Gunnison news-champion., 1918-06-28
GOVERNMENT sUPfoRr or 9
ROAD on HUDDY c0NFiaGED
stsae = Pct Up Half q Csst WhseA
~ be $1oe,eoo Fssa Pasais = !

The following article from th~D Den-
va Post coaArms The informatioa
p9bhshed in the News-Champioa last
winter. when the county epmMission-
ers had this matter Up With tie for
81 service and officials Of tie state
higeway commission. Il il one Of
H. Uggest things that can happen 70
90 county, for the ,development Of
ltae MUDDY country, by the spending
q $le0y0O0 for this road will open up
the rieh farm territory for over 100
families. =
It will be noted that the county and
the state must, during this iive years,
nnish the Crested Butte -Somerset
rced. and then Be prepared to build
sne connecting highways into the
west Muddy and around Pilot Knob.
Few people realize the lpose
amount Of virgn farming land lying in
TINS out-of-the-way corner Of Cunni-
been . constant booster for the pro-
Jet since the editor took 8 horseback
trip into the region in 1911. Il now
promises to move forward 10 fruition.
o!sho, Of course, the full agreement BY
the state has not YET been secured.
This road is considered Q wartime
measure, because Of the grain and no.
tafoe land which will be opened.
Denver Post:-Authority for en-
trance into . cooperative agreement
and for construction work on the Bar
dine Redstone project, better known
as the Mcclure pass project, has been
received by the local branch Of the U.
8. Forestry Service. The project
calls for the construction Of some IS
miles Of the route from Paonia and
other western slope points to Aspen.
Taken in conjunction with the work
now being done ON the Bardine- Crest
ed Butte project by the state, the
new highway will also serve to de-
crease the distance from the western
slope to Gunnison and points east.
An estimate Of the work to be done
on Mcclure pass places the cost at
$3.50 1000, of which amount the state
will pay $4,000 and the National
Government $4,000.
The project is one Of those includ.
ed in the 1918 budget Of the State
Highway department, hence its b.
prcval by the state must wait upon
the next meeting of the highway COM
mission, at which time the project
will be taken under consideration.
In view Of the fact that the federal.
aid and forestry projects now under
taken by state and nation will con-
sumo very great portion Of the state
funds in the next Ave years the new
project will add q considerable bur
den. But the state officials are very
desirous Of taking advantage Of Coz
trnment aid, and II possible, an agreA-
ment will be entered into for the con-
stuction.
In the meantime the Forest Ser
vice officials will go ahead this year
with location Of the road. specifying
plans and etc, 80 that all will be in
readiness for actual work on the road
with the first signs Of spring next
year.
The proposed project will traverse
the Muddy creek drainage. opening up
agricultural lands, which it Is estima-
ted will be sufficient for 100 families.
From that point It will cross Hunts
mans hills in q general northerly d.
rection toward Redstone and Aspen.
The road will serve to link up Paonia
and the coal camps Of Somerset and
Bowie, and In general the agricultur-
a and fruit lands and stock ranches
Of the district.
The Bardine-C Crested Butte link on
which the state IL now working, runs
in m easterly direction from Bardine
linking up with the main highway at
Gunnison.