White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-19
SHORTER ROUTE
TO SALT LAKE
DISTANCE BETWEEN ELY AND
UTAH Is REDUCED THIRTY
TWO MILES AS RESULT OF LIN
coin HIGHWAY TRIP.

Gail s. Hoag, preside .sSh -r.5 Ely
Automobile club, and Chairman ID.
C. Mcdonald of the board of county
commissioners returned early Friday
morning from Salt Lake. where they
accompanied H. Z. Fredrickson.
consul at large for the Lincoln High
way and wife. They were accom-
panied on the trip by Andrew A.
Russell. commissioner of roads for
Tooele county One OF the things
that was accomplished as result OF
the journey to the Utah capital was
the shortening Of the distance be
tween Ely and Salt Lake thirty-twc
miles.
On the outgoing trip the party
picked up W A. Sunderland. who
is in the employ of Owen Sheridan.
and utilized him as guide. Mr.. Fred
erickson and others united In de-
claring that he was the most efficient
guide they had encountered. and
ventured the assertion that Sunder-
land knew every sagebursh in that
locality.
Upon arriving at Tooele confer
ence was held with the county COM
missioners and Mr.. Russell. The
delegation was enthusiastic over the
Linconln highway and agreed to do
their share toward improving the
roads between Ely and Salt Lake.
Two members of the county board
accompanied the Ely party on the
journey to Salt Lake for the pur-
pose of being present at meeting of
the Utah Good Roads association.
During bis stay in Salt Lake Mr.
Frederickson emphasized that coop
GRAFTON should be the spirit OF ali the
cities along the highway, and said
that the wrangling and chickering's
heeween Salt Lake and Ogden should
cease, as both cities are assured OF a
place on the Lincoln highway. He
told the people of Ogden before leay-
ing for the east that there was no
chance of having the road changed
to follow the Southern Pacific weste
of ogden instead of going to Salt
Lake and thence TO Ely.
The representatives from White
Pine county took Mr. Russell with
them on the return trip from Tooele
as he desired to inspect the condi-
ton OF the roads west of that city.
After brief stay in Ely he return
c.. to headquarters by train. Along
the new route good drinking water
can be obtained every twenty-eight
miles. The shortest possible route
was adopted. and as much of the
desert run as possible was avoided.
To build the whole route it will
require s10.000.0O0 and $6.O00.000
900 OF this has been pledged. Mr..
Frederickson commented on the fact
that road building Is much easier In
Utah and Nevada than In the eastern
states. With regard to the appor.
tionment OF the money that had been
collected Mr.. Frederickson said that
the western states would derive the
first real benefits In the shape oil
good roads.
MIR. Frederiekson was accompan-
panied on the trip from Reno by c.
r. Stevenson, secretary of the Reno
Commercial club. c. ]. Miller. for
merly OF the firm OF Stout 4 MillerI
v. S. Barber. Nevada agent for the
Ford car, 4. p. Osgood. engineer on
the Carson-Truckee reclamation
project at Fallon, A. J. Maestrett;.
district attorney OF Lander county,
and A Belkrap Of the Western Auto
company of Reno.
At reception given In his honor
At ,he University club. Mr.. Freder'
ickson mentioned the enthusiasm
that had been aroused in the Cali
fornia towns. and said that no time
should be lost in preparing for the
1916 traffic. He said that no signs
had been placed along the route IN
Utah and that this was one of the
essential things that shduld' be done
A conspicuous sign should be placed
at every cross road and b'anch. he
said, IN the country, ard at every
miie On straigHtaway stretches.