The Ordway new era., 1905-08-11
'IEW COLORADO ROADS
WAGON noADs su,Lr ~ STATS
r.,.a Available Frsm Gale = pss''s
l.nds-impersant Nesds es"s
Inn In Different psrss Of
the State.

Inn In Different Psrts "
the State.
| Denver. Aug. 5.-Whils TIE 5000
roads agitation 10 so pronounced ana tne
pub,,c has been shown what good vork
Dsnyer 10 doing along these lines. ana
-. .a.n what an enormous quantity
~ npparatus and an army OF men u
~. 70 do the work with. many are
rendering Jus, what Is being done
,hroushout the state. This question 10
answered by the Denver Republican -
follows:
IN The winter OF 1856. provided that
nvs per cent. OF the moneys received
from tho sale OF all public lands. ex.
cent lands sold under the homestead
aci. be set apar, as the property OF the
state in sn internal Improvement FUND.
for use In the making and repairing
Of new roaCD and similar work. SO.
wear after year Colorado receives Tor
its Improvement fund five per cent.
no, only from all state lands sold. but
/ the same amount from the federal gov.
erument for the lands sold by its own
] land department
The state is now building . road
which will make conditions OF life
easier for them. This work Is being
done in Eagle county. from Ruedi to
/ Basalt, a distance OF twenty miles. The
survey for a road was made two years
ago. but the appropriation was not
I then large enough TO finish the I'M
provement and the last Legislature set
apart 81, 800. which makes 5000 avail
able. The lowest bid for the work Is
/ sis. 500. so that over twenty families
will silll continue 10 ride horseback
along the railroad track until the
/ county commissioners set aside enough
money to meet the difference. which
II is understood will be soon Some
work. however. has already been done.
The highest regularly laid out road
in the state is just reaching completion
and will soon be open 10 travel. High
above timber line. considerably more
than two miles above the level OF the
sea and cut through a solid rock form
alton. this is the frs; step to connec;
Telluride and Silverton- From appro-
priations OF the last two Legislatures
practically $4,000 has been used FOX
this San Miguel county road. which
was originally run from the vicinity
Of the SmugglerUnion mine 10 Bridal
Veil falls. Now through the rocks .
road has been run from Bridal Veil
falls TO the very top OF the range
where, at its present end. just being
finished OF nicely, IL secures the rec
ord OF being the highest road ever
built In the state OF Colorado. The
new part Of the road at the top. built
this summer. IL four and one-half
miles long on account of the necessity
OF maintaining as low a grade as pos
sIble.
A twenty-mile road IN La Plata
county IS nearing completion and runs
from Durango to Junction creek. open.
ing up big mining country. Another
road almost finished is the Dolores
county road from Rico. the county
seat, to Dunton. where IL accommo
dates the celebrated hot springs.
There already was n road there. but II
was on grade o, twenty-eight feet TO
the hundred feet and was OF little
use. The present road has been con.
structed on grade OF only eight feet
TO the hundred feet. SO that 4 team can
haul over n ton.
The Alice-Dumont road In Clear
Creek county has brought forth a very
commendable exhibition OF public
spirit The appropriation was SO small
that II looked as II the work could not
be done. but George r. Steuart OF that
county stepped forward and made tho
entire survey for nothing. and he and
other citizens. Jointly with the Colo
rado * Southern railroad. donated the
money difference between the appro-
prfation and the lowest bid for tho
road. This is a ten.miie improvement
and Will be finished before winter.
Sand conditions are what Il is neces.
sary TO overcome in the road building
from Las Animas northward In Bent
county. There. also. there has been
some local help. The county commits.
sioners have borne the expense OF tho
grading. and the state is now surfacins
the road one foot deep with stone. On
branch No. , Of the Denver and Grand
junction read. OF which mention has
oeen made. the survey has been I'm.
isned and work commenced. This rms
from Rifle to Craig by way OF Meeker.
starting at the top of the divide be.
tween Grand county and North PARK.
IN Larimer county. thirty-milc road
Is now being run. The purpose il 10
give North Park people n shipp,ne
point on the Moffat road. A new Rocky
rora road Is being constructed. bers
again the county commissioners doIns
ene grading. and the state doing the
suriaeing. as In Bent county. and for
tne same reasons. A road with n lower
graoe, bringing the grade down to nina
per cent. Is Just being finished in
Mesa county from Debeque to Plateau
creek. preliminary work has been nm.
aeftaken on the Yuma county road
rom vernon to Adalia, and construc.
t,on VIII be commenced this fail on !
ritkin county road as soon a. Inc
tsoper bids are secured.
on the present road from Te,,e,
county into Fremont county. there i.
Z section owned by private parties ana
opera.ed as toll road where the verv
considerable charge Of seventy. .0vs
cents 70 made for a team ma .ss ~