| Show unpaved paved U S 40 blamed tor for loss ot of tourist travel trave IV n D RISHEL PROVES PROE UTAH LOST THOUSANDS OF TOUR BECAUSE OF CONDITION OF THE BASIN figures said to verity verify the con that utah Is losing 1 ands of tourists each year because of the unimproved condition of U 8 highway 40 through athe uintah basin were received from the notional parks service last week by W D rishel utah state automobile association president the alpirn are contained in it a park service report comparing travel to 0 the north and south rims of grand canyon national park so far this ear persons have visited the south rim compared with at bat tho the north rim mr rushel lushel believes that much of the great arent difference Is due to the relative conditions of the highways feeding this park area from tho the east the route from denver and the rocky mountain national park to the south rim la Is paved while the route roote over U 8 40 though shorter contains some relatively unimproved road between here and vernal and the colorado line mr roshela contention Is strengthened by the fact that a smaller percentage of visitors to orand grand canon cannon went ent to the north rim this thi year ear than last in 1834 1034 some persons persona motored to the south against to the north rim this is 1 a ratio of about 4 to I 1 while hile this year the ratio Is better than 5 to I 1 and U 8 40 Is in poorer condition this year mr rishel claims the automobile association head believes that the or haj d surfacing of U 8 40 would increase tourist travel to this section by 23 per cent |
