The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-12-07

the Ocean-to-Ocean automobile
route. throughout It's entire length.
grows apace. 1t will be construct
and the problem is what route Will
be selected over the Rocky noun
tains.
The Midland route. from Den
yer to Salt Lake City, through
Idaho Springs. over the Continent
al Divide and down the Western
Slope to Grand junction, is the
shortest, most scenic and most fea-
sible. 1t reached the mountains
from Denver with only short
travel of sixteen miles If select
ed, AS is probable, as the official
route by the American Automobile
Association. it will prove in itself
the wisdom of this selection. 1t
will mean the passage OF thousands
of automobiles annually through
this course and during the Panama
exposition. the vast number OF au-
il is a matter Of vast conjecture
Hence it is to the interest of all
places along the Midland way to
unite in their endeavors to secure
this prize 1t will bring people,
not only to pass over the route. but
to spend time in the various places
of attraction, and surely no place
can offer more diversified attrac-
tions than Idaho Springs and espe-
cially if we add to what nature has
already done for us. The follow
ing extract from the San Fran
cisco Call gives IA recital of what
is being done to make this Ocean
to-Ocean road "a success:
Men who are leaders in the
automobile industry of America
have devised plan for financing
tho Ocean-to-Ocean highway. That
project has interested Americans
devoted to the cause of good roads
from the time of the birth Of the
republic. There are at present
enough resolutions committing
cities. counties and states to the
proposition to construct paper
lined road from New York to San
Francisco and back. No definite
policy has been approved by any
national body
"A group Of automobile manu-
facturers and makers of automo-
bile accessories in Indianapolis has
Al. IA.
should bring about the good
road so much desired and here
tofore so Indefinitely planned.
The proposition is that all
manufacturers of automobile and
motor car sundries shall con-
tribute | per cent. of one year S
gross earnings or AN equivalent
amount contributed over period
of from three to five years. and
that owners of automobiles contrib
ute So. 500 or 1000. 1t is esti-
mated that a fund of S1O.OOo,OoO
can be raised by this means. This
fund will be used solely to pur-
chase material for the highway. 1t
will make available more than
$1,000 mile for material, which
is held to be IA generous approprla-
ton.
with the material for the high
way provided by the automobile
people. counties and cities will be
called upon to perform the work
of construction. The total cost of
the road is estimated' at $4,000
O00.
"There have been many plans
proposed for the construction of
the highway, but they have always
been complicated with the neces-
sity of large appropriations from
the federal and state governments.
1t is the plan of automobile enthu-
siasts to keep as free as possible
from political entanglements. to
have the sections of the road con-
structed by the smaller units OF
government. cities and counties.
and to build an economical high
way that will unite the east and
the west and will make it pleas
antly possible for vehicle traffic to
cross the country and come to San
Francisco in 1915
"The motor car enthusiast
knows that he will come here in
1915; he wants to come in his own
ear over the noblest highway in
the world
eff he and his kind give to this
GOOD roads project the energy that