Show bigelow doing good work arrowhead trail drifting into brawley from phoenix and blythe by way of the mammoth wash according to his custom in years past charles il bigelow automobile pathfinder and engineer known in every part ot of the west arrived last night with the story ot at the road that Is proposed to build from salt lake city through the scenic petrified forests and wonderful canyons ot of utah across the colorado river and over the desert from blythe to brawley and san diego engineer bigelow 0 Is fresh irom from the arizona da capital pital where he lent tent bis his influence to measures that provide tor for building a bridge across the colorado and a road connecting with the concrete 7 highway shortly to be built by utah under its bond issue and government appropriations at phoenix a conference was held between F S lack and L J thomas ot of the imperial county highway commission and mr bigelow which resulted in bis his present trip according to mr bigelow gelow Di these roads will fill have the dual purposes ot of assisting materially in opening up the desert regions appurtenant to the greater colorado river project and at the same time be ot of tremendous military value a the military features ot of the roads assure a considerable amount of government participation pation especially as salt lake city is held to be the main bate bale behind the pacific coast in case ot at invasion by a foreign power construction st ot of these roads Is held to be of the highest importance by the war department the need ot of a road toad between blythe in the palo verde valley and the imperial valley has long been manifest an endeavor Is now being made to secure a possible appropriation from the legislature toward this end such a road mr bigelow holds would open a vast new territory and Us its outlet would be southward to the imperial valley and san diego i mr bigelow has personally traversed by automobile all the desert trails worthy of the name as well as cut off across country in many places in endeavors to ascertain the best routes tor for the proposed roads his knowledge of the country in the vicinity ot at brawley vaas as gained during the campaign tor for the ocean to ocean highway and even previous to that time A conference of those interested in the project will be held this evening probably at the rooms of the brawley commercial club when mr bigelow will outline the scope ot at the proposed work he ile Is engineer for the arrowhead trails association and is operating udder the auspices of that organization mrs birs bigelow accompanied her husband on the trip over t r a m phoenix brawley cal news |