Show MIDLAND TRAIL LINK CONTRACT AWARDED another link in the midland trail will be ready for use about june 15 through the letting of 0 contracts yesterday by the state road commission for the construction of seventy five miles of earth road through cox box elder county starting at snowville Snow ville and terminating mina ting at the utah nevada line the appropriations tor for the road which will cost about were made by the last legislature but no construction work has been done as the exact route had not been determined until recently the county commissioners ners of 0 box elder eider recently changed the location ot of the county road and the road to be constructed fro from n snowville Snow ville westward will be both a county and state highway the contract tor for grading the highway it agh was let to F alan E roche 0 of tremonton Tre monton doing business as the roche company and specifies that this company shall have two traction eng engines lites and two gang plows on the road ready tor for work march 25 the road will be twenty five feet in width the splendid natural material 0 of the district it Is held makes makes unnecessary the surfacing of the highway with any special material the new road will connect with the present state road from salt lake at snowville Snow ville the route being by the way of f ogden brigham city and corinne Corl with wah the completion of this road it 11 will give a state highway across utah from the colorado line through uintah wasatch utah salt lake davis weber and box elder counties a dis ance of about miles the eastern portion of 0 this highway is known as the pikes peak route leading into salt lake the line from snowville Snow ville west will be the midland trail to the coast by way of the northern end of be ac lake the coming of the lincoln highway which route Is by the south end of the lake to nevada and coming into salt lake from ogden and weber canyon will make this city the western hub of the two transcontinental routes good roads boosters boasters bo also are urging a road to the north pacific coast from salt lake |