Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-07-19


can't get that work done. Rather
peculiar condition and the reason for
it | try to analyze | think it is the
reconstruction period. Perhaps after
little while it will come back to its
normal condition again. There may
may be some other reason back Of it
that | can't probe. There IS some
thing wrong somewhere. either too
much work, or some other cause that
can't solve
Lyon County has been particularly
fortunate in this way. There are
three projects that have been APPROX
ed by the Federal Government and
all three OF them have been lucky e.
nough to get contractors to do the
the work. The work is progressing
on all three OF them The work from
the bulkhead to the Smith Post
Office, the grading is practically fin
ished, but it can't be done until we get
some rain on that road to solidify the
soil, and have it rolled, etc.
They are doing work at the piers,
and | think that will take shape now
pretty rapidly. | guess the places
from Wilson to the bulkhead YOU
perhaps are as familiar with as |.
Throughout the state the work is.
along as well, perhaps. as we could
hope for
In Churchill County 2 concrete
bridges are under construction, but
for the road we didn't receive even
one bid. not even one bid. when the
the bids were opened. or rather the
10th OF June, the appointed time for
the bids.
Work is going on in Pershing Co
unity, Humboldt County. Lander
County, White Pine County and in
Nye and Esmeralda Counties. as we'll
as in Washoe.
Washoe has quite a large-I say
large. not 80 much in milage it is of
the concrete type of road-5H miles
south OF Reno toward Carson City is
being constructed of concrete. They
are putting culvert and bridges. |
think they are nearly ready to do the
grading work We hope to have that
all done before the cold weather sets
in.
From Huffaker's south. to what we
| call the Summit. at the north end
of Wahoe Lake, 915 miles in length
we advertised for bids on that partic-
ular piece of road. and we did not
seem to get them We are going to
| try again Whether we will be more
successful next time | do not know.
Some OF our projects have been ad-
vertised three times. others twice, and
Others once. The only thing to do is
to keep at it. We are spending good
money for advertising and not getting
any results as yet The various an
giles of road work are largely
sectional.
Washoe County has lot oh traffic
and demands hard subject for roads
1t is contemplated not only to corn-
plete the road to the south boundary
oil Washoe. near Lake View. but
Ormsby County contemplates bald.
ing from Carson City to that North
ern boundary, making complete con
crete road between Carson City and
Reno. 1t is also contemplated &c
build 5 miles of concrete road west
of Reno to connect with a similar
type OF road to California.
The bond issue just passed. voted
upon and adopted by California
carries with it an appropriation OF
$4,00O.000, and in that appropriation
ISL 100000 set aside for the road run
ming IRON Truckee down to the Ne
vada line that is running down the
Truckee River, one or the most beau
tiful roads in the state. 1t is also con-
templated to concrete the full rail
road bed running from Reno east to
Wadsworth. With these appropri-
ations it will make al lot of concrete
roads in Washoe County.
| should like to see it all over the
state. 1t is the one type of road that
will stand up.
We have the utmost confidence that
the particular kind eli concrete we are
going to put in will stand our condi-
tons. We can't pattern after Colt
rnia,as it has a different climate
they don't have frosts. and we do
Because OF the upheaval ii we would
use concrete as they do in California
our road would be torn up and broken
perhaps, the first year,
There is one angle of our road
program that has been changed some
what, due to the war; or rather peace,
which has released much equipment
that was held by the War Department
The Secretary of Agriculture thru
his efforts has got the War Depart
ment to release to the various states
certain equipment That includes
trucks of, from | to 5 tons capacity,
and lot OF other equipment, such as