The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-11-30
BLAZING THE MIDLAND TRAIL

The meeting of the Midland Trail from Denver tol
Sail Lake held in Denver last Tuesday evening oueI
of intense interest and spirited enthusiasm This Is what
Is known as the Denver branch of the Midiaad Trail
Association. This via Idaho Springs aud erhoud
Pass has been endorsed 10y the Denver Commercial and
Good Roads Associations and has the endorsement of
Governor William Spry Of Utah and oovernor-eIeet
Elias 4. Ammons Of Colorado
At the meeting o Tuesday night about 200 persons
became the Denver Branch Of the Association
and enthusiastic speeches made endorsing the Mid
land Trail by President aud Nee-Predeut ". d. NASH
and IL. Rogers Of the Denver Motor Club Father
IL. K Mclabe the hu-tlng Good Roads advocate of Lila
no Springs through which the Trail will pass. Lewis
Wallace Chairman of the Board of County Commissions
Grand Junction, Dr.. f. l., Bartlett chairman of all the
JOINT good roads committees Of the Commercial Orgauiz
aon- Of the city. The following telesram~ received
during the Denver meeting:
One from james l.. Hamilton, special enissary fr,
Grand Junction indianapolis in which he said h the
anscontinenal road Of the automobile manufactures #
which il j. hoped make the Midland trail part, is
@. There viii be 100 from indianapolis to san
Francisco by way Of Denver in June next year said
HamiIton~'s message But yon hurry, for up to
this Time the santa fc trail Is in the lead. Appropria
tons by Colorado and tah for the building of the trail
ia conjunction with the manufacturers viii help''
Carl FisheI of Indianapolis, president of the Auto
mobs Manufacturers a~~oeationsentn telegram to tn e
meeting saying that the $ioooo0oO fund with which
materials for the highway will be purchased will be
Completed within 80 days and that the high
Wy Is a certainty
A. l.. Nestgard teegraphed from Los Angeles that
h had lust finished his third tlanscontnental road-mal
ping tour, and that he found the the scen,
and 200 miles shorter from o ocean than any
other This is the route by of Denver and the Mid
land trail His received with great en-
thus a and taken indicate that he mi5ht recon
mend it to the automobile manufacturers the proper
route for them adopt and which spend their
money in this part of the west
Mr. w. Il. kelso forest ranger for this section has
$500 to spent the side of Berthoud Pass with
in the This work Will begin early in
spring beginning the foot of the pass. Next week
the county commissioners will have the county surveyor
survey new road the Clear Creek side of the
Pass following the contour of the mountains
duce the grade o about percent Mr.. Kolso ex-
presses hope that the county will put dollar
dollar Of the amount Is put iii by the National
Forest Department. This latter fund is derived the
ten percent of the receipts from work the forestry work
similar sum has been aside for reducing the grade
on the other of the mountain With the money the
that will be obtained from the Internal Improvement fund
Of our state added the above Berthoud Pass will be
put in fine condition for tourist travel. Those who
tended the meeting in Denver from Idaho Springs and
Georgetown were Father II McCabe, Chas Fuller, j.
j. Sherwin. w l. Shafer, a III Roller, Joe Meyer, Geo.
Kimball, b J OConnel, f Dewey, l. Regennitter