The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-03-29
Highway To Be
Paved in City
Council Accepts Lincoln Highway
For 1S-FOot Paving In
City Limits
1922 CITY EXPENSE BUDGET
Is COMPLETED AND PASSED
Cost Per Front Foot to Abbuttinx
Property Estimated at % Cents
Per Front Foot

The question Of having a paved
highway Is feet wide through the
city OF FaIlon received endorsement
at the meeting of the city council
iuesday evening when the proposed
route OF the present Lincoln High
way was accepted as advertised.
1t had previously been announced
that the council would listen to any
arguments for or against the pro-
posed route. There was only one OBJ
Jector and that was DR.. c. A. Has
call, who suggested that for the best
interests OF the town, the route
should continue south ON Maine
street to Saltwater avenue and then
turn directly east to the city limits,
thus eliminating two turns that could
not be avoided il the road turned on
Center street. Mayor Clarke stated
that the advertisement provided for
discussions only on the proposed
route and that II was a question of
accepting or rejecting it.; that If any
other route were to be considered 1t
would be after the present was dis
posed Of. The mayor further stated
that il any one had anything to say.
the present was the time to speak.
for if the council accepted the pro-
posed route and 81 per cent of the
abutting property owners signed the
petition, the road would be built.
There was nothing further either
for or against, SO the motion to ac-
cept the Lincoln Highway route was
passed unanimously. Now 1t is simp-
ly a matter of getting at least 81
per cent of the front footage signed
up and the paved street will be as
sured.
Certain formalities must necessar-
lily be complied with in order to get
Federal aid and while these are being
cleared out of the way, plans can be
made for the necessary changes in
water and sewer mains SO the city
can ascertain what the approximate
expense will be to the city for the
expense outside of the abutting prop
erty which will include the above ex-
cident to paving.
The route for the paving enters the
eastern city limits of saltwater ave-
nue.; continues west to East street
at old high school grounds; north
two blocks to Center; west to Maine
street, north to court house snd
west on Williams avenue to city linn
its, distance of little less than
than one and quarter milse.
Bill No. 95, providing for the
$25,000 bond issue recently sold,
was read first time.
1t was ordered that the city mar
shall employ whatever means might
be necessary to make prompt collec-
tion of city license, and it is under
stood there will be no delay here
after.
One of the strenuous duties of the
council-and they are manifold
was the considering of the budget
for 1922. This was adopted after be-
ing carefully threshed out. The
statement of the budget appears in
legal form in this issue, showing the
various purposes for which the funds
are to be used. The total amount
of the budget is SOS, Sc, OF which
$23,700 comes from taxation and the
balance from electric light and water
revenues. The estimated valuation
of city property is $1,300,0 900, the
city rate necessary to produce the re-
quired sum being $1.S23 on the
500.