Show park service ervice will delay utah project plan study in view of f colorado river implications the national park service does not intend to press for establishment of the proposed escalante national monument alon along g the colorado nver in southeastern utah wit without bout making a study of the ramifications of such action geo L collins assistant to al aino no B cammerer director of the national park service said tuesday on a tour of western pat faiks its mr air C ollins collins stopped in salt lake city to confer with governor H blood and state engineer T H humpherys to determine the states attitude with respect to the monument mr humphreys recently issued a statement against the monument asserting the withdraw el of this land would deprive the state of control over grazing lands and potential water power developments air collins said there is nothing in our policy that leans toward the arbitrary and that because of the astounding social implications in the colorado river the park service will make a careful investigation of the whole matter the governor explained to mr air collins that while he appreciates t the he great benefits brought to utah by developments of the park service he does not want to see a withdrawal of lands which might seriously affect the states agricultural and industrial future mr air collins said that most odthe of the parks he has visited on his tour Te reported ported an increase in tourist business this year over last the tribune |