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Show oo WILL VOTE FOR THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY Senators Reed Smoot and George Sutherland and Congressman Joseph Howell, have replied to inquiries made by tho Weber club of this city rela-tivo rela-tivo to the proposed Lincoln Memorial Transcontinental highway, stating In each Instance that they are In hearty accord with the proposition and that their efforts In the next session of congress will be turned In that direction. direc-tion. A. L. Wostgard, one of the most prominent good roads men In the United States, has been commissioned by a congressional committee to thoroughly thor-oughly Investigate and log three tentative ten-tative routes from tho Atlantic to the Pacific, and he Is now engaged In that work. The route In which Ogden Is most vitally Interested lg the route which will follow approximately tho Union Pacific railroad. This probably will pass through New York state, Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, northern Colorado, Wyoming, Wyom-ing, Utah, Nevada and Contral California. Cali-fornia. This route will offer less grade than either of the others and Is considered, by a majority of the authorities au-thorities to be the only practical ono under contemplation. However, careful Investigation will bo made of the othor routes. The northern route will follow the line of the Northern Pacific railroad to a con siderable extent, passing through Wisconsin, Wis-consin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho and Washington. This Is tho most likely route, although a more southern one may bo seceltcd passing through South Dakota and tho Black Hills district, northern Wyoming; Wyom-ing; Yellowstone Park and thence westward to tho coast. Tho southern route to be Investigated Investi-gated will pass through Washington, D. C, We6t Virginia, Kentucky. Tennessee Ten-nessee Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Now Mexico, Arizona and California, following approximately the line of tho Santa Fee trail through the last named states. It Is believed by those who are back of tho movement that congress will be Induced to appropriate $100,000,-000 $100,000,-000 for the purpose outlined, tho various va-rious states Interested to make Individual Indi-vidual appropriations as well as tho counties, teowns and cities along the routo selected. The road will be macadamized throughout and will surpass sur-pass anything of the kind known to tho world, either ancient or modern. oo |