Show l The Vi Victory ory Highway I By Violet Atkinson I V ti f I If f the tile people of the Uintah basin basins will forget the railroad and concen j ji Irate all aU of their efforts on completing c completing i ing the the- Victory Vicror highway the transportation transportation trans trans- problem will be solved anc and andreal andreal real prosperity will roll in on rubber tires Several great railway systems system's have abandoned abandon d' d dand and replaced their then lo local al freight and passenger trains by br auto auto tr trucks and cars ars Among them the New York Central and t the le Southern Pacific of or California Inthe In Inthe Inthe the Golden state most interstate local traffic up to miles is c carried car r rI tied ried on the paved paved highways s The rhe co cost t per ton is ch cheaper and the the service quicker The Victory highway should b be covered with gravel and paved with sand asphaltum Cement is not where truck tonnage tonnage is limi limi- ted The highway should be routed routed routed rout rout- ed through the Strawberry valley vaHey to Heber and Park City This gives amore a amore amore more east and west route direct into the Salt Lake valley vaney It develops develop the western end of the basin and greatly increases Increase the scenic and recreation recreation rec rec- features of the rout route It wl will also place the basin independent ent of anyone any one railroad and thereby bring about competition for busi busl n ness ss A vast amount of free advertisement advertisement advertisement adver adver- in III magazines and newspapers pers pel'S will occur An enormous traffie traffic fie fic in through tourists week end eJ d parties and will be carried carried carried car car- ried on The consuming abilities of the traveling public for local products products pro pru- ducts is immense The natural at attra tra tractions traction's of the the Victory highway V y surpass those of of any other Int inter inter- rf r- r f route It Its is safe sare to state to-state state that at least one one million travelers will pass through the tile basin each year Cash mone money will reach this region from all n parts of the world An ocean to ocean paved higl highway way through the intermountain country is an event of the n near near ar and the b basin sin c can secure this route by I taking the led in construction Float a bond is issue ue of or one onet onehundred t hundred thousand dollars With federal and state aid build the highway Create a gasoline tax to p pay pay y interest and nd principal on the bonds and na maintain I tax wa wagons o s for repairs Then I w watch the basin country lY change from an isolated section of back country to a national summer camp c campground mp ground doing a whirl wind business in tourists and farm products Likewise Likewise Likewise Like Like- wise watch the tile Uni Union n Pacific and ane andRio andRio Rio Grande suddenly commence throwing dirt The highways made I California they can lil likewise make 1 the Uintah basin The tourist business business business busi busi- ness is the best paying business inthe In Inthe Inthe the United States today and the Uintah basin can secure secure- enough of oC it to to consume all the he surplus products products pro pro- ducts duets on the ranches You cant can't build a n railroad but you certainly can build a highway D Dont Don't n go to slee sleep and let some otI other er route route secure se- se secure se se- cu cure e this harvest I |