The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-03
WESTGAARD TO CO
OVER VERNAL ROUTE
Secretary of State Mattson to
Accompany Pathfinder
Into Colorado.
SALT LAKE UNAFFECTED
Overland Route, as Planned
for Lincoln Highway, In
cludes This City.
SALT LAKE UNAFFECTED

A. L. Westgaard pathfinder. represent
ing the National Highways association.
left for the east yesterday. He wac &C.
compancd by his wife. who makes nearly
all his trips with him.
Westgaard goes east Into Colorado by
what Is known as the Verpal route
While little has been said about this route
nto Utah from the east. many claim 1t
is the best route of them all. as far as
Utah is concerned. for the simple reason
that 1t is shorter, the road is already
built and will cut out all the desert land
In the eastern part OF the state. West
gard has never covered this route and
will follow the route laid out by The
Tribune a year ago. He carries copy
OF The Tribune route book with him at
all times while travelling through Utah,
Route From Here.
Westgaard stopped at Provo last even
ing, not leaving Salt Lake until late In
the afternoon on account of the rains of
Yesterday He will so up Spanish Fork
canyon and at Cotton leave the present
Midla nd Trail route and so over Indian
canyon summit to Theodore or Duchesne.
From there he will go through Myton.
Roosevelt Fort DuCQeSne, yer :
nal, Jensen Meeker, Rife. Glenwood
Springs. over Tennessee, pass into Colo
RADIO Springs. and then back up to Den
yer, From Denver Westsaard goes west
Fe trail and Immediately starts east
q gain. opening up e new route through
Texas and south into Florida. which will
finish his years work.
gard met Secretary Farrell Of the Com
mercial club and gave that official some
valuable pointers on what should be
Utah's course in the adoption Of a final
cross country route Mr. weetgaard also
held long consultation with w. D.
Rishel. Tribune pathfinder and secretary
OF the Automobile Club of Utah, at which
the possibilities Of a route across Utah
were discussed. David Mattson. secre-
tary Of state, will accompany Mr.. West
gard as far as Glenwood Springs, from
where he will return to Salt Lake by
train.
Now that the Lincoln Highway asso-
ciation officials have decided upon the
Overland trail as opposed to the Midland
trail for the official transcontnental
route. the Midland Trail association plans
to bend Its efforts to boosting the scenic
attractions of Colorado and Utah. Here.
toforc. with the expectation that the trail
would be officially adopted. all efforts
have been bent to centralize attention to
the one route. Now that the route has
been given TO Wyoming, with PROPOSE
tion that is asserted impossible TO fulfill,
the association is In much better shape
than If they had had the same PROPOSE
ton given them as Wyoming.
Ellison Explains.
This Is the status Of the Midland trail
situation as explained yesterday by w, II.
Ellison president Of the Utah Midland
Trail association. He asserts that under
the plan Of road building submitted TO
Wyoming, that state will have to spend
from $10.0 900 to $4,000 u mile and the
to raise at least s6,oo0,00o more.
The meeting Of the trail association
was held at Grand Junction, but repre-
sentatves were sent to Denver TO inter-
view Carl G. Fisher. father of the Lin
coin highway idea, and President Joy Of
the association and discover the exact
situation. These men gave private infor-
nation that the Overland route had been
selected However, the Denver papers
carried stories on that fact the following
day and the matter was taken up at the
Midland Trail association meeting. Hay-
ing lost the route that body in resolu-
ton congratulated the advocates Of the
Overland trail and urged rivalry between
the two In order to secure as many tour
ists as possible.
Although much OF Utah will lose traffic
on account OF the change OF route, Salt
Lake will receive a double advantage, for
the Overland trail will come into the city
through Parleys canyon. Salt Lake will
thus receive the tourists coming over the
Lincoln highway and the Midland trail.