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Show COMPLETION OF HIGHWAY 160 160BY 160BY BYmUMBW BYmUMBWROAD BY 1941 ASSURED BY STATE STATEROAD ROAD COMMISSION COl\ll\lISSION COl ll lISSION \ \ GOES OVER ROUTE WITH I J OCAL OCALREPRESENTATIVES OCALREPRESENTATIVES OCALREPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES AND TAKES STEPS TOHASTEN TOHASTEN TO TOHASTEN HASTEN HARD SURFACING FROM MOAB MOABTO MOABTO MOABTO TO COLORADO STATE LINERepree.ntatives LINE Representatives Repre"e.ntahves Repree.ntahves Repreentahves Repree.ntatives Repreentatives " . . of the Associated Civic Clubs of ofSouthern ofSouthern ofSouthern Southern Utah and of Grand and San Juan counties were werepractically werepractically werepractically practically assured that U S highway hlhway ? ; No 160 would be berompletelj becompletely becompletely rompletelj completely . hardsurfaced hard surfaced by the end of the 1941 construc construc- construe- construe construchon construei.non construction - tion hon i.non inon . sea&on seaon sea.on season & : . at the conclusion of a meeting meetmg held in 10 lfl Monticello Monticello Monti Monticello cello Saturdaylth Saturday with \\lth lth \ \ Chairman W Vi D Hammond and Preston PrestonG G Peterson of the state road commission _ r The highway hlgh\\ay hlgh ay \ enters Colorado 17 17miles 17miles 17miles miles east of Monticello and con connects connects connects nects nectslth with \\lth lth 'with \ ' U S No 50 at Crescent CrescentJunction CrescentJunction CrescentJunction Junction 32 miles north ofioab offoab of \ioab ioab \foab foab ioabhaving ' \ \ Moabhaving foabhaving having a total length of apprOXl approxi apprOXlmately approximately approximately mately 10B 106 miles in Utah When WhenIt Whenit Whenit It is completed to a dustless stan standard standard standard dard itlll it \ will \\lll lll islil \ carry much tourist touristtravel touristtravel touristtravel travel from Mesa Verde National Nationalpal Nationalpark Nationalpaik pal park k of Colorado and other scenic scenicreglons scenicregions scenicregions reglons regions nearbyThe nearbyThe nearby nearbyThe requestedby The commission " was 'as as ' requested by L L Taylor of Moab chairman chairmanof of the Grand county comlnission commission comlnissionand commissionand commissionand and Frank G Marlines Martine Martines , > of Rich Richfield Richfield Richfield field member of the road commit committee committee committee tee of the Southern Utah associ associatlon associatron associatlon atlon atron withhlCh with \ ' which \\hlCh hlCh 'which Grand and San SanJuan SanJuan SanJuan Juan counties count'ies ' are affiliated to to1m toimmediately toimmediately 1m immediately mediately oil 011 from Monticello Monticelloeast Monticelloeast Monticelloeast east to the Colorado line Ime hne but were wereadvised wereadvised wereadvised advised that a study of gravel con conI condltlons conthtions conditions dltlons thtions dltlonsould \ would \\ould ould have to be made madefirst madefirst madefirst I first Chairman Hammond and D DF DF DF F Larson district engineer of the theroad theroad theroad road commission also said that thateqUIpment thatequipment thatequipment eqUIpment to do the Jobould job \ ' would \\ould ould 'would not notbe notbe notbe be immeelately imrneclately imnieciately aailableHo aallableHo available a\ailable a ailable aallable availableHo \ % Ho sever i \ ever an immediate study of ofthe ofthe ofthe the gravelas gravel \ ' was \\as as 'was ordered b bi by the road roadcommISsion roadcommission roadcommission commISsion and Engineer Engmeer Larson Larsonhas Larsonhas Larsonhas has commenced this thlS mvestlgatlon investigation mvestlgatlonAlso investigationAlso investigationAlso Also the Cane Springs section of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Moabiontlcello Moabfonticello Moab ' \ ' Monticello \iontlcello iontlcello \fonticello fonticello \ link lmk hunk conSlSt consist conSlSting consisting consisting ing of cf 5 53 3 miles of heavy construc construc- construe- construe construction construetion construction - tion will be advertised advertLed for bid by bynot bynot bynot not later than September 1 Mr MrHammond MrHammond MrHammond Hammond said he believed This ThisproJect Thisproject Thisproject proJect ftlU 'will will \ ' ill cost appro approximately approximately$170000 approximately170000 " < lmately $170000 170000 $170 170 $ 000 Other sections including includingthe Includingthe includingthe the 17 miles east and about 15 15miles 15miles 15miles miles north of Monticello111 Monticello will \\111 111 \ be bereadY