself tor an anioout siiilicicnt to build eou-Hl eou-Hl uccting roads to the state highways. Hj Los Angeles county, in addition to the Hj iShuanrc of $23,000,000 iu bonds for a Hl vatcr system, has issued' $3,500,000 iu M i ouds to improve its roads. For the M nnio purpose San Bernardino county nill bond for $1,750,000. Word comes that Colorado is not con M tout at being left off the Lincoln high- M ia. As plauncd the route is across M Nebraska, Wyoming, through Utah to M Odcn and. Salt Luke City and thence at to the coast across Nevada and California. Colorado has orgnnir.od a M Lincoln Highway association of its M own. Tii a letter to the Commercial W club of Salt Lake City the Coloradans ask us to help them in calling a nieot-M nieot-M ing of tho good road enthusiasts of M I'Uih, Nevada and California at Salt M Lake City during the week of Decern- W her 2S or' January t, at which timo M they will havo dolcgales here. They intend building a transcontinental route W across Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada M and California and wish to loarn from Hj tho people hero what territory tho road M should tritvorsu. Utah has the Midland trail from tho Hj south ready to offer them.. We also have a fair road through Uintah, and Wasatch counties which can be im-Iroved im-Iroved for a northern route. A moct. ing of local peoplo will be held on Jan-uary Jan-uary 5, when the routea named will bo discussed and an answer made to the Lincoln Highway association of W Colorado. The enthusiasm of Colorado and Cab ifornia for good roads should be emu-latcd emu-latcd iu Salt Lake county. If counties with less population and wealth can W afford to issue more than. $1,000,000 to ' edtablisli adenuate road systeniB, sure ly Salt Lake county can afford to issuo is-suo tho $1,000,000 which is advocated by representative citizens anrl by the most important commercial organisations organisa-tions in tho city and county. |