Show CANYON ROAD RonD f BEING oD 00 NOW ACTIVELY ENGAGED EN EN- I CENTER CENTER CAMP LOCATED i I ED AT MARTINS MARTIN'S FLAT FIAT AND WORK BEING DONE DOVE BOTH BOTI WAYS FRO FROM I THAT POINT 00 oo It is with pleasure that we are able to o announce that the much advertised and nd talked of road work necessary to 0 make of the road up the canyon and nd gulch suitable for safe auto travel travel trav- trav el 1 has commenced and that 23 men and ind several teams teams are now at work the he the main camp being located at Marin's Marins Martins Martin's Mar Mar- tins tin's flat and work being done both ways was from that point paint Mr Lindford the engineer in charge harge informs us that it is the intention Intention tion lon to put quite a number more men and nd teams on soon and that considerable considerable considerable consider consider- able portions of the work between the Gyp plant and the summit will be letout let letout out ut in smal contracts so that a great great- greater er r number of workmen can be handed hand led ed led and the work rushed to comple comple- tion ion It is expected that when the conditions are suitable work will also be e done on the road to Midway in the Forest orest Reserve which will be under the he direct supervision of Wm Vm M. M Mace Forest supervisor for fol this dis die The main work to be done is the cutting off of all the sharp and Blind curves that are frequently encountered the whole distance from this city to the Breaks and the widening widening wid wid- ening of a number of narrow places between betwee the curves r Ll Mr di rd 1 ro us that c it i a necessary to keep guards on the lookout look out for travelers when blasts are an e being fir fired d on the points that are t to tobe tobe o be shot away and it is his desire desi r e that all persons contemplating traveling traveling travel ing this road will make it a point t while this work is going on to refrain n as much as possible from traveling during working hours Sufficient warning a s to be given give n when a shot is fired but it VII wll races state an hour or an hour and q l n hal half t to remove the rocks loosened by th the e blasts sufficiently for an auto or tea team m n nto to pass This being the case the request i imade is s made that those who travel the con road d and find themselves cut off by a blast hold themselves in patience until until un un- til a trail troll can be cleared of sufficient t t width to allow of the passage of au auto to or wagon The engineer stated also that th the e plan is that certain hours will be se set t aside for the actual shooting an and d these will be announced later s so so that the t all who travel will know positively y just what hours to stay out of th the e canyons canyon 00 |