The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-06-14
WEDNESDAY,
CALIFORN|ANS TO BUILD
HIGHWAY ACROSS NEVADA
VIII Raise 100000 To BE Expended
Principally In Churchill
County.

Reports from California are to
the effect that the business men and
automobile men, together with the
representative of the Lincoln High
way Association are alive to the ne
cessity of doing something toward
/ improving conditions in the stretch
es of the route through Nevada if
hey are to receive their share of
he business that will result from
encouragement of the tourist travel
across the country which has al
ready commenced and which bids
lair to rival the influx that followed
the opening of the Fair last year.
In addition to the sum of $4,000,
which the California Automobile
Association has pledged itself to
faise for the purpose of improving
the Lincoln Highway through the
sparsely settled districts of Nevada,
the western division of the Lincoln
Highway Association, with head
quarters at Oakland, recently
pledged itself to raise another $5O,-
/ 600. $4,000 of which is to be used
in building a hard-surfaced roadway
across the Fallon sink in Churchill
county, Nevada, the remaining $1O,-
600 to be spent in marking the Lin
coin Highway from Salt Lake to
San Francisco.
Of the $4,000 pledged at the
Oakland meeting of the Lincoln
Highway Association, 100000 was
pledged by the San Francisco branch
of the Lincoln Highway Association,
$4,000 by the people of Alameda
and the remaining $4,000 by var
ious Northern California towns
The meeting was held at the Ho-
tel Oakland and was marked by the
greatest enthusiasm. ]. f. Caine,
John P Irish, Jr., L. A. Hupson and
G. c Watkins are taking and active
interest in the matter and declare
the funds will be raised within a
short time At an early date engi-
neers will be sent into Nevada to
make a reconnaissance of the roads,
especially the 14-mile strip in
Churchill county that has given so
much trouble to tourists and upon
which the bulk of he 100000 to be
{ 5frad win no ovpand dad
1t has long been recognized that
the most serious obstacle to travel
across the continent via the Lincoln
/ Highway was the stretch near Fal-
lon, known as the Eight" and
"Eour-milo flats across the sink of
the Carson in Churchill county and
it has also been recognized and ad-
mitted by the officials of the High
way that this county unassisted
could not be expected to do the
work necessary TO place 1t in a con-
dition that would make it passable
for autos in all sorts of weather.
The interest of the northern Cal
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stimulated by the activities of the
"boosters" of the southern part of
that State who are now busily exag-
gerating the actual conditions and
diverting travel at Ely to the south
ern route through Tonopah and
Goldfeld and on to Los Angeles. AS
4 oP 8, of b0 70 a-
the Churchill county line at least is
in excellent condition and could
easily be maintained to a standard
at least equal to that from Ely to
Los Angeles. but for the heavily
/ travelled section between Fallon and
Sand Springs. There is no doubt
] but that a large part of the travel
that would otherwise come through
this city and thus reach the towns
along the route in northern Cali
fornia, is being scared out by the
enterprising boosters" of Los Ang-
eles and San Diego, who have repre-
sentatives posted as far east as Salt
Lake and are working the bugaboo
of the Carson sink to a finish to di-
vert travel to their particular sec
/ tion of California.
While Fallon and other Nevada
towns undeniably profit by this
trade, the amount of money left
here in proportion to that distrib-
uted in California is insignificant.
With something like 100000
available, the majority of which
amount it is announced will be
spent in Churchill county, there is
every reason to believe that hard
surfaced road can be built across
the treacherous flats that will in
sure permanent roadbed that can
be used at all seasons of the year.
At all events it would seem that con-
siderable money will be spent in
this county during the present year
in the improvement of the road be-
tween here and Sand Springs which