Gunnison news-champion., 1911-01-20
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twessy sepsssestsfIses si the meet.
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In tsat o.r deleeat,oa was the largest
that s~y Wessern SLOPE county had
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And osr boys gs what they went
si,er We vented " he pot 'oa the
map and ssssl9htwas q comblnatloa
wss forued with Pre~ers. Otero.
Pueblo. Fl Peso. fremoot, Chaifee,
sAxssche, 6ssnssoa, Ih,lta, Montrose
sad hsss eo~ptses 10 build state
highway, iadepsadeat Of the So
called ''csEcle rouse" which will ia
dssd make diameter for that circle.
crossins the state ut right angles.
Ii was psoposed FIRST 10 called 1t the
Arkansas valley a Iaanison route. but
someone from Moatrose saseested
The Rasnbow Route" and that took
the csowd. Decorate the sigu posts
with the si9a Of RAINBOW trout and
it will he followed from all over
Colorado. Mr.. Mclean of Canon
City aud Tom Ehrhart Of Salida are
officers Of the proposed new road,
wlth delegate from each county or
the board Of control Henry Bartlett
was named from this county.
The 6rst thing 90 do will be to get
bill through the legislature esssb-
lishiRG tine road, and this oaght not
10 he difficult with all these counties
pushine for it. Indeed oil the state
wants TO get to the Gunnison coan-
try 10 6sh.
Elmer Wiley, county commission
or and representative from Gunni-
son coaRty, took q prominent part in
the proceedinGs, being upon the
vssolations commitsee, aud upon the
ssb-comaistse which divectly dss~
mp the opinions adopted by the as
sembly.
Mr.. Wiley also met with the com
missioners Of Saguacbe and arranged
for opening Cochetopa pass Gun
nison county will only have a short
road near Slllsville to fix
Governor Harper, also a delegate
from Gunnison made telling speech
upon the subject, How the internal
improvement fund may best be ex
pended" in which he urged the
delegates TO be fair to the more lso-
lated counties of the state and those
not financially able 10 cover their
territory.
The main interest was in Monarch h
pass, as it is conceded as the short
route. Chaffee county commissioners
agreed to fix their end Of the road
TO the top Of the divide this summer,
and that will mean through connec-
tions 10 Denver.
There ~ some controversy over the
route west, Montrose aud Hinsdale
wanting it over Blue mesa, and the
Delta, Hotchkiss, Paonia contingent
desiring Black mesa However, let
those people decide which they
want Neither one will be very ex-
pensive and we may get both.
The convention as whole adopted
resolutions, asking the legislature to
allow the state TO lssue bonds to the
extent Of 3 per cent of its valuation
for good roads, and the counties to
vote 2 per cent bonds. This would
amount to s2OO,00o for Gunnison
county, but we are hardly ready to
advocate that As yet.
1t is also proposed to turn over
the internal improvement fnd' to
the state highway commission. but
with restrictions so that each county
will oct a fair a cal