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Show STATE MONEY FOR MIDLAND TRAIL A bill providing for an adequate ap. propriatlon to assist In the establishment establish-ment of UtSvb's link to the Midland trail, which is to be the first transcontinental trans-continental automobile highway, will be presented to the next legislature This was lully determined upon at a meeting of the Salt Lake Council of I the Midland Trail association at the Commercial olub yesterdaj afternoon Governor William Spry met with Hie committeemen and declared him-plf him-plf a hearty supporter of the project; pro-ject; also that he would render all the assistance he could In the inl-r-cr.l of the highway. Tho governor Of. fried a number of siiRKestlons, which the committee will make use of in Its I fight to secure the passage of the proposed hill. Governor Spry also informed the executive committee that he had re- quested the stste englnec to Inspect the proposed route of the Midland 'trail through Carbon. Emer and Grand counties, with a view of making mak-ing the road passable. It 1 the Intention In-tention to put the road In such shape as to allow committees of automobile manufacturers who will pny for sur-facni:-, the highway, to pass from Col. orado In automobiles to Salt Iake. A portion of lh" proposed route, as travorsed by A. L Westgard. pathfinder path-finder for the American Automobile association, extends over a stretch of desert land in fimcrv and Crand counties and forms one of the diffi cultlfis to be overcome. In this connection con-nection the governor forcibly r.-mind- i ed the committee that to build and maintain the road t would be necessary neces-sary to have it extend throiiKh property prop-erty that could be taxed. It would also be nocessarv to obtain the approval ap-proval of the legislature, he said However, the state engineer will make his Inspection and submit a preliminary report on the feasibility of the route. The r-oiumittcc adopted a resolution providing that arrangements be made for a meeting in Ogden. ar which time I efforts will be made to unite the Salt I ake and Ogden factions, and nude- a; concerted request from all interested Claims for the proposed appropriation. appropria-tion. It will be arfrued that the route from Salt like to Ely. Nev., can be settled later. President W H Ellison of the council was authorized to appoint a committee to meet with the county commissioners of the rcspectice counties coun-ties through which the blchway will I pass, and the association will make a determined effort to get all these counties working harmonlouslv in the Interest of the movement Those who attended yesterday's meeting were Governor Spry. W 11 Ellison, w. J. Burton, D. li Hewlett, Dr. C. A. Wherrw A H Crabbe, Dr Fred Stauffer and V. P Hiskey |