White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-05
COMMERCE COMMITTEE REPORTS
ON AGREEMENT WITH SALT LAKE

At the meeting of the directors OF
| the Ely Chamber of Commerce held
in the city hall in Ely last Moday
evening the committee selected by
the chamber to go to Salt Lake In
the interest of this district and take
up the highway matter, submitted a
full report in writing, in which was
embodied a copy of the agreement
entered into.
The matter was then opened for
discussion when Councillor Anthony
Jurich, after complimenting the COM
mittee on the work accomplished and
saying that in his judgment the
members had accomplished all that
could hope to be accomplished under
the coniitio and that when they
found they could not get whole
loaf they did well to take the best
that could be obtained, moved the
adoption of the report
B. l.. Quayle, county consul for
the Lincoln Highway Association.
suggested that the report be received
and filed, leaving the matter of ap-
proval open for a short period. He
| said that he understood G. s. Hoag,
| field secretary of the association, was
then in Salt Lake City endeavoring to
straighten out the kinks IL possible,
and that the adoption of the report
and approval of the agreement by
the directors of the chamber might
be accepted as an indication that the
residents of this district were salts
| fed. and that might interfere with
the efforts still being made by the
| Lincoln Highway Association officials,
by which IL was still hoped to get a
more satisfactory routing than either
of those contemplated by the agree
ment
A number of those present ex.
pressed themselves upon the matter.
Mr.. Quayle and all others who ad-
dressed the meeting expressed them
selves as feeling that no better COM
mittee could have been selected and
no greater good could have been ac-
compiished. Counsellor G. F. Bore
man in addressing the meeting said
that. in the language of Grover Cleve-
land. it was a condition and not
theory that confronted them and
urged the adoption of the report.
A map was produced showing the
suggested routes. which were gen.
orally as described in the last issue
of the News.
horse pass was discussed and Mr..
Quayle pointed out that in the event
IT was finally decided upon the road
from Wendover. which Is on the Me-
vada-Utah state line. would be all in
Nevada and Salt Lake or Utah would
naturally have nothing to do with
the construction of IL, but before II
reached White Pine county there was
coniderable portion of it traversing
Elko county and that the officials
of Elko would naturally prefer to
spend the money of that county on
the northern route. which passes
through its principal towns. and lit
tie assistance could be looked for to-
ward building road through that
county which eventually carried the
tourists through McGill and Ely and
so on to the coast.
The matter of expense was tho
roughly discussed and members OF
the committee said that they found
while in Salt Lake that the north
ern route was going to be construct
ed regardless of cost and the only
thing left to benei. this district was
TO connect up the best possible route
between Ely and Salt Lake.
When the motion made by Mr.. Ju-
rich to adopt the report was finally
put TO vote IL was unanimously car
ried and the meeting adjourned.
The full report of the committee
as submitted in writing and embody-
ing the agreement entered into with
the representatives of Salt Lake civic
bodies is as follows:
We. the committee appointed to go
to Salt Lake to discuss with the au-
thorites of the state of Utah the mat
ter of highways connecting Salt Lake
with Ely. submit the following re-
port:
The day after the arrival of tho
committee in Salt Lake, January II,
through the kindness of w. w. Arm.
strong. president of the National
Copper bank OF Salt Lake, we got in
touch with Mr.. Raeburn. secretary
of the Salt Lake Commercial Club.
who arranged a meeting of the COM
mittee with Mr.. Schram. president o.
the Salt Lake Commercial Club: Will
liam Rishel. president of the auto
mobile association. and s. d. Evans,
president of the good roads associa-
ton. This meeting was held the
afternoon OF January Is and the
matter of highway from Salt Lake
City to Ely was freely discussed. We
were informed by these gentlemen
that the highway from Salt Lake City
west to Wendover, on the Utah state
line, had been named as primary
highway to connect with the high
way through northern Nevada by
way of Wells. Elko. Carlin. Winnie
mucca and Lovelock to Reno. and
thence westward to connect with the
northern California highway. which
Is known as the northern route"
! They also Informed us that the
highway commission OF the state of
Utah had decided to spend no more
money on that portion of the Lincoln
highway from Salt Lake westward to
the Nevada line through Tooele
county, Utah. for the reason that
the northern route would serve both
northern and central Nevada by cor
Meeting Wendover with the Lincoln
highway at some point on the Ne