| Show SHALL IT GO 60 TO LATIMER it has been said that the tion of any people can be measured by the efficiency of their means of communication then hw how zealously should the people of pa owan valley located as aa they are 40 miles from the nearest shipping point work to raise this efficiency to the highes possible standard the one sure a say ay to do this the way which is based on means within your own power and is not depend ant upon the uncertain hopes of outside capital is the state highway the highway is the very artery that connects the people of this section with the outside world and every visitor who comes into your midst every prospective settler and hinves tor ter must reach you through this medium Is it possible for him to see your country to the best advantage if he must be punished with a trip of several miles milea over a series of shifting tina sand dunes and shad had scale flats being forced to take wit biti I 1 him a considerable portion of each in the form of dit lund 1 is located on the west side of a stretch of country over which it is 13 impossible to build a good earth road mad there are long lone stretches of sticky clay spliced in between betho s book banks of sand the sand portion polion is 13 very bad in dry weather and the clo clay Y in wet weather some have thought that this road could be surfaced with some hard material this for years to come is impo impossible sible as it will cost to as much to 10 properly our aur face two miles as to build the entire road from Par carowan parowan to the railroad excepting the above ten miles immediately east of lund the road wilt will be built of material which will be in good condition the year round if instead of going to lund the road were viere built to the railroad at lati mer the enone distance would be covered cohered on good material and all the sand and clay be avoided also aleo the distance would be lessened by bv three miles milea let us ua ses see ahat hat would be yarned gained by bv such a change first there would be three miles of road less les to build and this woo would woold ld mean three miles less to maintain then every ton of freight that is hauled would be brought here at a saving of probably 75 enta due to the shorter distance also alao a much larger load could be hauled as the size of load would be limited by the sand on the lund road bui bu far more important would be the increased comfort obtained by travel over a road which is fairly hid bid by clouds of dust and sand this road could be traveled every day dav in the year regardless gard less of weather conditions which in itself is a big factor when we think of the times when due to this cause the lund cedar road is impassible the building of a road is a very permanent undertaking and when we consider the length of time it is to be used and the amount of mo bonev expended in its construction th the importance of its proper location it ib plainly seen if parowan carowan wants the best possible road now is the time to start something C E KNOWLTON |
