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Show US TO MAKE siiEi; (ins jiijoiif IMF Department Proposes to Link Up Highways in Scheme for Beautiful Drives Near Capitol BY THK construction of about twenty-five .milea of new road and the- improvement of about 1(K) mile of existing roads. the county road department, ot which County Commissioner C. K. htlllman is head, plana to link up the hlghwaya of Halt Lake county Into one of the most beautiful scenic drives In the Cnlted Htates. The highway will include a I points of Interest In the vallev and hills surrounding Salt I-ake, Including Emigration canyon. I'ine-crest. I'ine-crest. I'arlev's canyon. Brighton, ,ths mines at Wngham. IM -smelters Garfield and the Hallair resort. One hundred miles of roads to ba Included In the gigantic drive are already al-ready In good condition. It la announced, an-nounced, and it will require the construction con-struction of only twenty-five mls of new road to link up the existing higb-wsys. higb-wsys. New rosds to be built would Include s road over Little mountain between Kmlgratlon and Parley's canyons; from Parley's canyon over the Va-satch Va-satch ridge to Mount Majestic, above Brighton, and from the summit Into Brighton. -The road would beg In-by circling Knsign peak to the north of the city, following the Wssatch drive to Emigration Emi-gration canyon, the road leading to pinecrest and doubling back to the LltHe mountain -trail, where it would cross over into Pary's canyon, up which the traveler would go to Lamb's canyon, ascending the latter to Korent Home, where the trail would lead over the Wasatch ridge to Brighton. From Brighton the road would go down Cot- I ton wood canyon to ,the county road, and over tha Bonneville highway to Draper, from which point Butterfleld canyon would be ascended to Bingham. Bing-ham. From the mining town the road would lead to Garfield on the Bonneville Bonne-ville highway and on to Haltair, the return to the city being over the specd-wav. specd-wav. plaTT INDORSED. Commissioner Htiilman's plan is said to have received the Informal Indorsement In-dorsement of the civic planning commission, com-mission, with some members of which Stillrnan discussed n:s plans this morning. morn-ing. It la estimated that the trip would provide a one-day tour by motorcar which would be unexcelled in thia country. The county engineer Is preparing cost estimates for building the road I links and making Improvements, con- templating the uae of macadam, and (the project will probably he laid le-I fore the county commissioners within j a few days. i |