White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-12
BY GAEL 5. HOAG,
Field Secretary of the Lincoln High
way Association.

WAY EtsSOtfdtiOu.
For several years there has been
considerable wrangling between eX-
ponents of various highway associa-
tions whose detectives have been San
Francisco. Instead of getting togeth-
er and boosting the bodybuilding
game each has endeavored, more or
less, TO tear down the work OF its
rival
What has been the result The
easterner has formed a firm belief
that all the bad things said of each
route is true and that there is no good
road 10 San Francisco: therefore a
small percentage of the tourists has
attempted to make the central drive
across the continent.
The result has been disastrous to
central California; the venturesome
autolst has sought other objectiyes.
The origin of this contention arose
from the belief that Nevada, owing
=, its sparse population and low per-
centage of appropriated public lands
subject to taxation, could not afford
10 build more than one east and west
road. Naturally there was emula-
tion for that avenue.
The new federal highway act he's
proven the fallaey of this supposed
hypothesis by making a more fair
distribution of its aid program; today
the only question is, which route
across Nevada will be first completed?
IL is certain both the Lincoln highway
and the Victory highway will be built
as rapidly as each can solve its
financing problems.
Interests in central California are
now endeavoring to help the Victory
route in the solution of this question;
the Lincoln highway has solved its
Nevada problems and is assured of
rapid completion. January 81 the
state highway engineer OF Nevada
visited the headquarters OF the Lin
coin Highway Association in Detroit,
and with Lincoln highway officials
discussed every mile of the Lincoln
highway in Nevada; where there was
lack of local funds the deficit was
supplied and when the program was
complete Ii was found there was still
a considerable balance left in the
fund the association had appropriated
for Nevada
Right now there is a stalemate in
Utah: the routes of the Lincoln high
way and Victory highway both lie lD
Tooele county. the state wants TO
build one. the county the other; the
state must furnish The designations
on which federal funds shall be used
TIE county must furnish the money.
Z xh refuses to designate the Lincoln
highway in its federal program;
Tooele county says it won't build any
western highway until the Lincoln
highway is recognized.
And at this juneture Ii might be in
order To say that every foot of the
Lincoln highway, from New York to
San Francisco. Is part of the federal
highway system, except in Tooele
county, Utah. As the Lincoln high
the pioneer transcontinental high
ways, as II has been recognized ey-
erywhere IL runs except in that one
county and as 1t has spent 1925, 900
in that county already and has Of
fered 10 make further donations TO
assist in bridging the desert, the bu-
reau of public roads recognizes that
there would appear to he an injustice
attempted and has held up the pro-
grams of both Utah and Nevada until
IL can have its own engineers make
a thorough investigation
This means at least n year OF delay
m constructing route across west
ern Utah.
The actual physical construction OF
its road has always been the second
airy aim of the Lincoln Highway As
ISOLATION: its primary object is the
encouragement of good road building
Patiently. then. this tangle is defeat