The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-01-18
Pass Resolution
for Lincoln Way
Chamber of Commerce Members
Adopt Report of District Attorney
and City Engineer on Road
STATE REASONS WHY ROUTE
SHOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED
pate in Controversy to Retain
Rights of Central Nevada

The fight to have the Lincoln
highway placed on the state high
way system was continued by the
Churchill county chamber of com
merce at its meeting last Monday
night. A resolution prepared and
submitted by committee composed
of G. J. Kenny, district attorney,
and l.. w. Crehore, city engineer.
was passed by the members.
The resolution in part is as fol-
lows:
Whereas, the Lincoln highway Is
the principal and only means of con-
nection with the outside world for
all the central part of the state of
retention of its present location and
completion is a matter of vital i'm
portance to the state of Nevada. and
to the nation at large. for the fol-
lowing reasons among others:
"1) That it is not only the pio-
neer route, but also the shortest
route;
"(2) That it serves a greater
population;
"(3) That more money, both
public and private, has already been
spent for it's construction and main
tenance than on any other route;
90 That it will aid in develop
ing the state, whereby additional
lands may become valuable and USE
full, and of a tax-bearing character;
"(5) That it is equal, IL not su-
perior. to another transcontinental
railroad;
"(6) That from a strategic and
patriotic viewpoint, its location is
far superior to any route In proxim-
ity to transcontinental railroad,
whereby one military operation
could sever both arteries;
"(7) Its construction faces no
serious engineering difficulties; the
latitude of it's location is sufficient
ly south to insure its being travelled
during all seasons of the year.
"(S) Within the next four
months surfacing of a raised high
way will be completed across the
"Fallon Sink" finishing and elimi-
mating the last bad stretch of the
entire route from New York to San
Francisco;
"(9) That it is, as a consequence
of a vast expenditure of work and
money, more nearly completed from
end to end, than any other route or
routes across the country;
"Q0) That any transcontinental
route, other than the Lincoln high
way, is contrary to the practical,
economical, utilitarian and progress
sive interests of the state of Ne
vada;
I'D That any route that paral-
lels a transcontinental railroad
would be economically unjust, since
the railroad would pay, in taxes. al
most half of the expense of building
the highway, thus permitting direct
competition by passenger and
freight carrying automobiles.
Unjust Opposition
4nG AtSOlullOn ContAnuES " cldlc
that Churchill county is the most
productive and densely populated
area of equal territory in the state
of Nevada, and that there has de-
veloped an unjustified opposition by
the state of Utah to the Lincoln
highway.
The resolution endorses the senti-
ments of Honorable II. C. Harring-
ton of Carson City and Honorable
l. II. Kent of Fallon, as expressed
through the press recently, and the
article published by the officials of
the Lincoln highway association in
Detroit.
The chamber of commerce placed
itself ION record as supporting. both
officially and by members Individual
ly, any action that will tend to ad-
vance the movement to retain the
Lincoln highway in its present loca-
ton"
Copies of the resolution were or
dered sent to all public officials who
might be interested in the eontro-
versy.
The article published by the Of
ficials of the Lincoln highway assoc
Continued on page a.