beready beready readY for \ ' work 'work ork as soon as 'weather weather 'weatherpermits \ ' weatherpermits eather eatherpermits permits next spring the group was wasmforned wasinformed wasintomed wasintomedCompletion mfor-ned mfor ned informed - mfornedCompletion informedCompletion Completion of this work during during1940 1940 will leave only about 10 miles milesto milesto milesto to be finished in m 1941 consisting-of consisting of consistingof consisbngof consisting- consisting consisbng - - of a short stretch around La Sal SalJunction SalJunction SalJunction Junction and the section in Moab Moabcanyon Moabcanyon Moabcanyon MoabcanyonState canyon canyonState State Road Commissioners Ham Ham- Hammond Hammond Hammond - mond and Peterson and Engmeer Engineer EngmeerLarson EngineerLarson EngineerLarson Larson arrived inioab in ' \ Moab \ioab ioab ahout about ahoutnoon aboutnoon aboutnoon noon Friday being joined Jomed- Jomed Jomedhere - , here by byMr byMr byMr Mr Martines and Secreta Secretao Secretary Ray E- E - ECarr E E-Carr E Carr . - Carr of the Associated Cnic Cnlc Cisic Clubs Clubsand Clubsand Clubsand and a group of local citizens In- In Included Ineluded In Included - cluded eluded in Ira this groupele group \ ' weie \\ele ele 'weie Com ComI Commissioners Cornmissioners - missloners missioners Taylor J 3 A Somervll1e- Somervll1e Somerville Somervll1eand Somervilleand Somerville-and Somerville and - - I- I Imissloners and G 0 a Pat erson President H- H - HI HJ H R-J R J - 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J Fletchcr Fletcher and Secretary Earl J JI JFreeman JFreeman I I Freeman of the Moab Lions club cluband cluband cluband and Mayor D E B Baldwin The TheI Theparty Theparty Theparty party left tor for a trip over highway highway160 160 and a brief stop was made at at"fontlcello atMonticello atMonticello I "fontlcello fontlcello Monticello " \ where here they were JOined JOinedby joinedby joinedby by citizens from San Juan countyIThe countyI countyThe county countyCommissioners IThe I The San Juan representatives representativesere \\ere ere were wereCommissioners \ ereI ereContllllSSloners and andVirgil andVirgil andVirgil ' Commissioners ContllllSSloners Ralph R-alph R alph - Bailey I Virgil Price Wilson Allred AlIred DavId DavIdEV'1ns DavidByins DavidlEvnns : EV'1ns EV1ns By-ins By ins ByinsVilliam ' - \ William Wlll1am \Villiam Villiam Ervm Ervin Palmer and andLeland andLeland andLeiand Leland W Redd The entire groupent group'went group | \ ' went \\ent ent 'went eastward east\\ard east ard \ \ on highway hlgh\\ay hlgh ay \ 160 160spending 160spending 160spending spending the night at Mesa VerdeNational VerdeNational Verde | National park as the guests of Sup- Sup Supermtendent Superintendent Sup Superintendent - - erintendent ermtendent Jesse L NusbaumThe NusbaumThe Nusbaum NusbaumThe The Utahns were much Impress Impresscd Impressed impressed , cd ed with the potential travel that thatcould thatcould thatcould could be routed into this state stateover stateover slateover over a paved road It 1 a lo " , estllnated estimated estllnatedthat estimatedthat estimatedthat that 45 45000 000 people will w111 have vISited vISitedI vISitedMesa visitedMesa visitedMesa Mesa Verde this year The number numberhas numberhas numberhas I has increased ma materlilly materlelly terhlly since sinceColorado sinceColorado sinceColorado Colorado oiled its highways m 111 in that thatI thatvicinity thatvicinity I vicinity accoidmg accOldmg according to superinten superintendent Superintendent Superintendent dent Nusbium Nusb\um Nusb um Nusbsum NusbumOn NusbsumOn NusbiumOn ' \ On the return of the group from fromColorado fromL fromColorado I NusbumI L Colorado Saturday a meetingas meeting \\as as 'was was 'washeld \ ' washeld asheld held at Monticello and a goneral gneral goneraldiscussion gneraldiscussion g neraldiscussion discussion of problems connected connectedI connectedwith \ ' 5 Ith the completion comletlon ] : of 160 was had hadThe hadThe I . The state road commissioners evi- evi evidenced evidenced evi evidenced - - denced the greatest desire desle ! to com cons complete consplete cornplete plete the highway high\\ay high ay \ to a dustless dustlessstandard dustlessstandard dustlessstandard standard at the arliest possib e edate edate edate date and gave the assurance that thatwith thatwith thatwith with the opening of the 1940 sea- sea season season sea season - son operations on a large scale scalewill scalewill scalewill will start with the purpose in view viewof viewof viewof of hurrying the road to completion |
