The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-05-06

the Bureau of Public Roads of
Department at Washington wit
engineers carefully reconsider
Eureka County as proposed by
partment. The following lett,
the Chamber of Commerce an
Bureau of Public Roads:
Eureka, Nevada. April IL, 1922.
Department of Agriculture,
Bureau of Public Roads,
Washington, n, 9.
Gentlemen:
The Eureka County Chamber Of
Commerce with a representative
membership of over one hundrend
and twenty-five citizens of Eureka
County. Nevada, wishes to call your
attention to a situation that has de-
veloped in locating that section Of
Route No. of the Nevada State
Highways embraced in Eureka Coun-
ty, Nevada, and to petition your de-
partment to reconsider your accept
ance of the route as now designated
by the State Highway Department Of
Nevada, for the following reasons:
The enacting clause Of the Nevada
State Highway Law of 1917 desig-
mates the route to be followed by
Route No. to be from a point east
of Tecoma at the Utah State line,
running thence in a westerly direc-
tion through the towns of Montello,
Cobre, Wells, Deeths Halleck, Elko.
Carlin. Beowawe, Battle Mountain.
Golconda. Winnemucca. INLAY, Love-
lock, Fernley and Wadsworth to the
city of Reno. Thence westerly
through the town of Verdi and to
the California-Nevada State line.
In 1919 the Nevada State Highway
Law was amended by the Legisla-
ture to include additional routes and
Route No. was again designated as
in the original enactment.
Again in 1921 the Nevada Highway
Law was amended by the Legislature
by its passing two enactments, one
giving the Boards of County Commis-
sioners of the different counties ad-
ditional powers. and the other ex-
tending and adding additional routes
to the original Highway Law of
1917, but again designating Route
No. as originally laid down.
The Eureka County Chamber of
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by opinions rendered by the office of
the Attorney General of the State of
Nevada and by eminent attorneys.
that the State Highway Engineer
may SO locate the routes embraced
in the Nevada Highway Law to take
advantage of all conditions as to
grades, drainage. low construction
costs. maintenance, etc. as he may sec
| fit, provided that the control points
mentioned in the law govern object
ives. In this instance the towns of
Carlin in Elko County and Beowawe
in Eureka County. Nevada, control
points as mentioned in the original
Nevada Highway Law. are not
touched by the route as laid down
by the Nevada State Highway Engin-
eer and accepted by Engineers of the
Bureau of Public Roads.
The Eureka County Chamber of
Commerce contends that not enough
consideration has been given to a
route known as the Emigrant Can
yon Route. which would touch both
the control points, Carlin and Beo-
wave, mentioned in the Nevada High
way Law. We have competent wit
nesses to prove that only the most
cursory reconnaissance has been made
of this route. Furthermore, that the
estimates submitted by the State
Highway Engineer of Nevada are
misleading and not in good faith as
they make the point of divergence at
White House instead of Shoshone
Point. By making divergence at
Shoshone Point there Is available
about IA miles of abandoned railroad
grade. formerly the main line of the
Southern Pacific Railroad, that would
be available as the sub-grade for a
highway and giving bridge location
across the Humboldt river at place
where the river is confined to it's nat
ural channel. Between Shoshone
Point and White House the present
location crosses mile of river bot
tom traversed by the river and sew
eral sloughs which will require large
openings and heavy fills to take care
of the yearly run-off of the Humboldt
river drainage area. At Shoshone
Point on the present location 1t will
also require on overhead crossing to
carry the highway across the South
ern Pacific mainline tracks, and as
there is a bridge opening within a
few hundred feet of this point. 1t
will require fill of at least 35 feet
in height to connect these two points.
The Eureka County Chamber Of
Commerce contends that in the mat
ter of available water supply for COM
pacing sub-grade for gravel surface
following close to the river for con-
siderable part of the distance, is much
better supplied, while the present To-
cation has a very limited amount and
1t will have to be hauled a consider
able distance. In the matter Of the
gravel the Southern Pacific gravel
pit at Cluro, very short distance
from the Emi9raut Canyon Route