White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-24
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LINCOLN HIGHWAY WILL
CROSS UTAH DESERT

&. ;. Hoag, stade eounsul OF the
Lincoln Highway association, return.
ed Friday from trip including Los
Angeles and Salt Lake City, on busi-
ness connected with the highway
Mr.. Hoag brings back some very en-
couraging news 10 une effect that a
frst-elass highway across the desert
stretches OF Utah is at last assured.
In Salt Lake Mr. Hoag met II c.
Osterman, field secretary of the Lin
coin Highway. association. and in
consultation with Governor Bambur-
ger and officers of the rotary clubs,
the matter was taken up thoroughly
and with positive results.
The S125.00o in cash offered by
the Lincoln Highway association. is
10 become available. inasmueh as the
governor and state highway commits
sion have entered into A contract TO
at once commence construction of the
road and provide $4,000 annually for
maintenance. OF the money contrib
uted by the Lincoln Highway asso-
citation, 1926, 900 must be expended on
johnson Pass, and 100000 on the
desert section as staked out by Mr.
Colxell in 1911 The work Is TO be
done largely by convict labor, with
state tools. The completed highway
viii not only do away with the worst
section between the Atlantic and the
Pacific coasts. and the only truly bad
section of the coast St-to-eoast highway
but will shorten the distance between
Ely and Salt Lake City about o0
miles. Work Is to commence imme-
diately and be completed this year.
The state road engineer estimates
the total cost Of work contracted for
viii run TO about $iS5.Oo0 The state
of Utah agrees to connect up the
Johnson Pass and the desert sections
with the state highway at Glover.
Utah thus making an improved stafs
highway from Salt Lake City 10 the
Nevada line west OF lbapah. The
maintenance cost is estimated at
$4,000 per annum. of which the
Lincoln Highway association will pay
one-third. The Light House associa
tion also expects to erect rest sta
ton at Granite Mountain. and put
a light honse on the top OF Granite
rock, which will be constantly visible
for more than twenty-five miles III
every direction of the compass.
simultaneously with announcement
that the coming summer is to see the
construction OF a first-class highway
across Utah, comes the word mat
some equally important work Is 10
no done in White Pine County on
the EiyIHamilton road. X. c. NORTH
chairman OF the board OF county
has received letter
from state Highway Commissioner
Cottrett announcing the approval os
the secretary of state of the Ely
hamilton link of the Lincoln hign-
wav With the approval of the plans
and specifications to be made the
work will be commenced. The hgures
a. given out representing appnpr'a'
,,ons for work to be done this year
ore sa1 4se.33 from the federal gov
ernment: s15.617.33 from the state
NJ Nevada; and $l5,6l7'SS IRON
White Pine county. These amounts
ara already available in cash for I'M
mediate use,
While this sum will not be sun,
cient 10 complete the road the eh''., :, !,
distance to Hamilton this year. i
,nspres a good start, with the pros,
nects that the appropriations OF mex
YEAR will finish the Job. II Is esu
n,eted that the present appropriation
vim admit of around $4,000 per mil'
from keystone to the western s'o'
of the range