The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-01-29

lish an eastern Montana entrance
into Yellowstone National Park.
The Secretary of Interior is EN-
powered by the bill to designate
as national park approaches, roads
limited to 60 miles, not more than
40 miles of which may be in any
one county and must lead across
land at least 80 percent govern
ment owned The proposed Red
Lodge Cooke City highway pro
ject meets these requirements x
actly, and will derive its construc-
ton funds from $5,4O8, 200 appro-
priated for the Yellowstone re-
gion. The remainder of the S15.-
600, 600 two year appropriation
is authorized for roads in the
Mount Rainier and Rocky Noun
tain districts.
This extremely gratifying news
follows closely upon passage of
the measure in the House in Wash
ington D. C. on January IA, and
in the Senate Monday of this week
On Tuesday the bill went back to
the House for concurrence in
few minor amendments attached
by the Senate and yesterday after
noon Mr.. Shelley advised his of
flee in Red Lodge that the blouse
accepted senate amendment bill".
The inclusion of the Red Lodge
Cooke City project eliminates
long efforts on the part of the
Red Lodge district to secure, the
construction through the Carbon.
county and Beartooth regions,
which is regarded as the, most
scenic in this country.
What the nature of the amend
ment to the bill has not been
learned in Red Lodge, but it is ex-
pected that due to provisions made
by the government in emergency
road programs and federal aid
projects the amendment will pri-
marily deal with highways with
in national parks.
The government fiscal year 1882
begins July l next, when funds
will become available for con
struction expenditure. The Dill
directs the Secretary Of Interior
to spend an authorized appropria
ton of $7,50O,000 during each of
the fiscal years 1882 and 1888, and
also authorizes him to arrange for
construction The bill was pre-
pared and introduced in the House
by Congressman Scott Leavitt If
the second Montana district. In
the Senate it was passed upon mo-
ton of Senator T. J. Walsh and
has been equally well supported
by Senator B. K. Wheeler The
Montana delegation for years has
backed legislation affecting the
proposed road measure. Mr.. Shell
ley has worked to the same end
and at times the measure has met
vigorous opposition, principally |
from Wyoming. Affirmative ar
guments are based upon the fact
that aside from providing an en-
trance into the park the highway |
will provide an outlet for Cooke |
City mineral deposits.
The highway from Red Lodge
to Cooke City will entail construc-
ton of approximately 60 miles as
surveyed by government engineers
in 1927 and leads through the
Beartooth and Shoshone forests in
Montana and Wyoming and would
connect with the national park
road from Tower Falls to Cooke
City. 1t is said that an appro-
priation is already made available
for construction of road from
Tower Falls to Cooke
Proposed legislation toward a
road leading to Cooke City and
the Park from Red Lodge dates
back good many years, the first
preliminary survey being made
about 1922 by DR.. J. c. F. Sieg-
friedt. In 1924 Mr.. Shelley, DR. /
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