Show r 0 IJ n CHAMBER CHAMER OF COMMERCE hugh V colton reports in project silver creek I 1 promised As the first week of the thi fow four state aquilante Aqua lante drive draws to a close preparations for or the forthcoming hearings on the upper colorado river storage in congress be ganto to move into high gear reporting on the progress of the project before the board of directors of the vernal chamber of commerce wednesday noon hugh W colton chairman chair manol of the upper Colorado Grass roots committee of utah colorado wyoming and new M mexico commented that the outlook k for the project 1 including ec echo ho park dam is now enuch better ater than ever before I 1 la another other bus business before the board henry MU lecam royal Hender henderson band fran beitch reported arted I 1 on recent meetings on Highway 40 roland merkley chairman of the agricultural committee reported on last wednesdays ar a chamber farm tour and mr henderson reported on the meeting I 1 reg regarding the formation of a comm community coordinating council in mr colton continued his rei port by announcing that the I 1 utah committee of of the grass roots organization will meet in salt lake city friday to formulate plans for presenting this states testimony at the congressional hearings the following darothe proposals will go to the utah water and power board for their sanction meanwhile similar meetings will be held bid in the other three upper basin states in preparation fora meet ing of the four state grass roots committee to be held in salt lake city next monday Mon flay purpose 0 se of this meeting according fo lo 10 mr colton will be to prepare a united front for the four states to use in washington I 1 this meeting will be fo follow ed by a meeting upper colorado river comma commission ion in washington on thursday thursdays Thurs dayt february 25 four our days prior othe continued on page 8 SILVER CREEK CUTOFF CUT OFF continued from page 1 begin beginning nin 0 of f the hearings in ah ahe e irrigation and reclamation cla clar mation nation subcommittee A second meeting of the commission has been set for maich 8 the day before the house subcommittee hearings begin the house hearings are expected to be 10 full scale while the senate cub committee will consider only new material while using the in formation presented resented last year one of j the most r recent e cent deve developments I 1 of importance concerning the project according to mr colton took place at denver deriver last week when L Y secretary manager of tho the vernal chamber of commerce arid herb verb smart executive secretary of the utah wildlife fd fed F d enri cantlon tion met with the national policy committee of the congress of industrial organization CIO which last year before the congressional hearings on the colorado project passed a resolution opposing its passage since then the policy committee has been organized reorganized re and before the meeting adjourned in denver it was agreed that each member would be polled and if they are in favor of it the matter will be turned over to the legislative committee for action mr feels a favorable action will be forthcoming for the project from the CIO if 11 so it will be the e result resul of kork more than a year of groundwork proun dwork in which a great deal of the work can be attributed to orman kunkel utah CIO president council following the discussion of proposed organization of a community coordinating council in vernal city the board voted to authorize royal henderson enderson II to vote against formation of such a council at the public meeting to be held next monday evening in the central school library mr henderson had told the board during his explanation of the purpose of the council that he felt purpose ill there was not sufficient n need ed for such a council in vernal verni C city ti wh which I 1 ep is already very well e organized highway 40 representatives of four uintah basin communities along highway 40 met with the salt lake city chamber of commerce monday noon to ask for their su support port in seeking designation of highway highway 40 to the he interstate highway system in the proposed expansion by the elsen eisen hower administration at a cost of million 4 the meeting was arranged tor for by L Y T serving as chairman others from vernal were henri royal henderson enderson W alley 11 ey baucum sen 13 R String liam rep reu clair R H and chris mckinlay a in member ember odthe salt lake chambers chambors road broad committee also present were w clarence national dional highway 40 president and robert P campbell executive secretary of the national organization W H mawhiney mr air Bati baucum curn mr and mr henderson agreed that it was the most mosto successful meet ing I 1 they have ever had with the road commission mr who is a national director of the highway 40 association said he feels the silver creek junction battle is about over he pointed out that highway 40 was the only highway that showed an increase of car travel during 1954 over the previous vio u ye arand d praised raised the work of N national aie n highway 40 association which now has five courtesy cars on the road and includes member ships from kansas city missouri LUsso url to the california border and wade cummings heber city mayor chester lyman and eddie carmen duchesne and merlin sullivan roosevelt the road committee Is expected to recommend to the cham ber in sale lake that the designation of highway 40 in utah and colorado as an interstate inter state highway be supported arted silver cupak ark re junction following the chambel meeting the uintah basin group r aup met with the utah slate state ifo road ad co commission and were promised that the silver creek junction of U S IrIg highway hway 40 and utah 4 will be improved with lights at both intersections a lane for fok traffic approaching from the west a lane wider turn road a form of lane for traffic approaching from the cast east removal of 11 highway I 1 h way 30 signs at the junction n and a study of the safety features at the intersection the commissioners informed the visiting group that sevens teen reportable accidents hwe have occurred at the junction during this winter and that they are very much concerned about it they promised improvement improve improvement meni work would begin as soon as weather permits |