Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-26

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Tho roads o. Wyoming. for the most
part, are surfaced with Sherman Hill
gravel. The natural road material
adapts itself to the INST kind Of road
work. Many Of the roads on which it
10 applied are ~ smooth ~ eastern
boulsvards.
The roads from the Utah line to Salt
Lake City are mostly fine, smooth rid
Ing boulsvards. They are surfaced
with native sravel. and arc similar to
good water bound macadam.
The road west Of Salt Lake City has
boon, Eravsled, but there arc many
chtcks and holes that will soon be i'm.
proved. This gravel runs a far az
Evansville. whore the road drops on
into TAO 1.zs. From. here ON the going
IL bad.
Tho Nevada roads. on the whole
arc an agreeable surprise. They are
mostly splendid types OF gravel roads.
They are remarkably good roads from
Tippett to Ely. but there are some
bad pisces. About $4,000 was spent
on the twelve miles Of gravel from Nc
Gill into Ely This is in the White
Pine country.
The highway from Eureka to Aus
tin runs over good natural gravel
roads. On both sides Of the summit,
east Of Austin. six miles Of new road
have been contributed. costing close to
$4,000. The federal government con-
trdbutsd $500 towards this work.
Lander county has the best natural
surfaced roads in the state on the Linz
coin highway. Il 10 also the strongest
county financially In Nevada.
In Churchill county there are 74o
milec OF main travelled roads, and about
10 Of thes are on the Lincoln high
way. On AZ assessed valuation Of
$o000.o00, this county last year spent
$4,000 on IT, roads.
West Of Fallon. the roads are rough
as far ~ H&zen. Beyond Haxen they
are ~ good - boulsvards all the way
into Reno. The macadam from Reno
to HuffakeTs II being resurfaced for
q distance Of eight miles. This road
originally wAs built by convict labor.
Washoe county expended q total Of
$4,000 on its roads from Jan. /. 1914,
to Aug. l. 1915. and in addition the
Good Roads Club Of Reno has spent
$1,000.
Governor Emmstt d. Boyle granted
me an interview In his office In the
capitol at Carson concerning the road
situation In Nevada. In the course Of
this he said: ..:rhe stats of Nevada :s
spending on it, roads between $4,000
and $20O.000 a year. In the one coun-
ty Of Washoe. and Q comparatively
small sized county at that there must
DO maintained in working order up
wards OF LOO miles Of county roads.
The difficulty which confronts county
and state officials In taking care OF the
Thousands Of miles Of public highways
In this seAta. with population OF less
thAa 100000 people to meet the bill, is
apparent. Tho use OF convict labor on
tho reads has failed to produce the re.
suits hoped for. and am opposed to
the further employment Of convicts on
new road construction, for the reason,
given In the annual report OF the war
den OF the state prison for 19l3-1s14
and IN my inaugural message to the
legislature Of 1915.
while opposed 70 the use Of COM
victs for the reasons stated. in the
building OF permanent highways. am
rather Of the opinion that the state Z
could put forty or fifty of Its prison
inmates on the main travelled highways
Of the state for the purpose of taking
care Of repair work alone with some
results.
1.-THE state has passed an enabling
act which will permit the counties Of
the stats to bond themselves for roads
building purposes. At the last ses-
sion Of the legislature an appropria-
ton Of $4,000 was made to be ex-
pended In cooperation with the Linz
coin highway commission In the build
ing OF that highway across the state"
The highway from Carson to Glen
brook. climbs about 1000 feet over the
summit of the pass. and Is q good
mountain road all the way. 1t follows
the route Of the old Overland Trail