Arizona republican., 1913-10-10
OPEN CANYONS
 ROADS ID CARS
Petition Being Circulated Asking for Opening of Tusayan National Forest to Motor Travel - Must Change Ruling

those netting the beautiful pine hills a!ong the southern linn of the Grand 1 Canvon has crystallized into definite 1 action-taling the form of a strong set of resolutions petitioninG the 1 secretary of agriculture for d new | order permitting autos to tour about | the canyon hotels.
 | The resolutions were gotten up by 1 Charles Woolf, d Tempe attorney, wh" sent the board of trade here copy l of them yesterday.
 That the petition will receive strong support in the northern part of the state is certain; that it will be fav l orabIy received here is reasonable. ' considering the increased amount of auto travel from the valley to the canyon each summer
 1 TC Hon. D. r. Houston.
 1 Secretary of Agriculture: 1 This undersigned. residents of the state of Arizona, respectfully request 1 that YOU modify the regulation of l yCur office of June II. 1913, relative l to the use of motor driven vehicles l in the Tusayan national forest, so as 1 tu permit the use of automobiles and 1 notorc ycles on all roads within said ! forest.
 1 The following is a copy of the order l containing the regulation herein re- ! ferrod to:
 1 "Regulation governing the use of l automobiles and motorcycles within | the Tusayan national forest.
 "Effective on and after June 20. 1913
 l By virtue of the authority in me vested by the act of June 1, 1897 1 '50 Stat. II. 35), as amended by the act of February 1. 1905 C33 Stat. G2S) 1 I. D. r. Houston, secretary of agri- i culture, do hereby make and publish ! the following regulation to be in , full force and effect from the twen- 1 tieth day of June. 1919.
 The use of automobiles and motor 1 cycles operated in accordance with l the speed limits and other regulations
 of the state of Arizona and the county of Coconino will be allowed l cn all roads within the Tusayan Ma | t;onal forest, except the Hermit rim
 road. the Hopi Point road from the
 main Ashfork road to the Hermit 1 rim road. the road from Rowe Well
 Ranger Station to Hopi Point, and
 the road from the main Grand View | road to Yavapai Point. where their l use is hereby forbidden in the inter
 est of public safety.
 Witness my hand and the seal of the department of agriculture at Washington. D. c. this fourteenth
 day Of June. 1915
 ID. F. HOUSTON Secretary of Agriculture"
 In support of this petition We re-
 srectfuly represent:
 l First. That automobiles and motor
 cycles may. under the regulations of
 the state of Arizona and county Of 1 COcOnino. he operated on all these l roads with entire safety to the occu- i pants of such machines and to the 1 general public;
 ! Second. That thousands of people
 many of them residents of Arizona. ! yearly visit the Grand Canyon. and | each succeeding year witnesses an in- l e; ;easing number making the journey | t. view that marvellous wonder of nature; in 1912. more than 5000 people visited the canyon at the
 oints covered by the roads on which
 automobiles are forbidden by the above order:
 Third. The principal points from which the canyon can be reached are 1 Flagstaf and Williams. Arizona. Flagstaff is about S5 miles and Will jams ia about 6 miles from the roads on which automobiles are forbidden From Flagstaff to the Canyon there is good road, through many miles Of pine forest. over which the trip hN automobile or team is delightful. There is q fair automobile road from Williams. and also branch of the santa Fe railroad. known as the Grand Canyon railroad over which transportation may be had at the rate of six cents per mile or $750 for the round trip of about 13O miles:
 Fourth, Practically all the travel to the canyon is by the railroad or by automobiles; those making the trip with horses being relatively very few in number and in such cases the horses are all accustomed to auto mobiles. A very large number go to the canyon in automobiles. and on ar irving there they must under the regulation of June A. 1913. leave their
 machines and either walk to the var ious points from which the canyon can best be seen, or else hire horses and vehicles from one of the private establishments keeping livery stock and equipment there for hire
 Under these conditions the present regulation results in no benefit or Iroteotion to the public, but is the means of furthering the private in- terest of those keeping horses and carriages at the Canyon for hire to tourists.
 Therefore. in the interest of the residents of Arizona and all others who may be fortunate enough to make q pilgrimage to the Grand Can yon of the Colorado, your petitioners pray that the order of June II. 1913. he so modified as to permit the use of automobiles and motorcycles on all roads within the Tusayan national forest Respectfully submitted.