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J i j i f 4 Scene 1 Governor 1 Dern of Utah speaking at ata the formal dedi dedication dp Scene 4 a An aAn An interior view view of the new Highway y Tunnel showing showing show show- cation ceremonies of the Zion Mount Carmel Highway ing ing some of the difficult construction work work which was vas put July This picture was taken in in the tunnel during f through by the National Park Service and Bureau eau of the dedication ceremony Public Roads in in completing the Zion Mount Carmel Scene 2 The 2 The east entrance to the Highway Tunnel Highway Scene 3 Looking 3 out over Zion Canyon from one of the six Scene e S Scene 5 Scene in Bryce Canyon showing some of the spectacular spectacular spec spec- galleries through 5 which ventilation and sunlight are t L canyon walls viewed by members of the National admitted to the Zion Mount Carmel Highway Tunnel Governors Governor's Conference r HI TIE most unusual Independence 1 dence deuce Day observance held In Ini Inthe inthe i the United States when governors of se el seventeen een states met within the famous Zion Mount Carmel Highway Tunnel in Southern Utah to participate in its ILc formal dedication to public use Although it is only 20 miles long this highway is the greatest project of ot its kind ever eer undertaken by the Tf U. S. S National Park Sen ServIce Ice and Bureau of ot Public Roads Its cost was close to two million Illion dollars I and It Incorporates two tunnels one feet long and the other more th than n feet long in its its short length Dedication ceremonies were held t t. within the longest of the tunnels ter r. r whose outer wall Is pierced with 1 s six galleries through through which yen ven- eni i iU and sunlight t are admitted tf Gallery 1 if th the largest lanest of them al all all was the scene of the f formal rin l dedication dedication dedi- dedi e cation cati n. n Within this gallery the ther r stand Bland from which various go governors National Park Service and Union Pacific officers rs and other a of ot the U. U S. S government I and the state of Utah made their address was erected Marvelous Mar prevail pre at nt this point In the tunnel an and there was ample room for the two thousand spectators all of ot whom could hear hent e every ery word spoken by the speakers even when an ordinary conversational tone of ot voice was wap used used j Patriotic music was supplied for forthe t n 1 l the occasion b by sixty male mem- mem p j bers ers of the chorus of pt the St St. St George i 1 r Utah temple f y With the massive bulk hulk of East Last Temple mountain rearing its ita head hend r feet and glaring in frames of ot otred red and white splendor above the tunnel gallery the audience heard beard Mr Albright as master of ceremonies recall that the day was the sixty third birthday of Stephen T. T Mather his predecessor as superintendent sup sup- superintendent of the parks service to whom he lie ga gave e credit for Inception pi pt the Zion Mount Carmel highway ay J as fiS the road is officially known Mather died last January after making hi his last lust official trip of inspection inspection inspection in in- of the work on the tunnel With E. E S. S cn superintendent dent of Zion and Bryce Canyon national national na na- na- na parks presiding President Reber Heber J. J Grant gave an invocation in which he asked the divine blessing blessing bless bless- ing upon the undertaking lie praised the Ule cooperation of the th tb parks service and the states of Utah and anel Arizona Arizon without whose help he said sai I the task would hn have e been im Im- im- im possible Many Mariy en engineering difficulties were encountered In building the road roan and t tunnel through the mountain range which is feet high In involving scaling precipitous cliffs on ropes and aull ladders So close was wast t the J calculation on In the tunnel which Is feet long and und 22 by 15 f feet et etIn etin in size sire that they varied aried only by hy h y inches when the bores met from tw two directions L i. Declaring the work ork of the engineers engineers en en- had hud only to place the lie road where nature had hod intended it should be built millions of of years ago ngo Macdonald Macdonald Mac- Mac donald the hailed balled it as ns symbol of ofa a bigger idea of the cooperation and faith that Is taking possession of the people of the lie United States Governor Go Derrr Derv in the same view said saId- the people of ot Utah do o not need or want national parks within th their ir bor borders ers as playgrounds for lo local al people alone but ar are P proud roil to to share shar t those these natural mar mar- Peels eels vels with pe people of t. t other states tates The rhe audience c Included ed hand hundreds reds of or of people of southern Utah who had assembled within the portal of ot the tunnel to join with the go governors governors' governors governors' gov gov- party in dedication of the therond therond rond road and observance of Independence