Show iff ia itch in 1 0 a lime liht t of the he ua U pa P U P interested IN BUCKSKIN ROAD william hurst survoy surveyor or and civil engineer elneor on of 0 beaver lins haa boon been naked asked far information and data regarding lue tile tho road connecting tho the arrowhead and sevier highways by officials ot of tho the U P railroad coln coin pany and in response res ponso liaa has forwarded them tho the following I 1 otter letter mr air J 11 II hedges I 1 special agent U P system milford Ml lford utah dour dear mr MF hedges regarding tho the proposed road cad r I 1 to connect milford and Pan gultch yla via beaver of which I 1 apolo whilo down there last week upon further con sidor atlon I 1 find it tobe to bo more tonal feast ble tho the deeper I 1 look into tho the do I 1 I 1 I 1 tails at tho the present to roach reach Fon Fun gultch milford thero there tire two routes ono vin via deaver cove fort and marys vate ale over good roads miles with sone bone stiff grades tile abo other route via blaver little creek Cat canyon YOM miles op on a poor road aud and over soft friable ground easily eroded with stoop steep grades A federal engineer who mado made in exi tinina do aton thoro there last year stated that it would require at least to construct this road on the road proposed by sevy of Pan gultch and rAy myself self from milford to deaver beavor Is 32 miles with good road deaver beavor to mulo mule point I 1 Is 16 on the file arro arrowhead rheaba trail mulo mule point to junction of sevier highways at mouth of behr bear creek Is 17 pilles nilles boar bear creek to Pan gultch 10 a total of 72 miles since the sevier highway and tho the arrowhead Airow head trail are both constructed the tha only road now to construct would be that from mule point to tile tho sevier highway 17 miles on rou bouto to I 1 figure that there will not bo be found a graded grade to exceed aper 5 per cent and this only for a short distance getting on and oft off the buckskin r ridge lying about aya 1 miles cast of lows spring at this point where the proposed road would cross the buckskin ridge the elevation lg Is 1100 feet lower than it if the route was se ee lecter through little creek canyon tho the difference in elevation will mean everything toward making it a twelve month open road while the little creek road could not be ba used more than six months in each bach and every year already there Is 13 an old road from mule point to tho the mouth of dear bear creek which was waa negotiated by fifty cars of all makes from pierces to fords tor for five days du during ring april 1926 when we were searching ing for the lost loft boy from about a month ago cal and bla lit brother sill hill canio camo through on this proposed route cal with a dodge truck and his brother with an oldsmobile their speedometers both showed the distance from highway to highway olig of AC miles to this I 1 krould add another mile so that I 1 could swing out at tho the buckskin ridge on both sides to got get a 5 4 per conf cent grade the physical cal features of 0 this proposed route at once commend command it to the engineer and carld practical road builders in that it runs through and over a volcanic country upon which an excellent roadbed ca can n be from tho the natural it tural material consisting tia as it does doea ot of a granito granite offering long wearing qualities and producing but very little dust from mule point to the tha bonior highway there iii 18 antor ator about every tour four mins miles I 1 believe that it a good road can bo be constructed over this proposed route for now nov since tho the forest service la Is seriously considering the construction on of a rodd roan to 10 co tho the sevier diate forest to the coaver forest it seems booms to mo me la Is the tinie to got lit in touch with tho the forest vit ian gincer J 11 1 martin and the vi atrit t brict forestor forester nt at ogdon ogden and get acta a tiro pro survoy made to support nii my contentions contention as aa without douht doubt whon thoy they rind find such a 0 groat difference ili hi 6 elevation lo character of cr ground aud to ia ho gone over and the shorter distance e it ft immediately appeal to th them omand and N alu ill no douht doubt ho be div ill pret lice over all other routes 4 i alf sevy tolls tells TOO me that it this road was constructed so that the garfield ci chii I 1 stoc stockmen kmen could cod imri im r i readily arxie rl ali h i 1011 il ord ford they m would wild ill 01 prefer to IG over oer the U main alno lial tk t k tre tn D R 0 W waldell l line 1140 at MaryL valo to which it ti a w talio takee 52 catlos to reach from Pan guir h as agal rist 14 4 miles to tile iho main lana od ot at milford affording afford ing a lower rate to los lo angelos angelea for them in making semiannual semi annual shipment another fe ea a turo ture of oe great importance to all Is the fact that in and around Di district affo 6 5 on the sevier devler forest thero there is 1 estimated to bo between four and five million square feet of natural yellow pino pine timber ready tor for the saw to any anyone ono who lumber it la Is an i established tact fact that yellow pine town grown in the rocky mountains from tile the time of os sprouting till maturity gives it a tensile strength and longevity not excelled ex coiled and never equaled by any other soft lumber aln in the united states by construction construct lon of this road read all this athla lumber as wells well as a million feet of E englemar Eng lemaa spruce could be brought to ahe railroad at at milford allford and to the settlers rs all al albig ing the line from blackrock Dlack rock to modena at very reasonable prices and a feature that would no d doubt readily appeal to the forest service officers who realize that all matured timber should bo be removed from the forest at the earliest possible date I 1 would very very much like you to WI call attention of tho the officials ot of the U P system to the necessity for this road t that hat we might obtain their cooperation on the project WILLIAM HURST beaver city press |