The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-03-11
NEVADA HIGHWAY
MATTERS CRITICISED

A. b. Gray In Carson News
The big headlines announcing that
the officers Of the Lincoln Highway
called off the fight to be named O.
primary highway through Nevada
should not be Misunderstood by the
people Of central and southern Me-
vada. The situation Is simply this:
Utah has undertaken to dictate to
Nevada what route shall be chosen,
and have been successful. Why should
we allow the Salt Lake boosters to
dictate to us?
They have been allowed to do so
thus far because they have had the
active cooperation OF bur former high
way engineer. our State highway
commissioners, and the California
State Automobile Association. The
good men of Nevada living along the
northern route, the Victory Highway.
in their zeal to secure q t~ranscontin-
entail highway have allowed them
selves to be cheated and hoodwinked
by the astute politician of Salt Lake
City. +
We have been fiimfiammed by the
Salt Lake City bunch, assisted by
such men as Cottrell and Mares OF
California. Are we going to sit
around and take 1t or are we going
to fight?
No one blames the towns along the
Victory Highway for going after and
landing the primary highway. The
personnel of our highway commission
made such a result a certainty. We
must congratulate those towns and
help them advertise and C tour
list travel over their highway. We
are all together when 1t m to
working to have all roads lead to Me-
vada. AS far as Carson City is con-
cerned she will get nine-tenths of the
eastern travel through Reno because
we have the best, shortest, and scenic
route to Lake Tahoe, and because we
have a concrete highway connecting
the biggest little city in the west with
the State capital, the most beautiful
summer city in Nevada.
But when Utah says to the tourist
there is only one road into Nevada,
and that is over the salt marsh to
Wendover, then the blood OF every
true Nevadan should boil. and Reno
with its chamber of commerce should
head the list of those telling Utah
that Nevada will not accept their die
tation.
Our highway commission should
have the good sense and loyalty to
| the whole State to say to Utah, "Our
primary highway will join yours at
| Wendover when you have the dencen-
cy to make the Lincoln highway a
secondary route. and no sooner"
If designations remain as they are
| Nevada stands to- lose at least ten
thousand tourists this year. and two
times as many next year.
Now that Reno has won her point,
| let her drop self1shness and self in
| terest and demand that Nevada be
given fair and decent treatment by
Utah.
Some day the Reno merchants will
realize that 1t is not by furnishing the
tourist with quick access to Califor-
mia that they will be benefited. The
most important thing for Reno Is the
roads leading to Reno from southern
and central Nevada.
1t would perhaps be possible to
bring Salt Lake City merchants to
their senses by refusing to purchase
anything from there, but the right
way, the quick way, and the Nevada
way, is for our State highway de-
partment to do a little debating to
Utah.
Our highway system should be fol
the ~upbuilding and benefit of Nevada
not for the benefit of Utah and the
convenience Of San Francisco auto
lists.