The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-05-31

wow loIh City N. Y, May 20
Contracts involving the prompt an
dertaking of $1,500,OO0. worth of
improvement on the Lincoln High
way across Nevada have been sign
ed here by ]. N. Gum, President of
the Lincoln Highway Association,
following their approval by the As
sociation's Executive Committee.
The contracts which were negotiated
early in the year between George w.
Borden, State Highway Engineer of
Nevada and officials of the Associa-
tion, had been previously unani-
mously approved by the Nevada
Highway Commission and the Attor-
ney General of Nevada, under date
of April 18th.
The closing of these contracts
which involve $100,0O000 of the
Associations funds, required to as
sist the state of Nevada in meeting
the Federal aid provided under the
terms of the Federal Highway Act
for interstate highway construction,
is of national interest, as represent
ing another step toward the final
completion of the Lincoln Highway
across the continent and the opening
of satisfactory through road to the
Pacific coast
All through traffic reaching the
Pacific coast north of the Colorado
and south of the Columbia rivers
must cross Nevada, a state half the
size of France the north boundary of
which corresponds with the north
boundary of Illinois while its south
ernmost tip is on a line with the
north boundary of Mississippi and
Alabama. 1t is as far across Ne
Yada by motor as it is from New
York to Cleveland, via Pittsburgh,
and in this vast area are less than
$4,000 people. The Lincoln High
way, traversing central Nevada, is
the shortest and most direct link
across that State on the road from
Salt Lake City to Reno. 1t is of
vital Importance to the entire ma
tion that this road be properly COM
pleted as soon as possible, providing
uninterrupted service for that vast
volume of traffic from every section
of the Union headed to and from Pa
cifc coast points. from Los Angeles
to Portland.
Federal Aid Makes Possible Compile
tion of Lincoln Way
The Lincoln Highway Association
has for years been conversant with
the problems to be met in providing
the important Nevada link in the
transcontinental road. Previous to
the recent passage of the Federal
Highway Act which provided long
needed relief to the Western states
of large area and small population,
the association had recognized the
necessity of outside assistance If the
old trail of the pioneers across Ne
vada, now the Lincoln Highway, was
to be put into proper shape for mo-
tor travel
In 1919 the association first Of
fered the state of Nevada $115,
to aid in the improvement OF the
worst sections which were serving as
barriers to all through travel. Two
of the directors of the association
had brought about through their in
terest, the contribution of funds to-
falling s150,000 to aid the Western
states. w. G. Durant, then Presi-
dent Of the General Motors Corpora
tion, was responsible for the contri-
button of 100000 to the associa-
tion from that corporation and Mr..
John N. WHY'S, President of the
Willys-Overland Company made pos
sible the contribution of $4,000
from that company. 1t was from
these funds that the s115,000 was
offered to Nevada and the money
was placed in escrow in Carson City
to be paid over to the state as the
work progressed.
Even with this aid. Nevada found
1t difficult to carry through the pro-
gram outlined and when the con-
tracts expired the first of this year
but one of the stretches toward