Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-06-27 | Page 12 | Many Tourists Going to Park

MANY TOURISTS GOING TO PARK Routes to Yellowstone in I Good Shape, Ogden Engineer Reports All records for automobile traffic to Yellowstone National park during the pre.cpnt year are expected to be I surpassed, M. D Williams. senior j highway engineer of the I nited States I bureau of public roads said today upon up-on his return from an Inspection tour of ronds in Wyoming and Idaho. Engineer Williams was acoompanl-i acoompanl-i ed by vl W. 1: .11, senior highway engineer en-gineer from the regional offices t San Francisco. The Montpellcr-'Aft-I on. Warm River-Yellowstone, Ho-j Ho-j back Canyon and the Vlctor-lrwln 1 fore.ot road projects were inspected. Advertising for bids on the Dubbls-' Dubbls-' Monlda road, a portion of the Interstate Inter-state highway between Idaho and 1 .Montana will le published In the Immediate Im-mediate future, he says, July 7 is j the dale sef for the letting of ror. trad on a H-mlle section of the Montpeltcr-AftoTl roadi a portion of this road having been previously con-strued con-strued rhi- raub is reported tp be in splendid condition. Construction work on the iHoback Canyon project has been underway for the )ust 30 days and with a force of 50 men employed satisfactory progress prog-ress Is leing made, .Mr. William said. A portion of this road was previously previous-ly constructed as a 1 foot highway but h; vim: been designated as a sL'lf highway the balance of the road to he built, Is is feet wide. This roafl Is now ojien to traffic hundreds of taurMta using tliis h.h-way h.h-way into ttie smith entrance of Yei-lowstone Yei-lowstone National park. 'Ibe townspeople along thi9 roJ are planning .i celebration In honor ! j the opening oi the road. July 16. Engine vjs will be assigned to the j MontpeUer-Afton ;;nd the Duboi.--Vonidn proJe?ia to complete some work before the- contracts fm on-: on-: structlon are let. Mr, Williams announces that ;ill of the roads In Idaho are in good shap". Travel through the Jackson Hole puntry Into STellowstone National park commenced yeatcrduy, he said. (O