, 1909-04-15
TO MR..
WINSLOW
Laramie Autoist Is Given Some
Cogent Reasons why Auto
Road Should 60 via Saratoga

wrote Mr.. Winslow, president Of
the Laramie Auto Club, asking bis
assistance in having the Auto road
routed by Saratoga. Mr. Wins.
low replied, asking for reasons
why the road should be detected
from the line of the U. P. road.
and this is the reply sent Mr.,
Winslow by the Board of Trade:
You ask us what reasons we
have to offer for the DETECTION OF
the proposed trans-continental
Automobile route from the line of
the U. P. Road through Carbon
County, sufficient to take it thru
the town of Saratoga.
We would suggest, first; that
the most desirable route for these
tourists would be the one which
affords the greatest amount of
scenic beauty, provided the dis
lance was not greatly increased,
which is true in this case.
We take it to be a we'll known
fact that the section of the state
traversed by the U. p. Railroad is
the most dreary, the most desolate
and God-forsaken of any within
it's boundaries. On the contrary ,
when the tourist reaches the top
of the pass between Widdowfeld
and Saratoga, there is a panorama
of scenic beauty spread out before
him, which we believe to be unsur-
passed by any on the American
confinement. From this point he
may observe the course of the
North Platte for a distance of
more than fifty miles, and lying
upon either side between the river
and the foothills are more than
Three Hundred Thousand acres Of
irrigable land, the soil being as
fertile as that on the banks of the
river Nile. We assert that within
the mountainous regions of Amer
lea there is not to be found a Val
ley more beautiful or more fertile
than is this of the North Platte
river in southern Carbon County.
And by the conservation of the
food waters of the North Platte
and it's tributaries in this valley,
power might be obtained sufficient
to turn the wheels of thousands of
manufacturing enterprises, light
every municipality within a radius
of 500 miles and convert the mil
lions of tons of mineral now hid
den away in the mountains into
merchandise and money.
We have a deposit of coal in
this valley running from 60 to so
feet in thickness and covering an
area of 4 to- 6 Townships, In the
adjacent mountains we have min
erals of all kinds in paying guam
titles, and the finest pine timber
to be found in the Rockies. We
deem it important that Automo-
bile tourists should come to a per-
sonal knowledge of these things.
There is still another reason.
Every autoist knows hat on a
good road distance cuts very little
figure. But a rough and stony
piece of road is always to be avoid
ed if possible, first because of it's
effect on the machine, and, second
on account of time. An autoist
cares nothing for distance, provid-
ed the road is good. He can make
100 miles on a fine road while he
is trying to get over 10 or Is miles
of rough, muddy road.
Another equally important item
is the fact that there is no bridge
sufficient for the crossing or use
of Autos at Fit. Steele. Last
summer several autos came over
the exact route we have mapped
out from Laramie to Saratoga,
and one of them the largest ever
passing through this section. Some
of these went first to Fit. Steele