The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-10-01
CHURCHILL COUNTY DISTINCT
BENEFICIARY Of LINCOLN FUND
Lincoln Highway Official and Army
Transport Train Commander
Visited Falion Yesterday

in Fallon Monday evening by auto
mobile on their way from San Fran
cisco to Detroit, Mich. Captain Nc
Mahan is going east to relinquish his
military duties and assume activi-
ties connected with the further pro
motion of the Lincoln oeean-to-
ocean highway. He stated that tho
trucks and automobiles that passed
through Fallon last month were
turned over to the military depart
ment officials at San Francisco and
that the officers and men entrained
last Wednesday for Fort Meigg
near the national capital.
Il was from Mr.. Osterman that we
earned that $6S,OOO had been re
eently placed with the Nevada state
highway commission for the specific
purpose of expenditure on the
stretch of road between Fallon and
oetersons stage station, this sum tc
e duplicated by both the fedora
md state governments. maxine
more than 100000 that will be
used for this purpose. Present
1lans contemplate the Construction
Of 146 miles of roadway with Z
width on top of 20 feet. The sur
face will he covered TO a consider
able depth with crushed rock ard
yravel in clay mixture. the road
way about which the Lincoln High.
way Association is particularly So
ieitous leading from the Crime
Ranch to Sand Springs
Mr.. Osterman stated that the Lin
soln Highway route leading eas'
from Fallon would in all probability
BE relocated during the next few
months to run via Eastgate and tha'
something like 90 miles Of distance
In going from Fallon to Austin. vii
le saved by eliminating the presen'
letour that goes by way Of New
oass and Alpine When plans now
n contemplation have been com
1leted and for which money IS nov
yailable in total the maximIm
grade between Ely and Fallon viii
ae six per cent. excepting of course
.he Austin summit. For the reloe9-
ion work proposed between West
gate and Austin the sum of S52.-
400 is now available from Lincoln
Highway funds. said Mr.. Osterman
In the meantime the state highway
department. has set aside 81 500 TO
the relocation of the highway be
tween the Fourteen Mile House and
ulipah in White Pine County and
preparing also to grade and perma.
1ently improve about five miles Of
troublesome road leading into Eu-
reka, for which work $4,000 is al
50 available.
When these plans have been ef-
feeted the Lincoln Highway will be
shortened SO miles and it will ther
be just 120 miles less in length than
the Pixies Peak Oeean-to-Ooean
route, established as a eontempor-
aneous route long after the promot
ars of the Lincoln Highway fixed
upon what is undoubtedly the mosi
feasible cross the continent route.
The plans of Mr.. Osterman and
his associates will firmly establisf
Fallon as junction point of first
Importance Here the traveller find
4 really bright spot after long ardu-
Gus travel and from here, according
% the new route to be established he
will find his way into California via
Carson City. route shorter and
more susceptible to improvement
said Mr.. Osterman, than the road
leading through Reno.
While here Mr.. Osterman recalled
the fact that the government motor
transport train maintained the orig
inal travel time scheduled in advance
OF starting from the national capital.
Two days were lest, he said, in Utah
two days in Wyoming and two days
In Nebraska, but not minute was
lost in Nevada.
Mr.. Osterman and Capt. MeMahan
left this morning for the east and
are making their way along the Lin
coin Highway in leisurely manner.
and expect to reach Detroit, Mich,