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PARK-TO-PARK HIGHWAY BROUGHT TO BEFORE CONGRESSObjects of the National Park-to-Park Highway Association for the early linking- of the twelve national parks with*?, continuous highway, routed through Kingman, have been bought to the official attention of Congress by the National Park Service.One of the present hindrances to a circle trip that would Include Pacific Coast states, as well as those in the Rocky Mountain region, is to be remedied by Congress, if plans carry. The department, through Stephen T. Mather, has submitted estimates aggregating $365,000, for a 30-mile dirt road, twenty feet in width, to connect the east and west entrances of Glacier Park over Logan Pass.There is no road through the park at present. Autos must be shipped by rail from Glacier park station to Belton. Maximum 8 per cent grades will be established on this connecting link, which, when completed, will increase the number of cars visiting Glacier Park from 2,500 annually to between 10,000 and 15,000 cars, according to government estimates.The new road would take five years to construct. In the meantime, however, the state of Montana expects to push its proposed project, with the help of federal aid, for a road paralleling the railroad to the south of the park.There were 40,491 motorists in Yellowstone park during 1020, and 30,-286 other persons, who came by train, making a total of 70,777. Glacier park was visited by 22,440 persons, the greater number coming by rail. Disregarding train passengers, what became of the 49,491 motorists who visited Yellowstone? Did they ever get into the northwest? The Montana highway proper will be open the year around. *The campaign to establish a connecting link—maybe two, one inside Glacier and another outside—means that ipore road tourists will travel ddwn the Pacific Highway. It means, too, that once the tourists reach California they probably will return home by way of the Grand Canyon and Mesa Verde parks. +-
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Kingman Mohave County Miner And Our Mineral Wealth
Kingman, Arizona, US
Fri, Feb 04, 1921
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