Show S. S L. L DEFEATED ON ROOSEVELT ROAD ROUTING I Highway High Is Plotted for U. U S. S 50 in South Utah Salt Lake City Thursday tasted defeat t in its long fight to have the Roosevelt highway routed over U. U S. S highway No 40 upon learning U. U S. S highway highway highway high high- way No 50 had been chosen for the route by a committee of the American Association of State Highway Officials Loaders Lenders in the tho fight on Salt SaU Lake City's side were the chamber chamber cham cham- ber her of ot commerce and the tho Utah State Automobile association The victory goes to the Associated Civic Clubs of Southern Utah Ends Bitter cr Battle Battlo Word Vord of the rerouting was brought to Salt Lake City Thursday by Frank Q G Martines Marlines of Richfield president of the southern Utah association association asso asso- elation upon his return from Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago where he attended the tho highway highway highway high high- way officials' officials meeting Thus ends a bitter battle that once threatened to result In boycott boycott boycott boy boy- cott of ot Salt Lake City wholesale firms finns by Carbon county nty Interests who resented the report that S Salt Lake City had firms made up upa a 10 10 war chest to fight against highway highway highway high high- way No 50 0 Mr Martinez Marlines who is a guest at atthe atthe atthe the Newhouse hotel nd- nd ed credit for the victory to Preston Preston Preston Pres Pres- ton G. G Peterson vice chairman of the Utah state l highway commission who had attended the Chicago meet meet- ing W. W L. L of ot Milford chairman of ot the tho road committee of the Associated Civic c Clubs of Southern Utah also attended the conference All Changes In Utah Credit for success In the effort eHart to have the tho roads roads- rerouted in Utah should go to Mr Peterson who was named a member of ot tho the routing committee at tho the Chicago meeting Mr Marlines Martines said Although 98 applications for tor route changes were received by the themen themen themen men in charge of the routing and numbering system only three were approved and all three of ot those were in Utah Rerouting of federal highways in Utah has taken Salt Lake City oft off No 50 and placed it on the route of ot U. U S S. S 89 Mr Martinez Marlines said U. U S S. S 50 00 was was' designated Roosevelt highway No 6 through Utah This route will enter the state slate from Grand Junction Colo Cob and extend through Thistle Spanish Fork Eureka Eureka Eureka Eu Eu- reka Delta and on to Ely and Tonopah Nev Heretofore U. U S. S 50 branched north to Salt Lake City from SprIngville and thence west vest U. U S. S 89 which begins at Flagstaff Flagstaff Flagstaff Flag Flag- staff Ariz and extends to Yellow Yellow- Continued on Page Nine Column One EL L DEFEATED U EFE A TED TEDON ON ON ROAD ROUTE i 1 t Continued from P Page g One OnO tone national park heretofore Kissed the most populous area of ot h I slate ELate being routed north from IsUe through Heher Heber City CoallIe CoallIe Coal- Coal lIe lle and Evanston Wyo The new Kilting Ung will place the highway through rough Provo Prove Salt Lake City Ogen Ogen Og- Og len en Log Logan Logan canyon Bear Beare e Montpelier Idaho and on to fAU AU of ot these changes were wen sup sup- by the southern Utah civic Part of the tho new U. U S. S 50 route test list sL through Eureka and Delta is t Improved to federal standards ut road construction in that area LiU iu HI be sought immediately Mr grimes said laid Signs designating he new routing of U. U S. S 89 will be bep p within a month he said but igi iJ along No 50 will not be in- in lUlled tailed lIed until September While l-While h le in Chicago the at- at idea a meeting of the National sty ety council which held d discussion of a a. widespread ety et- program in Utah After Atter the session Bession Mr Peterson con- con sued to Washington D. D C. C Mr naught went to Milford and Mr r. r Martines will attend tho the contention con con- of the southern Utah civic Hubs in Eureka Eurela Saturday and I Extreme pleasure was expressed Gus ty Gus P. P Backman executive sec sec- wy of the chamber of commerce pen pon being Informed that the high- high bay 5 y officials had rerouted U. U S. S No 0 8 89 8 to pass through Salt Lake Ply ty We have been en working more moren moren n n a year toward this goal he hed he'd d d since ince we felt that motorists bom roTa m tho the south should be routed trough rough Salt Lake City and theore the theore pore ore populous area of or the state thet ther than east cast of the Wasatch houn He paid particular praise to the fork ark of ot W. W D. D Rishel president of kf Utah State Automobile n ii and Julian Bamberger for for- or- or KT member of the chamber board |