Show Plans Progress on Proposed Grand Uintah Book Cliff Road Chamber of Commerce dIrectors directors tors meeting Tuesday at th the Towne and Country club heard hear reports on the progress of three thre projects Involving a projected road to the Uintah basin th the Cortez Cortez meeting of Western Minerals Min Mm- orals Empire and the Uranium Days celebration The proposed road to Vernal Verna over the Book Dook Cliff Clift mountains 1 is showing excellent progress according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to reports from the roads road committee of the chamber WInford Winford Winford Win WIn- ford Dunce Bunce reported that members member of the committee had completed a survey to locate the mos most feasIble feasible feasible feas feas- ible means of connecting the two rich mineral areas After invest invest- various arious canyons leading from the Crescent Junction Junction- Thompson area the committee settled on a 11 route requiring th the least engineering difficulties I Mr Bunce Dunce reported that there ther was six miles of state maintained secondary road In existence now and an additional seven miles mild o ot of useable road extending from th the state road An estimated 1500 would be needed to extend th the road to established roadways roadway leading toward Vernal Grades Grade were reported to be less than ten percent at any point and fewIn fewin few in number at figures figures' approaching the ten percent A meeting of Interested persons is Js planned in conjunction with the regular chamber meeting on September 17 All Interested parties parties parties par par- ties are urged to attend and present pre pro sent arguments for routes they recommend i h The Minerals Empire conference at which more than are expected to be present was fas reported to be progressing very well Eight senators and four governors have been contacted contacted contacted con con- and are expected to be there Purpose of the conference will be to further the development development develop develop- development ment of the mineral wealth of the area and promote the expansion and Improvement of communication tion facilities Nineteen cities totaling population will willbe willbe willbe be involved The organization of the nations nation's greatest tapped mineraI mineral min rain eral region is a Moab originated Idea but has caught on elsewhere It was reported Interest in the coming Uranium Days celebration has picked up reported Manager Director r Mil Mu However he said much is yet to be done Mr reported he will attend the East- East em and Southern Associations of the Civic Clubs In Standing Saturday The chamber placed its Us support behind financing a trip of the Community band to Grand Junction Junction Junction Junc Junc- tion for the Diamond Jubilee in response to an invitation from the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce Chairman Orbra Wiggle reported reported re re- reported ported that Operation Home Improvement Improvement Improvement Im Im- Im- Im provement would woula be culminated this week with awards going to Improvement winners Membership in the was discussed discussed dis dis- discussed cussed and methods of Increasing increasing ing membership suggested Visitors tors tars at the meeting suggested that be given to projects on which the chamber has been working Sug Suggestions tlona Included the tho Frontier Air Lines application laying the foundation for tor bring the movie industry back to Moab the f forthcoming Western MInerals Minerals Miner MIner- als ala conference encouragement of tourism the securing of ot the Texas Tech geological camp and many others Recent projects such as the Vernal road project and the Uranium Days events are suggested also aiso |