The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-01-21

! tfonal effectiveness or economic nee
essity for the prompt construction OF
the Lincoln Highway from Salt Lake
via Ely to Reno and Carson City.
MORE MONEY OFFERED STATE
The assertion is made In the Salt
Lake business mems statement that a
big mistake has been made in the To-
cation of the Lincoln Highway across
what is known as the Desert Section.
Any one sufficiently interested to in
vestigate this situation Is entitled to
his own conclusions. The Lincoln
Highway Association has reached Its
conclusions, and that without even an
insinuation from any source that 1t
has the slightest bias. IL, moreover.
has been willing to back up the sound
ness of its decision with its cash, and
In addition to the s125,00 already
paid to the State of Utah for Lincoln
Highway improvement. and regard
less of the unsatisfactory way in
which the work for which this money
was contributed has been carried on,
II has made further offers to the
State to assist Tooele County, and
the State Highway Department In
carrying on the work to a satisfac-
tory completion. This new offer does
not indicate that we made a blunder
in our previous contribution.
The statement was made that, re
peated efforts have been made by the
people in the west to have the whole
matter gone v e and settled by a
committee of disinterested eastern
engineers after an investigation had
been made, but the Lincoln Highway
Association refused"
Not even one effort has been made
to have this matter gone over and so
settled. This Association not only
does not refuse to have such an in
vestigation made-it has conducted
such Investigations by impartial en-
gineers and has furthermore put the
full facts in regard to both roads ac-
curately before the Bureau of Public
Roads of the Department of Agricui-
ture, which is in a position to check
up every statement made and to der
eide this question entirely upon Its
merits and from a National view
point. without local bias.
NO FINAL DESIGNATIONS MADE
In the statement published in Salt
Lake City on December 31st, Is the
following:
THE State Highway Commissions
of Utah and Nevada and the Govern
ment have selected the Victory High
way Chat is, the wendover Route)
between Salt Lake City and Reno as
the primary east and west system of
the two States, which is the only
through route upon which Govern
ment aid a be obtained"
That statement was not only I'M
true on December 31st, 1t is untrue
to-day. for the State of Nevada has
not yet made a definite recommended
ton for any route to the Federal Gov
eminent and the Federal Govern
ment (the Bureau of Public Roads,
has not yet passed upon nor approved
the recommendation of Utah or had
an opportunity to pass upon those of
Nevada.
Advice received here from Carson
City on January 7th states that the
Lincoln Highway from the California
line to Ibapah, Utah. has been deter
mined upon by the Nevada Highway
Commission to be included In its 10
Federal system.
II perhaps would not be amiss to
quote from a letter written to the
Lincoln Highway Association by w.
ID. Rishel. Secretary OF the Utah State
Automobile Association on August
18th, 1921, and published on August
goth, in all OF the Salt Lake City
newspapers. Just a paragraph or
two will indicate how this leading
road nan Of Salt Lake City felt to-