White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-16
PLAN TO BUILD
ROAD OVER
DESERT

After spending apout Ion o@yD III
snactiong the new cut-on route thru
~ dasert section of Utah, as recent
- suryeyed by Engineer w. b. Col
woa1 the party consisting OF II. C..
os,erman. Field Secretary OF the
I,neoln Highway Association, G.
uoog State Consul and Engineer w.
colwell arrived in Ely Wednesday
n,gbt and announced that by check
inc M the survey 1t was found that
,ho new route would shorten the dis
lance between Ely and Salt Lake 55
u,,es While this in itself is great
,oature the fact that the money Is
row at hand to put this stretch OF
road in excellent condition, making
u a boulevard across the desert is
of great Importance. The work will
no started as soon as the necessary
machinery. ETC., can be placed on the
ground and all during the winter
men will be busy so that by the early
spring the trip across the desert
will be one which the tourist viii
look forward to with great pleasure
instead of dread as In the past
s125.Og0.00 is now ready and
500. 100000 of this will be spent in
a gravel surfaced road from Granite
Mountain to Overland Canyon. The
Remaining $25,000.00 will be ex-
nended on johnson Pass. According
10 the estimates made by Engineer
Colwell this amount is ample to COM
nlete the work in first class shape.
The strip of road across the desert
has always been considered the worst
along the Lincoln Highway from New
York 10 San Francisco and the fact
that 4 Is now to be eliminated VIII
be hailed with Joy by the tourist.
The Lincoln Highway Association
has $50. 10000 TO spend on road work
in Nevada, provided like amount
is anpropriated by the state or coun-
ties or donated by private individ-
nails. The mud flats near Fallon will
require a large portion OF this money
but the road from Fallon to Carson
via Dayton will not be neglected, by
which the route viii be shortened
"a miles.
That no time is being lost IN the
natter and that the work as laid out
above mentioned. for which those OF
the Ely district have labored FOR
many months is now progressing
very satisfactorily, Is evidenced by
the following article which appeared
In the Friday morning issue ofthe
Salt Lake Tribune:
Definite plans for the building OF
q road over the Great Salt Lake des-
ert have been completed by the Ian
coin Highway association and work
on the project WIN be started at an
early date, according to information
furnished Governor Bamberger by
representatives of the association.
The road. II Is estimated. Will cost
$4,000 to build. The money Tor
the construction has already been
appropriated and the contract VIII
be let within a few days.
A. F. Bement, general secretary OF
the association and other officials
conferred with Governor .Bamberber
and g. F. McGonagle, state engineer.
and Ira r. Browning. state road
engineer, Thursday.
Mr. Browning suggested that the
association cast It's lot with the state
In the maintenance OF the state road
from Salt Lake to Wendoyer. This
road, upon reaching Wells, New, Ia
merged into the Overland trail. The
representatives said that the Lincoln
Highway association was averse to
Joining In any project seeking to
link highway with another trail.
the intention being to have a Lin
coin highway from coast to coast.
Mr.. Browning pointed out that the
state road from Salt Lake to the
utah-Nevada boundary was 121 miles
whereas the road to be built by the
association would be 1874 miles. The
associations officials said that the
new road would take the place OF
the tram now running via Callao. The
present roadway is 200 miles from
salt Lake to the state boarder.
The association will build a road
Irom the east side OF the mud fats
formerly part of Lake Bonneville,
on the Great Salt Lake desert, to the
oase OF Deep Greek mountains at the
otah-Neyada boundary. The state
VIII assist in the general highway
scheme from Salt Lake to the state
border. At present there is q high
way from this city to Glover. The