, 1920-05-06
ROCK SPRINGS ROAD MEETING.
L. NJ. CONFESS, Platte Valley Represent
alive Gives Report Of Proceed
ings of April Meeting.

y delegation from Carbon county.
consisting of w. \. Mckay, w. w.
Daley. II. Larsen. j. w. Wisda. w. l..
Mcl.aine and l. VI. CONFESS. went down
to Rock Springs on April 2Sth, to meet
with President l.. l.. Newton of Cody
and Secretary f.. l.. Emery of Chey-
enne. the officers of the State Good
Roads Association. and the Good Roads
men of Lincoln, Sweetwater and Uinta
counties. to discuss our road situation
and take such action as would seem to
he for the good of all. 1t was Il large
and enthusiastic meeting. ending with
Il banquet rendered by the Commercial
Club of Rock Springs, in the Masonic
Temple III the evening.
The Carbon county delegation of
fered resolutions in regard to road
construction, protesting against any
cuts similar To our railroad cuts, which
always fill with snow in the winter.
and urging that everywhere the roads
should be raised above the level of the
surrounding country, SO that they
lNoNlb blON lItt Ol SHOW anu ne ODbD
all winter: also endorsing and urging
that the state adopt as IL state high
way the road from Wamsutter to Baggs
as part of the only north and south
via Rawlins and Casper. from Sheri-
dan and the north through Craig and
Colorado, where it connects with the
coast-to-coast road through the center
of Colorado. This resolution was pass
ed unanimously, as WAS also the follow
ing resolution in regard to holding our
present public roads:
Resolution.
Whereas, by the operation of n law
passed by the last legislature of the
State of Wyoming, all public roads not
legally surveyed and designated as
such by the first day of January, 1922,
are declared abandoned; and
Whereas, there is not enough road
money in the road funds of the sew
eral counties to pay the expense of
such surveys, and it being impossible
to complete them within that time and
Whereas, the loss of such rights-of-
way would result in untold loss and
expense to the whole state. requiring
millions of dollars and years of delay
to regain the roads which we now law
fully own and hold,
BE it further resolved. that the rep
resentatives of the foul counties of
Carbon, Sweetwater, Uinta and Lin
coin. present mt his road meeting, urge
our next legislature to repeal this
clause of our road law, and recommend
that the Good Roads Association of
each county shall take similar action
separately.
We urge the next legislature that no
existing rights-of-way for roads be
abandoned until after the application
for abandonment has been advertised
i'll the newspaper nearest its locality
and n hearing held before the county
commissioners.
We also urge that the next legisla-
ture provide by Law for n road fund
which cannot be drawn upon for any
other purpose than that of road-mak-
ing. (Signed)
RESOLUTION COMMITTEE.
I. VI. CONFESS, Carbon County, Chair
man: David Bagley, Sweetwater
County; r.. II. Embree, Lincoln
County; J. L. Cheese, Uinta County.
Very important features of this
meeting were the talks by President
Newton n Secretary Emery, the two
men at the head of the State Good
Roads Association, who have not only
! been ~devoting their time and ability
without salary to organizing the peo-
pie of this state into "A body 25,0O0
ktrong to work and fight for good roads,
and to get behind and help every good
effort in this direction, but have even
put up he money to make this organ-
ization possible and effective. Their
speeches were the features of the even
ing. They told us as soon as they had
thoroughly organized the state, with