The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-05-11
LINCOLN HIGHWAY OR
THE OVERLAND TRAIL !?
Relative Merits Of Ihp Two Routes Discussed by V(ePresden
PddngtOn and Editor GIdsndnn Of Ogden

The respective merits of the Lincoln
Highway and the Overland Trail are
discussed in the following correspond
ence between A. r.. Pardington, vice
president of the Lincoln Highway, and
William Glassman, editor of the Ogden
Standard, which is taken from the is
sue of that paper of the 18th instant;
eeThe Editor of The Standard, Ogden,
Utah, Dear Sir:
81 have Just been privileged to read
with great deal of interest the news
item appearing in your issue of the
18th instant headed, ''Taking Ogden
Of the Lincoln Highway
GA number of statements are made
by oyu in that article which / feel
confident are prompted by a lack of
knowledge Of the conditions as they
really exist. You seem to indicate that
holdup methods have been practiced,
that is, as to finances / am enclosing
with this letter the last annual report
OF the Lincoln Highway, that is, the
| financial report, and would direct your
attention to page 3. You will note that
there are eighteen people in the en-
tire state of Utah who have contrib
uted anything to the Lincoln Highway.
One of these contributors is a business
man in Ogden, who contributed $50.
The others are made up of smaller
amounts. | would direct particular at
tention to the fact that SIS of the
800 paid by the citizens of Utah re-
mains on deposit in a bank in Salt
Lake City. | would also direct your
attention to the fact that there re-
mains on deposit in the banks between
New York and San Francisco $10,334,
which was raised for the Lincoln
| Highway, and left by this association
in the local communities with the idea
of having it expended, when the
amount proved sufficiently large, on
the Highway in the communities where
the funds were raised.
" Had the newspapers and the eiti-
zens of Ogden displayed the same in
/ terest in the permanent establishment
of the Lincoln Highway that they did
it treating the matter selfshly and di-
verting innocent tourists from a route
which they desired to take, and declar-
ed their intent to take, | can assure
you that the action of the directors
Of this association would not have
been made responsible. We did not act
upon the elimination of Ogden from the
route until it was made clear there was
la determined effort on the part of
the citizens of your community to lead
these tourists into sections of the coun-
try which they did not originally in
tend travelling.
can assure you that we have been
in receipt of many very bitter letters
complaining of the conditions which
they encountered west of Ogden due
to their diversion from the establish
ed route of the Lincoln Highway.
In eliminating Ogden from the
route of the highway the directors OF
this association have but reverted to
the originally declared route of Sep
tember, 1918, when the route between
Evanston and Salt Lake was down
through Parleys Canyon Our original
plan was to establish route between
New York and San Francisco of the
most direct character. 1t was at the
request of His Excellency your COVER
nor, and upon his assurance that the
association would be eo-operated with
that we heightened the road about 81
miles to include Ogden. / am wei
within the bounds of truth when / say
that in making this change at the gov
ernor S request we made very griev
Gus mistake, BECAUSE SINCE thai
that time THE ONE POINT WHERE
| THIS ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN
LACKING IN SUPPORT OR COOP
GRAFTON OF ANY KIND HAS
| BEEN AT OGDEN.
Never has an appeal for finaneia
aid for the Lincoln Highway assoeia
tion been promulgated in your city
The citizens of Ogden have had tht
same opportunity that the citizens Of
Jacksonville, Fla, have had to co
operate in the establishment of tn,
Lincoln Highway should they so de
sire The report best tells how thai
response was received.
"I would direct your attention K
the fact that Connecticut, Washington
.. c., Maryland, Massachusetts,, Miehi
| gan and many other states far remov
ed from the Lincoln Highway, havl
9een more responsive to the appea
Cor support You will note that Texas
1900 miles from the Lincoln Highway
has been more liberal in its treatmen
of the Lincoln Highway than Utah
, You viii note that Wisconsin, not o.
the Lincoln Highway, has about fou
times as many contributors as ha
Utah.
i am writing this letter TO YOU
not with the idea that it viii be pub
lished, or that it viii make any i'm
preston, but / do desire to have IN
record made clear and to deny mos
emphatically some of the statement
J which you have made, which are mis-
! leading, erroneous, and / trust mad
without due knowledge of the eondi
2 tions as they really exist Very trul
q yours, (Signed) A. K. Pardington, vice
president"
Answer TO Pardington
/ GA. r. Pardington, Viee-Presiden
and Secretary Lincoln Highway.
Detroit, Michigan