Show VERNAL WOULD CHANGE PIKES PEAK HIGHWAY A Y plan to Join Colorado State Highway System at Rangely Would Cost Says St's Ira Browning Brown- Brown Road fug ing Engineer Lack of or funds in the opinion of or ofIra ofIra Ira R. R Browning Drowning state road engl- engl t near Deer is liable Hable to discourage for some sometime sometime time efforts of or V Vernal Interests to deflect defect the Pikes Peak to Ocean-to- Ocean highway from its present route from Vernal to ranch K-ranch on the iLe Utah-Colorado Utah line and thence al almost almost almost al- al most directly east through Moffat county count Colo to a route that tha would join the Colorado state highway system system system tem at Rangely Mr Browning recently returned from an mile SOO-mile trip when one olle of or orthe the points visited was Vernal Verna wh where e e ehe ehe he lie met a party of and went over the proposed new route This leaves leans the present road from Vernal to ranch K about seven miles west of the l latter point and gO goes 6 southwesterly direction to th the of ot the Raven Roven Oil on refinery which is isnow now now- supplying now Vernal and other tah tab basin points with cent 45 gaso- gaso line Une From the refinery the roat road would continue southwesterly to Rangely It could cost between and f a mile said Mr Browning to make mak a aa 1 state highway OV over r the Utah portion of the new route In jh tore re would be required two bridges one bridged one s-one one costing and the other The road to the and to Rangely on the Colerado Colorado Colo Cole rado side elde IS 1 Is v ground hat but the tile Colorado erid end would have to build a a. a bridge at Rangely over th river The total expense of the he road th therefore would be around and even with federal aid ald I 2 doubt If It 21 zither ber Utah or Uintah county to a one r I. I t and n Rio Bio R I O J P In in position ton under p P esen a pos to t the tt financing of th the work In the party which met Mr Boi- Boi Bp 1 ing a and d J. J C. C Ellin district engineer at Vernal were re T. T J. J Ehrhart and Rober N NOrvell members of or the Colorado Colorado Colorado Col Col- orado state road commission E. E Johnson district engineer of ot the Denver office of the United States bureau of public R. R Faulkner Faulkner Faulkner Faulk Faulk- ner one of the Moffat county com com- missioners There Is at pr presenta senta road used b by truck from the oil refinery re re- re finery to the point on the present Pikes Pilo Peak route It is passable for trucks but is not a good automobile road at present On the post road project from Ca Castle LIo Dale to Price there are three or four gangs working with plent plenty plen of or help From Price Mr Drown Brownt Browning n went over the Price to fe project where paving paring is ia planned probably for next year and thel thence ce ceto to Duc Duchesne esne over the Helper Helper Helper-Du- Duchesne Du- Du chesne road A rainstorm at the summit had made this this this' road very I slick and dangerous Mr Browning Drowning I reports and his car went down for seven or eight miles on low gear Otherwise the road is la In good shape From Duchesne to Vernal another post road project not much work is 18 under way Duchesne county has not any money Uintah county however however however how how- ever is anxious to get three bad se ser L of the road und under r way this ihU fall W dir Mr tr Bro ping who returned by 0 way war ot of Heb Heber r. r reports reports- on only about a dozen men at work In the employ cf the Heiselt Construction company on the forest road rood through Daniels while there ther are several places where I this road Is covered with small edged sharp rocks I I 1 did m my tires Urea more on the road through D Oriels l is canyon I he said lId than OP or 11 II the rest o of tl the v A rf trip r rr thel r Mr Bro Dro g will ask aak k for a a. larger larg larg- er force o of nen en on this work In the I o 0 of I Its early completion I r o |