Show Governor Approves Flaming Gorge Ferry i Governor Calvin L Rampton approved Monday the use of a ferry for crossing Flaming Gorge Reservoir At present the only other state operated ferry crosses Lake Po Po- Powell well at lute Hite Henry O 0 Helland director of the State Highway Department said that the ferry was needed as Sheep Creek floods h had d taken out five miles of the Vernal Vernal- Manila Highway and damaged other sections MR HELLAND said that an alternate route over the steeply steeply- graded swit switchback lo road d could not be used safely or easily by either school buses or passenger cars Approaches have been made at tile state level and in Wash Wash- Washington ington for surplus Navy equip went ment such as a landing craft that could tr transport motor metor ye- ye Vehicles hides using the road between Dutch John and Manila At this point the reservoir is two miles wide The highway director said it would require 2 million to build back the section of road that was lost and the state does not have the money In any case the construction would take more than a year he said THE FERRY could be used to transport students to Manila High School and help tourist tra tra- travel vel Mr Helland said Governor Rampton said h he e wanted assurance that the ferry Y would be safe and could operate e during the winter but he didn't t think there was any alternative It was also pointed out that tha t even after the road was built the th e ferry could still be used to short short- shorten shorten en the distance from Dutch John Joh n to Manila from 40 to 14 miles mile s and would be a big tourist at- at attraction at attraction traction |