Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-04-23 | Page 1 | Price Studies S. L. Boycott in Road Fight

PRICE STUDIES S. S L L. L BOYCOTT IN ROAD FIGHT City C. C of C. C Denies War Chest ChestI I Charged in Row Salt Lake City business men faced a threatened boycott by Price firms Thursday because Q Qt a reported plan of the Salt Lake City chamber of commerce commerce com corn merce to spend opposing opposing opposing op op- op- op posing routing of the Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt transcontinental highway highway high high- way vay through Carbon county The report was vas denied emphatically emphatically emphatically em em- here A threat to form a cooperative i organization of or Price firms to buy carload lots of merchandise at Denver Denver Denver Den Den- ver Grand Junction and other Colorado Colorado Colo Cob rado cities clUes instead of at Salt Lake City was made at a 1 meeting at the Price chamber of commerce Wednesday night Denounce Salt Lake Reports that Salt Lake City firms had contributed to be spent by the chamber of commerce and Utah State Automobile association were made at the meeting Carbon county interests are seekIng seeking seek seek- ing designation of U U. S S. S highway 50 as a link in the Roosevelt highway Directors Director of the Price chamber of commerce denounced Salt Lake City group for selfish attempts to shear outlying districts distrIcts' that We Ve believe improvement all highways in the state should be encouraged said Val H. H Cowles president of ot the Price rice chamber of commerce but we are tired of the constant fight being waged by Salt Lake City groups against any highway highway highway high high- way that does not lead bead directly to their city Policy Outlined Gus Gus' P. P Backman secretary of the local chamber of commerce said the organization was joining the state road commission in recommending recommending recommending mending that Roosevelt highway enter enter enter en en- ter Utah on U. U S. S 40 which runs from the Colorado line to Utah by byway byway byway way of Vernal Verai Duchesne and Heber City He denied however that the chamber was administering any fund either to promote U. U S. S 40 or oppose designation of U. U S. S 50 The chamber takes this stand in the belief highway 40 offers the best connection for tourists from the tho cast east enabling them to continue west from Utah on good highways highwaY he said