Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-09-04 | Page 2 | Dedication of Highway Link is Postponed

I I Dedication of oi Highway Link LinkIs Is Postponed Indefinite postponement of ot the dedication of the and J Fisher isher section of ot the Lincoln highway highway highway high high- way has resulted from heavy rains which make the passing of ot heavy trucks and trailers over the road almost impossible I The formal dedication of the sections section was to have taken place I July 24 but was postponed on account account ac ac- ac- ac count of ot the intense heat on the I desert in midsummer October 13 I I was then fixed as the date for the celebration The Tle present condition I I of the road resulted in a telegram being sent b by Governor Bamberger today to A. A F. F Bement secretary of ot the Lincoln Highway association association association I tion notifying him of ot the tile advisability advisability of ot postponing the dedication dedication dedica dedica- tion of ot the road indefinitely It Itis Is i probable that the dedication willbe will I be held some time next spring I II The road is reported In bad condition con con- I although automobiles can I travel over It by using chains The I road now has a clay surface which becomes very slippery in wet weather When completed the road I will have a 3 hard gravel surface I