The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-10
BOOSTING GOOD
ROADS HIGHWAY
Los ANGELES VISITORS GET
MUCH ENCOURAGEMENT IN
GOLDFTELD

Definite steps looking to the CO.
operation of the Goldfield Auto club,
the Esmeralda County Highway
commission and the Esmeralda coun-
ty board of county commissioners
with the Los Angeles chamber of
commerce in a good roads movement
were taken Thursday at a confer
enc in this camp of the members
of the organizations and bodies
named. The primary purpose of the
movement is to place in good condi-
ton as early as possible the roads
comprising what will probably later
be designated as the Salt Lake-Los
Angeles commercial highway, on
Meeting the two cities by the way of
Mojave and Big Pine, Calf, and
Goldfield, Tonopan and Ely, New,
with a branch highway to San Fran
cisco.
The Los Angeles chamber of COM
merce was represented at the con-
ference by w. w. Pedder and o. X.
Parker of that city. They, with their
wives, arrived in Goldfield by auto
mobile Wednesday night, being csc
corted here from Inyon county, Cal.
by F. Eaton of Big Pine and NJ. Q.
Watterson OF Bishop. The entire
party, escorted by Charles G.. Pat
rick and c. E. Redman of the Gold
field Auto club, went to Tonopah
this afternoon. The California Wis
itors are bound for Salt Lake City
and, after a conference this even
ing with the members of the Tono-
pah Automobile club and the coun-
ty officials of Nye county. they will
tomorrow morning journey to Ely,
&C. which point they will be ac-
c"mpanied by Messrs Eaton and
Watterson.
Messrs. Pedder and Parker ex-
planned at the local conference that
the purpose of their trip to Salt
Lake City is to enlist the support
and interest of the residents gen.
orally along the route described be-
tween the Utah capital and the
southern California metropolis in
the pJvement. 1t is their plan to
nave the residents along the route
organize associations in each coun-
t.. with the view to a%ffiliating with a
central body representative of the
entire highway. Mr.. Parker out
lined that a similar movement had
resulted in the establishment of the
Santa Fe-Grand Canyon-Needles ma
tional highway, connecting Los An
ge'es and Albuquerque, N. Mex, now
q part of the National Old Trails. He
"a confident that if the present
movement was carried steadily ahead
tie proposed Salt Lake-Los Angel
es highway would be designated as
the Lincoln highway from Salt Lake
City through Nevada to California,
hecause of it's many advantages
over the northern route through Ne
vada.
Mr.. Parker and Mr.. Eaton both
explained the benefits to be derived
from such a movement and advocated
That sign boards be Immediately
placed along the route for the guild
ance of tourists. Mr.. Eaton de-
clared that last year approximately
5000 overland touring automobiles
passed through Bishop and that with
al Improvement of the roads col
Meeting Salt Lake City and Los An
feles the number of touring parties
passing over them in one veal would
in a few years time easily be 25,-
GEO or 10000.
The remarks of the visitors ia
vorably impressed the members of
the GCldfeld auto club and the coun-
tv highway commission and board
of county commissioners present at
the conference this morning. Ac-
cordingly, a resolution was subse-
q~uently adopted by the auto club
members heartily approving the
movement and, after being given Of
fetal endorsement by the county
highway commission and the board
OF county commissioners, a copy was
presented to Messrs. Pedder and
Parker. They were assured the fl
nancial and moral support of the
auto club and the two county bodies
in the project. The members of the
auto club in attendance upon the
conference were Charles G. Patrick,
Munro Brown, NJ. l.. Hewitt and Will
liam Pagenkopf. Floyd Cable,
Charles d. Wilkinson and NJ. A. Dis
kin represented the county highway
commission and Messrs. Cable and
Wilkinson the board of county com
m~issioners at the conference, which
was held in the office of Mr.. Pat
rick.
(,tDIDEIEID Girl, WINS