White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-06
ROBINSON CANYON ROAD
TO Be RECONSTRUCTED

The Nevada Highway News of De-
tober 20 says that arrangements are
being made whereby work can be
started in the near future on a sec
ton of the road in Robinson canyon
west of Lane City. The work will
consist of grading a one-mile section
between the easterly end of the prof
ect graded by the Nevada Northern
Railway Company last year and a
point near Lane City. This work will
eliminate Two grade crossings of the
railroad and is being undertaken at
| this time in order to give employment
to the idle men in the Ely district
who are out of work on ccou of
the shutdown of the copper mines
and mills. The work will be carried
en- by day labor forces and will be
financed from the White Pine county.
state highway fund and federal par
ticipation.
This work has been tentatively ap.
proved by the bureau of public
roads. but plans must be prepared
and submitted tt them and an agree
ment entered into with the govern
ment before work is started In order
that federal participation may be So
cured.
The foregoing project is one with
which the people of the district are
more or less familiar and one upon
which the county commissioners have
recently given their attention, going
into the matter in detail with engf-
neers from the state highway depart
ment and a federal representative
from Ogden, all of whom went ever
the section where the proposed road
work is TO be done. II will also be
recalled by those who attended the
recent banquet given by the Ely
Chamber of Commerce that County
Commissioner Fred NJ. Clark spoke
OF this project as one that in all
probability would soon be under
taken.
The county has $4,000 available
for the work and the proposition of
the commissioners is that the state
highway commissioners put up an ad-
ditional $4,000. As a matter of
fact, the county has considerably
ore than $4,000 on hand which
can be applied on road work, AMI n
further proposition of the commits
sioners is that IL there is delay for
technical or otfer reasons in getting
federal assistance at the present time
the county is authorized to use its
available funds-s40.0 00 In round
figures-to do work in Robinson can
yon between Lane City and Keystone.
The main idea with the commits
sioners is that with a big job of high
way work on hand a considerable
number OF men in the district now
unemployed will be provided with
work during the winter. which will
be a good thing not only for the men
and their families but also for the
community in general. 1t now APP
pears only a question of a short time
when the Phipps-Dowell road bill will
be enacted and become operative. re-
leasing n lot of money for road work
throughout the country The confer
ence report on this bill was passed
by the house last Tuesday and the
bill now requires only action by the
senate and the presidents signature
to become operative.
Whatever the cost or the method of
financing, IL 1t has the approval OF
technical men and Is sanctioned as
within reason in price. IL the county
commissioners can anticipate the
pending highway law provisions and
sidestep formalities and red tape that
always go with such measures they
will be accomplishing some practical
results that will have the commenda.
tion OF the public.