Show B 0 COLT coltan JR ON THE ROAD since there has been considerable good ro re leutty ana alia more panic lelany LO iv laube aube c of tile the appearance ol of ardiles arl cles in a recent in tavor favor of io ellau chig the route rouie ot the state bbate react again it appears that some simple ducts aud and allons would not ue anitas the first route six years yeara ago this tall fall the board of county selected a route arum the colorado flie li ie aros aroos county to its western boundary ana a survey tor the of ag istace alu in ill g a through bigit WY iho iu louto to then desir albu leban bean near the K ranc ranch 11 ato sed wela river where the jensen jehsen lalure now is 18 coill on oil vernal thence over the well meil known ost joau the present route of 0 the state road dihe he second route the survey was mas completed to ash ley cieck bitonio the alobe ol of the year iosub A new cattle came into the coara january 1 liuia cju ana a leiwe the contin continuance Latice of the curvey the route from herual west weal was changed to the then indian liall to beep cheek 1 I 1 e in gen vencial genci cial ai aaa thence west to the county lounce ary the was shed to the deep creek bench during jana january ry aart A i art or of the route was waa rerun re run and the survey finished lini shed the following bummer uintah 4 county a portion of a by the state for the re roads was applied on the end of this route and sufficient work was wag done on the ana othar bad poi eions ivul and djus to make a load of it alobe if not all or the worl work east of the lion bouD aary was done clone DY by the county and toy by donations parts of the route have hane not been worked at all up to the present tile the road to fol the arail dud and not the line of the survey in those places favored F the upper houtie houte Persua ily I 1 and worked A tor for the change from the lover to the upper route for the orvious good rea reason on that the settlers living lining in the deep creek bertion ber tion and also those farther to the west and north needed a pas passable road to vernal mure more direct than b hi way of ft duchesne ducheane lo 10 10 bo be sure there was mas the dods gwist road but only passable sable for light tr frallic allic and it also was very indirect route changed again this change to the upper route met inet constant appos on from the and ouray valley and this aliis last spring when one route and anly one had to be settled upon a as a state road the loard of again different chan ed the route back to the i ost I 1 luau it should be understood here that this sion is the only one in which the state acquiesces it alone fully the law I 1 am in formed boener io low eNer ev er that the state s rep re who mho were mere over botti both the upper route because of the he thinness of the road bed and coat of construction we have hae hid had h id then three decisions slone from the county des igniting Igna ting a route facin vernal to the west county boi bot huery imery tor for a state road a route uton which state appropriations could le be legally made and api ailed funds from a special ap county some borne individual donations were mere spent on the former route and a good passable road has bas been opened for the deep creek and other upper reservation settlers A road that up until the present time has had perhaps the greatest part of the traffic into and out of vernal all will agree that good loads leads on both the present and former routes are and always will be needed by tho the citizens of our entire county in the development of its various agricultural districts separated as they are by broken and unfertile bad lands and in carrying on their business and social relations as a people I 1 am still of the opinion that the upper route can be made a better road for the same money than the lower lomer one but the lower route going to make an excellent earth road when nhen worked all the way may through as it can be in the near future some bomp commendable NN work ork I 1 as been done and I 1 would like to 1 take you over oner it a little later bounty should fix upper one now after sectional strife and r several evno opposing discussions a route has been accepted as a state hig highway hichwa hwa and much work has been done on both ends even though it be a more costly route upon which to construct and maintain a road will mill the last change not prove a lasting benefit to usa again can we not make the less expensive road without the states assistance and let the state help us build the costly onea to interfere now means that the work ork already done on both ends of the route cannot be connected and the means already expended to some degree at least will mill be waited masted for U what hat is really the worst norst part of the road the unworked central on OB pazo aft 2 0 0 COLTON jr JP ON THE ROAD QUESTION continued from pu pa e I 1 