Show cain C an manila road be he speeded up AH As we have long suspected construction of national forest hig highway liway that will eventually connect venial vernal and green kiver is entirely nt at the discretion of tile of utah said ai au editorial in the green river wyo star the editorial continued sen frank barrott barrett and and congressman keith Tho thomson unson have both dug lug extensively into the matter of obtaining obtain ingmore more expeditious construction of the ashley forest section of this road and have bo both th taken the matter up with the F forest orest service nt at the request of the star the nic forest service has ling informed both that while the funds arc are federal their placement is in the hands of the state involved also senator barrett informs us that the forest service could well uso use twice the amount of money now appropriated for forest highways and that such an increase would permit faster construction of the uinta mountain route destined to become a great tourist route so this situation places the onus almost entirely upon the shoulders of the vernal and manila areas for the present in other words if they really want this road completed nt at an early date these areas are going to have to convince the state of utah of the necessity for more forest funds for this highway and of course convince salt lake city that utah is outside that area one of our friends in washington has ling suggested that wo we appeal to W william illard nightingale to help perhaps Perli aps our chamber of commerce should send a committee to the salt lake chamber of commerce to show the benefits accruing to all und to show allow just how bow important southwestern wyoming is to salt lake city |