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At the ummlt summit summitthe < ; summithe ummlttill ' till the " survey 111 III lii e I " connects connffts with thl the th ' < ( ' Id ld road about three Ihrl'l Ihrll ' " miles mlleb east of ofwI ofv51 owl f -wI wI v51 - t re the constru COllstrU < { lion t\on t on tion \ made by bythe byI bhe / the I ( tie Bureau Dureau t ( if f labile Public roads In the theI th1 1 I ) )2rs 2rs 12Ys )2Ys 2Ys ) ( ( endsit ends ends1C 1C It was pointed poinlRd out by Mr Pryor Pryorthat Pryorthat Pryohat r that ( the fact that the present prc-"ent prc "ent ent - " sur survey survey survey vey Is being made does not indiItt mdiite Indl indi mdi Indlilp ilp Itt ite " that construction will follow followlmmf'dlately followImmediately followImmediately . lmmf'dlately lmmfdlately Immediately ' or ' even f'Vt'n fVtn ' soon 800n but pre pt-a pt a prep ptaI prep - p I ) u LI nations atlons ations 1 Is < ; being bl"lng bllng " made so 50 that thawherever thatSIIPL \SIIPL SIIPL \ \ hpr e"er eer eser " funds fUlld are allocated for fortht forth tothp r tht th ' road building buUdlng the survey work workwill workwill worwill ] t will ha have Vf > been donen1e done11w done donePie Pie n1e 11w first flr'lt flrlt ' reports on the sug aug sugk augI k I , , led ted new route were made in inApril inApril LApril April 1939 whpn wht'n whtn when ' J 3 A West We.st . chief chiefS chteK S ) { it ti Itr > ) r ar III at d (1 1 ( Prf Preston ' < ; ton Linford Linfoz-d Linfoz d - in Inf Inp 1 > f ' < ' ( ' > ( < t tli III II K R g " I ngli ngll ngii ' per t'er ter eer for what was then thent thenti the ; : i t tl ti I II B irea Jrea trea I i of Public Roads came camet cameI camt t I ll tI Is h f 'a a < ; ' stcllon dlon ctiofl and made what they theytIe theyI thet I tIe i ( P ' 1 I n a r ree reef . < nnalssance nnahsance nnals.sance . Investk Inve"tIh Inve"tI InvetI invest " ! ! h t i 1 A few [ ( PW ew V . sseks ve , t't tt ' < k ks . , later lalRr Mr MrW Mrv Mi'Win MiWin ' W ' v t n ri t mn tun IIn ed Nt rd I 1 I > ( compal 'Oropal Oropal ' y wi with withM wlUM th thM i M I I > ) u 11 ti dill ( d I U e " pv , made anothei anotherI another I Is h . u II I ( 1'he 1he nle tile ' pre present ent < ; work wor\ wor wor1 ] c \ ' 1 I ! 1 i 1 I is I ' > i 1 ) Ipr It'r Itr ler ' tlie the Immediate di dli diI I I t I i f Mr I Pryor or Is Ls known knov.n knovn knovu . as asI a s . 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' ipparci 'lppart'l lppartl ipparet ' II tl tlv } p < p < " , s.sjbli ssjbli jble ,1ble 1ble jbleI ,1bleI , . . , I tps tes tp < ; were wert ' s . , ggest ggt"tt ggttt ggestI ' " < dill d u ii I I tt It ii t P I ' fola fol folv v a \ , p ) work ssork I t a as " ' been bt'en bten done to tot toI t1 t I I1.1 1 I \ . wl \1.1 1.1 wi Ich kb of these the-ce the ce - ; 1 Is < ; the best beat glvK glvg giv glv givK K g ' c Iderati Idt'fatl Idtfatl ' i 1 to 10 grade road1 roadI road roadJill Jill I ii u I 1 con-struction con struction construction - cost coat The pre pre1 preI 1 I 1 i i Ilary 1 i iarv tary , > survey urvey began In Noveln Novetn Novetnhi NovernIx 1 hi > < r of last lkst l st year Yl'lu Yllu ' and was carried carriedI carrleif 1 I [ r about " six "ix ix weeks before wintt'r winter win wintor tor tt'r ttr ter ' weather wt"atht"r wtathtr " " closed dosed In The Tht ' party part f C ( I x i tli tlr tir ued UN tied on page pge [ four our - - - - VEKNAL VERNAL MAN MANILA LA ROADSURVEY ROAD 8UIIVEY SURVEY REDUCES GRADEr GRADEC GRADE OIlADE _ - T CT ( C- C Continued IContinued onHued from page one onereturned ) ) returned retuhred early this month and expeJt expept ex pept peJt : to spend about four more moreW moreweeks mor W WOeka weeks eu before they will wlJl be able tofinish to t finish their work- work . - . The survey drafts Indicate that thaton thaon ' on the ! suggested lIuggested line Hne there would wouldbe wouldbe woulbe be no very sharp curves Only two twonave twohave twhave nave have a radius of 250 ' leet 'eet eet feet while whl1e the ther threat r rest t would have a radius of 280 280feet 28feet c feet or more The survey party in inCgmpllance I , Compliance tompHance Cgmpllance with revised roadbuilding road roa buU building ing standards are planningtheir planning planningtheir their route so that there will be bea bea I ) a miximum mixlmum grade of ot not more than rl 0 6 per cent and Bnd apparently will wlJI be beable beable able to keep maximum max1mwn down to tofive tofive t five and one-halt one halt one-half half - per cent In other other oth er words wordll ! the steepest IIteepest Incline onthe on onthe o ; the ! route loute would wouJd be approximatelg approximatelya approximately y a rise of 8 5 1-2 1 2 1.9 19 . - feet In 1n 100 feet The Theheavy Theheavy Thheavy heavy climbing even at these slightgrades slight slightgradea slighgrades - gradea grades would be nearly all done donewithin donewithin donwithin within the first tint ten miles of at theroute the theroute throute throuteThe routeThe route ' The 111e contemplated line runs thru thruthe thruthe thrthe the edge of the cedar slopes and andfollows andfollows anifollows follows close to Little LJttle Brush creekfrom creekfrom creeFrom , from Point Spring past the gom gorge gomIt gorgeIt gowt It [ passea pa&5e pa5e passes & & the old oJd corral which wh1ch is isrust 1lust 5 Just rust two miles mUes from where the present pre- pre present prosent - " sent road passes passea The Seeps Seepll From Fromthat Fromthat Fronthat that point pne line l1ne would followalong follow ? along to the west weat of Dutch Dutcb Oharll CharlIe CharlIeI CharlIerref'k Charliecreek I creek rref'k rrefk ' while another would CTOSB cross crossDutch . ' Dutch Charlie proceed In u a north north- northl northasterlY northasterly - " "asterly asterly " direction and Join the fornee former for former l mer nee construction to ellmlnat eUmlnate eliminate eliminatewitch switch witch , . Jaaclu .backs backs packs down to the Llttl Little LittleBrush < > Brush Brwh creek from the swnmitIt summitit summit swnmit It Is expected that when the new newroad nevroad ' I swnmitI road Is 18 built It will wUI be 28 26 feet wldt wide wide'rum wld wldfrom " < ' from 'rum rum ' shoulder to shoulder and willcost will willcost wllcost * cost In the neighborhood ne1ghborhood of $25 25 $ 25 000 000to 00 00to < ' , to ; 0 $35000 35000 $35 35 $ 000 per mile mUe The TI1e new road roadwould roadcould roacwould ; would could run approximately 18 milesit miles milesat mileaat 1 at it a total estimated cost of near neara nearI neaia : a I half million dollars _ |