Show SAlT LAKE In lOBE Of LINKED WITH ELY ELYON l f fON ON NE HIGHWAY Proposed Road to Be Built by Nevada and U. U S. S Government Governments s SaIt ait Lake ke and Ely Nev ev fInallY be linked wIth the proposed of a highway fron Wendover Utah to a poInt on the proposed ed highway between Ely and I 1 wIn vIii Falls Ida according to Thomas Thom Thom- as H. H MacDonald cl of the bu- bu of public roads roads' at Washington D. D C. C who arrIved h re Tuesday front flom an Inspection trip along the Victory highway and Into some sone parts of l. Construction of the 60 mlle road from Wendover to a point along the he highway from Ely to Idaho will c E early arly next accordIng according accord accord- Ing to Mr Ir MacDonald controversy con con- concerning the he inkin of t Ely with S 'S lt Lake v the VictorY VIctor hIghway has been in existence for I some time but we ie have now come to a decision that the road must be built declared the TRAVEL WELL HANDLED I Transcontinental trav l' l Is bel being g well taken care cale of o er the highway according to Mi 11 l aId ald who said that c risti of ofa a connecting road load over the LIncoln hIghway Is not He stated that the road from Ely lQ he Idaho boundary line will be built by the I state of Nevada while the govern government ment will wili construct the hIghway I from Wendover to a point yet to be named on the Idaho Ely road Mr MacDonald said that Utah would take no part pirt in the construction I I tion of the mile GO-mile highway but i that It should spend some money to Improve the Wendover road from GarfIeld to Timpey to te make It come up to the standard of the rest of the road Accompanying Mr 11 l acDonald on n hIs his- Inspection trIp are Dr L L. L 1 Hughes deputy chief engIneer of the bureau of public roads at San I francisco H H. S. S I Fairbanks hIghway hIgh hIgh- way engineer at the n office and Pike Johnson Western representative of the National Automobile chamber of commerce at Washington TO INSPECT UTAH ROADS The party will leave evening evening eve eve- ning f r southern Utah to make an of the ZIon Carmel to make a further investIgation in- in of the road through ugh the Kaibab the north rIm ot of the Grand r onIt on It If Its present policy funds will be available for forthe forthe the completion of the Zion l Carmel road In 1929 declared Mr MacDonald He saId the govern govern- ment policy was to get the roads through southern Utah as quickly as possible He declared that southern Utah Is' Is a region whIch the government believes will become one of the greatest tourIst attractions In the West Mr MacDonald said that when the Zion Zion-Mt Carmel highway Is completed It will be the greatest scenIc road in the world Following theIr Inspection In southern Utah the visitors will go goto goto to D Denver nver to attend the American Association of State Highway Officers cers from October 3 to 6 |