portion will still remain 1 11 oL obstacle stacle to the fic I 1 ut lit 1 finished part will indri 1 p 1 I 10 travel it anyway 1 n I i the present route 11 tle the mt m n r i I 1 it r ly located and in the end ill 6 r L i more people seeing the improved road ro ad come with me it if aou ou AN wi I 1 I 1 t f r a look at the state road co UK tm i a short way out of roosevlt vit ft inter upon a part of the r rid id it 11 ir rishel s letter bubli hed u 1 t express in ill it i 1 ahey I hey are luilda g a byh iti krom it 11 e to ro 1 to myton 1 Is i 1 1 lor to the read ly WY N ay 0 i dependence ili lio 0 nl al av h r 1 I 11 did not know he ab p I 1 i it 11 fa ta cratl cf the loin lown li ru ro i it i least the west end of it ti 1 road from rt ft duchesne Du chesno to a nelt elt Is ro other all thuei lj lh 1 pr r b state roid and what has iet et oil on the west end ha ai aio 0 I 1 i on oil this ind ald aid ai d ib hein prescot breser t to connett the t tal i lili ed ea ends passing east 0 oer er IL a s 1 tb t h if f recently graded read we ine tin tilt 11 it IP deviation deIa tion froin a tint in ili r e on no firmness of earth tt u r bt b it i t 0 N o when we beath teath a si 1 11 1 h west iest of the andt andl in i ti it jm in bending and esc anai IN I 1 IKI it I 1 vo NO short dugas li it na i 1 b li 11 it 11 doubtless the road will mm i i cross this tench bench ilif ti cl lit hi line with nith a cut on oil th tb loi t III i grades olt it th I 1 i I 1 n reducing the grade in ili w A 0 11 t t r I 1 these dugA ays are tit th t tf i on oil the entire read lit lii ing iii it NN ti L i eight per cent I 1 le aling this bom beich h v nt r s hollow and for ah ab ut ui on OIL i t a nille mile encounter on counti r k b i t s 1 deepest and roost maa to I 1 it i I 1 iti it that in the first n il i t t indian bench dnn in nr r i passed over as I 1 tad ad it nil it i I 1 as there will N ill be fir trim m 1 I i it I 1 0 vernal when hen the roti ro d i is it 11 I 1 t 1 I the new neu du iv on en th i k of the indian beni ben ii I 1 is ilk 11 nent cammi I 1 i 1 0 1 1 i at the bottom with aill A w ill in i i an eav grade itsel 1 I 1 r i d continued on page t 0 I 1 B 0 COLTON J jr r ON THE ROAD QUESTION continued from page 2 elfert per cent tile the top la is reached immediately on oil the road line with lit loss of distance across the bench A a good bood of wh what at one grad ida and dragging will do for a road Is presented I 1 win will only linger here to s sy soy y that the work done front icalan lelich bench to the sandridge Is and in fact all the way through gli will be at alist only outline va work ork bla dragging and improvement will follow as the means and conditions favor stopping at the sandridge that lebey circuitous and trying piece of road Is no mole moie in its place is an even grade stretch tho the grade not exceeding live per cent pi piar wally straight and constructed of a substantial clay most of its length chaale at the halfway at the ll halfway alfay hollow on the west sloe heavy traffic will oto ate tile the change proposed in pla e of the heavy heany graue reaching twelve and tb ilten per cent both up and down there is pres presented entea a smooth th even arlle of three four folt and five pet pei ent cent co covering Nering no more distance than does the oid road aho route from the halfway idol low IONN to the hatch dugway is not yet fixed but a lower clotree than the present road will mill pi lo le followed leaving the old road it comes through the nar row W pass paes just out of the wash tit dl verging merging somewhat to the south r ross cross ing till the bench on a I level evel stretch of ceiner not nearly so loose nor LS the present course and free leoin 1 lorn crosb cuttong hollows into the big aig li hollod ho ollo crossing it and thence up the alie hollow past the hatch du duo into tile the crocked canyon in the canyon a great change has leon been worked it has haa been foi ined I 1 ou all remember the crooked narion labh road you ha have e traNe traveled led through that forbidding piece of bad lands wandering hs you have hane slipped about with the constant change of slope and jolts how much further it could be to the top or bottom you would cc rc arcey know it now how A broad 14 to IS 18 feet even grade road with mith shapely curves all above the water course Burp surp ilses ou on then the dug anay on this side of the ridge is another great improve ment its gride gradt being but eight per cent in places of a maximum of thirteen on the old one go and see it this work Is not far out go and bee it the cost from just beyond the upper cannal to the mouth of the crocked cannon about three miles wis a little under tinder remember however that it takes some timo for dry earth newly plowed and scrape sira peu ct to settle and become compact and that it must bo be dragged to be made hard and smooth the deviations from