Show Highway on Top of the Mountains FOREST SERVICE officials have proposed a A new scenic highway along the tops of th the e Wasatch mountains which i if IZ finally built bull should prove a marvelous road a real asset to t 0 Salt Lake City and Utah The route as surveyed ed on horseback some som e time ago by J. J E. E Gurr Wasatch forest s supervisor su su- Harold H l in the Ogden r regional re re- gional forestry engineering o office ce and W W. E E. ranger would start from the head c of Farmington armington canyon and follow south alon along g t S P- P i I ridges of the Wasatch for 26 miles to the summit summit summit sum sum- mit of the Parleys canyon hI highway hway Most of I the road would be at elevations of to feet with many fine scenic vistas of the Salt Lake valley to the west and the East canyon area to the east Supervisor Gurr estimates the cost of the road at between and There is no possibility for immediate construction as forest service road building funds are limited and what money Is available is being concentrated concentrated concentrated concen concen- just now on two other fine forest highway highway highway high high- way projects the projects the scenic roadway connecting Mirror lake with Evanston Wyo and the allear all all- year ear road into the Alta AHa upper basin sports area Mr Gurr has proposed the Wasatch scenic road be completed for Utah's centennial centenni l year and that cost of construction might be met by pooling funds of various governmental agencies agen- agen des cies ies including the state and counties concerned Certainly such a scenic highway would be a afine afine fine attraction for the centennial year and it would be he ther thereafter a permanent asset It It ought not be difficult within the next five or six years to find the money to construct it |