Show TRANS CONTINENT AL nalto ROUTE TE there is still a determined effort being put forth in salt lake city and nd the country asbuth of that place to have the transcontinental auto route pass around the south end of the lake instead of around the north end as was recommended by the scouts sent out to explore the way there is an equally active campaign on to have the great highway routed from ogden north to this city and biest through this county to the nevada state line in line with that movement judge J A howell lion ilon M S browning and david mattson state treasurer all or of ogden came up to brigham on bionday last and presented a matter to the county commissioners which is expected to have a great bearing on the final action of the american auto Asso association clation in fixing its transcontinental highway around the north end of salt lake the matter in question is that of putting in good shape the state roads over which the autos will travel and a committee of p worming booster bo have i led out in in the matter with a promise to make the roads good up to the utah state line and at the same time asked utah to make her roads good to the nevada line and nevada on and so forth south of salt lake and on the west 11 lies the great american Amei ican desert over which roads are hard to maintain and so the northern bo boasters boosters have jumped in ill and XI weber eber county has bas consented to aid in the matter in as much is as the roads through her domain are arc in splendid condition anyway the gentlemen who were here on Alo monday asked the commissioners to put in good repair about twenty miles of rough road between tremonton Tre monton and the nevada line and they will place indicators along op oo the telegraph and telephone poles to aid the drivers to find their way the commissioners gladly consented to repair the roads as the board is very much interested in haying having the rout come through this county and made a trip over the route last year in an automobile le commissioner pierce was authorized authorised to go after the bad stretches immedi and put them in good condition the auto Asso association clation is more favorable to the northern route than to the southern but on account of the strong pull that is being made it is possible that they may bo be converted against their own good judgment hence the activity and hearty response on the part of the box elder county officials this is the way for the autos to travel and every citizen if the county can afford to boost the movement |