Show MANY improvements BEING MADE AT GRAND CANYON more thau than a million and a halt half collars will have been expended during the year by the government and the union pacific system in the grand canyon park according to randall L jones special representative of the union pacific who r returned e a few days ago froman from an inspection trip to the canyon this vast expenditure la Is lor for road con lod lodges geso cabins power and luxuries of civilization to this tar far oft off wonderland by the use of powerful lights tor for night light work three shifts are working day and night nigh tto to rush construction of the twenty five miles of road at cape royal including three miles of tile the main entrance and a branch to point imperial tile the cape royal road is fg in general charge ot of it aberion Th Tb orion erion resident engineer tor for the U S bureau of public roads tile the lang construction company of los angeles and the B P boyd construction st co ot of san diego have the contracts approximately nine miles of the road to is dugway and three powerful steam shovels are being used in its construction this road will cost approximately halt a million approximately forty miles of road through the kaibab forest are being surveyed widened and the narrow turns eliminated and the road is in excellent condition according to lo mr air jones the government la is building a checking station at the entrance ot of the park which will soon be compie completed seventy tourist and de cabins were completed within the week and work has commenced on thirty more hundreds ot of people are Nor working king for the government and the railroad at this place travel into the park has indrea sed aed at a tremendously rapid rate the new halt million dollar lodge built during the year by the union pacific system is taxed to capacity and it Is necessary to erect tents to care tor for the tourists including the large party of bar association members who are there this week not only are accommodations at the lodge taxed to capacity but mr rust at V T park reports record crowds PP P |