The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-18
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TRAIL STILL UNSETTLED.

| We note in further consideration Of
the Lincoln highway and the mid-cou
tiuent automobile trail. that Colorado
and Nebraska are said to be in opposi-
tion to the ioindcr Of the Lincoln
| Highway Association and the Midland
trail on the old overland route through
South Pu5s. We can well understand
why Colorado should be opposed TO this.
because il leaves Denver Of 10 one
side; bnt why Nebraska should be op-
posed to it is not explained. 1t seems
to us that it would be folly to separate
the two propositions. The distance is
very great and the difficulties to over
como by way of constructing the
Lincoln highway and the automobile
initial effort Of both enterprises to the
making of one frst-cl9ss road or trail.
To undertake TO make two. not only
doubles the cost but wastes money and
effort. We trust that when the con
vcntion which is supposed TO settle this
matter meets in Lincoln on Tuesday
next, those who compose it will see
the propriety OF ignoring the Colorado
protest and will join the two enter
prises so that the work can proceed on
the best economic basis through tho
union of the Lincoln Highway Associa-
ton and the Automobile Trail Associa-
ton.
We considered this question yester
day chiefly as matter concerning
Utah and reaching Salt Lake City from
the East. By following the old over
land route through South Pass and
down Weber and Echo canyons to Og-
den, the best grade can be had, and
from the trail at Salt Lake City there
could be two important branches as
VIC suggested, one to the Yellowstone
National Park and one to the Grand
Canyon Of the Colorado through south
ern Utah and across the Kaibab
plateau in northern Arizona.
Suggestivcly, we indicated that the
trail might to advantage proceed west
ward from this place to Ely, thence
to Mono Pass through the Sierras,
thence to Sacramento and San Fran
cisco; but friend suggests that al
though Mono Pass is the lowest pass
in the Serras, the difficulties of build
ing a good road through it would be
very great, because Of the ruggedness
Of tho canyon itself and because of the
tangle of timber that is found there.
This objection may be valid one, and
the cost of building the road through
Mono Pass and down the canyon might
be prohibitive. In case this were
found to be the case, the road could
bend upwards from Tonopah and go
through the mountains on the old
stage route by Lake Tahoe and down
to Placerville. This would be an ex-
cellcnt route, and probably would be
cheaper of construction than the Mono
Pass route; but the advantage of the
Mono Pass route is that it would con-
siderably shorten the distance. and
would open to inspection two of the
great mining camps of Nevada-Ely
and Tonopab both now remote from
any through line Of travel, and both
emincntly desirable to see. 1t would
also open up an entirely new country
through the Mono Pass region and af-
ford views Of scenery now practically
inaccessible.
However, as we stated, the main
thing at present is to settle the matter
of the trail from the East to Salt Lake
City, and, as to that, we presume that
the convention at Lincoln next Tuesday
may arrive at a, decision between the
Lincoln Highway Association and the
automobile manufacturers, so that there
will be no building of two roads, or
trails; but that the money that is
available will be put from both sources
into one road, and a irst-class track
thereby assured