Show ABOUT THE FORT DUCHESNE ROAD the com communication aaion from secretary willia william in INI anderson of the vernal commercial club to govern or spry ou oil the rood good roads question published in vist list paper has haa stirred up tip a great teal deal of comment both favorable and unfavorable to the proposition advocated by mr anderson And ereon viz iz the spending of state and county money on the hichwa from froin vernal to taft instead of vernal to fort duchesne ducheane goorge george 13 young of moffat Is out ont with a letter to Go governor error spry sup porting the dollci of tho the present commissioners aud the state road commission in spending money on oil tho vernal ft route 1 1 mr 1 r louiga Ito letter which la Is published in this issue vas as read esterday eat erday in III the presence of a number of arnal business men and citizens from various parts of the county the con setsuo of a opinion among these gen gel clemen about twenty in umber was as lavoi able to the ft duchesne Duch ebne load as opposed to tho taft way solely because it has a better erade era de and la Is more central as an en tiance to the reservation country from ashley Ho however weer most of these gentlemen looked at the question from tho the point of lew diew that the Vern vernal alFt ft duchesne road has the easiest grades being also albo fully cognizant of the tact fact that the entire distance la Is one unbroken sand patch this being true these gentlemen bec ec that the road from vernal to ft Duc duchesne besne Is not fit for auto travel hole heie Is the rub can it be made auto worthy within A the limit of money available for that particular piece of road mr mir anderson anderaon contended in his bla letter to the governor that it can call not secretary W D idabel of tho the utah Auto automobile mobil club who came over the road recently laid eald it would cost this estimate being based on the fact that there Is no clay tor for surfacing pur any where along the route these conclusions ho however eer were disputed yesterday at the commercial club by those who claim that there Is a clay stratum just underneath the surface sand and at a nominal cost cay can bo be brought up ip to lo the road surface effectually removing the band terror of the vernal rt ft duchesne duchene route this later conclusion must however be rarefied before given any herlous credence in view of the possibility bows however ler od gd D samuels of the vernal commercial club and several other gentlemen had the following to say president ed D samuels 1 I think the Vern vernal ft Du chee chesna road Is the logical road to be improved by the states money but as an auto road now noi the roid to taft is best if there Is clay close cime by to cover the sandy spots I 1 favor falor the money being spent on oil the vernal at 1 t duchesne road mr air samuels was incorrectly quo quoted t last week neek as favoring the t route ed geo ceo W bone 1 I favor the up per taft load but there la 19 a more serious matter to concern us in getting a good road to tue the ir I 1 I 1 ranch im afraid vernal business men and uintah county will sit P round around and not fix the road to the colorado line until the aut olsta from the east will get disgusted and turn their eyes and money some other way I 1 talked with the moffat county colo commissioners at cragg and they said if tho the wolf creek route was na named m ed on the transcontinental hoghn highway ay they would put all the money and help on oil this way ay that they could we need to get busy if we e dont we ae will lose the biggest thing yet wm win 11 1 I would think a little money say a thousand dollars spent to fix the roads roada from ver vernal nal to the I 1 K tanch ranch and from vernal to taft would be money well spent but I 1 would not liko to say which Is the most profitable road to spend money on until I 1 had investigated N vesti C gated it |