Show A oads goo d in southern alu art of state the salt lake tribune printed the tha following report on road conditions tit in southern utah last monday thu rho roads in utah as an a whole were never in hotter better condition than they aro are at the present uni time the touring travel Is heavier by over por per cent than over ever before as a result of the improved high highways waya A A statistical report issued by the superintendent in of alou national park dated ed july 25 shows an If increase terease of por per cent over a year ago on the same name tinto dato the service given tourists at zion alon national park and bryce canyon by tile the union pacific culupa to la anu best beat and far super superior for to what it has baa imen lit in past yeam on account of these conditions southern as ft a tourist center has made greate sti strides ides this year than it has in all th past since these theae attractions were firt brought attention of the outside horld the above observations we were to gaiu ed on a ten days trip of the tribune overland pathfinder iA gathering road diata and inspecting toL touring tring bondt tlona tor for th abe benefit of readers of the tribune Trl Luno many road changes change have keen been rande made anil and new strip maps mapa will give these changes to the public old roads have been improved 1 and these improvements Improve mente will be ba shown perhaps the greatest single improvement in roads made this year Is tile the opening of the fre donia cutoff culott cut cul ott off connecting zion canyon and the lie grand canyon the now new bridge and road south of rockville was opened to travel about two weeks ago aud and a new strip map covering this route will be in anu tribune next sunday the new route juts cuth the distance between the wa points to fifty nine miles as aa a distance of ninety o one ne miles milea over the old vw via fatur hurricane r t cans a savins saving of thirty two and beven tenths ientha milts miles when one cons idlers this saving Is ia nil all pour poor roads it la in of more Import anew perhaps the next ot of importance la is the recent opening ot of the new highway east of 0 Predon lu for cor a distance ot of seven miles this section was t the he worst stretch of road between salt lake and the franu canyon and it its comp completion lefton leaves leavea but ane half mile of really poor road between fredonia Fre donla and bright ange point it was learner learna that further liow construction completing the highway from fredonia Fre donla to the ral kal bat bab forest foresi would start just juat as aa soon as the tourist season closes this fall new work Is also going on oa in long valley between the alton summit and mount carmel Car raol which makes it necessary to use the tha johnson cannou route loute into kanab the johnson canyon route has haa however been dragged and is lit in good condition the black ludge north or andersons Ander sens Is iq completed and open with the exception of a very short detour abouna the new bridge which has not yet boon baon oled detours are also found on tho the hill around cove fort and between parowan carowan and cedar city whore where now new construction work Is ie going on those are short and not in bad condition with the exceptions named ants round trip tour ot of about 1200 allen alie i found highways tit in good condition the new wayne wonderland was also visited and inspected on this trip trap the road from sigurd to torrey t u distance of 0 sixty two allen la in lu in good condition at A torrey tho the real wayne wonderland be baginis gInis prom 1 rom this point to faulta a distance dla tance of oc fourteen tour teea I 1 miles the road la Is poor at faulta the various points of interest bo be seen by side trips on 1 many foreign cari cara wara wre ean e A a OH t this tripi trip especially 1 at canyon where a large prece niage t ag of the visitors canio came from other states |