| Show HIGHWAY 09 BLOCKED t WITH SNOW 4 of dt snow enow clogene the high way since rince monday february 1 the oie people ol of and other towne of kane county received recel no mall mail from and north tor several days last week even though the caterpillar domed its way through the snow on the road north ot of glendale and as aa tar far as the divide the rood road remained impassable to traffic letters parcels etc which wore were mailed in kanab february 1 were still in tho the POst postoffice Office th the e following thursday and mall mail from th the north nort fiby by way of was held at hatch until thursday when it wan sent to nepal to come via cedar city snow which has been cleared from the road to make travel has haa been piled on each side elde of 0 the highway until athae formed great snow enow walls along the road north ot of glendale and across the divide steady rains arvins which have accompanied the warm weather that haa 11 visited our vicinity of late together with heavy abowd this winter are re tor for the landslide which completely wrecked the eighty toot foot bridge that spanned nig big meadow wash on tile aton mt carmel highway about eleven miles from ML ali carmel camel within the last few days the bridge which was wag about abott 35 or 40 teet feet above the wash bed was a wooden structure with steel stringers and a pile foundation it was not of the expensive type and the stability ot f its site bite bw baa been feared tor for sometime until a temporary road and crossing can be constructed tho the city ot of kanab to ta isolated from the northern part ot of the state slate and it la is the opinion of 11 B S kw state engineer that it will be a few days before such a road that will be sate safe tor for traffic can bo be built yv IL gurn cam district engineer who left panguitch tor for the bridge site was com compelled belled to go via clear creek creeds because ot of the deep snow at sevier savior summit which still makes highway 88 nit at that point impassable maurice housecroft bridge engineer ot of the state road left lake city for southern utah mah tuesday A crew ot of workmen have left kanab tor for the bridge site and other men will be taken from zion national i park paric |
