| Show WillOW THER THAN PRiCE CANYON IS URGED AS TRAil ROUTE Road Commission Thinks This I Is s Best Way for State to Establish Highway Re Reports orts orts' on road conditions In Carbon county presented d to the state tte road com corn commission mission yesterday by David Dald Mat Mattson on and Jesse D. D who have just Juat returned returned- essa from front eastern Utah wore were to the effect that t at Mr r and and Mr MAtIon MAtt MAtt- MAt Ion son Ron after Inspecting Price canyon canon wilt will wil favor or the Willow Creek Creek rou te as opposed to the Price river can canyon ol Mr Mattson Matton said ald that the rood road rOll through h Willow Creek canyon canon could be built buit for Zoi a a te few thousand dollars simply b by building two or three bridges es and clearing away a fEi few Cew rocks On theothor the time theother other othor hand he said Price canyon Is la Isnow Isnow now occupied by br the Denver Dener Rio Hlo Grande Grands railroad on ono one side and b by bythe bytho the tho right of or wa way for tho the Utah Coal railroad on the tue other side and In ordel or order or order der del to avoid old a Interfering with the railroad railroad rail rail- ral- ral road rights of way It would cost much more than the time available to build this road rond The Tho state tate law Jaw which provides pro pro- vides tides that where hero railroads cut through canyons an ons the they must provide rights Cy of C way y for Cor wa wagon on roads docs does not P l In InI I Price rlee can canyon on according to Mr tr Malison Matt Matt- son soil sor because there Is at present no highway high high- II way ay through this canyon W. W D D. Beers state engineer f reported on his trip over oer the he state stale road through Garfield Piute Plute Sevier and co counties This road Mr r Beers leers said Is Isnow Isnow isnow now practically all al in good condition with lh tho the exception of or a few miles mies be between be- be le- le tween and arid Junction and another another an au- an- an other stretch south of or Elsinore On this road roa he said ald a person could easily a average erse thirty miles mies an hour b by au i Preparations are arc under wa way for lor or starting work In several erl places along this highway In each of tho the counties In tho the south Surveys have been completed on the ther r road ad b between twe n SaUna Salina and Emery Emen and a construction gang will viii start tart on on this ro road d within tho next week Surveys for the state road in lUcli Itch county between and I Lake S kc- kc t town wn will wi be made this week b by an an engineer from Crom th tho office office office-bf jf the tho state engineer and work worle on this road will also d o he started In the near future wil Theold The fhe old road between th these o two was waR washed shed out this spring and instead of i repairs the road will wl be he relocated relocated re re- re located according to the plans of the state commission The engineer for the state road commission corn com mission will wf probably h go over the COI- COI road between Salt Sat Jn ann an and 11 Price PIco this week eek with a a view loW to making makinG final de- de citon on the tho route of the time Midland t trail f. f |
