The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-02-18
TO THE TAXPAYERS OF EUREKA COUNTY
Civilizations the Taxpayers of Eureka County Will Assume
Building Projected Highway in the North End
of This County

The State papers of February 11th
and 18th give considerable space to
8 the action taken by the Boards OF
County Commissioners and represen-
tatiyes of the Highway Board at the
recent meeting held In Reno, and to
which our Board was invited to at
tend. This meeting was held for the
purpose of deciding upon the route to
be improved across the north end OF
Eureka County, and according to the
reports given to the press our Com
missioners conceded to routing this
road by what is known as Welche's
Canyon and into Carlin, leaving Beo-
wave and all the different commun-
tiles of the north end on the route.
For the information of the taxpay-
ers and residents Of Eureka County
we believe full understanding of the
obligations they are assuming In this
matter should be placed before them,
so that they can then intelligently
form a decision in their own minds
whether to assume the obligation or
not.
Under the plan worked out by the
Board of State Highway Commission
ers the Federal government and the
State will furnish S0% OF the entire
cost OF any road Improvement in the
State, and the County In which the
Improvement will be made will fur
nish 2O%. This county money will
come out of the fund known as the
State-County Highway Fund. which
represents a 10 cent tax levied In
each county and placed in this special
fund.
The State Highway law designates
the different routes to be improved
throughout the State, and the route
across the north end of Eureka Coun-
ty is known as Route No. /. Starting
at Tecoma on the east State line and
passing through Wells, Elko. Carlin,
Beowawe, Battle Mountain, ETC., to
the west State line at Verdi.
Since the enacting of the present
Highway Law II has been seen fit at
different sessions of the Legislature
to amend certain sections to correct
abuses, and one of the most import
ant amendments was that enacted by
the 1921 Legislature, which reads as
follows:
ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 12S
Chap. 105-Au Act to amend section
"a of an act entitled IAN Act to
provide a general highway law for
the state of Nevada" approved
March 20. 1917.
IApproved March IA, 1921
Section 1. Section "a of the above
entitled Act is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Section "a. Whenever In the con-
struction, reconstruction, mainten-
ance or repair of any of the State
highways II shall appear to the State
highway engineer that any portion of
the State highway as herein defined Is
dangerous or inconvenient to the
travelling public in Its present loca-
tfon, or as IL may from time to time
be located. by reason of grades. dan
gerous turns, or other local condi-
tions; or that the expense in the con-
struction, building, rebuilding. main
tenance, or repair thereof would be
unreasonably great and could be ma
terially reduced or lessened by change
of route. the State highway engineer
is hereby empowered to divert or
change said route in such manner as
in his discretion may seem best, with
the approval of the board of county
commissioners, but such route shall
not be SO changed and diverted as to
exclude therefrom any of the towns
mentioned in section of this Act un-
less the consent of the board of coun-
ty commissioners of the county in
which said town or towns are located
shall have been obtained; and pro-
vided further, that the said State
highway engineer shall first submit
a plan of the proposed change to the
board of highway directors. and the
same shall be approved by them.
1t Is plain to be seen that under
this law no road can be located ex-
cept as approved by the board of
County Commissioners of the county
through which the project passes.
There are two routes available
across the north end of Eureka Coun-
ty. one known as the Welche's Can
yon route and the other as Emigrant
Canyon route. both of about the same
mileage and the same natural condi-
tions to overcome. The Welche's
Canyon route leaves Beowawe off the
road about IL miles and serves only
one ranch in the north end of the
county. and follows along the Bell
Transcontinental Telephone line into
Carlin. The other route passes
through Beowawe and crosses north
of Palisade about four miles and into
Carlin, serving a number of ranchers
of the north end as we'll as giving all
the residents of Eureka County an
open road at any time of the year to
transact business in either of the
north end communities.
A conservative estimate of the cost
of either one of these projects is
placed at $250.000, of which Eureka
County will be called upon to raise
$4,000, that being 20% of the en-
tire cost which the Highway Commits
ninn has decided the cnunfias will