Show Superintendent Lists Dinosaur Road W Work Worl orl Superintendent Daniel J To To- Tobin bin outlined road work under construction in Dinosaur Nation Nation- National al Monument in a report Tues day to Vernal Chamber of Com Com- Commerce merce meeting at the Hotel Vernal lie He reported on the new road under construction from the quarry area for 52 miles which will eventually terminate at a county road to Blue Mountain TIAGO Construction Co of Salt Lake City has the con tract in the amount of for grading gradin and installing base and bituminous surface The contract includes a four four- span steel girder bridge which is subcontracted sub to Peter Kie wit Co Supt Tobin said that the bridge needs railings and final painting but completion of the work will depend on the wea wea- wea User ther but could be accomplish ed in two weeks lie He reported that blacktop was being placed on ditches today The road will open more scenic areas to the public he fore cast After three more segments of the highway are completed tourists will be able to travel from the quarry and return to US 40 at Dinosaur Colo La La- La Later ter the road will be extended to Echo Park and return to US 40 west of Maybell THE ROAD will be built to Deer Lodge Park next spring where campsites will be available Supt Tobin said he regarded the whole Monument as a vast recreation area in western Colo Colo- Colorado rado and eastern Utah and urged communities involved to join together for survival lIe said he be was referring to the competition that would come from Interstate Highway 80 on the north and 70 on the south Funds for the Monument road program have been reduced somewhat he be disclosed Present plans call for the completion of the road from the quarry to Cub Creek A contract is expected to be awarded in July for the road on the opposite side across Blue Mountain to Point of Pines where the Bureau of Land Man Man- Management will build a park and picnic area THE COMPLETION of the road Elam Itom Vernal to Dinosaur Colo which will be completed in about four years will take the highway through scenic areas including Point of Pines The present road will be clos ed for several weeks until the construction is completed I Supt Tobin invited the Cham ber of Commerce to take a con con- conducted I ducted tour of the new highway in about two to three weeks lie He said that a member of the Monument staff will point out unique features Following his talk he ed cd that Earl J for Continued on page 8 Road Work Continued from page 1 mer Monument superintendent retires from the National Park Service at the end of November IN OTHER business School Supt Glen C introduced ed Ashel J Evans as the act act- acting ing superintendent when Supt moves to a new post in Murray Dr Dan Q Price reported that members of the Vernal Chamber were guests of Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce Monday where they visited Val ley Music Hall and saw the production The Flower Drum Song Grant Southam of the roads committee reported on a meet meet- meeting ing of utah Users In Salt Lake City lIe said that the Little Hoover Commission had recommended abolishing the present man five time part State Road sion and replacing it with an administrator who would be responsible to the gover- gover governor nor THE SALT Lake Chamber had written a letter to the Ass Ass- Association Association urging that no changes be made in the present com com- commission commission mission Dr Paul G who conducted the meeting read a aletter aletter letter that Stewart Ashton a director of Utah Pro Pro Utah had written writ writ- written ten to D James Cannon exe- exe executive secretary secretary of Utah Pro Inc on a recent economic de meeting held In Ro- Ro Roosevelt Roosevelt Mr Ashton complained that some people kept pushing for more industry on the Wasatch Front even to the point of con con- congestion congestion and to neglect of other areas of the state lie He cited the proposed Stauf fer Chemical Co fertilizer corn com complex plex that had bad been promised at Vernal and then expansion had been shifted to Garfield lie He suggested that there were strong undertones of pressure He referred to the Basin meet ing as a boiler plate seminar Mr Ashton said that Basin pen peo- people pie were not high school pup pup- its ils pupils or backward lie He emphasized that the Ver Ver- Vernal nal area needed an industry badly whether it involved a few I men or IT WAS reported that I L Y I will be in Denver for fora fora a week attending a reclamation lion tion school Mark Zaharias Salt Lake City of B F Goodrich Co was a guest of Ken |