The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-10-01
IO CALL ROAD BOND ELECTION
rallon Chamber of Commerce
Passes Resolution Asking For
a Road Bond Issue.

Cohhly ONamDef of
commerce held a special meeting at
the city hall Saturday evening can
ed Tor the specific purpose of setting
aieot measures looking towards tha
early establishing and building of
the Churchill county link in the lin.
coin National highway. The busi-
ness Interests of the community were
well represented and the action taxi
en- VIII suffice to place this county in
the ranks of the pioneers in the
movement TO build a cross-the-conti-
nent road for auto travel, a project
the importance of which is recoeniz-
ed In a country wide sense. From
New York to San Francisco business
interests are being aroused in favor
OF the scheme that has been in the
embryo but short time and a place
on the route is designation that is
being regarded eoyetously. That
Churchill county has been officially
designated as proper territory to
traverse and that Fallon will be an
inevitable stopping place for the
thousands of auto owners who will
pass both east and west in their MI
grations, is generally regarded as
cause sufficient for activity on the
part of the financial interests OF this
county, which are among the very
frat to realize the vast importance
the highway will occupy TO the coun-
try served from one end OF the route
to the other.
Among the eonnty's heavy taxpay-
ers who have seriously expressed
themselves as favoring a special
election under the provisions OF the
new state road law. and the issuance
OF bonds to an amount that can do
justice 10 the project and be retired
without hardship by the county's
taxpayers are: W. w Williams, r.
l.. Douglass, /. II. Kent, Thos. Dolf,
and a large number OF others. II
there is opposition to the plan Il has
not developed and 1t now seems GER
tain that clear sailing will be had for
the maturing OF the scheme.
At Saturdays meeting. |. II. Kent
president Of the local commercial
body, occupied the chair, while As
semblyman J. W. Ferguson, an en-
thuslastic exponent OF the proposal,
acted as secretary of the meeting.
President !. II. Kent presided in
the chair with J. ". Ferguson as
Acting Secretary.
The following resolution was Of
fered by Hon r. L. Douglass and
was unanimously adopted.
RESOLVED: that the president Of
the Churchill County Chamber of
Commerce appoint a committee of
Ave TO draw up and circulate a pc
tition among the citizens and tax
payers of Churchill county. asking
the Honorable Board of County Com
missioners 10 call a special election
at an early date to give the people
an opportunity of voting on the
question of issuing county road
bonds not TO exceed fifty thousand
dollars. for the purpose of making
preliminary survey and locating one
main thoroughfare or public road,
beginning at the western boundary
line of Churchill county running via
Fallon TO the eastern boundary line.
After the main highway or public
road shall have been surveyed and
located, the balance of the money
realized from the sale of the sfN'
bonds, shall be spent in making
foundation for said road, and this
road shall be rendered to the Lincoln
Highway Association for the purpose
of making 1t a part of the National
Lincoln Highway.
Mr.. Kent appointed the following
committee to have in hand the mat
ter OF drawing up and circulating
petition to form a basis of official
action on the part of the county road
hoard. the petition to set forth the
fact that the road bond issue is de-
aired IN a sum not to exceed $5O,ooO;
r |. Douglass. chairman, w. w,
Williams. Thos. Dolf D. w. Cole and
Geo. Sherman.
Appropos of this action 1t may De
said that it is iudicious and satisfy
inc TO every partisan of the new
road movement. Its personnel Is
highly representative in every sense
the term implies and in addition mas
in Project Engineer D. W. cole .ne
highest type of engineering SIKH i0r
advisory functions.