White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-05
COMMITTEE REPORTS
SALT LAKE AGREEMENT
By Charles Sughroe
. wesrra Nevscsp<x Ua.sa

CONTINUED FROM FACE ONE.D
gested that we would like TO inter
view Governor Mabey on this sub
ject. Wesley King then arranged a
meeting with the governor at 3:35
on the afternoon of the 18th. The
governor received us courteously.
During the discussion, which lasted
some thirty minutes, the governor
also informed us that the Utah state
highway commission had decided on
the northern route from Salt Lake
westward 10 Wendoyer as the pri-
mary highway. and that as no good
purpose would be served by having
two parallel roads serving the same
territory it had decided hat no more
money would be spent by the state
of Utah on the Lincoln highway be-
tween Salt Lake City and the Ne
vada state line through Tooele
county.
We then asked the governor II he
would favor "A connection from Wen
dover to a point on the Nevada state
line TO connect with the Lincoln
highway and 10 be built by the state
of Utah. He advised us that he
would favor it. We also asked him
If he would favor the designating of
this connection a secondary highway
To this he also agreed. The inter-
view was then ended.
The next day. January 20. we met
by appointment Wesley King. Mr..
Rishel and Mr.. Evans, Mr.. Schram
being unable to attend. and discussed
the probable route this connection
would take. There were two routes
only that were thought feasible-the
route from Wendover to Ibapah,
probably by way of Gold Hill. and
the route from Wendover tic a point
on the Nevada state line at some
point in Elko county. by way OF
Whitehorse pass. Whichever route
was the most feasible would be de-
cided by a survey by engineers. Bv
a rough estimate II was figured that
a highway from Salt Lake to Ely by
way of Wendoyer and Whitehorse
pass would be the shortest route.
covering a distance of approximately
25o miles. with one low pass only TO
cross in the entire distance. At this
meeting Mr.. King said hat the gov
ernor had had the mileage In the
state of Utah which was designated
as primary" and secondary
checked up and fonnd that both had
been exhausted: that there were two
districts in Utah which were request
ing roads through their territories to
be named as secondary highways,
and that these requests would take
precedence over the request made by
this committee in the event the fed
eral bureau of highways should not
approve the present designation OF
primary and secondary highways Ivy
the Utah state highway commission
but that there might be sufficient
mileage available by reason of such
federal disaprroyal TO make the con-
Meeting route to Ely either a primary
or a secondary route, and that IL was
the desire of the governor that such
designation should be made. Mr.
King at this meeting made a request
that this committee put is request
for a road connecting Salt Lake City
and Ely in writing. saying hat he
and his colleagues would sign the
request with the members OF this
committee and agree to use their
every effort and all the influence
they could bring to bear to have the
connection made and designated a
secondary highway. This was agreed
TO and a copy of this agreement fcl-
lows herewith
Whereas. The business Interests
Of Salt Lake City. Utah. and Ely,
New, mutually require a good. passa-
BILE highway between said points
constructed ever the best and most
available rnite consistent with the
cost of construction ana future main
%tenance: and.
Whereas, 1t Is equally necessary
tlxok n ~z,ta ohaIt o1,< - oon...l
between Salt Lake City and the
northern portion OF Nevada. and
since 1t Is not practicable To construct
more than m such highway from
Salt Lake City to the Nevada boun-
dairy line. and also since what Is
known AS the Wendover route from
Salt Lake City to the Nevada line has
been designated by the board OF
highway commissioners Of Utah as
the route to the said Nevada line:
and 1t Is believed that from the town
of Wendover a highway may be con-
structed TO Ely which will he the
shortest and best highway between
said Salt Lake City and said city OF
Ely; now. therefore. be 1t
Resolved, by and between the
parties hereto and for and in consid- |
GRAFTON Of the mutual interests of
the said Salt Lake City and the state
OF Utah and of the city of Ely and the
state OF Nevada. That the parties
hereto shall each use his and their
best endeavors and to their utmost
ability labor to secure In their re-
spectfve states and communities the
designation OF such a highway as
either a primary or a secondary high
way, under h provisions of the
Phipps-Dowell act of congress-. and
to have the same constructed and
completed at the first practical mo-
ment. And IT is further understood
and agreed that tho choice OF the
parties hereto and their desire is that
n road shall be so designated, begir-