Show FORSYTHE FINDS A lOW ALTITUDE Says Strawberry Road Crosses Mountains Moan Moun l 1500 OO Below An Any Present Road And nd Is 85 83 Miles l Shorter Another low pass into the basin has been heen discovered by James Jamesl I Forsythe according to recent news from Salt Lake Mr Forsythe says the Strawberry-Heber Strawberry road crosses the mountains on a summit 1000 to 1500 feet lower than any present road The chances are that Mr 1 Forsythe Is only guessing If the Free Press has been correctly informed by surveyors surveyors surveyors sur sur- who have been over the ground the Strawberry road crosses the mountains at about feet while the Price Price-Myton ton road crosses at feet The Helper road crosses at Below Delow Is an item published in a Salt Lake paper with reference to this new discovery made by Mr Fors Forsythe the 1 I James Forsythe head of the local humane society Is highly enthusiastic over the new ro road d to Vernal by way of ot Heber and Strawberry valley Mr 1 Forsythe J recently made the round trip and pronounces the road to be beIn bein In 11 excellent condition I IThe iThe The road is shorter by eighty eighty- five miles mUes than any other route from Salt Lake City through the basin to Vernal said Mr For Forsythe It crosses the mountains mountains mountains moun moun- on a summit 1000 to 1500 feet lower than any present road It is a direct line from the center center cen cen- ter of the basin to Salt Lake City The grade Is excellent and andis is the route selected by the railroads for building Into tho the basin J. J M. M Ritchie chairman of the Wasatch county commission commission commission commis commis- sion recently purchased hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- of road machines to be he used In improving a certain stretch of of U tile the e highway The sum appropriated for Improving the whole road was The road is the most direct logical road to the Uintah basin Compare these distances Salt Lake to Vernal by way of oC Price and My Myton ton 2939 miles mUes Salt Lake to Vernal by way of Helper Helper Helper Hel Hel- per and Duchesne 2767 miles Salt Lake to Vernal by way of Heber and Strawberry valley 1898 miles Excellent wages wages are being paid the laborers engaged in work on the highway but it is doubtful that enough men can can be obtained to put the work through as fast as has been planned The men will be given given given en excellent accommodations and fair treatment and they will have a chance at a long term of or employment |