The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-09-10

Business Transacted by the
Board At Its Regular
Monthly Meeting


| The regular monthly meeting Of
the Board of County Commissioners
was held September 6. Present,
Commissioners r. j. Reid and Z. c.
johnson. the Clerk and District At
torney. The following business was
transacted:
The minutes of the last meetings
were approved as read.
The Board and the Auditor count
ed the money and found that the
amount on deposit in banks agreed
with the Auditors balance.
The County and Township officers
reports we're read and ordered filed.
The State Auditors report was
read, examined and ordered placed
on file.
A list of the bills allowed is pub
lished in another column.
The County Treasurer reported that
he had received from ]. C. Latta of
Beowawe one Liberty Bond of the
face value of $50, and cash amount
ing to $72. This donation was made
by Mr.. Latta to reimburse Eureka
County for assistance rendered him
several years ago.
1t was ordered that the Treasurer
sell according to law the personal
property belonging to Charles Alotto.
deceased.
H. M. 10y of the Department OF
Highways appeared before the Board
regarding the matter of the adoption
of Highway route through the north
end of the County. He explained
that the Welsh Canyon route was
adopted in preference to the Emil
grant Pass route, for the reason that
the construction of the former route
would be cheaper by approximately
$S5, 200, and in order to have the
Federal government participate tn
the whole cost of construction, II was
necessary to adopt the Welsh Canyon
route; otherwise the State and Coun-
ty would be obliged to pay the addt~
tional cost necessary to construct the
Emigrant Pass route.
The Department of Highways Of
fered to make a survey of the Emil
grant Pass route, upon the condition
that il 1t should be found that the
Department had erred in making its
estimate, and that the Emigrant Pass
route could be constructed as cheaply
as the other. route, then the Depart
ment would permit the County to
pay its half of the expense of the sur
vey out of the County-State Highway
Fund; otherwise the County would
be required to pay its half of the COST
of the survey out of the County Fund;
and II the Emigrant Pass route could
be constructed as cheaply as the
Welsh Canyon route, the Department
would proceed to adopt the same.
The Board desiring that Commits
sioner F. A. Fulkerson be present be-
fore action was taken in this matter,
the Board adjourned to meet on Sep
tember 8.
ADJOURNED MEETING
The Board of County Commission
ers met September 9th pursuant to
adjournment. Present, Commission
ers r. J. Reid, e. c. Johnson and F.
A. Fulkerson, the Clerk and District
Attorney.
Several communications were re-
ceived from the Department of High
ways and others in connection with
the Overland Trail in the north end
of Eureka County.
Whereas. H. M. 10y representing
the Highway Department, who ap-
peared before the Board on Septem-
ber 9Th, and requested that the Board
take some definite action with respect
to the adoption of a Highway route
through the north end of Eureka
County, known as route No. /. and
Whereas. the Board is of the opin--
ion that the Emigrant Pass route Is
the most feasible route, and that IT
can be constructed practically as
cheap as the Welsh Canyon route,
and owing to the further fact that
the law provides that Route No. /
shall touch the town of Beowawe, in
Eureka County. and the Board be-
lieving that the Highway Department
had no Jurisdiction to change Route
No. 1, so as to miss the town of Beo-
wave, 1t was ordered that the Board
refuse to enter into any agreement
for survey of any route, and rests
upon its rights under the Highway
Act.
1t was ordered that the claim of