| Show I BURREll ADVISES NEW HIGHWAY TO BRIGHTON Government Engineer Enthuses Over Scenic Possibilities Along Route Route Construction of a a. scenic auto highway highway highway high high- way from Salt Lake to Brighton at the head of at Big Cottonwood canyon Is a road Improvement which can be made by Salt Bait Lake county at a reasonable cost and should bo be one of ot the first highway Improvements to be made according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to B. B H. H Burrell senior highway highway high high- way engineer of ot the United States of off office or- or f flee fice e of public roads rood who Is here to ad- ad rise tho the county commissioners on a general plan of Improvement ement of or county hl highways h ways and who yesterday made mado the trip with the county state and city officials officials of of- on their inspection of sanitary conditions in fn Cottonwood can canyon on As this is a 8 county road tho the county count commissioners took advantage ad of ot tho the to have havo Mr Burrell trip yesterday accompany accompany ac ac- ac company them After going up and down the canyon canon the government expert expert expert ex ex- pert opined that Big Cottonwood canyon c can can- mon m- m yon von has natural beauty equal to anything anything any- any thin thing In the Royal Gorge of or Colorado An auto boulevard he says could be constructed from the tho city to Brighton at a no reasonable cost cost that would havo have havea a maximum grade of about 10 per cent Many bad curves could be eliminated and stoop steep grades rades overcome by swinging tho road back and forth across the stream This would enhance the beauty beauty beau beau- t ty of the highway and preserve the natural natural natural nat nat- ural beauties of ot the canyon Along long what Is considered the most difficult part of the tho road rond to Brighton Brighton- that section from Giles flat to tho the Brighton hotel the hotel tho engineer suggested that better r results could be secured by bys s swinging the road from its present lo location location location lo- lo cation up to tho the higher bench and skirting tho the mountains The officials walked over this section yesterday afternoon afternoon afternoon aft aft- and decided that with com comparatively comparatively para para- little work a new road could be construct constructed d. d This change has been under un- un under un un- der del consideration by b the commissioners before it was decided yesterday to make the he Improvement as soon as possible In n order to make mako accurate estimates of the he cost and to Lo determine definitely the he grades and proper location of oC the road oad road It was t decided yesterday to place placeIt a It survey suncy party part in tho the field under direction tion ion of ot Mr Burrell and tho the county en engineer engineer engineer en- en as soon as arrangements can cnn be made |
