Show state aid for th the midland mid an Q trail T ra i there is rejoicing among tho the people of most sections section s of utah to day oyer over the fact that the state sentie senate last friday voted for road building of the amount to y be spent un the midland trail between the colorado utah sta state te line and colton the bill went abrou through gh as amended amended by the committee on highways and public lands and with an additional amendment proposed by president henry gardner which places the presidents city of spanish fork on the proposed highway hie hway the bill originally provided adap an appropriation of for a highway from the utah colorado line in grand graid clinty to colton this is the route ot of tale proposed midland trail section of the projected to i coast wast highway from grand junction through utah objection to the bill was made by senators from northern counties of the state they succeeded in having it amended ament led in iti commit tie t e designating the route on through utah salt lake dans davis weber and box elder counties to the nevada line lide this is the north of the lake route an amendment also provides that of the is to be expended in box elder county from snowville Snow ville to the nevada line the senate con burred in these amendments proposal was made maje to officially offic cilly ily designate the highway in the bill as the midland edland trail the weber county senators objected to this people night might call the road what bat they pleased said senator george J kelly but the road should not be so designated as against other trails in the language of the law the amendment was lost senator L B wight wanted to mend amend the bill making counties traversed by the be 11 proposed highway expend as much as the state on the road there was objection to this as a hardship on grand and other weak counties touL touched hed the amendment was as voted do doan n senator G A iverson made a SPee speech chin in favor of the bill the bill nas as passed with but one dissenting vote that of senator james W punk funk |