Show fUNDS URGED fOR ROAD Planned to Bring Brush Creek Highway Up Standard to By JOHN BRISTOL VERNAL March 5 Means are beIng sought to make available funds for improving the Brush creek roa road to highway standards between the south boundary of the he Ashley national forest and the south terminus of the Summit section sec sec- Uon tion of the Vernal Manila roa road at atthe atthe the head of Kabell hollow a distance distance dis- dis tance ot of approximately seven Reven miles nilles It is planned to bring this par of the road up to the standard width equal to that stretch of four miles taken under construction by the the- national forest service las year between between be- be tween the south forest and the Brush creek crossing and also equal to the width of the Summit Summit Sum Sum- mit section across the Uintah mountains this latter section being beins be- be ins ins- constructed under the supervision supervision super super- vision of the federal bureau of public roads If funds are made available for this construction and with the completion of work already already al- al ready under construction the entire entire en- en tire distance from the Brush creel creek bridge to Greendale approximately twenty seven miles will have havEl been brought up to highway standards From Greendale to Manila county seat of Daggett county a distance of thirty six miles a forest service development road now a part of the through sy system tem has been constructed by the forest service with the cooperation of Daggett county Work on this road was started In 1922 and short sections completed annually until the entire distance was finished In 1926 This road furnishes connections with all W Wyoming highways LAST LINK UNDER WAY The Thc Summit section of the highway highway high high- way crossing the Uintah mountains mountains moun- moun now under construction is the remaining last link to complete the entire system connecting the Victory and Lincoln highways and the Uintah basin with all trunk roads of northern Utah and Wyoming Wyo- Wyo ming ining and with Yellowstone national park The Summit section is approximately approximately ap- ap proximately feet in altitude OO 00 feet lower than the Indian canyon canyon can can- yon summit on the Vernal Price road The Summit section represents the most tiou problems and the work Is beIng betag be- be tag Ing financed under a cooperative agreement between the federal ral and Daggett and Uin- Uin tab tah counties The length of this section ill is sixteen miles about three thrle miles embracing some of the heaviest heaviest est vork all In Uintah t courty having haying hay hay- ing been partly completed last year ear It is ig planned to complete this and the remaining thirteen miles during the 1927 season This road mostly located In the Ashley national forest will present to tourIsts the somewhat unusual opportunity of traveling in corn com fort through a national forest It may be mentioned that upon completion corn com of the work now under construction construction con con- the poorest piece of road remaining between Vernal and Yellowstone Yel- Yel national park Is located between the end of the Feltch lane four miles north of Vernal and the bridge on Big Brush creek seven miles farther north Improvement Tm- Tm provement of this stretch of road does not Involve an immoderately expensive outlay and it Is in urgen urgent need of attention by the county In order to secure this improvement this season The cost of the entire road system tern tem now designated as the Ashley national forest highway Including work completed and still under construction is The he funds made available were derived from the following sources Federal government Daggett county and county The opening of this road will greatly stimulate interstate and Intrastate irs irs- travel and makes possible another outlet for the Uintah basin The road will also facilitate Inter Inter- community trading and will open up a new market for the products of the Uintah basin farmers thus becoming d a factor In the increased prosperity of the basin Green River niver Wyo an important railway point is located approximately approximately miles north of Vernal about the same distance as from Vernal to Price The numerouS coal camps of the Green river region provide an excellent permanent market for the surplus products of the basin and the residents of that region have for many years evinced a desire that by the construction construction con con- of good roads the products products prod prod- of garden and field dairy and poultry yards of the basin be made available The southern Wyoming section affected by the new road does not produce the products mentioned In sufficient quantities to supply the Increasing demand and has hall to look for supplies I from the outside at all seasons of the ilie y year |