White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19
Presidents Report.

tails the most important accom-
plishments of the club during the
past year. With reference to the
proposed coast-to-coast automobile
highway, he said:
This is one of the most important
questions we have to deal with. At
meeting held in the Weber club
some three months ago between the
board of governors of the Salt Lake
Commercial club, it was suggested
by J. w. Abbott that a grievance
committee be appointed by each club
to settle all conflicts between these
two commercial organizations. 1t
happened that the first question to
come before them was the location
of the proposed transcontinental
highway through the state of Utah.
The members appointed on this
committee from the Weber club were
J. w. Abbott, chairman; A. P. Bige-
low, M. S. Browning, H. M. Rowe, w.
E. Sanderson and Joseph Scowcroft.
This committee meets once a month
alternately at Ogden and Salt Lake.
'As it is the policy of the Weber
club and the citizens of Ogden in
general, to do nothing that Is in the
least unfavorable to the prosperity
and growth of Salt Lake, We made
the following proposition regarding
this road:
T That no matter which way the
road came into the state 1t should
/ go-to Salt Lake first, providing it
came north through Ogden and west
around the north end of the lake.
AT our last meeting with the rep
resentatives of the Commercial club
We agreed to leave this matter open
to their decision until their meeting
the following Friday evening at
which time they would take action
and report to US.
THE Salt Lake good roads commit
tee reported in favor of the Midland
Trail and in favor of road to pass
through Salt Lake and west south of
the lake across the desert and salt
beds, preferring to have Ely on this
| road instead of Ogden. No action
has since been taken by the board of
governors. A day or two ago | wrote
the president of the Commercial club,
w. w. Armstrong, releasing him from
answering and advised him that the
question could be opened up anew at
the next meeting of the grievance
committee which will be in about ten
days.
''In the meantime our committee
kept busy. NJ. S. Browning and Mr..
Stilwell represented us at the meet
ing held in Chicago recently of the
American Automobile association, at
which meeting Mr.. Browning was
made director to represent Utah.
From Chicago this committee went to
Cincinnati and attended meeting of
the National Good Roads association,
and were instrumental in having a
resolution passed asking the govern
ment to appoint engineers who would
decide as to the most feasible route,
both from an engineering standpoint
and that of the expense of building.
This will probably be done and will
naturally result in the road following
the old Overland trail along the
Union Pacific railway down Weber
canyon, through Ogden and north of
the lake.
I'm the beginning your committee
was on the defensive, but l believe
conditions have so changed in the last
six weeks that we are now placed on
the other side. AS this is of very
great Importance to this city this
matter should be carefully looked
after until the location of the road is
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