The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-02
AUTO PARTY To
SELECT ROUTE
FOR TOURISTS
Two Big Cars With Officials
Start for Ely This Morn
ing Over Salt Lake
Cutoff.

With view 10 establishing an auto
mobile highway across Utah. directly ives
from Salt Lake City. q party or stat.
and county officials and members OF IN,
sah Lake Commercial club are scheduled
70 leave the city this morning At a. m
They expect to arrive in Ely some tim,
tomorrow.
The party, as announced last evening
YIN consist q GoysTnoI William spry.
Engineer OF the State Highway Commits
sion w d Beers; Salt Lake County Com
missioner w j. Burton, Warden Arthur
Prad q the state prison board Joseph
e., r. LANE; sseretsIy yy OF the Salt Lake
of the good roads committee OF the
Commercial club, aud W. D. Rishe auto
mobile mo s6fsr or, Pf Tho TRIBUNE At Teoele
Toosis county. The trip Will viii be made made IN IN
soyen- passenger Pterce-Arrow and a
seven Passenger studebakor- Gaford. Ac-
cordinG TO a telegram received yesterday
Secretary Gale s. Hoas Of IS the Ely stt COM NJ
Wha ns haus soSnfy sne oaas RHEtE of w6S Ely W Sqa
escort the Utah party into the famous
Neyada copper camp.
Ever since transcontinental automo-
bile touring became q feature OF the
tourist business OF the west IL has been
recognized that Salt Lake would nave
'hiEhwey directly west OF this city lf Salt
Lake hoped TO derive any benefits from
the tourist business. For the past two
years suoh route has been discussed and
1t finally resulted In plans which or
ganized the above-naTned party TO cover
the different routes between Salt Lake
and Ely and select tho shortest. taking
into consideration the needs OF an auto
mobile. For over two months Chairman |
SID Evans OF the Commercial club good |
roads bureau has been securing data, |
distances. grades location OF springs and |
at least three wel-dsfined routes can be !
located II needed.
On
travel through Tooele. Stockton. ST. |
John. Clover. over Johnsons pass 10
Fish Fish, springs. then on to callao, Deep
valley TO I1y. The distance Is about 260 |
miles. but an actual log and map will be
made OF the road giving the exact dis
this road to Stockton. with the Tooeis
county road builders working westward
eyery day. This, it is believed. viii be
The trip from Salt Lake west by this
route gives the eastern tourist his first
view OF q mine. smelter and n mining
continent whore tho tourist can touch the
shores OF the Great Salt lake without
d.smounun5 from his car Going west.
within Q stones throw OF the car. The
big srneiting plant at Tooele is also an
otheT mining feature Mines are passed
alongside Of tho famous Utah mine. which ,
has produced millions. From here west
tho route goes through the Deep creek
country, recognized by experts as one
Of the grcntest undeveloped districts In
the world today. Reaching Ely. the tour
.st visits copper camp which rivals
Bingham as one OF the big copper~pro- 1
ductnr camps OF the world
Believing automobile tourists come west
70 soc The sights, and that q trip west
visiting mines. smeltars and min
ng camps would be incomplete. II Is /
.honght this route will be n popular one.
= irrigated farms and fruit lands-and
The later agricultural innovation, dry
'arms-.prove an interesting part OF the
RIP, rhen this route also offers these. ]
L is also believed This Is the shortest i
quite by actual spoedometer mileage that !
an possibly be selected
The party intends TO breakfast AT
Iooele- From here the trip OF about n
linety miles 70 Fish Springs should land | 1
hem nc this point IN plenty OF time FOR
unch- The fret nights stop will be made y
e either Callao or Deep Creek. where q
He Ely party Will meet the Utah offi- n
lals. The selection OF tho route from r
Deep Creek into Ely win probably he r
eft 10 the Nevada officials. who are Ia
niliar with that section Of tho country.
Z everything goes ali right the parfyl
xpects 20 reach Ely early Monday after a
ioon and the stop will be made there for
ne night. Should road conditions prove