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

e'o III ~" 4 CiN' iil.iSeNd I'll Having
those shipped here they are to be sent
to other parts, and we are to take
some OF the western equipment. As
a consequence we will get some of the
trucks distributed from San Francisco
We can drive those trucks instead of
paying freight on them. We fall heir
to a number of automobiles at San
Diego-all Ford automobiles and 9
Of other types that are for Nevada,
and we sent a a man there on Sunday
| think it was, yes, Sunday night
he had an order for the delivery of
those cars. They will be shipped up
by water to San Francisco and then
loaded on to trucks we are to receive
there and brought into Nevada for use
here
| go into this rather long history
OF the trucks due to this reason--they
are to be made use OF after they get
here. Our plan is to distribute them
among the various : counties of the
state flor use on the county roads
In that connection / want to suggest
to the Lyon County Commissioners,
if any OF them are here, that the Co
unity Commissioners Immediately look
into the requirements of Lyon County
and put request into the Highway
Department for such equipmet as you
can use here to good advantage.
Then when we get this equipment and
the apportionment takes place we will
know how it should be distributed
II we SIMPLY go on our own Judge
ment we may go wrong. If we have
your advice we may keep it straight
1t you will take that matter up and
get your request in as soon as posi-
bic we will know how to distribute
them as soon as they come The or
iginal allotment. as | stated was 243
trucks. That is lot of them How
many you can use don't know You
are better Judges Of that | don't
know We will have PAS. some will be
turned down off hand, due to the fact
that the condition indicate poor shape
and bad use We don't want that.
We want new trucks if we can pos
sibly get them.
One further thought that | have in
concluding. and that is OF meeting
that the Highway Department will
hold with the Governor onThursday
day after tomorrow and it relates to
this very subject OF not receiving the
assistance of all contract we have adj
vertised. The suggestion came from
the Governor that we meet and see
whether or not we can formulate a
plan to submit to the various counties
OF the state, suggesting to them, and
that the counties themselves form
what you might call construction
company, backed by the county, with
proper men who are capable of do
ing that kind OF work, engineers, SC
that the county can do its own road
work. and we will not be at the
mercy oil outside contractors.
We have tried by every possible
means to get all this work done in
Nevada by Nevada people. Some OF
the work is being done; we are very
glad or it. We hope that there will be
enough of the contracting to give the
people of Nevada. to keep the money
within the state, rather than have II
go outside the state We must have
roads. regardless of whether the work
is done by local people or not.
However, the thought suggested by
Governor Boyle is Il good one, | be
lieve, and ! hope it will work out
1t will have two effects. If the work
is to be done, take for an illustration
in Lyon County. and you will have
more work done here. and an outsider
comes in. One of the first things he
does is to learn what is his compe-
vided by a construction Co. backed
by the county. He naturally realizes
that the concern it not going TO bid
on work for the actual profit on it,
but are going to bid on that work with
the idea to do it for the county, not
at loss, but with slight profit. but
the main object is to get the roads
He then. instead of running into the
field where there is not competition
no opposition. he immediately gets
gets out his pencil and. sharpens it
and gets down to figuring You get
the work done cheaper with that gov
eminent element back OF it than if
he didn't have something OF that kind.
Whether at the meeting to be held
Thursday we can formulate a plan
that will appeal to every county
| don't know but | merely give it to
you at this time simply as thought
to think over. Think OF its feasibility
and its practicalism.
There is one other project that |
know is very dear to the hearts of the
people OF Lyon County that is the
section OF road built on the West side