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Show New Proposed Automobile Route From Grand Junction to Salt Lake UTAH 7 APTEB s year's work, principal! on the part of Colorado boosters boost-ers and the commercial bodies of towns along the proposed route, it appears as though (."tan is to at last have an automobile road from (.fraud Junetioti to this city, dust wbai this means for Bait Lake and Utan the average citizen citi-zen will not know until the Commun.it begins to derive the benefit. At the present time Utah is getting but little out of the transcontinental travel which has grown to be of great importance to the commercial interests of the cities through which it passes, i olorndo has been much better off in this respect, but want? more of it, and asks Utah lo help out by building a passable road to take care of the tourists tour-ists alter they have seeD Colorado, ft was to accomplish this thai a part;- "I some thirty delegates waited upon the -t.ue highway commission in this city .i weeh ago and received from Gov- ornor Spry assurance that the tate would do the work. l! nras stated by M. C. Rhihspv. pres-ideut pres-ideut of the Grand Junction Automobile i lub, that 3'X tourists found their way as far as ('ran, I Junction last season, but could not come into Utah because the road practically ended at the Utah state line. This Season many more arc expected, and it is the wish to send the travelers on their way into rjtan President Leonard I". Curtis of the Colorado springs Automobile club told The Tribune that 6000 eastern touriAts visited his city lasl year. Sdany wont south through .New Mexico and AH Bona to California! and ail would have come through 1'tah ii" their had been B road tor them. These ii gores show in a small way what the tourist trade means to 8 .-lale ii it is properly no rsed The town- ot Price, (ireen Riyoi and Provo, on i h proposed mute, are fully alive to the poasibilitios and arc working work-ing in conjunction with Grand Junction N W E WASATCH Co s V'"- O" carbon I GRAN Q Co. Co. 0 ' X" 5 ' flcrAO EAIrTRY XJU- 5 to push the route through, an.i judging judg-ing from the enthusiasm shown here a week ago, they will accomplish their purpose. David Malt son oi the state highwai commission is now ciiiL' over the outlined out-lined route, and ii is expected that he will majke a favorable report on his return some time the coming week. |