| Show 0 Park Officials Say GO I On Work at Dead Horse Point Beginning of construction work on Dead Horse Point state park is Js scheduled for early this week it was announced by park commission officials in a visit to the area Wednesday The group visiting the are area included Francis Oswald assistant assis assis' assistant tant director of the commission I Glen Youngberg chief of operations opera Frank Sharp construction l' l foreman and Gordon Tenney assistant as as' as- as construction foreman forthe for forthe forthe the state agency They were met Wednesday at Dead Horse Point by County Commissioners II If B. B Evans Winford Dunce Bunce and Ralph Miller Sr Chamber of Commerce president Sam Taylor Taylor Tay Thy lor br and Arches national monument monument ment mont superintendent Bates Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- son to discuss the coming development development development de de- de- de work According to the visiting state officials a crew of five men will arrive in Moab early next week to begin work on development development development de de- de- de outlined under the master plan for park develop develop- ment Included in the plan are areas for camping viewing points and anti shelters The camping area will Include restrooms 13 parking spurs four house trailer spots 17 grills and 21 picnic tables and a view point with space for parking a considerable number of cars The development work was authorized following almost two years of planning The 1959 legislature legislature le legislature le- le authorized certain funds for tor state park development ment and end shortly thereafter a portion of the total allotment was designated designated designated for Dead Horse Point Land acquisition and tive details have held up con- con of any portion of tiE the master plan until this time it was stated The planned construction does docs not include any road building work The State Road Commission Commission Commis Commis- sion slon is In charge of all aU road building inside and to state parks Mr Oswald stated Wednesday Wed I that a request had gone in to that commission for construction construction construction con con- of a paved pat road on the last mile or that that portion of f the area area which will be developed devel dove this fall So far Ano no word wont has come back as to the success successor or failure of that request it was stated Concrete picnic tables arrived this week from Salt Lake City and concrete fireplaces are on their way having b n built by state prison labor it was an an- Placement of the tables and fireplaces will be first on the agenda Other construction specifically ly mentioned for this fall Includes Includes includes In in- building of two stone and concrete shelter buildings out on the point itself a native stone ret retaining wall around the lip of the gorge and trailer parking area north of the present picnic area Mr Sharp stated that the crew would arrive In the next week and would be work at-work the project until present plans plan h have ve been completed or until cold weather forces a halt on construction work He stated that some local construction construction construction con con- help would be required on the building project Future plans call for co construe tion of an administration buildIng building build build- ing several miles north of ol Dead Horse Point on the Big Flat area and plans are still sUll being considered for tor a hard sur faced road into the park The State Road Commission Is considering ring one completely n new w route into the area which will leave Moab and travel down the Colorado river to a point Just north of Cane Creek Dome At that point the road will begin begin begin be be- gin an an n upward grade which will place it on the Big Flat area near Bartlett Point Since the State Road slon sion is planning the road to serve tourists oil and potash development In the area it is believed that construction wi will depend considerably upon mineral mineral min ruin eral developments In the near future The new route would cost in excess of 1 41 million |
