Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-03-20 | Page 8 | Utah Route to Grand Canyon

UTAH UT AU ROUTE TO TOIs I Ii i GRAND CANYON Is Considered Consider With Much Favor Favo by Salt Lake Road TAP RICH MINING DISTRICT Would H lb rOI tl TI Than in mm Proposed ula Line Bil Hill Traffic Trane I Prospect lU A A. new er version lon of or the time plans plana for an nn extension of oC th the lie Salt Sal Lake k Baltic to th the grand crant canyon canyon of or tu the Colorado i from Crom New York that hat makes the branch line lino Ino a Utah road for fot all ni of the ht distance except about twenty ty in from Com the time Utah Arizona Utah state line The Tb- plan luau contemplated for tot this line limit I Is to lun tun the branch from froni rom a a point southwest south west from Crom Milford 11 orel Utah In a south south- easterly direct direction to a point near Lees Ferry Fery thirty miles north of the tle place where here the tile Santa Sma Fe branch blanch tuch touches 1 the Grand canyon non Th The other plan That the Salt Sal t Lak ak Route has hams under con consideration IM lx is t trun to tl run Iun a branch from train a n point south of r Cal en t. t t t tl th the Colorado a n distance of nf about thirty miles Although th tb Utah tah route would be hC seventy live t fi t t tl miles long it i would reach a better hlll part oC or the Iho canyon canon from a scenic pal point mm of or view and antl the iii tw l IC revenue 11 of ot th the branch would be lie greater than that 1 by liy tourist traffic alone as aM would ho hI tin tin- Ih case calE with wih the shorter line Open i titi hg ty Th The Utah route would lap tap a a mining country in southwestern Utah tah that has hasI I been n prospected with success In pat t years nn and l wh which h lm has produced no nn small amount of or valuable copper I 11 ore O The Ilie line hue would Jr pass pas ugh through thi th Utah Arizona belt hel al along along- ng the state line 1111 that lint is al also showing signs of or it more mol ae- ae a m 11 1 than fl tot for some time It IL I is iR said hl that the choice of of routes to the thC Grand canyon canon for the he San Sao Pedro Pe p- dro lies les between the two mentioned I with ith wih the chances In of the longer longcr route Either r one amie 1 mean a large larg Increase in passenger c nger traffic as th the only road tr ui the canyon now atm is tl the lie F Fe branch rm Williams Ails Ariz Aliz running north a n distance of or about I twenty five I mlle miles to ther tiler canyon