The daily sentinel., 1912-07-15
STATE WILL PROBABLY
PAY HALF OF COST
CONTINUED from Page II


favorable to paying one-half of the
cost of the road construction. Mr..
Allen refused to commit himself di-
rectly on the subject, but declared
that "if the commission could give
anything it would probably give half
of the needed funds"
The Montrose delegation which ac-
companied Mr.. Allen from that city to
Nucla returned to their homes deep
ly disappointed. The fact that their
line would be impossible for three
months of the year and did not con
meet with a transcontinental line
made their proposition out of the
question, so far as the commission
was concerned. The feasibility of the
Grand Junction road. however, is
unqnestioned. Not only is it a water
grade, but it will for most of the way
be simple and inexpensive of con-
struction. and will provide a direct
line of transportation to trunk rail-
road.
The party which made the trip
was composed of Lincoln Antics, sec
retary of the chamber of commerce;
]. NJ. Kinard, president of the Freight
Rate club; F. r. Hall, civil engineer.
and e. r. Hetiin of the rate club.
On their way back with Messrs AL
len and Maloney they were accom-
panied by B. w. Marsh as far as
Gateway and George j. D. Williams
over the entire distance.
viii Provide for Survey.
No definite action will be taken on
the proposed road until a permanent
survey can be made. This will re-
duire> considerable expense, and ii is
the intention of the Freight Rate
club to provide funds for that sur
vey as soon as possible. The plan of
campaign has not been mapped out
as yet, but as rapidly as possible a
plan will be formed whereby the nee
essary money can be raised This
will place a definite proposition be-
fore the people with a careful esti-
mate of what money is needed.
The club can then canvass the Par
adoX, Naturita. Gateway and Una
weep canon section to find out how
much money can be secured from
that source. and this. added to the
donation from the highway scommis-
sion and the county commissioners
will show the club how much will
have to be raised here by popular
subscription. 50
The road will be an expensive one
to build in some places" said E. r.
Hefiin this morning, but it is worth
every cent we can put into 1t. 1t sim
ply is proposition which We cannot
allow to die out. 1t must be put
through. regardless of the sacrifice"
The other members of the Grand
Junction delegation feel the same
way. From all points of view it is
the biggest thing now before the
city and the chamber of commerce,
Fifty Thousand club. and Freight
Rate club are determined that ii
shall not fail.
Fifteen TO 24-horse teams are haul
ing vanadium ore from the mines
to Placerville every day A dozen
other mines, handling rare metals,
copper, etc, will reopen operations as
soon as the road is constructed, and
the whole of this shipping business
will pour into Grand Junction. Not
only that. but that entire territory,
now including 900 acres and (as
rapidly as the irrigation projects can
be completed here will come under
water) will be tributary to Grand
Junction as trade district Practi-
cally every resident of that region
has declared that they will do their
supplies from Grand Junction when
the road is put through here. All
the mines between this city and Par
adox will begin shipping as fast as
possible when they can have decent
transportation line TO Grand juno
tion. The larger mining companies
in the Paradox are even talking Sc ,
riously of inaugurating an auto truck |
service between that section and this
city when the roadway makes it i
practicable.
Road of Scenic Wonders.
The line is a highway of scenic |
wonders. The visitors declare that
Dolores canon is greater than the
Royal Gorge in it's ever-changing
cliffs which stand a sheer 1,50O feet
in monolithic majesty.
The vista of Paradox valley at the |
head of the Buckeye trail as the road |
begins TO descend Carpenter hill into
the Paradox valley is a sight long to
be remembered. Mt. Wilson and
Sneffels in 0uray and San Miguel
county 125 miles away are plainly
seen. Lone Cone, easily 100 miles |
away. is visible. while the Ute peaks
are not less than $50 miles away