The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-29
ROAD N TING
D. CIOES UPON
NORTHERN WAY

All upu6dtdi WHICH EedCueu INC
very brink of q disorganized i'm
promptu adjournment was straight
jacketed at the big road convention
yesterday in time to permit approx
imately 200 delegates from Califor-
mia, Nevada and Utah who crowded
the assembly hall at the Commercial
club to overflow proportions to put
over a motion pledging the various
interests to the construction Of a
highway along the old Overland trail
in the northern precincts of the
state.
Assured, through this action, of
Nevada's choice of a route, the big
California delegation lost no time
in taking steps toward the redemp-
ton Of its pledge to raise an amount
of money equivalent to the COM
bined bond issues Of Elko, Washoe,
Humboldt and Pershing counties,
which amount to $450,o0O. Con-
vening Immediately after the main
meeting, the Californians named
l.: 8. Mares, chairman Of the road
and highway committee Of the Cali
fornia State Automobile association,
as head of a committee Of seven to
devise ways and mean to raise at
once the amount to which 1t is obli-
gated.
Mr.. Mares struck the keynote of
C%alifornia's position in the good
roads movement in this state when
he said his people were not char
itably inclined as to make Nevada
a present of $450,000, but that they
we're actuated solely by a realiza-
ton of the benefits to be derived in
California by the operation of this
trunk in the transcontinental high
way system.
The road project will now be held
in allegiance until such time as the
California delegation is heard from
on the finances.
The Utah delegation, small but
carrying a huge punch, appeared in
the position of a man who has done
his full task and patiently awaits
the pleasure of his neighbor. Tersely,
the Salt Lake City ENJOYS informed
the gathering that access to the
Mormon capital has been provided
for by a new road extending from
the Nevada state line into Salt Lake
by way of Wendover.
The route as Endorsed by the
convention extends westward from
the Utah line paralleling the South
ern Pacific tracks by way of Elko,
| Winnemucca, Lovelock and Reno,
joining the highways of California
at a point neal Verdi.
The convention had not long been
in progress when sharp differences
uf opinion as to the proper course
to pursue at the onset developed,
In spite of repeated efforts to
bridge these differences, the breach
between the proponents Of the
northern route and the Lincoln high
way advocates widened as the meet
ing progressed, and the storm broke
first when State Senator w. P. Har-
rington, president Of the Greater
Carson club, essayed the adoption
of a resolution thanking the Lincoln
Highway association for the assist
ance OF has given the states OF
Utah and Nevada and affirming
''our- faith in the objects and pur-
poses of the association"
In spite of the explanation OF
Senator Harrington that the resolu-
ton was in no wise calculated to
bind the convention to the Lincoln
highway route, other delegates Wis
ualized a joker in it's text, and
heated debate followed. Finally the
resolution was tabled, only to be
resurrected toward the close of the
convention by Senator Harrington
asking permission from the floor to
withdraw it. This precipitated an
other spirited argument, but his
motion finally prevailed and he then
was allowed to lay the document on
the table.-Reno Journal.