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Show NEVADA WANTS THE ROAD TO MILFORD BETTERED BY UTAH IS PARK ROUTE STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION ASSOCIA-TION REVEALS ITS HAND IN TAKING ISSUE. The following article appeared this week in the Salt Lake Telegram: L'TAII URGED TO SPEED UP ROAD Nevada Wants Highway Between Milford and State Line The Nevada legislature, in joint session, memorialized the governor and state legislature of Utah to hasten hast-en the construction of a highway between be-tween the Nevada state line and Milford, Mil-ford, Utah, according to word received receiv-ed here Monday. The memorial declares that the proposed road will open up some of the most marvelous scenery in the United States and make more accessible ac-cessible the wonders of the Lehman caves, the Grand canyon and Zion national park. It has been estimated that more than a m.ion dollars would be necessary nec-essary for the construction of the road, according to the Utah State Automobile association, and there A-ould be no federal aid allowed. A controversy has raged for some time in that part of the state as to whether the road should he built from Milford, Utah, to Baker, Nev., or from Delta to about the same point. Going from Salt Lake to Ely, Nevada, it is about 100 miles closer by way of Delta, but from Cedar City the other route would be preferable, according to those who have studied the project. proj-ect. (EDITORIAL) For fifteen years or more, Milford and Beaver county have begged, cajoled, ca-joled, and used all methods available to point out to the state the need of a good improved road as the western link in Utah of the Pikes Peac Oc-can-to-Ocean highway. The need of this road was never better pointed out than in the unembellished news story printed in the Salt Lake daily and reproduced above. Could there be any more ridiculous statement made than that the sixty miles of highway would cost a million mil-lion dollars for improving? This makes a cost per mile of $16,666.00. Just where the State Automobile association arrived at its figures is unknown; also it is hard to see where this organization merits the authority author-ity to discourage road building thru the different communities of southern Utah. Its policy is plainly evident to guide the flow of traffic into the metropolis of the state. Those country coun-try towns which do not lie on one of their hand-selected routes into Salt Lake City would be consequently 'out of luck.' It is' to be hoped that the legislature legisla-ture of Utah will take more than passing notice of Nevada's plea, reinforced re-inforced by all of the sentiment of southern Utah. Whether action be taken or no, it is distinctly not the proper business of the automobile association as-sociation to use its influence to discourage dis-courage the improvement of needed highways, nor we do not think that our Utah state road commission will allow the association's veto to become the final voice in the matter. |
