Show Half Million l Dollars To Be Spent On Canyon Road Thomas Carpenter Deputy Chief architect of the National Parks Service with headquarters at San Francisco B. B J. J Finch District engineer Bureau of Public Roads Roods F F. L L. Curtiss Regional architect U.S. U.S. U. U S S. S Forest Service Ogden office and P P. P P P. P Superintendent of Zion and Bryce National Parks spent three days das this week in Cedar City conferring on matters in connection connection connection con con- with the construction of the Cedar Canyon highway Nearly a half haIt million dollars worth of highway construction Is expected to start between Cedar City and the Cedar Breaks Junction before the summer Is over and the forest and park official met here hereto hereto hereto to Iron out various problems In connection with surveys and alignments alignments alignments align align- ments etc Monday they conferred with lo local local local lo- lo cal forest service officials on the section from the end of the WhitIng Whiting Whiting Whit- Whit Ing contract in Cedar canyon to the forest boundary Surveys arc are arenow now being completed on this section with allocated for the Ute section section section sec sec- tion from the Whiting contract to I the hanging rock In the Ute gulch The new road will cross the creek near Martins Martin's Flat staying on the south side ot of the creek for the balance of the distance entering ente the gulch through an eighty foot toot tunnel Only one thing will in- in fere with the Ute calling for bids by about June and this is the Ute matter of the right of Mr Finch was emphatic in his statement statement statement state state- ment that if It any w of waY of iy I difficulties arise the money will be withdrawn and spent in oUt other r parts of the state Tills This would hold up the Ute canyon road project for at least a year ear and maybe more All details were completed on the alignment of the two mile section from tram the Reynolds-Ely Reynolds contract re recently recently recently re- re let to the point where the new road will again Join the Ute old and contracts will soon be let for this section I The Engineers spent Wednesday Ion on the final section extending to toUte the Ute Cedar Breaks Junction and contracts contracts for this should be let letin later in the summer |