The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-06-11
Fallon, Nevada.
Gentlemen.

You have seen by the papers
great deal of talk about the Hoosier
Tour having been diverted from your
route to the Goldleld route. | am
in daily telegraphic touch with this
party and am fully satisfied in my
mind that there is nothing to the
talk. I am satisfied that you will
hear in a few days that this has been
changed and that the tour will come
through Austin and Fallon.
This means more to your town
han probably most of your people
realize. The route that this tour
follows will undoubtedly be improv-
ed and made the first transeontin-
entail highway. In my belief 1t is
worth more to each town through
which ii passes than new railroad
would be,
OF course, If the party does not
find such roads as can be conscien-
tiously recommended, they will prob
ably recommend further search for
a better locality, because they are
naturally going to improve at the
least expense.
There is no better crowd of hus-
tiers in the country than those at
Tonopah, Goldfeld and Bishop, Cal
ifornia, and they are going to use
every effort to get the first trans
continental route laid out through
their towns, thence via Bridgeport
and Tallae to San Francisco
There is no doubt but that Ely is
firmly established, no matter which
road is adopted west of this point
The greatest difficulties to the
tourist that are to be found via your
route are the loose rock at Newpass
short distance west of Austin and
the sand bottom east of Fallon.
A good roads club has been organ
lied within the past two weeks at
Austin, and they will make it their
business to see that the Newpass
road is put into condition immedi-
ately. What can you do towards
getting up some sort of civic or
ganization which will see to it that
the road between Fallon and East
gate is put in first class condition?
l realize that your county is hand
icapped financially. The state legis-
lature passed law at its last session
on q hlinxr aouptiac fo ifanrnUn fbair
roads and providing for the securing
of funds for that purpose, to be fur
nished from the state treasury. This
law may be found commencing on
page $50 of the Advance sheets of
the last legislature. | know that
there is a provision also, whereby
the state can loan money on these
bonds. Chapter ninety of the same
PUBLICATION, page 112, also relates to
this same route.
There is more or less red tape
necessary by this method of raising
funds and probaly it could not be
unraveled in time for this tour. But
meanwhile something should be
done, possibly by private subserip-
ton, and campaign of publicity in
your local papers.
The business interests of Fallon
are in critical stage. The town
can be made a big town If the route
is established through It. If the roads
are such that the route is diverted,
it is going to mean big loss to the
business interests of your town.
The principal trouble in the road
is the prevalence of sand holes.
What the best method of repairing
this is, your commissioners should be
able to say. Possibly $1,000 spent
in sage brush corduroy would make
a temporary repair, provided clay
could not be found at distance near
enough to be mixed with it at cost
that is not prohibitiye.
l expect to accompany this tour
through Nevada, and will undoubt-
edly have chance to talk with you
the latter part of July. l have rec
commended that they spend the night
of July 23rd in Fallon.
You see some pretty lively work
has got to be done II this road is to
be in good condition by that date.
Possibly, you can get up good road
club and have the citizens turn out
every Sunday If the distance from
Fallon is not too great to make such
steps prohibitive. This is the method
that has been followed at Elko with
some good results.
These are only suggestions. You
will know better than | the best
methods to accomplish the end desir-
ed Let me hear how you are pro-
crossing,
Sincerely yours,
IInAn