the old road taken as a whole will I 1 bellene believe hoiten fc rather than leighten lengh ten the distance the grade Is reduced to a great extent by b much of the un necessary up and down doun being avoided and the remaining made anew until eventually but two of them NN will ill reach the maximum eight per cent grade many of the sandy or rather loose portions hal have e been avoided and by grading and di dragging ageing at the proper a road will le be secured that will surprise all by its firm firmness nes A few figures richard it alman professor of ell civil it erg in the U of U in a bulletin issued ly by the state school of mines ines writes men with N ith money and automo automobiles Liles are vigorously ur urging that road read building materials evary billere le be tested that road sra ciers stane crushers and other exren expensive she read but baing in le be purchased and that preparation for commencing road construction le L og u D once in short the are condu V i a Nig vigorous orous campaign in the int est of hard roads sin the he hard dry smooth earth rord rod Is an excellent excel lert road and since it is poi bible with reasonable effort ta to induce the people to construct a 0 1 1 maintain such a road from one tt ln of this state to the other with i good man many side roads of the kame sort on the dav a why not strive tor for this possible end would it not le be better to have a well con and carefully maintained maintain d earth road from login to st george L u distance of miles than to have hale the best tar macadam road for a distance of 37 miles between ogden and salt lake city every farmer bet between a logan and st george drives upon the public high y while many persons persona in the g cities aides rarely it if ever do an ordinary macadam road two rodal rods wide costs about 20 per mile k general road covered with gravel one foot deep costs from 1600 to idoo t coo per ulle mile and the cost of con an earth road the same width varies from 40 to per mile I 1 use tse these there quotations not for the particular purpose of arguing that the state road should remain where here it is instead of being changed back to the upper route adt to assist it if continued on page 8 B S 0 COLTON jr ON THE ROAD continued from page 7 possible in LrI bringing nging about un of thought and action in the improvement of roads everywhere among us and to stop a great deal of adlo clamor clangor that does not build roads it if listened to yet remains remain since 1903 1500 the state has bag appropriated besides the 19 for the green river bridge for use on the state road in our county and during the same time the county has appropriated 92 making in all exclusive of the bridge ELP ap 91 92 of this amount about has baa been used and there yet remains to be usco some this money has not been wasted hut but some very efficient work has boon done in its expends ture tura Consider considerable Consi doraLle aLle care to Is being taken in locating the course of the road and in establishing light grades ahe I 1 bo remaining will more than outline the un worked eI portion and conle grading and claying Is anticipated this money la is being spent under the direction of the state ly by its at appointed road commissioner and Is ie not subject to the order of the county commissioners and as I 1 understand the matter of changing the read to Is likewise now removed from their Jurls jurisdiction diction they hav having ng filed the pro present tent location with tile the state we cannot even build a gravel road now BOW good oarth roada are all our purses can stand let us further re that most of our roads are for vehicles other than the automobiles either of 0 the roads road in question in this article when improved as aa they both should be tor for the uso uge of the people who have to travel them wll glie gle an easy sailing ilow how many automobiles travel our roads anywhere in this state la in comparison with the wagons and buggies bug glee A small percentage percenta gp without question I 1 am not against improving roods for and automobiles but am in favor of it as tar far as such improvement pro la Is compatible with the needs and benefit of other traffic let us ua show the state by a united front that we are willing and anxious to do our part in harmony in making one through highway and that we appreciate what it has done and Is still doing tor for us along the line of good roads let us bo be wary of vain promises it takes money and work vork to construct roads lot let us ua not change tor for improvement that wo we are actually getting la Is within the limit of the means expended and above all let us forget factional and sectional strife and assist in the improvement pro we do need can afford and that will save us in vehicles horses and harnessed barne harnes seq in wasted time and temper more than it costs us B D 0 COLTON COLT ON jr |