Show CONTINENTAl R ROAD DAD IMPROVED Victory Highway the Coast To Coast Road Getting Important Improvement both In Utah And AndIn AndIn AndIn In Colorado Utah and Colorado are both showing appreciated interest in developing making malting a standard roadway for No 40 or the Victory Victory Victory Vic Vic- tory Highway the only road inthis Inthis in inthis this country that extends from coast to coast Work is proceeding proceeding proceed proceed- ing between Vernal and Jensen and word comes that the contract from Jensen to the state line lice eastward eastward eastward east east- ward will be let soon Over in Northwestern Colorado a stretch of 9 9 94 miles of graveled road is now being constructed between be be- twe tween rl Elk Springs and Masse- Masse a well-known well section of bad had roads oads But this entire distance distance dist dist- ance is being completed with an anoil anoil anoil oil dressing mixed up vita the gravel grave as it is is' laid dowD dowse this making a formerly bad road into a first st class highway I This highway is now completed westward to Maybell taking all the road west from Craig to that point and the final attack on the remaining mileage to the Utah line is in sight as this fine job now in progress indicates Freight and passenger service between Uintah Basin points and th the i If railroad d at t cr Craig fg becomes becomes becomes be be- comes more and more practicable practicable practicable able and evidence of the value of the highway is proved by the rapid rapid rapid rap rap- id use made of it But as a national national national na na- na- na road it Is rapidly coming forward Our towns should back it more by advertising and this may be bedone bedone bedone done in many ways Our tourist traffic is now important during luring eight months of the year and to toha ha have ve an year all-year road is not unlikely unlikely unlikely un un- un- un likely within the next t year or two Big projects demand larger Ideas more and ambition I too which we should show forth in more practical ways It Is our substitute for a railroad and with or without a railroad we want this highway and we should be bold enough to advise the country country country coun coun- try that it passes through the Uintah Basin one of the largest undeveloped areas of the United States Slates |