Show ONE WA ROAD OVER DIVIDE s tuesday tilday morning a party consisting of district engineer gam cam attar actor lr I 1 ney I 1 ey oluf kleson of richfield chairman james N henrie of the county commissioners of garfield county ranger wm win hurst and P V F 13 rulin made nn inspection Inspect Ibn trip ever avei the sevier summit on highway 89 which has been blocked alth snow since inca february 2 the party made the trip in hi a car to within three miles of the summit tho the rest of the trip to the top of the summit being made in a sleigh for about four miles as far as they went walls of snow fifteen feet high lined each side of the ho road the purpose of the trip was to settle a controversy contro veray arising over the blockade between those in charge of tho the work of clearing the toad road and tile the citizens along route 89 in which it was avas contended that sufficient crows I 1 were not put 6 on an when needed thus de 1 laying the flie opening of the tha road I 1 granted that tile tha situation Is agi grava ted during the stormy season in that the road lays in such auch a position that the wind has a straight sweep across it making it easier for drifts to accumulate at a taster rate there than at some other places and giving giring due credit to engineer garn for having done the best he could with the crew and equipment at his disposal and the time spent it Is still the gen oral eral opinion of tile the people along this rocile that had a double crow crew of men been put on when the first snows began to accumulate instead of allowing one lot to pile up on top of another it became a hard ley icy mass the road would not have been blocked so long almost four weeks itis certainly to be hoped that a lesson will be gained by the expert once ance and that we will not see a tepid i tion in future of what took place this winter j in response to a request from fro in the Pan gultch lions club that the work of clearing the road bo be hastened the tha sato sate road commission sent their very best iaea men who has had wide ex pori ence in bu buecking elking snow and lie has been with engineer garn gam in getting tho the road cleared f word was waa received from the summit it thurs ay morning that the road pt X OF oi afien tor for travel one way and it yas was advised that no cars should have panguitch Pan gultch going south later than noon A car came through from kanab thursday morning j |