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Show Road Work In InArches InArches InArches , Arches Slated SlatedThe | I IThe The state department of pub pubhCl publicity publicity hCl licity y and industrial mdustrla industrla . , uevclop Levclop uevclopment Levclopment uevclopment ment has approved tne the expendl expends expendlture expendsture cxpendilure ture of funds for lor building bUlldmg add adds addstional addiional I Ihonal honal tional ; roads to make the scemc scenic scemcattractIons scenicattractions scenicattractions attractIons of Arches nationalmonument natIonal nationalmonument monument more accessible toounsts toourists to totourists tourists ounsts ourists and possibly possLbly as much muchas muchas as $20 20 $ 000 will be expended this thisfall thisfall fall.f.or fallf.or fallfor fall . for pr that purpose it was an announced announcedTuesday announced'Tuesday announcedTuesday nounced nouncedTuesday nounced-Tuesday nounced Tuesday -Tuesday Tuesday ' - pyL .by by . y- y - yar.9J . Aarofl ar.9J ar9J aror . ! ; WTracy WTracy W WTracy Tracy chairman of the iPID PID iPIDcommission PIDcommission PIDcommission PIDcommissionAt commission commissionAt At a meeting meetmg Tuesday the thecommission thecommission thecommission commission approvedthe formally approved the project Mr Tracy stated statedGrand statedGrand I statedI Grand county will be asked to todo todo todo do the construction work usmg using usmgItS usingits usingits personnelThe ItS equipment and personnel The county wll1contnbute willcontribute will wll1 contribute contnbute m in meqUIpment inequipment inequipment eqUIpment ard and materials matenals 20 per percent percent percent cent of the costRulon costRulon cost Rulon S Howells a member memberof memberof of the commission was in Moab MoabSunday MoabSunday MoabSunday Sunday and Monday to get m in mIfOrmatlon information information IfOrmatlon formation on the project He Hewas Hewas Hewas SI was accompanied accompamed by David S SMann SMann I Mann publicity publ1clty directorThe directorThe director directorThe The new road which will be beconstructed beconstructed beconstructed constructed with the approval approvalof of the national park servIce servIcewill servicewill servicewill will be about seven miles m in mlength inlength inlength length It will extend from theBalanced the theBalan theBalanced Balan Balanced d Rock in m an the Wmdows Windows Wmdowssection Windowssection Windowssection section of the monument to the theDehcate theDelicate theDelicate Dehcate Delicate Arch Fiery Furnce Furnceand Furnceand Furnceand and Devil s Garden sectionTourist sectionTourist section sectionTourist Tourist traffic to the Arches Archeshas Archeshas Archeshas has increased 1l1creased in an amazing amazmg de degree degree degree ; gree during durmg the past few weeksaccording weeks weeksaccordmg weeksaccording . accordmg according to Custodian Russel RusselL i L Mahan All AU pre war records recordsof recordsof recordsof of visitors to the monument monumenthave monumenthave I have been bcen broken during durmg monumentI the thepast thepast thepast I I past month and each day wIt wItnesses witnesses witnesses nesses an mcreas increas ng number of ofsIghtseers ofsightseers oisightseers sIghtseers The sudden mflux influx mfluxof influxof influxof of tourists tounsts is directly traceable traceableto traceableI to the national publicity publJclty the theArches theArches Arches recentlyArticles recentljArtIcles has received recentlj recently ArtIcles with colored Illustra Illustratlons illustrations illustrations tlons tions in the National Geographic Geographis Geograph IC is and Arizona Anzona Highways havealready have havealready havealready already brought hundreds hundred : . of ofvisitors ofvisitors olvisitors visitors The inadequacy madequacy of ofthe ofthe olthe ' the roads lead ng to and wlthm within wlthmthe withinthe withinthe the monument was never so eVI eVIdent evident evident dent and the state publicity pubhclty de department department department partment hopes to help out the theISltuatlon thesituation thesituation ; situation by budgeting budgetmg funds foiimmediate for forImmedIate forimmediate ISltuatlon ( ImmedIate improvementGovernor road Improvement Governor Herbert B Maw Mawwhen Mawwhen Mawwhen when advised recently of the theArches theArches thArches ( > Arches road situation heartily heartilyapproved heartilyapproved heartilyapproved ' approved plans for the PID ex expendlture expenditure expenditure pendlture penditure stating statmg that the theArches theArches theArches Arches is JS as one of Utahs Utah s maJ major majorattractions majorattractions or orattractions ; attractions and must be made madeaccessible madeaccessible madeaccessible , accessible to the traveling travelmg pub hc he hcI hcI pubhe pubhc I I |