Show Cedar Cedar- Cedar Modena Modena Road Bids Will Be Opened April 24 After Arter several years ars of or constant effort on the part of or the Cedar City Chamber of Commerce and other civic groups toward obtaining ft n connection highway between 91 at nt Cedar City and highway 93 at Panacea this development Is now assured On Wednesday April the State Road Commission will open bids for the construction of or miles of gravel surfaced road between be between between be- be tween Newcastle and Modena Tills This section of road is to be constructed constructed constructed con con- as a Federal Aid project and will the first big step toward the completion of or a standard Federal Federal Federal Fed Fed- eral highway these two points Civic leaders of Cedar City for several years have the importance of such a development and have been on the alert to put forth any effort that might lead to the ultimate goal o 0 a standard highway through this territory The construction of this highway will serve many purposes any anyone one of which should Justify the highway highway highway high high- way development that is now con con- There is much tourist traffic comIng coming coming com com- ing from and going to northern California which would travel through southern Utah the visitors spending much time in the national I I parks of this this this' area except that there has been no direct route Into this section It has been necessary I for the to go first to Salt Lake City and then to southern I Utah or else to reach the area I through southern California or Arizona making in necessary to tal toke Coke a round about route to the southern Utah parks or else to re retrace retrace retrace re- re trace much of the route The development devel devel- development I devel-I of this highway connection l should Increase the tourist travel by many thousands annually the visitors coming from the San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco and Reno areas In addition to tourist traffic Increases in increases increases in- in creases the new highway should develop into an important commercial commercial commercial com com- mercial route The communities of Western Iron and Washington counties and of Lincoln county Nevada are turning more and more to Cedar City as a commercial center center cen cen- ter and the development of a better better better bet bet- ter highway link will greatly in increase increase increase in- in crease this business and assure its continuation Good highway connections connections connections con con- will make Cedar City the shopping educational and hospitalIzation hospital hospital- center for the above mentioned mentioned men mere tinned area Tills This highway development will also be of much worth to the livestock livestock livestock live live- stock interests since the Nevada area provides winter range for locally lo locally locally lo- lo cally owned livestock Many ob obstacles have been en encountered encountered encountered en- en countered in the promotion of this highway development including the selection of the most economical and feasible route determining upon upon upon up up- on a common meeting place with Nevada and having the road de designated designated designated de- de as a Federal Aid highway but these seem to have all been surmounted and the highway will willbe willbe be brought up to standard as rapIdly rapIdly rapidly rap- rap Idly as funds are available The principle items item of work on the contract for construction of the section of road between Newcastle Newcastle Newcastle New New- castle and Modena Include tons of crushed rock or crushed gravel surface base and cubic yards of unclassified excavation excava excava- tion The TIle call for bids on this contract appears on another page of this issue of or the Record |