The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1914-03-14
Utah Means Business

The following from the last issue OF
the Vernal Express, shows that the
state government Of Utah and the
various counties, through which the
bincoln Highway is routed, In that
state, are pledged to make this the
main east and west highway:
EDITOR VERNAL EXPRESS:
You may say to your readers that
the Uintah basin Is now on the great
lincoln highway for automobile
traffic and that tourist travel will be
routed through the basin this season.
i On reaching Salt Lake, Thursday
night was requested to be present
st q good roads meeting at the Com
mercial club OH Friday. At 1890
Friday about 100 sat at a luncheon at
the club and discussed the Lincoln
highway. Messrs. Austin Gavin and
A, w. Henderson OF Colorado
Springs, and Mr.. w. H. Clark of
Meeker, were present and delivered
addresses, explaining the Lincoln
highway movement and asking
Utah's aid and cooperation. Mr..
CLARK pledged the Colorado State
cummission and Rio Blanco county
70 have the road completed from
Hlhe to the TX" ranch by June l, II
Utah would join at this point and
complete the road to Salt Lake. The
writer pledged every assistance pos
stble by the towns and communities
ofsthe basin. The meeting resulted in
q special committee of three being
sppointed by the Salt Lake Com
mercial club to meet on Saturday
with the Colorado and Uintah basin
representatives and perfect some
definite plan Of action.
This conference was held on Satur-
day with acting Governor David
Aattson being present and it WAS de-
cided the route should be from the
TX" ranch via Jensen, Vernal,
Roosevelt, Myton, DuChesne and
Cotton to Salt Lake, the distance
over this route being 237 miles from
the state line to the capital and a
conference was appointed for Mon
day at which the State Road COM
mission and the county commits
sloners of Salt Lake county were to
be present. The Salt Lake Com
mercisl club committee also called a
meeting of the Utah county and
Wasatch county commissioners to
tmeet on Tuesday at Provo to further
fdecide specific action in putting the
4 rad into condition. At the meeting
Sn Monday, the zsrd Inst, Commits
sioner Siddoway was present rs well
as q full board of the State Road
commission. OF the 237 miles Of road
to be covered 60 is In Uintah county,
about Is miles Wasatch county, 10
miles In Utah county and the balance
in Salt Lake county. 1t was agreed
: by State road commissioner that
Engineer Morgan should go over the
road just as soon as the snow is of
and the State agent in Uintah should
should be authorized to build all
bridges between Roosevelt and the
state line at the State road commits
sion expense. Commissioner Siddo-
way agreed the road work should be
completed to meet the Meeker-Rifle
road at State line by June lst.
, Mr.. Jewkes, state treasurer, is the
committee of the State roed commits
, sion for the Uintah basin district.
He pledged Mr.. Siddoway and the
writer that every dollar it was
possible for the commission to ap-
propriate for this road would be
spent on the same and that every
thing possible would be done to re-
deem the pledges made to Mr.. Clark
of Rio Blsnco county rs to the con-
nection being made at the "K"
ranch.
Upon the above showing, Mr..
Gavin Of Colorado Springs, who has
much of the routing of the tourist
traffic through Colorado, expressed
himself as satisfied with the showing
made, and that tourist traffic of the
Lincoln highway would be routed
via Vernal and Cotton to Salt Lake
from which point the routing will be
into Idaho and the National Park OF
Wyoming.
Besides the energies put forth by
county and state road officials, 1t
will be quite necessary for each town
to organize its good road clubs, have
its good roads days and do every
thing possible to help keep this road
in repair.
Gasoline and repair stations should
be permanently established In each
town for this traffic means much to
all the basin In the advertising 1t
will give us and In the money Ii will