Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-10-22 | Page 37 | On a Pathfinding Trip

ON A TRIP Part Shut Shirt Tomorrow to Seek New Route to Ely Xe New Believing a more direct route from Salt Lake to Ely Nov as a part o othe ot of the proposed new now transcontinental route can be found along the line of ot the Western Pacific between here hero and Wendover Mayor Ia or John S. S Bransford Frank Botterill and AY W. D D. D Rishel will leave Monday morning to make the trl trip P. P It Is said that the thc salt be beds s that stretch along the tracks of the Western Western Western West West- ern Pacific for many man miles on tho west side of ot the lake make malce an excellent hard and dr dry roadbed at all seasons of ot the tho year Teamsters driving in that region have reported that tho the road Is la lagood good winter r and summer There are now two routes being of offered offered of- of transcontinental tourists out of Salt Lake to the west One is to lily lly via Milford a a. distance of fOO miles and tho the other Is via Fish Springs a a. distance of ot miles If It a route can be bo found along alon the Western estern Pacific to Wendover and thence to lily Ely EI tho trip will bo ba shortened some miles The party part will travel in Mayor Bransford's forty-eight forty horsepower Pierce Arrow car can The They will lo log the distance and If the way Is found favorable fa favorable fa- fa to m motors tors an attempt will be made to have It included ed in the transcontinental transcontinental transcontinental trans trans- continental routings The They will leave Salt Lake earl early Monday Ion a morning and will go around the southern cage care of ot the lake taking In Grantsville and Loa and following tho the Western estern Pacific to Vond over The first five the passenger 1912 model of ot the PIerce Arrow car to be bo sold In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Intermountain re region lon was purchased purchased pur pur- chased chosed b by T T. T S. S of ot RockSprings Rock Roele Springs Wyo Yo from the Tom Toni Botterill Automobile company compan Dr William Louison bou bought ht a new Chalmers thirty thirty car from the Botterill Bot- Bot terill company during the week w eek elc I