Show 1 i J J J ROAD INSPECTED BY ENGINEER NEER Means Says Cost ost of Construction Con- Con on Not Likely I u io to ito Be Excessive j 1 j Ex Excessive sSI o co cost t of ot construction Is l tot kely in the building of or the i over highway according to II Howard C C. Means 1 road engl- engl ne who has returned from a trip tripo o over or r the route of ot tho proposed I highway where he was accompanied accompanied nied d by state and federal engineers th tho the i latter part of or last week weck being I sp spent mt In studying conditions pertaining per per- to to o the building of or the high high- way I It was ascertained that the greatest cost of or construction would be over the six miles of or salt salt bats bal batsin In the vicinity of ot Salduro but the engineers concluded that in the end it would prove to be bo an economical economical economical eco eco- problem in that for forty miles the road would parallel tho Western Vestern Pacific railroad d. d Speaking of ot the proposed highway high high- way Engineer Means said The section across the mud flats between Knolls KnoUs and Wendover Wendover Wendover Wend- Wend over where where- the fill constructed construct d some somo time ago Is la In place presents presents presents pre pre- no difficulties in construction construction tion It w was s agreed by all U that it it w was s simply a a drag line drag problem The fill rm should be he beached on on the north side where necessary to a I sufficiently flat fla slope to withstand wave action where here water accumulated accumulated In in the vicinity of or the salt I beds From Knolls to Wendover Is forty miles miles- One section six miles of ot this distance ties lies across the tho salt beds proper where no fill exists at present These six miles mUes II offer octer some difficulties from tram the cost standpoint On account account of ot the tho water ac accumulating accumulating accumulating ac- ac cumulating on the salt from rainfall rainfall rainfall rain rain- fall at some som some s seasons ot or the ye r the wave action on the north slue side of ot the proposed highway which Is IsI I prote protected ted on m the south by the Western Pacific roadbed is thought I to be quite a serious problem The II railroad and Salduro company ap appear appear appear ap- ap pear to have ha successfully conI controlled controlled con con- I trolled damage from this source by building a a avery very flat fiat slope on their fills and creating a beach effect which appears to destroy the tile force torce of ot the waves I do not consider that any seri teri- serious serious ous delay in the approval of ot the Ule I project by the secretary of or agriculture agriculture agri agri- culture Is likely Mr Means j said B But t it Is s entirely reasonable to I expect that the bureau will complete complete complete com com- a 0 full investigation of both this route and that of or the Lincoln highway across the Great Salt Lake desert before a a. definite decision decision deci deci- sion sJon is announced BUREAU APPROVES The action of or the bureau in re reQuesting requesting requesting re- re questing Utah to provide approximately as Its share of or the construction transcontinental of ot a a road to provide transcontinental connection with Nevada would Indicate the tho bureaus bureau's tentative approval of or the Wendover Wendover Wendover Wend- Wend over route inasmuch as Utah has submitted only the Wendover road on Its federal highway system Utah has stated definitely several times that this would be the tho only road it would consider constructing construct construct- ing because of ot the excessive costs of construction on the the Lincoln highway the excessive grades and I the unsatisfactory alignment In my opinion there is no no reason rea rel- reason son why Utah should undertake construction of or any other road west of Salt Lake This road can be bo built at a reasonable cost and I at probably 50 60 per cent of or the cost of the Lincoln highway to the tho Neada Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- vada ada line Une When Nevada a link between pass and Wendover by J White Horse pass the distance between Salt Lake and Reno by wa way of or Wendover and Ely ly will be approximately approximately the same distance as the present Lincoln highway route be between between between be- be tween Salt Lake and Reno With the construction orth road from Wend Wendover over through Wells and Elko and on to Reno the one road in Utah will serve both h roads In Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- vada yada Just as well wen as If it Utah re reto to build two roads to the Nevada line i |