While some believed Wright was making a perfectly logical decision based on the difficulty of the terrain, others, like the owners of the roadhouse at Williams Lake, claimed that Wright had ulterior motives, and was changing the route simply for the sake of the profits he stood to gain by diverting the majority of the traffic to his own roadhouse.
Some individuals deemed Wright's decision logical and reasonable, considering the difficulties of the terrain, whereas others, such as the proprietors of the roadhouse at Williams Lake, suspected that Wright had ulterior motives and was altering the route for personal gain.