The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-04-19
Highway Work
We'll Under Way
State Highway Department An
nounces Intention to Start
Crawling This Year
WILL DRAIN SINkHOLES
In CHURCHILL COUNTY
Will Advertise For Bids on Con-
struction Work In July; To Be
Done This Year

A good portion OF the highway
between Sparks and Hazen will be
graveled this year. and road i'm
provements will be continued from
Hazen through Fallon for a distance
of so miles more, was the belief of
II. M. 10y, assistant state highway
engineer, while in Fallon recently
IF we could take care of the whole
thing this year, we would do So"
he declared. Bond issues have been
authorized over most of these
routes, some are already under con-
struction, contractors will be on
other parts soon, and road surveying
is now under way on still other
stretches.
1t is expected that the government
will participate In portion of the
paving of Sparks, Mr.. 10y explain
ed. From Sparks to the mouth of
the Truckee canal near Vista the
road will be grayeled this summer
Nothing will be done in the canyon
this summer. All of the highway
has been surveyed to Wadsworth.
From Wadsworth to Hazen "A part,
If not the whole will be advertised
for bids this year"
Start Churchill Road Work
Construction of the Leetville-Ha-
zen stretch will be started about
May 1st by j. II. Causten, Lovelock
contractor, according to the Church
i'll county clerk. A seepage lake in
tercepting this route will be drained
to facilitate road building These
sink holes have been one of the
greatest handieaps to road building
in Churchill county, and by autumn
this year there will be none appar-
ent to automobile drivers, ii is be-
lieved. The road between Leetville
and Fallon was built in 1921 and is
now in excellent condition.
Carson Sink" Is Buried
The 10-mile stretch between Salt
Wells and Sand Springs. the So
called Carson Sink, will be complet-
ed in about five weeks, Deputy
County Clerk Dudley declared. The
road is built with dirt and rock fill
ing with rock and gravel surfacing
Contractors are speeding up this
stretch. Extra forces have been at
The Armstrong; Baker firm has been
working 120 head of horses on this
stretch, Dodge Bros. and F. w. Dud-
ley have been working SO head, and
]. N. Tedford 80 head
Starting of work on Frenchman' s
fiat, a stretch of six miles. will de-
pend on appropriations from the
L 1 incol n Highway Association.
Churchill county and the state have
already made appropriations for
their share of this part of the high
way.
Local Road Work Continues
County trucks are continuing to
haul gravel to three roads radiating
from Fallon. those toward the Old
River district. beyond Taylor street
and to the Saltwater road. Grading
of the road in the Sheckler district
has been completed. 1t is now in
condition to receive gravel.
State Roads Contracted
Kroft & Bundy of Ogden, with a
bid of s22,927.S0, last week, were
awarded the contract to construct
the highway from Bulkhead to the
Hudson-Aurora road in Lyon coun-
ty. John Ross was the only other
bidder, his bid being S30,64220.
John Ross was successful in Sc
curing the contract on a road from
point 5.72 miles south of Yering-
ton to Wilson. His bid was $53,-
SS9.14. Other bids were as fol-
lows Kroft & Bundy. of Ogden,
$69,913.60; Strange & Vallandnig-
ham, of Salt Lake. s69.004.42; Red
mond Page Company of San Fran
cisco. 5.069.50.
Bids will be received in May for
the grading and surfacing of 1888
miles of highway from Elko to Hal
leck, for S.34 miles of highway from
the west county line of Elko to vi
Wan and for 1892 miles in Hum
boldt county from the east county
line to Stone House