The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-10-17
GOOD ROADS PLANS
FOR THE COUNTY
State Highway Engineer Is Com.
pleting Arrangements For the
Grading of Several High
ways in This County

Road construction contracts that
have already been awarded; con-
tracts that are to be advertised for
bids in the near future; highways
proposed, on which plans have been
completed by the state highway de-
partment: projects on which plans
are now being prepared; surveys
which have been just recently COM
pleted and projects on which sur
veys are now in process of being
made for Humbold county, make
the future look very bright to every
advocate of good roads residing
within the confines of the county
And the particularly pleasing fea-
ture, to the citizens of this place
abides in the fact that Winnemucca
is the hub-the pivotal point-from
which the highways, when COM
pleted, will radiate to the -four
points Of the compass.
Only recently construction con-
tract, requiring the building of a
graveled road, 1884 miles long, ex
tending from Valmy to the east
line of the county, was awarded to
the road builders, Kroft & Bundy
and work on that highway will
start without delay, it is said; anC
another contract, plans of which
have been completed and are now
ready to be advertised and sub
mitted for bids, covers the roat
from the south line of the county
running into Winnemueca, 1872
miles in length, which is to be s
graveled highway.
A highway survey, which contem
plates a graded road, running from
Winnemucca to Toll House wa:
completed short time back and tn,
plans are now being prepared pre-
liminary to advertising the letting
of contract to bids for the build
ing of the road, which will DE /;
miles in length.
Another highway, survey o.
which has been completed, ant
plans for which are now being pre-
pared by the state highway de
partment, is an extension of tn
road from Winnemucca to Tol
House, on to Paradise Hill, an add
tional Is miles, making a grade,
road from Winnemucca to Paradis
Hill 26 miles in length. While thi
will not be graveled road tn
requirements for construction O
the grade are such that the roa,
will be of easy maintenance in goot
condition, the year round, provide,
the provisions of the contract cor
respond to the plans and are il
nowise sighted by the contracto
who is awarded the work-a matte
that should have the sedulous at
tention of the county's hoard O
county commissioners, assumin,
that one or all of them are pos
sessed of some of the qualifica
tions that justify them in passing
upon road construction. And
there is not man amongst tn
present members of the county com
missioners. board who is considered
by the taxpayers of Humboldt coun
ty, to be qualified to intelligentl
pass upon road construction work
it will be well for the voters t.
keep this fact in mind when they e.
to cast their ballots at the genera
election next month.
Still another project, is the roa
from Winnemucca to Golconda o.
which surveys are now being made
according to advice from the offic
Of the state highway engineer; an
when all of the roads mentione
above are completed Humbold
county will have the nucleus of
most excellent highway system, an
one that will be provocative of eS
pressions of pleasure by every tou,
ist who has occasion to pas
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