White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-17
WILL ASSIST IN
ROAD BUILDING
LINCOLN HIGHWAY OFFICIALS
PRAISE ELY LIVE WIRES
AND HAVE GOOD WORD FOX
STATE THOROUGHFARE.

.f the Lincoln Highway. who with
Mrs Osterman and E. A. Holden, Mr..
Osterman's secretary, stopped In Ely
during the week on their trip east
ward over the Lincoln Highway, is
authority for the statement that the
roads In White Pine county, general
ly speaking. are in excellent con-
dition. The road over White Pine
summit, near Hamilton, Mr. Oster-
man states is one of the best he has
seen In the west. In some places
your county roads can be CLASSIFIED
as boulevard" said Mr.. Osterman.
while generally speaking your roads
are fine. Certainly this Is en-
couraging and our local board OF
county commissioners is to be con-
graduated.
Mr.. Osterman is of the opinion
that what is now needed is concerted
effort on the part of states. counties
and individuals interested in the
Lincoln Highway. He urges all
road Improvement associations and
Others interested to furnish him with
all possible data in the way of maps
and the like, showing the conditions
of the roads and the improvements
needed. Large corporations and men
of means in the east WHO realize the
great importance OF this coast
TO coast highway have promised their
support. and Mr.. Osterman wants to
be in position to show them just
where money can be spent to the best
advantage and where proper returns
will be had for the outlay We have
rot the greatest number of people In
Nevada of any state along the Lin
coin Highway. but we have the
greatest number of live wires and
little energy devoted in this direction
will do much good. Men OF means
througout the east are willing to aid
this great undertaking. and men in
the west should lend their best ef
forts by showing just what is needed
and what can be done. Mr.. Oster-
man states that the Lincoln High
way throughout the entire state OF
Nevada. from the state line on the
east to the state line on the west
could be put in excellent shape for
s50.O00,0OO.
While In Carson City last week Mr..
0sterman attended meeting of the
good roads committee. Al that
meeting he pointed out In very
logical manner why the 425 miles OF
the Lincoln Highway crossing the
state OF Nevada should be cared for
to some extent by California. AS
Mr.. Osterman puts II, the people
travelling through Nevada are bound
for California. That is their objec-
tive point and that Is where they will
spend the greatef amount of money.
Nevada, OF course. will get its
charge. but where Nevada will get q
nickel, California will get dollar.
While at our state capital Mr. Oster-
man took up with Governor Boyle
the matter of the $50.000.00 ap-
preparation made by our legislature
upon the condition that the sum of
$3.50, 10000 should be spent by the
association Mr.. Osterman is anxi-
Gus that arrangements be made to
spend portion of the amount as
fixed by the legislature and let the
association spend its proportionate
share upon the five to one basis.
Governor Boyle assured Mr.. 0ster-
man that he was In favor of any
thing that would better our roads,
but the matter would of course be
up to the legislature.
Another announcement of interest
made by Mr.. Osterman is that with
In the next few weeks we will be CIV
en- an opportunity to see the moving
pictures taken along the Lincoln
highway. The success of the pic
lures has been assured, and they
were shown in San Francisco snort
time ago. The films as first develop
ed measured $4,000 feet. This had
to be cut to $1,000 feet and is now
being reduced to 1000 feet. Owing
to the fact that the pictures in which
we are most interested-those
through this state-are the most
picturesque along the entire route.
they will not be cut down. Ely was
the first city In the state to raise
an appropriation to help along the
moving pictjres, and viii show up