Show MAIL TO COME FROM COLTON DECEMBER 1 contract let to ducheane man who Is paid bald to be planning tor for automobile service beginning in indian anyon I 1 te ginning december first the vernal alpinice pi ice mail route will be no more and tile the vernal venial colton route will le im established rie contract lum line wen been 1 lt t to clado il II stephens of duellen ne and he Is now making preparations to assume ehg responsibilities it is understood ehilt lie he will take over oer most of tho the outfit of the wells mining alining stage company especially the barsce hari har 1 ess and beabes the schedule aa fixed by the department ic quiros the mall to tio leave Col colex icil n at 8 a TO ra and arrive at vernal ut 2 p in a the next day ahe distano Is and a fraction milts and in oi anler der to make the trip in the time tho the drivers kotlier do considerable night work or elbe auto will have hav to be brought in ili to use and there Is a r report out to tile effect that the machines ate aie to be put on an this side ot of the summit sul unlit la in indian canyon a frev miles beyond duchesne if this Is lone done there will be but little trouble in making the trip in ili day time there has always bacq b n a qu question estton as to whether the road via duchesne Du chesno and indian canyon eui cm be kept open in ili winter minter live I 1 be snow fall on the summit Is very heavy early earl and late and the drifts run high those irl endly to this route as against the rite hoe route claim that by constant ase the road can be traveled at all timea during the ear but others buim it to be impossible much stork luts has been done in the tanyon canyon nd id on the summit recently and it lerta certainly will be greatly improved in n the hummer bummer and fall it la is ideal and the teamster and automobilist lind trel a delight with the hange in the mall mail it la Is more than akely that frel frelot feht ht which low as hauad to 10 1 doe will be hauled via colton that class of travel will contribute largely towards keeping the road open the contract price has not been lea teamed ined but it is probably more than it Is from vernal to price which was about per year ar at that the wells mining stage 1 kompany lost money and only a few months ago an assessment was as levied on ohp th tock stock tho the price contractors con tractors were doubtless Es onla too glad to be relieved of tile the job notwithstanding I 1 the city of price will regret the hange from flom fl om vernal to I 1 myton the route is ia the same as heretofore from f that point on oll to mlton more mom people will be than on to price the ili myton blyton to duchesne route will LIC 0 abandoned thic reby saving having 1 I 1 per ear abe iddell of myton Is the present contractor in order to serve the people on the north side of the ducheine river a new route Is to be established from myton to in the past the mail has bias been going up on the north side and back on the bouth side of the river some months ago bids were ere asked for this new vernal colton contract and one would hue have been accepted but for the fact the bonds required were insufficient it Is claimed that the bonds furnished this time are far in ili excess of the requirement many people have often wondered why the pi ice contractors have hae lost money while in the old times be tote the reber reservation was thrown open the le ie venues were highly catl factory the answer is easy eis the rhe big money is not necessarily in the mall mail but in passenger and express service S since in ce the uintah railroad was built and especially since the automobiles were put on most of the travel has been diverted in that direction and besides the uintah people have been running a stage from ft duchesne to myton at any hour of the day to suit the convenience of the public and from ft duchesne automobiles have hae been running via randlett and ouray most alost people porter to travel that way rather than on the stags stage |