White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-04
THOUSAND AUTOS
WILL LC0ME ETOELy
LOCAL CLUB TO TAKE IMME-
DIATE STEPS TOWARDS ERECT
ING sIGNBOARDS ALONG THE
NEVADA MIDLAND TRAIL.

The Ely Automobile Club held a
meeting in City Hall last night and
discussed the matter of signboarding
the road from Ely TO Salt Lake, the
opening up of Kinsley pass, north of
schellbourne. and the bonding of the
county for road improvement. In ac-
cordance with the recent recon-
mendations of Governor Oddie.
A committee from the club will
9kaeet with the county commissioners
tomorrow and take up with them the
proposition of opening Kinsley pass
and also urge them to do their part
toward having the county bonded
for the purpose of improving the
conditions OF the highways, especial
ly that portion which will form part
of the trans-eontinental highway.
The county commissioners of Es-
meralda county have adopted a reso-
luton fayorlng the bonding of that
county in the sum of $4,000 and
IT is expected that Nye county will
take similar action In the near flu
ture White Pine, Nye and Es-
meralda are the only three counties
In the state traversed on the line
from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles,
and II the lead of Esmeralda Is fol-
lowed by the other two counties,
frst-elass highway across the state
will be assured.
II is estimated that a thousand au-
tomobiles will pass through Ely
the coming year and the Auto Club
boarded and In the best possible con-
ditlon without delay. They will be-
,sdn at once the work OF signboard-
ing, having arranged for the purchase
Of stencils with which TO make the
signs. which will be placed by con-
tract under direction of the secretary
Of the club.
Governor T. l.. Oddie has issued
long statement to county COM
missioners Of the state. setting forth
his ideas on the question of good
roads and good roads economies. and
making recommendation that the
counties issue bonds for improving
the present highways. and construct
ing new ones, as provided for in the
Russell road law
The governor defends his road bill
vetoes and says the bills passed by
the last legislature and disapproyed
by him did not present practical
solution of the good roads problem.
The three bills vetoed carried appro-
priatlons aggregating 100000, and
provided for the construction OF more
than LOO miles of Highways. aver
aging about $50 per mile, a
totally inadequate aud insufficient
sum he says.
BY a system of taxation in pro-
portion to the the total amount OF
assessable property in each county.
Governor oddie says S729,O00 could
s3a raised for the good roads move
iosent. The effect upon the taxpayers
to be substantially as follows:
Cos per cent of the tax
payers would pay less than SO cents
per year.
1878 per cent would pay be-
tween so and S1.00 per year
6.5 per cent would pay be-
tween $1.00 and $3.50 per year.
or the remaining taxpayers 4.5 per
cent wiuld pay between $3.50 and IS
per year 2.15 per cent between So
and $40 per year;1.15 per cent be-
tween $40 and $25 per year. Only
four persons in each thousand tax
payers would pay more than S25, but
less than $50, and but three and one
half additional persons or corpora
tions in each thousand taxpayers
would pay over $50 per annum.
The governor takes the stand that
the state is In position to supply the
money for highway construction
through the constitutional amend
ment adopted at the last election,
which provides that money may be
loaned under certain restrictions
upon approved county bonds.
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John Weber returned Thursday