Show PIKES PEAK HIGHWAY RECEIVES ATTENTION commiel commissioners 10 ners ask immediate federal aid work on route I 1 under unit system west i water road favored I 1 at a special meeting of the board of county commissioners held hod tuti tuss day called to take action on the milter matter of securing federal aid id for the construction of a portion of th the a pike pikes peak ocean to ocean highway in thie this county a resolution was passed calling upon the elate state road commission to designate that portion of the highway 11 beginning inning at the colorado stale state line 1 wal n e and extending approximately ten ton mile miles into etab a as the unit to receive the fint first year construction work for this work in the neighborhood 0 of will be available I 1 under federal federa 1 it aid d 1 present at the meeting were com comi i 1 missioners miss loners mel biel sewart max B tay 1 lor and W D hammond represent I 1 active george J constantine of moab and E A dufford of elgin representing the pike pikes peak highway association ocia tion met with the commissioners in regard retard to the project re rp menta tive constantine while at salt bait lake like had taken up with the state road and the federal bureau of public roads the question of 0 f securing federal aid on the highway w bunder under the unit system and he secured a e cured each departments approval of the plan submitted in writing mr BIT constantine went thoroughly into the road situation with the state and fed eral authorities and he was in a position to offer valuable suggestion suggestions to the commissioners at their meeting tuesday upon motion by comma masionet I 1 hammond seconded by commissioner taylor and unanimously earned carried the following follow ng resolution was enacted whereas that certain highway beginning at the grand county terminus of the bridge over the green nver river between emery and grand counties utah via elgin valley city t thompsons Thomp sons cisco and westwater to state line commonly known as the pikes peak ocean 0 ocean highway has been designated j I 1 as a part of the state highway system of utah uta eligible under the I 1 per cent I 1 system to participate on the basis of 24 per cent state and 16 per cent government participation and whereas the united I 1 states department of agriculture bureau of roads for district no 12 is agreeable after the approval of the said 7 per cent system and nd the selection of any part of the system aa as a unit for construe tion to allow such unit to participate in federal funds and where whereas aso by mill for each u unit nit the levy of one construction it Is possible with the cent federal funds to contract 76 per a tenmile ten mile unit of the aforesaid high I 1 we therefore be it resolved that commission hereby selecta selects and this thi unit for or road con designate designates as a the 7 per cent state fed st ruction on of state highway in aid eral system utah that portion of grand county artion via TIA the said highway from elgin gin Thomp thompson sons CI cisco and cit valley city r colorado j state tine line westwater to the colors 0 beginning at the colorado state line into utah westward and approximately extending ten miles and it is further resola resolved ed that for this purpose this coar commission cission hereby requests road to select the state the aforesaid unit as and ready designate for federal aid ald and to that end to proceedings immediate to institute construction of said unit the insure be it further re resolved and at once regular its commission at that this lev make a levy of one mill and tha that raised by euch such levy evy shall funds the the 24 constitute and be let set aside participation by craod grand coun cent per be matched by the 76 per cent ty to under the said aid I 7 per federal money euch such funda funds to cen cent t hi highway hwa y system t immediate diate construe con etrue be use used in 0 the le sald of unit tion of the A afore fore eaid sald highway certified co of the r resolution A the tate state will be immediately imm ent to road conci assion by representative will constantine and the COMI commission mission be arted to take im immediate medis it action 11 I 1 P 0 0 road fast past gaining in popularity dufford re ports enthusiastic convention E ei A dofford of elgin who attend ed the convention of the pike pikes peak highway association held at colorado springs fri several week weeks ago was in 10 moab b tuesday on business mr ford Is 19 enthusiastic over the outlook for the growth of the big bl highway which traverse traverses grand county ano and he states that it la to his firm belief that athin a year or two the road toad will be one of the most heavily traveled tourist routes in the country mr dufford stated that the con mention adopted a policy which will result in irk greatly furthering the interests of the highway one of the important pieces of business trans acted was the voting oi of a large sum for publicity work plans were adopted for enlarging the budget for 1923 to include a more comprehend compre hen live alve advertis advertising in campaign which will boost the pike peak highway the association decided to spend end in advertising the toa road 7 during the year ear 10 of with will be pent spent ty by a colorado colorado spring springs advertising agency the convention recommended adea that the highway establish a western terminus in Cali california fomIA in the near future that the association adopt ians to buy the penning pershing home at laclede mo that the highway department part ment of colorado keep tennessee pass open during the winter linter and that the as conduct a more comprehensive corn advertising campaign independent of the jeff jefferson e highway association I 1 C F adams of mo alo was elected president of 0 the organization for the eleventh time other officers elected include W L robin son of mt vernon ohio vice president L E jackson of colorado springs secretary and C U of st joseph me treasurer EN from delegates delegates from ohio end find showed that the lk peak ak highway is those states would soon be almost completely paved as a result of work now under way vay kansas Jele delegates gatea quoted figures showing contracts for worth of improvements on ti the PIPS pikes peak in that state mr dufford stated that the dele ga pates tes from the various states included d many any prominent prominent romi nent men and all were enthusiastic over the possibilities of the highway 11 1 I do not believe we of grand county fully appreciate the benefits bene fita we will derive from the pike pikes peak highway mr BIT dufford dic declared lared travel over oer the road la Is bound to increase from year to year and I 1 bel believe love that within five years year the traffic will be tremendous it is up to our in thia this big bit road project by constructing a suitable lui table highway through figh our county jurt just as rapidly its a our out finance finances will permit mr dufford Is keenly anxious to see the county obtain federal aid for the construction of the road by unit such a plan ha has already received rec elved already received the favorable consid cration of the commissioners of the county former form er commissioner jj J G me lie bride of cisco accompanied mr dufford to the colorado sprint springs road meet and he Is I 1 also an enthusiast over the possibilities of the road |