The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24
HIGHWAY WORK
NEXT SPRING

1t is understood that all details In
connection with contract work TO be
performed on various state highways
ander the supervision of the state
highway commission will be disposed
of in time for work to start early in
next spring according to statement
made Saturday by K. X West, high
way engineer, who has charge of the
state commissions road building uroj-
ects. BY that time IL is expected to
have all the project estimates out Of
the way and matters relating to CO.
operation between the state and fed
eral governments finally disposed Of
1t the present time the highway
engineer has surveying party In the
held making surveys between the
south line of Washoe lake and Reno,
on both sides of the lake. 1t is like
ly that an effort will be made to have
rural route established in that ter
ritory.
Engineer West and c. c. COnttrell
last week made trip over the Lin
coin Highway and Overland trail In
company with T. Warren Allen, gen.
Uti luSpcClOI vi tlt Oultcu oldtto
office of public roads west of the Mis-
sissippi river, and c. H. Sweetsar,
district engineer for the United States
office of public roads at Berkeley, his
district including Nevada, Arizona,
California and New Mexico. The pur-
pose of the trip was to have the dis
trict engineer pass on the projects
which are to participate in the federal
aid law in this state. It also was
sought to familiarize the insector with
the projects so that he may be con-
versant with thm when they come In.
The party spent four days going and
four days returning on the trip. They
went to Salt Lake over the Overland
Trail and while there Mr. West con-
ferred with the highway engineer at
Salt Lake. Returning the party took
the Lincoln highway. The roads
we're found in fairly good condition
oil the way, going and coming.
The construction plan mapped out
by the highway engineer calls for the
elimination of all unnecessary curves
ON all roads and to accomplish this ii
will be necessary for rights of way to
be secured. In short while it IS like
ly that property owners through
whose premises it is planned to drive
the highways will be asked for rights
OF way and requested to cooperate In
every manner possible so as to furth-
er the construction work
In discussing the financial end of
the road building the highway engi-
neer states that an erroneous impress
sion seems to prevail relative to the
amount of money that will be avail
able from the federal government for
the fiscal year, 1917. This amount
vill be $12S,77660.
The highway engineer has received
from the United States department of
agriculture information showing that
the determination of the status of a
project with respect to the post road
feature of the federal aid act is an
administrative matter. The depart
lnent bulletin states that where mail
i. not carried over a proposed project
throughout its entire length prior to
he construction. the following are
s'igible as rural past roads states
The Gazette:
Y here a substantial part of the
cad Is used as n rural route before
eproVe ments and there il ar eason-
lie pfosnect that the road will lc
sd rs a rural ronte through its EN-
re length Immediately or within
reasonable time after It's Improve
sent
rcad bet nsad as a eest road
io~ n imercvement hnt in resnect
which the facts warrant finding