Show Grazing Service Inspects Proposed Book Cliff Road Judging from the folio v s ing art cle do published in last v a weeks eek s Vernal VernalE E press Express engineers of the glazing er will make male an on the proposed high say ay v from Thompsons to Vernal across the Book Cliff mountains In an effort to find the most feasible route foi a highway ay con connecting Vernal and US UC 40 with Ith US 50 Thompsons and Moab over the Beck Cliff mountains a ten day ho trek covering a dis distance distance tance of miles around the rim nm of the Book Bool Cliff mountain mesa located in ill southern Uintah and ern Gland Giand is re rep rep p red by G W Bud Mathis dIstrict grazier On the extraordinary trip along tha th top of a little no kno n n moun mountain tam lain Iange lange of he Basin Grazier Mathis was as ac accompanied companied by Regional Grazing Engineer 0 E B Ganni RegIOnal Engineer Inspector Earl R Alcott of the regional office at Salt Lake City Leon S Stanley camp en of the camp P G 31 of Vernal Gilbert Wilde guide from Hill Hlll Creek and Hart Harvey Haney ey Brown also Hill Creek Creel pack r for the group Stal at Vernal the party mo ma motored motored bred to Ouray and then over oser 0 er the theP theP theP P R Ii Springs grazing road to Buck canyon where hEre they turned off to the Squire ranch Here GUide Wilde and Packer Brown Dro were meady with ith saddle horses and 1 pack ack outfit for the trip The survey was made nade from the top of the flat fiat mountain in III Older to pick out the best route for a highway to the land lying on an average of 1500 feet below They estimated the cost of a route over the various passes suitable for a highway ay connecting the two t counties coun ties ies At tha th much talked of pass abase e Thompsons at the southern end of the Book Cliffs the SUI vey sho shows s an altitude of feet but the drop of several thousand feet In Inthe inthe inthe the deep canyons for the next fea fe miles to Thompsons canyon canon and then hen 12 miles down the can canyon on would be quite costly estimated at o over er making it as far as the glazing service ervice services Is s concerned Going northeast passing West Westwater Westwater Westwater water canyon Hay canyon can on and Middle canyon the trek ended at atthe squire summer camp at the Grand county line At Middle canyon feet pass I the estimated cost down the can canyon canyon yon yen is about 50 This is near t to l the P R Springs where the 60 miles of grazing road is already The pass at Hay can canyon canyon canyon yon is feet but the cost here Is estimated at over 75 The survey shows the Middle canyon ean on road to be the most ble route and the cost within the grazing service budget for reads stated Mr Mathis Matins And especial especially ty by so as this route would use the theP theP theP P R H S Springs rings grazing road con constructed constructed constructed t two ta a years ago Should the engineers decide on thIs route the distance to Thomp Thompsons Thompsons Thompsons sons on US 50 highway and Moab be Increased as after the road through Middle canyon reach os s US 50 It VI would auld be necessary to travel a west est eat to reach Thompsons md and then south to Moab Miss Lily Ann Hoffman young oung daughter of Mr and Mrs James Hoffman underwent an emergency for Tuesday t it the bocal 1 hospital performed by Dr I W Allen Alien The young oung lady Ic l i reported to be Improving |