Independence dence ence day The They found round the tunnel portal and gallery gaily gan decked with flags and bunting and chairs placed for th their Ir comfort within a n rock hewn Work York on the highway has been in progress for tor the past three years and its construction embodied some unusual and remarkable engineering engineering engi engl- feats Ita Its purpose is la to shorten the distance between three national parks Zion where the highway begins and Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon Canon national parks to the south and northeast respectively Beginning near the Park Ranger station at nt the entrance to Zion National Park the road rond ascends In a long series of gently rising switchbacks until It reaches the sheer face of one of ot the lie crimson cliffs cUffs of Zion National Park Here the longer of the two tunnels begins begins begins be be- gins and penetrates this cliff for tor fora tora a distance of more than a mile The road finally emerges at the top of the plateau from which Zion Canyon has been etched eons cons of time b by one small river rl It accomplishes its purpose of ot shortening the distances between the three most colorful of all of the two twenty national parks in inthe inthe the United States Gov Dern Dem Deci Dedicates Zion Zion- Mount fount Carmel Highway Governor Den Dern In his bis address s at nt atthe atthe the dedication ceremonies stressed some of the beauties of Utah scenery e eIt It Is appropriate that this great highway should be dedicated dedicated dedi dedi- to the u use us-e e of f the people of ot the United States on our country's birth birth- day It is al also o fitting that this ceremony ceremony cere cere- mon mony should be held in the presence presen c of or th the governors of so ninny many of Utah's tah s sister states Their presence here is emblematical of the interest of ff all the thc states s in this project It Itis is as if t the people of the whole nation nation na na- na tion were here this thiB mo morning to see this mar marvelous marlous lous un undertaking b bat placed at their lr service There may be differences of opinIon opinion opinion ion among the western states tes In regard regard regard re re- re- re gard to the national policy of reserving reserving reserving reser reser- ving their land and minerals from private entry but there is no difference difference differ differ- ence of ot opinion among them in In regard regard re re- gard to the national parks s. s These areas of outstanding beauty are arc chiefly valuable for their recreational recreation recreation- al uses We Ve do not need them nor want them as playgrounds for our own own people alone We e are happy that they ha have e been set aside for the enjoyment ment of aU all who ho may be attracted at traded by their charm They arc the show places of our nation notion in ill which ery e American holds a ft share shan of ownership While hUe Zion Zinn National park and Bryce canyon happen to tobe t t. t l be c situated within the boundaries of th the state of Utah yet jet et we are proud proud to share our ownership of these natural marvels with all nil the r rest st of our fell fellon 0 Americans and we say to th m ru Comp out and inspect inspect inspect in in- your rOUl property You will ill be proud of or it and your pride of ownership ownership own own- will make you a better more mOrl patriotic patricic American in the the best sense Zion Nati National at nal park has hns sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times times been referred e l to as ns Yosemite done in oil I trust you have e all al experienced the felse sense of ot hush lush and awe ae and mystery that comes over oer one as he lie looks up at ut the Grea White Throne or gazes ga from tin the Temple of ot va er over toward Angels Angel's Landing With frith ith It Its gloomy gloom gorge b bj by sheer r red rell and anil white cliffs 30 0 feet high on II either side It is no wonder the Indians I regarded ed It as us a spirit land lund to he be entered only with feat and veneration l When you come to Br Bryce ce Can Cuu Canyon yon National park paik you will find an nl entrancing fui fuh fairyland land with its spires SIllre towers towers r and minarets of ot the mo most e exquisite hues so delicately carved ell ellb by b nature that stone resembles resemble lace luce Statues monuments cathedrals rals ral the rats the je e can pick them out beauty lingers ers long in the tho memory as as' a masterpiece of or tb the Giver Gier of all nIl good and perfect t gifts Drive Dri GO 60 miles through h the Incomparable incomparable In in- comparable forest the largest larg largest est tract of virgin irgin timber Umber In the I I United States Slates s seeing herds of If deer as you pass along Proceed to Bright A Angel gel Point or Cape Royal on the Colorado and If It f the majesty majest of that sublime sp spectacle does not Impress you jou ou you must ind indeed be Impervious to the beauties of na ua- na- na tu ture rc |