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Show ' . ' " CoLOSADoTVEifi .HES.E. i 1 I ' ' - - Z r ' ' " "X V " . - . . - " -- - - -1 A A ' -r '-hxftVli 4f'S BWOOC . Photo courtesy Lm AnccJw EsaraLTT. : lMs? ': E''n,'"y pass, twenty-,,s.i:i,"'i twenty-,,s.i:i,"'i of St. George. 1:'; t th?, flja:,d a ., totl,e Q".o-ado. soirc ,;.,;;-nt. thy FcrT at the I..; Gram Wash cliffs, Colorada river N;0; high-vay to be ; ' few miles cf the tunnel sec-C'.'3 sec-C'.'3 t!!e boundaries of ,( ' Mc. an j has the ev,iUsive ex. , "'-''i Smt. The .Ui "-id Is a fed-: fed-: hj b 'eu con- - - Wait expense of , ' v and the state i - I,; to express our V nt interest -.a that we ' ,1's S'e;)!ia x A. -, y .i;rivt Cf tu-";l tu-";l Project was .' ,;l;''-y authorized -4;',r?uh- - Math- " Of thlS ' '"-T"Ssary appro- ??rovei v.-e re- ' " .-Ar he d'-d not . f -...pie-Pn t hlve . - 'Uve been most J0iJ beea 1 " T. Wither similar L ,;Jr Ule scheme tA Rereads. ebtedr. t0 ' T ' 4 the 2neer-hat 2neer-hat off to the rushes forth frcm its va'.ied prison, pris-on, the Grand canyon of the Colorado. 1 As nearly as can be estimated f-ora present reports on the Boul-d?r Boul-d?r dam reservoir, the water level of the lake formed will back the wafor uo either close to or slight- men who conceived this almost im-pessibie im-pessibie project and carried it through to a successful conclusion. The original reconnaissance was made by 3. J. Finch and Howard C. P.(;atis. and to these gentlemen belongs the credit of visualizing I a road where iS seemed almost un- j I believable that a roa.4 could be I j built. It was necessary to Kale I vertical cliffs by means cf rope; . and ladders in order to scout the ; territory and find an available . alignment. ' "The completed read over which you are travel::'.:! todi:' speaks in its own language cf the t-njineer-Ing skill qf the federal bureau cf public roads and the state road commission of Utah. Well-inform- . ed hiihway engineers have pro-nour.ced pro-nour.ced this the most remarkable ; road ever built, and the r?ai i"-; self will prove another attraction added to Sion canyen. I hive no I doubt that travelers frcx-.i all over j the world will come her? to sj this rem.arkab enkrineen-n? ach-I ach-I ievem.ent. aithou-'n they mi?ht cot ' ! come especially to vier tl.e seen- ; ! "y- ! I "I hesitate to make ackr.o-v'.-edcmur.ts to all wtu oontrib-; oontrib-; uted to the success of th'.s er.ter- prise, for fear of leaving out s-m.e j who deserve to be r.ier.tic.r.ed. It I would, however, be un-ra'c.i! in i me if I failed to mention the ! name cf Congressman Crarrnon. j chairman of the sub-corr.mittes on , appropriations for national perks. ly above the old silo of the Pierce ferry. Tills will make practical a power ferry for the crossing of the Colorado when the St. George-Kingman George-Kingman cutoff is used. Bridging the river under present conditions is considered feasible. The eneineerine ere-? found that who has taken a personal interest ; in the national parks of Utah, ani who has been an unwavering unwaver-ing champion of their adequate and speedy improvement. D-n't Forget Those Who Planned, Built "I trust thjt the peocls of thi Onited States as they trav;'. o-"r this hirhway end help ti cake R world famcx?. rs thev drive through thes tunr.e'.s which have shortened the di.;tar.:es. as thty !-c-!c from these za'.leries and behold be-hold the H-..vgr.if:cer.t panorama spread cut before the. a-.U not fid to give a though' t: th nvy. whose viicn. ski'.'.. ab:li'.y and enterprise en-terprise end lojulty we-e ro-;:n-sible for its ereHi:r "T:x cfvn er.joy tit; -.:ture withou: thinh:r? cf the a..-"; t" of'tr. we a Jm.r? a o".i :".;ful .-::uc-ture witl-.out re'r.oxcir.r; the architect ar-chitect whese crca.iv- tri.a ar..1 .-.T.r.ir.- har.i cor-e.-.ed ir.l ce-sur.eJ ce-sur.eJ it. To o-ir.