| Show 1 park PL a rk official pleased with proposed highway High BLANDING BLAN riNG recent examination 1 of the west of here proves the proposed park to park highway can be built for but a fraction of the great rest amount hitherto supposed i necessary when superintendent superintendent M R tillotson of the grand canyon natio national nall I 1 park visited the bridges last spring I 1 i i according to custodian zeke johnson lie ile was favorably impressed with the idea of a road westward to tile won 1 herlands der lands of southern utah I 1 during the summer he flew several times over the proposed roadway taking numerous pictures from the air convinced from these nights flights the plan is fea sable he has been going with zeke johnson over this country j again to see if it looks as promising from the ground as it looks from above scrutinizing the country from his plane he figured the road would follow the serpentine course of the box canyon from edwin bridge to hite the necessary cuts and tunnels through the sandstone in that route da did not discourage him ev when johnson with a pack outfit began piloting him west from 1 the edwin they did not go to the winding canyon at all but followed follow what is known as white canyon shelf where the mormon pioneers made a wagon road in 1882 tillotson was completely surprised and delighted deligh 0 said johnson he said building a road ther the auld uld be like shooting shoot fish in a barrel they found the shelf comparatively smooth most of the way to the river aher and were not greatly surprised to kaow several venturesome ventur some cari can already had driven to a point well down toward the old crossing tillotson says we cant stop that road now if we want to johnson added with satisfaction this park to park highway will take in the blending blanding natural bridge road and will thread through a continuous string of scenic wonders I 1 from mesa verde park to colorado by Ho and blanding in utah to the natural bridges and crossing the he colorado river at hite will proceed westward up gulch to the wayne county wonderlands wonder lands and the ether attractions attraction of southern utah tithes titres iia mcdent |
