| Show I JO DEVELOP NEW Jt II ROUTE IN UTAH i Commercial Club and Development Development Develop Develop- me ment nt League Pushing Auto Road M Mapped a aNEW Out by Peck NEW R ROUTE UTE is SHORTER I Grand brand Junction Silt lt Lake Ely Line Also Offers Unsurpassed Scenic Display Since the visit to Salt Lake of ot W W. A. A f Peck of or Minneapolis In the Interest t of ot the tho transcontinental automobile road action has been taken by bi the Commercial club and Utah Development Development Develop Develop- ment league looking to the development of JC the road mapped out by b- Mr Ir Peck Fin In his recent cross tour Mr Peck completed the logging of a 1 route from the Mississippi river to the roast coast b by way of or Omaha Denver Grand Junction Green River Biver Price and Provo to Salt Lake and thence through Ely This it is claimed Is more direct than the tho Wyoming route It Is Important at this stage in the proceedings to decide on a route on which all sections of ot Utah ma may agree with a view to having this tills state on the direct route of ot travel through to the tile coast at the time of or tho the Panama exposition In San Francisco In 1915 There is almost as great reat diversity of opinion re regarding the tho best route through h Utah as there Is rivalry among among- the states Mr Peck is try trying in to In lap lay layout out the shortest and best transcontinental transcontinental transcontinental route and it is a matter for congratulation congratulation con con- in Utah that he is favorIng favoring favor favor- ing the northern route in preference to the Santa Fe Fo route It Is likely that thata a bl big fI fight ht will be put up b by all we western western west west- tern t- t ern states to get the road through their territory as it Is estimated automobile auto automobile mobile parties will cross the continent to San Francisco Francisco for the tho 1915 exposi exposI- tion Mr Ir Pecks Peck's was the first auto in several sev sev- several eral years to come corno through from Crom Denver Denver Denyer Den Den- ver yer b by tho the route ho he selected It has not hot been generally thought feasible but ho he found It so and an effort willbe will willbe willbe be mado made to develop It Also he ho claims that the route through Grand Junction Junction Junction Junc Junc- tion offers otters a scenic display unsurpassed in the tho world orld and that it Is miles shorter than the northern route through Wyoming However the mountain travel is a point at issue and must betaken betaken be bo taken Into account There is far less up grade work through h Wyoming Ve West t from Salt Lake Mr Ms Peck chose the tho Ely route by way of oC Grantsville Grants j Fish Springs and Kearney's Kearnes ranch This sidetracks Ogden and the northern route but It puts Salt Lako Lake definitely on the tho automobile map and will be of Immense benefit to the city Between Milford and El Ely there Is some bad ad go go- go ing and a a. party will start out Monday to attempt a Q passage of ot the tho desert farther north on the more direct western western west west- ern era line Wallace Bransford Frank Botterill and W. W D. D Rishel will go JO out in a R. speedy car through Grantsville and cross croe to Wendover It if possible Because Because Because Be Be- cause the mud if Jf ever IB is impassable at this season of or the year the trip will be bea belL a lL good test tOil t of or the possibilities bill ties of ot the road In the desert country there is no soil drainage but Mr Peck maintains maintains main main- that even with water on it the desert desort can be crossed This route If It found round to be feasible will sidetrack Ely but it will be a a. more direct line to Eureka and thence west However the main thing seems Beams to be for tor all parties and Interests to de determine do- do termine on the best and shortest route through tho the state Mate and then work in conjunction with Colorado or Wyoming and Nevada to Improve road conditions condition'S all along the line Committees Committee from rom this state should work with similar bodies In Colorado to influence county count authorities and later tho the state legislatures legis legis- for tor appropriations for tor the tho purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pur- pur pose of at building and maintaining good goodroad roads road with a view lew to securing the transcontinental traffic in 1915 InS |
