Show THAT CANE SPRINGS DUGWAY DUGWAYThe The chairman of the state road commiss commlss on of Utah speak speay spear speayIng spearing speaking ing ! ( ( before the Associated Civic Clubs of Southern Ut Utah at Moab Moabon Moabon Moalon on Dec 29 1945 made the declaration very emphatically that thatthe thatthe thathe the Cane Springs Sprmgs dugway ( a one mile stretch of canyon road 15 15m 15m 1 ; m les south of Moab on highway 160) 160 ) was one of the most haz hazardous hazardous hazardous ardous pieces of road in m the state of Utah . and unquestIonably unquestIonablyshould unquestionablyshould unquestionableshould should and andft v -ft ft ' \ - ould have No 1 rating ratmg in m future road construction In Insoutheastern insoutheastern nsoutheastern southeastern UtahWe UtahWe Utah UtahWe We have received information mformatlon that the Cane Springs projectwill project projectKill Kill will ' \ III not be reached on the state road roid program before the 1949 1949f1scal 1949fiscal 1949fiscal f1scal fiscal year which commences July 1 of next ne'Ct neCt ne-Ct ne Ct ' - year This mean means meansthat meansthat ; that travelers on highway J60 X60 60 will have to wait about two year years yearsbefore yearsbefore ; before . ihat .hat hat Lhat abominable abommable dugway at Cane Springs Sprmgs is elim natedT'1e natedTie nated natedTie Tie T'1e T1e ' Times Independent has been informed mformed numerous tImes tImesfrom timesfrom timesfrom from authoritative authorItahve sources that all engineering engmeermg on the Cane CaneSprmgs CaneSprings CaneSprings Sprmgs Springs project has been completed for five years The editor of ofTne ofThe ofTne Tne The Times Tlmes Tames Independent personally heard the chairman of the state stateroad stateroad stateroad road commission declare that highway 160 was one of Utah s smost smost smost most important gateway roads and that the Cane Springs Sprmgs dugway dugway"as dugwaywas dugwaylias "as as was " the worst link lmk on that roadThe roadThe road roadThe The question is wh3 wh all the delay7 delay delay7We ' We observed today a considerable number of buses passmg passing passmgthrough passingthrough passingthrough through Moab headed south Upon inquiry mqUlry we found that no less lessthan lessthan lessthan than 32 32charter charter buses had passed through Moab today ( Nov 22)loaded 22loaded 22) 22 22)loaded 22)loaded ) loaded with Meii Mexl Me'ci Meci ' an nationals who were being bemg returned to theIr theIrhomes theirhomes theirhomes homes in Old Me Mexico lCo after working workmg under contract in Idaho and andother andother andother other northwestern farm sections dur ng rig the harvest season They Theywere Theywere Theywere were being transported back to their homes in the southland by byRIO byRio byRio RIO Grande Lewis Brothers Santa Fe and Gres Gre hound buses Why Whywere Whywere Whywere were they routed over highway 160 1607 ' ? The answer is obvious to toanyone toanyone toanyone anyone who w will l look at the map H gnway 160 affords the short shortest shortest shortest est distance between bet\leen bet leen \ two pomts-the pomts the points-the points points - - the northwest north\lest north lest \ and the south southand southand southand and the southeast southeastft southeastf southeastt ft f- f fThis t - & . . This highway long neglected is in m no condition to stand up upunder upunder upunder under the strain stram of the constantly in reas ng heavy traffic it IS ISreceIVmg isreceiving isreceiving receIVmg receiving due to its favored geographical location It must have havemore.recogntIon havemore.recogntion havemore more.recogntIon morerecogntIon . . recogntion from state and federal road authorItIesAlmost authoritiesAlmost authorities authoritiesAlmost Almost even every everyone one realizes that political influence mfluence carries carnes a lot lotof lotof lotof of weight in m the allocation of road funds We are cognizant cogmzant of the thefact thefact fact that southeastern Utah doesn doesnt t rate a lot of ot politicalinflu political mflu influ influt influence influence ence i e votesBut votesBut votes votesBut t " But we wewould " -would would "ould ould - like bke to have some polit pobt pout . cian .clan clan explain explam away that thatCane thatCane thatCane Cane Springs Sprrngs dugway dugwayl dugwayt ' |