The daily sentinel., 1912-09-19
$4,000 CLUB STARTS
MOVEMENT TO REPAIR
HIGHWAY ACROSS LINE
Jobbing Business Was
Sensibly Discussed
and Acted Upon
NEW COMMITTEES ARE NAMED

transcOntlnental auto road will
not be in passable condition by
the time the party of officials who
are to designate a central national
highway reaches here, decision was
reached at noon today. at the Fifty
Thousand Club luncheon, to send
bunch of men and teams into Utah
and repair the road from the state
line to Cisco. Beyond that point the
road already is in good condition.
The necessity of giving the party
good impression of the Grand juno
tion route is pressing. ]. p. Dodds
of the Auto Blue Book, accompanied
by officials of the Good Roads Asso-
citation, the Denver Motor Club, Dem
yer Chamber of Commerce and other
western civic bodies, will be here on
October G or Z. II is his duty to de-
eide whether or not Grand junction
shall be on the road which is to be
called the central national highway
or exposition route from New York
ia Frisco. On this road. when Off
cially designated. will be spent the
first money of the $2O,0OO,O00 ap-
preparation by the government 1t
will become known to auto tourists
everywhere as the best, shortest and
scenically the most beautiful route
to the coast.
There are several interests that are
using every influence to take this
read over by Cheyenne, while others
arc c-raisinKsInune3 to takevif over tae
Santa Fe trail to the south.
The stretch of road in Utah be-
tween the state line and Cisco is too
lar away from any town to get II
repaired very soon. Therefore. ii was
a dad 49, fartt .Nf ma lar
NJ. G. Ramsey to the place, patch it
up 80 as to make it passable, and
then, when the party arrives in their
cars, to accompany them with plenty
of men and cars to be sure that they
get through successfully.
Under the direction of j. II. Ran
kin the 100-mile posts which desig-
nate this as an official route Will be
placed between Palisade and Mack
this week The city machine VIII
be drafted into service and the poles
set at once. Little trouble will be
experienced in getting this work
done. The poles are furnished by
the state highway commission and
Officially mark the Lincoln highway.
Allen Speaks.
The action of the club was taken
following the address by Chairman
G. p. Allen of the state highway
commission. Mr.. Allen arrived last
evening, and was able to be present
at the luncheon today. He told OF
the efforts of the commission to get
this road fixed up. He expressed his
satisfaction in getting the Colorado
portion of the road in good shape.
and declared that, ii Utah would do
as well, the route was assured.
On motion of Henry r. Rhone,
committee composed OF President NJ.
c. Ramsey of the Motor Club, Presi-
dent r. NJ. Edwards of the Fifty
Thousand Club and President N. A.
Glasco of the Chamber of Commerce
was appointed to wire Governor Spry
of Utah that the Colorado end of
the highway had been completed, and
that it was now up to Utah to fix
up their road without delay. This
committee will also take the matter
up with other Utah people with a
view of getting early action on the
matter.
Ross, on Jobbing.
Charles Z. Ross of the Ross Hard
ware G. Supply Company made
practical talk on definite means OF
getting wholesale enterprises into
Grand Junction. He said that, with
our merchants he made ii practice
OF being able to deliver the goods
before he advertised. He believed
that it was timely for us to find out
for sure that we had proper place
for wholesale houses before we start
ed trying to get them located here.
To this end he advised the appoint
ment of a committee to compile in
formation on the trade territory
about Grand Junction, secure digest
of such freight tariffs as would be
useful to prospective investors in
jobbing houses and such other in
formation relating TO the subject as
would be found advisable. His sug-
gestion was later placed in the form
of a motion. and after brief tax
by Frank C. Merriell. who seconded
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