Show SCENIC ROUIE OVER MOUNTAIN MM IS 15 OUTLINED in an interview with allocating engineer horace W sheley of the 1 oresti forest service this week neek we learned some of the details concerning the new scenic highway being built over tho the blue mountain calling blanding anding BI town mile post 0 the apropo proposed ed road goes 85 miles to the forest boundary this road i is i in very ioor condition and is said to consid bly under the standard of roaul road chan cha within the national forests f at mile post 85 the elevation is feet above sea level and marks the forest boundary from this point bebe alei e is an old truck trail built by the forest service a number of years yeal 3 ago this road will be repaired and r located relocated re e for a distance of cf 50 59 miles to the spik ecamp on johnson Toh creek at mile post the locati location on of the johnson creek spike camp the devalon de is 7 from here he rethe the boys are building a road which will vill be about 7 miles long to the pass between johnson loh creek ard indian creek the road is to be 11 feet wide with 20 foot passing points tile the maximum grade will be 8 feet difference in elevation in every hundred or a little more than that of peters hill at mile post the elevation of feet the road will descend from this divide for 15 miles to indian creek where it will cross the creek at an elevation of feet and ascend at an easy gradient for 38 mlle mil i to the saddle or the divide between indian and north creeks this road will also be 11 feet wide and be as straight as possible at times it will be high on the mountain side and it a splendid view will be had of the wooded slopes of the mountainside mountain side opposite indian creek the upper 12 miles of tills this s stretch etch lias has been cleared for the fb d e r fi i ni r y construction r hs has b been een lone done over 8 miles cherof thero fiand ZA nil 5 miles can be traver traversed ped by jr trucks u Ws now but is not finished mile pest marks the divi divide d e I 1 between indian and north creeks ohp th elevation being about feet thence the road descends 7 78 8 miles to the forest boundary and about two more to monticelo Mont icelo which represents mile post no 36 this scenic route which lis rises to well over feet and passes between the peaks and wooded slopes of the blues should prove most attractive tive to tourists and local resident alike it is not probable that the project will be finished this winter but it is not beyond the realms of possibility lity |