-v des.cn ar.I . tuild a rc-vd such as ths an artUt:c acl-Jev?r,-.er.t, and the v-hj ccnco:-d. des-rn-d ir.J t-ul: t fcr us a:? cur bcnUrwrj l-.3 hare e-r:.l cur frit;t : !? rr.err.brir.-e. 'Xr.S. -. cr. t-h.s :-t'?-:i' day mornt-jr. we deitri th.s use and b.r.ef.t cf the p-:-cpio ti-.e Unitui end we formally for-mally e;--a It ..o s- r." Lc." they could run a practical line directly south from St. Geonje to the pass on the slope of Mt Bangs near Black Rock spring.-;. Frori this point an easy grade wis found descending to Cane Springs, from where a road was onene to the rv;r on "h r x-'1 Governors Laud ' Scenic Wonders With the arrival in Salt Lake Mondav morning f the governors' conference special train, the tour of executives of 14 states and of- ! f.eial representatives cf several I cthrs to Utah-Arizona nation il j parks cair.e to a close. J The 1900-mile trip. i-.:'.ud:n- i Zion. Grind Car.".-:-, and 3rv:e Ca :-.v :n rational -ir:: ir.d Od.ir Ureiks rati .a! m:.-.uuu'nt wis conirleted .tl-.c-it a", atc-.i-nt cr The -5-err.:rs a.-.i c'.l-.er n-.-j V- of "he -va--.y lo-id In j the-r pr-lse cf U'.ah's aud Ar.- M-.ii s-r-.i: re?:3f'. the v-riar.t tahtv 5h:-m them by the r--'.e cf Uti.-. ar.d A----:r.i. points which extend for miles to the south. Two crossings of the Grand Wash were used, one at Black Rock springs and another at Euck-hcrn Euck-hcrn springs. From either of the crossings the road will run from fifteen to eighteen miles over the talus of the Grand WVish cliffs. After crossing the river the engineers en-gineers found four miles over which it will be somewhat more difficult to project a road, although it is not at all insurmountable. The maximum grade at any point for nineteen miles south from the river to Patterson's Wfells can be kept down to seven per cent with 200-foct radius curves and at a cost within the resources available from the county. The next four and one-half miles south runs through a Joshua forest and the terrain and soil lend themselves admirably to economical economi-cal construction. Tribute to Marrnon-. The outriders of the Mormons in their search for a trail were influenced by the need of traveling travel-ing in ox-drawn wacns. It is a tribute to their judgraent to find that the proposed link of the Ncgales-Vancouver highway will j follow quite closely to the tracks ! made by their wagons half a cen- tury ago, ar.d while much of the read has had no travel for fifty years, most of it can be negotiated in motor cars today. There were time- vh-n it wis comforting to know that the Studebaker eight which the party was driving had stamina and power, pow-er, for in many places the old trail was rough and rutted, the washes were sandy, and some of the grades demanded that smooth flow of power for which the Studebaker Stude-baker eight is noted, to make climbing steady and comfortable. 1 While in St. George, the repre- ! sentative of the Paul G. Hoffman ' company had the pleasure of in- ; terviewing Jos. S. Snow, one of 1 the civic leaders of that city. Road Value Cited. His expression as to the eco- nomic value of the proposed new ' road follows: "The Arrowhead Trail has work- ' ed a revolution in our country. Until it was opened we depended almost entirely upon cattle and sheep and the copper extracted at great expense from the mountains bordering the Grand Wash. St. George has become the gateway to a vacation land unsurpassed in any section of the United States. To the south of St. George the Hurricane Hur-ricane and Grand Wash fault-rise fault-rise to a summit of G000 feet the north rim of the Grand canyon. "When the various gaps between Vancouver and Nogales ar- completed, com-pleted, unquestionably Alaska will be tied in with Vancouver, and N'c-ale3 with the City of Mexico j An inter-mountain. tran.icor.t:ncn-I tran.icor.t:ncn-I tal tri-nation h.ghway is ind:s-D'T.-abl- in a federal read sch me " |