The Coconino sun., 1927-10-14
SUPERVISORS WILL ASK
FOR $1,500,OO0 ROAD TO
THE GRAND CANYON
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been suitable and that neither this
county nor this state is financially
able to build an approach road that is
suitable;
! That the act Of 1919 establishing
the national park authorized the sec
retary of the interior to negotiate for
the purchase of Bright Angel trail;
That this county has received an
average net income of $4,000 or more
from the operation of said trail
That this amount and more has been
annually expended on the approach
roads;
Asking that this county be further
relieved of expense in connection with
these approach roads and agreeing to
relinquish title to the trail to the u.
5. government upon assurances from
the secretary of the interior that the
federal government is ready and will
ing to commence the construction of
said approach road and that funds are
available and will be used for that
purpose;
Stipulating that no citizen Of this
county shall by reason Of the sale Of
the trail lose any of his civil rights or
political privileges;
Citing the fact that the sale of the
trail must be by public auction;
Stipulating that Immediately title
of the trail passes to the government
the secretary of the interior agree, as
part of the consideration, to assume
all of the cost of maintaining the ap-
eproach road until the new approach
road is completed;
Agreeing to the location of the new
approach road as made by the u. S.
bureau of public roads, said survey
having cost $4,000 and being num-
bered 2019y
The new south park road, from Ell
Tovar hotel to the south edge of the
park, is graded and soon viii be sur
faced. 1t will be oil penetration rock
surface, u. S. standard. 1t is SO
miles long.
The proposed new road will connect
with it and with the National Old
Trails about three miles this side of
Williams, and this proposed new ap-
proach will be shade under 81 miles
long. It will be practically straight. /
It will be U. S. bureau of public roads |
standard construction, 18 feet wide
with additional shoulders, crushed
rock oil penetration surface. Grad /
ing, Mr. Morrison of the bureau of
public roads said Monday, will cost
81 100000. Surfacing will cost an /
additional 100000
Mr. Morrison said his idea is as soon
as the first money is available to be- 1
gin construction near Anita, along the I
low flats always giving the most trou- I
BILE when there are rains, first finish
ing that 15-mile stretch and tying it (
in with the present road so that it
may be available for use when bad I
weather makes it necessary.
Among those taking part in the ne I
gotiations Monday, which were held +
at El Tovar hotel following visit to (
the roads now being constructed in I
the park to get an idea of the type Of |
construction proposed on the approachI
road, were:
Congressman Cramton, Senator
Hayden, Congressman French, R. E. I
TAYLOR, chairman and James Kennedy, I
member. board of supervisors; Steph- I
en- T. Mather, u. S. director of ma
tional parks; Ford Harvey, head Of T
the Fred Harvey system; Frank c.
w. Pooler, district forest supervisor,
Of Albuquerque; r. A. Nickerson of I
Williams; c. G. Morrison, state high I
way engineer for the U. S. bureau of
public roads; w H. Switzer, Flagstaff \
and Frank NJ. Gold, county attorney. /
Others present during the confer
ence: M. J. Pilkington, president
Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce; j.
E. Shirley, manager transportation for
Fred Harvey; w. R. F. Wallace, as
sistant engineer bureau of public
roads; Frederick Harvey, Kansas City; /
Victor Patrosso, manager FL Tovar /
hotel; George Reed, division superin-
tendent for Fred Harvey; Attorney G.
B. Wilson of Flagstaff; w. G. Ritten-
house, Harold Greene and E. R. By
ers of the Williams Chamber of Com
merce; George w. Kimball, forest SUI
nervisor at Williams; Del Strong, /
Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce; Ed
Hamilton, Grand Canyon; NJ. r. Til
lotson, superintendent Grand Canyon
national park.
Ford Harvey in a concise and en-
phatic talk called attention to the fact
that very little has been done in de-
velopment Of Grand Canyon national
park as compared with what has been
spent in some of the other parks.
mThe first real road we had in this
park" he said, was built at cost of
$4,000 by the Santa Fe railway
company and donated to this park.
We have been held up here" he de-
clared, "by lack OF. cooperation. There
have been certain very unfortunate
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