Show Two Counties Designate Indian Canyon As Highway State Will Survey WORKED 15 YEARS Mayor Chester Lyman of Duchesne saw a dream realized Monday when commissioners of Duchesne and Carbon counties jointly approved Indian Canyon route as connecting Carbon and Duchesne Commissioners Ask State To Make Highway Department To Report Soon Fifteen years of work and planning were culminated Monday when the county commissioners of Carbon and Duchesne counties gave a preference designation Ito the Indian Canyon route as the connecting route between- the counties and highways 40 and This announcement was made Tuesday by Chester mayor of who has headed delegations and committee over these years in a to get Highway 33 designated by both Tuesday Mayor Lyman talked by telephone to Steve former mayor of Helper and present Carbon County who reports at a meeting of the Carbon Commissioners with the Utah State Road Commission Monday afternoon in Salt Lake they were told a field survey would be made of the Indian Canyon and the Nine A report on these surveys would be made to the commissioners of both Duchesne and Carbon Counties by July Met Commissioners Mayor Lyman sought permission for a delegation from the Duchesne Lions Club to meet with the Duchesne County Commissioners June 20 at Duchesne to discuss his which was officially made on this date by the Duchesne County Commission following this This delegation consisted of Mayor James Clifton C. and Carl The delegation obtained permission from Commissioner Elmer R. Moon to have Porter L. a timely call to Francis district State Read Commissioner who was attending the of the Road Commission in Salt Lake Purpose of the call was to inform him of the decision of the t County designating Highway 33 as chief connecting roadway Duchesne and Carbon M. Feltch this message to Ithe state which was then in sion with the Carbon County On Back ir INDIAN CANYON ROAD From Page Is Gratified Mayor Lyman states the decision by the commissioners of 1 these counties is very to inasmuch as he has spent much time during many years in promoting such believes that before Indian Canyon will be a as well as a business route now used over which to transport mine props from Duchesne County to Carbon County mines and to haul coal to Uintah Basin He is of the opinion that Utah Highway 33 will be the connecting road between Federal Highways and used as a scenic route from Rock to Price and on to Glen Several other people in Du- chesne county and in the area have done much to bring about this agreement between the two A Shorter Route In pin-pointing his Mayor Lyman stated that Utah Highway 33 is miles shorter route than Utah Highway 53 between Highways 40 and that Utah Highway 33 was above Uhe drainage area and that is only one high elevation pass to consider in construction and Mayor Lyman brought these points to the attention of the now George D. Clyde at the in Roosevelt last August and again to the attention of road officials at the state road school held in Vernal this The mayor for many years used the Indian Canyon route in hauling mine props to Carbon County mines and bringing coal to the Basin on the He is one of the original who drove government trucks on this beginning in and Lyman visited this week at the home in The Indian Canyon road designation was discussed at length during social |