The Glenwood post., 1915-08-21
State Inspector Louis wyman is En-
tusiastic Over the Somerset.
Redstone Cutoff Road
STATE COMMISSION WILL ACT

The dream of a quarter of a century
IL in . fair process of realization a.-
cOrding to the statements of Louis W.
man, general state road inspector for
the State Highway commission.
Nearly thirty years ago the few set
tiers in the Crystal and Redstone cOun-
try prophesied feasible road leading
out of the North Fork country, through
Paonia to Somerset and to Mcclure
pass, from thence to RedstOne and
thence down the Crystal river to Glen
wood Springs.
A few years ago at the suggestion of
J. G. OsgOOd . cursory examination of
the line was made and the same was
declared feasible and it was then that
Mr.. OsgoOd volunteered a cash sub
scription of $1,000 toward the projec.
whenever the authorities were ready to
start on the work.
1t has always been held by those ia
miliar with the country that such a
line would prove of inestimable value,
not only to GlenwOod Springs, but to
the great Agricultural and fruit DIS
tricts of Montrose and Delta counties
aud the stock growing areas of Gun
nison county and our mining county OF
of Pitkin by furnishing reasonably
easy means of intercommunication be-
tween the various points in these
counties-points which are now in re-
atty reasonably near to each other
although rendered distant by the tor
tuous and uninteresting route people are
now obliged TO travel in order to get
from, one ..lace to another.
This week Mr.. Wymaa, in company
with q number of citizens from Delta
and GunnisOn counties, made a trip of
investigation over the proposed line
holding . meeting at Redstone We'd
nesdsy evening, when the matter was
thoroughly discussed by representa-
tives of the four counties most vitality
interested.
At this meeting T. NJ. Gibb acted as
chairman and c. W. Taylor of this
city was chosen as secretary. The
county commissioners of this count :
County Surveyor Trumbor, Senator Ma
pier, J. F. Mccoy and others were pres
ent from Garfield county.
Mr.. Wyman made very careful am
interesting report of his findings, de
claring the road from Somerset ovel
Mcclure pass and down to RedstOn'
to be highly feasible and saying that i,
could be built for very reasonable
sum. The plan is to make this roaG
connect at the one end with state high
way No. 46 and in Garfield county
with state highway No. %, thus coin
pleting the circle and connecting two
large areas much in need of communi
cation with each other.
After he matte. had been vcr,
thoroughly is.ussei Is those prcsen
the officers rt the meeting were al
thorized to forward to the state high
way commission and to furnish to tn
local press the following communics
ton:
Redstone, Colorado,
August Is, 1915
Hon. Thomas J. Ehrhart,
State Highway Commissioner,
Dear SIR
At . meeting of representative eiti
zens Of Pitkin, Garfield, Delta and Cur
nison counties, held this day in Rel
stone, Colorado, it was the unanimou
sentiment that the highway commissio
Of Celesado, order = preliminary sui
vey Of . state highway between Ret
stone and Somerset, and that the roa
between Cafbo.dale and Heteakin b
Wv e 1sastsss aad esnsssst, b de-
igsatea a state highway; and that u
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