Show avs a J J art HP 0 abc M LAT M a 4 aj ow 16 0 cl la a SAM tub I 1 at 11 ud N T b I 1 t lecta ecta cular road Is under construction g s the abo first dipperful of earth on a national parks spectacular project was dug today early afternoon a giant gati gas driven I 1 moved on tho the survey line and il I 1 scoop tore its way into the e for tile the first ot of which marked the formal start project start of the work was possible ter after three years ot of careful curr and planning on the part of mont engineers as aa the project ways been recognized as an ening problem of the first magni the entire project to Is only four nilles miles long but will take ears ars to complete atthe at the cost of than a million dollars the feature will be more i mile of solid rock tunnel high a cliff present contract provides for ebion of five miles of the en reject officials of the contract mcany stated that they would two wo shirts shifts in order to rush their f the work through to comple n record time salt lake tri TH TY FOUR MILE STRETCH ROUGH SCENIC WONDERS WILL CEMENT FOUR GREAT PARKS E T superintendent of national park enable bryce canyon national nent ent to become a national park 0 o bind it together with zion na park and the north rim of canyon national park at as one it a a great scenic loop Is the obi the now new road to be constructed in n national park at a a cost of million dollars and which will mple inDle tod ted only after two years of first section of the project Is under way considering this unusual job of building it will be best to start zion canyon itself this halt half wide valley with c colored i cliffs rising almost sheer tor for an ge ot of three thousand feet above or lor was referred to by native w 4 la in southern utah as I oo goon also applied the name to the bag or box I 1 in ll 11 which they car heir arrows or a quiver ns as we I 1 call it to anyone who lias has visited zion canyon the reason ie 0 name may not be apparent i those who have it need orly be ad that you came out the same ou went in ering the wide mouth ot of the can bove the little village of rock the walls gradually crowd in as adeer proceeds up the valley at the checking station at the la trance the walls walla are barely a milo apart seven miles above dint ant the road ends and from here lay ay walk valk an additional mile to arrows where the perpendicular come to the very edge of the river I lore ilore you must back bach pioneers build trails a the advent of the white man is i section the sides eldes ot of the quiver teen been punctured at three places national lat lonal park service has built trails rails up over the walls to both sot and west rims and every front from pins to steam boilers been taken up over the old way built by the mormon pid it Is possible that the old in expect the white interloper to lally meet disaster tor for hla his tern tem to ila making these developments bat ho he considers the abiding ot of the great spirit but he has expressed pressed himself ever the he methods ot of getting yer the cliffs do not tit fit into our n 1 ae and the paleface pale face now Is es to build a road out of foo I f oo 10 that the thousands of 0 motor may lay have easy access to other s in tile the same section ejection of the try 7 the indian r nay may find what faction on he can in the fact that if it the road la Is built the canyon still bo be iolj I oo koon goon because the route te out will be very near the of the canyon and those who UP P tile the main gorge to the tom 0 f wava must still retrace eps seven miles before they go anywhere else also road d presents problems e construction of the roald road itself la Is nn an engineering problem ot of tho the first magnitude dr L 1 I hewes deputy chlof chief engineer of tile tho united states bureau of public roads roada in charge of road cont construction ruction in national parks in eleven western states has haa referred to it as tho the biggest single job tho the bureau has over ever undertaken As la is the caso case with ill all stream eroded canyons nyong ca tile tho pine creek gorge soon narrows narrow down and finally there la is room b between 0 the walls for only the creek itself duo to this tact fact a total of feet of the section in tho the park will bo be in solid rock tunnel a most moat unusual feature from tho the standpoint of highway construction although the tunnel will bo be continuous after it Is once entered galleries will bo be broken out along the taco face of tho the cliff tor for ventilation lighting and to serve its as observation vaton points the longest section between galleries will be 1500 feet and all told there will be six elx such openings looking Lookin gout out from these points the views will bo be sensa tonal to say the least the observer will find the massive bulk of east temple rising feet above the creek bed and dominating the entire landscape to the north while westerly the odden summit of west temple and tho the towers of the virgin stand in bold relief against the sky in the foreground will bo be seen tho the groat great arch of zion alon feet long feet high and 90 toot feet back to the supporting wall four miles of zigzags Zig another striking feature from both an engineering and scenic standpoint will be the five great zigzags which will carry the roadway up from the bottom of pine creek gorge over the talus slope to the toot foot of the cliff where it will enter tile the tunnel nearly ly tour four miles of roadway will be used in this section to mako make the necessary elevation in plans for the construction tor for the pak pec section tion every precaution has been taken to protect the landscape features in order that the natural beauty of the area traversed will not be destroyed no part of the road will be in the main zion canyon except the tha short section necessary to cross the valley and river to the mouth of pine creek canyon so carefully has it been laid out that only a few hundred feet ot of the now road will be visible from the present main road up the central gorge it if it were necessary to make scars upon the primal walls walla ot of zion the road would never be built in order to understand just what the new road will accomplish fix in your mind the location of bryce canyon nasonal monument cedar breaks and grand canyon national park using zion la Is a central point As the crow filed bryce Is about fifty four northeasterly cedar breaks la Is north about thirty miles and the grand canyon cannon Is south about ninety miles by road it Is now miles to bryce miles to cedar breaks and miles to grand canyon when the now new road Is built it will bo be 88 70 and respectively it will be no harder to make these distances than it is at present to drive around the famous yellowstone loop the now new road wilt leave the present highway up zion at the checking station it strikes easterly up the tributary pine creek canyon and joins the present road between bryce and the north rim a few miles south ot of the little settlement of mt carmel the total length of the project Is twenty four miles of which eight and one halt half Is in the park this section from the boundary to mt carmel will be built by the state of utah as a federal aid project and will cost about while the park section will total about from the above fact it may be seen that the now new highway will not bo be tor for the benefit ot of a single park but will be an road of the first magnitude however when road developments in the southwest as a whole are taken into consideration it becomes even more than th the completion ot of the bridge at ites dees ferry across the colorado river ill make it a section of a great arterial highway running north and south between glacer national park on the canadian line and mexican boundary in southern arizona and ba having ving on its route the other wonderlands wonder lands of 0 yellowstone bryco bryce zion and grand canyon nation at al parks parka including tho the north and south rims alma officials of tho the interior department of alich tho the national nat park service isa la a bureau aro are very anious to have the road anthor authorized izod for completion within two years it should bo be the case bryce bryco canyon will enter the family of 0 national parks the net act setting betting aside this area passed three years ago but contained a provision that it would not become effective until all lands within its boundaries had become property of tho the federal government the unon pacific railroad and the state of utah have agreed to turn over their holdings it the now highway la is authorized tor for completion within two years should this be the case nayco will become it ft national park no one will deny the right of this wonder to take its place in the system although not built on a scale of grandeur it Is one of natures outstanding artistic achievements and probably her most sublime expression of puro beauty funds from park service funds for the construction of the highway will come from the national park service as part of the national park road budget the work will bo be directed by the united states buresti of public roads roada when it Is finally completed the road will stand as a monument to the results which can be accomplished through cooperation among federal government state authorities and private enterprise the government took over zion when it appeared that it might bo be a liability for a good many years the state has since undertaken and practically co mple ted the difficult task of building morn modern highways through sparsely settled country to make it available to people from all parts of the world and the camps and lodges with the necessary transportation facilities were installed when their operation as a successful busness enterprise was wag some time kinle in the future however the for the beautiful the majestic and the sublime in nature has discovered a new wonderland and the constantly mounting tide of travel indicates that no labor will be lost the newal new highway h will benefit all those who have given something in order that its completion will pe be assured |