The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-01-21

struction. 1t can be assumed. how
ever. that their opinions were tn.
same before the work was undertak
en- and that the contract they signet
represented their opinions before 4
was undertaken.
Excerpt from report made by Jos
eph Ririe, State Auditor and member
of State Road Commission at a meet.
ing Of the commission ID the goth Of
May, 1919, following an inspection
trip Owe the work.
"Inasmuch as the road Is now near
ly completed, is feet wide, II appears
to me that IL a 4 in. coat of gravel be
spread, not to exceed IL IT. wide that
this would make a first class highway
and would last for years to come,
With gravel so plentiful at the west
end, and is Is quite possible that a
great deal of decomposed granite
could be located at the east end, and
with trucks, caterpillars and trailers,
/ am of the opinion that $4,000 more
would complete this job. IL the f.
nancing of the road can be arranged,
as described, to the Nevada State
line, believing that it will stand as. a
credit to the Lincoln Highway people
and to our State as an undertaking
greater than contemplated when we
commenced it,"
Excerpt from a letter dated May
Gath. 1919, written by then Governor
Bamberger of Utah, to Mr.. F. A.
Soldering, then President of the Lin
coin Highway Association.
II regret that there are not funds
available at this time with which to
carry out the work as l have suggest
ed. However, we have made the de-
sired appropriation for connecting up
the various links of the Lincoln High
way in the western part of the State
and the work is well under way. and
we are looking forward with pleasur-
able anticipation to the official dedica-
tion of the Soldering and Fisher sec
tions during the Summer"
Extracts from a resolution passed
by the State Road Commission of
Utah, March 21st. 1918, prepared by
Acknowledgement Dan B. Shields.
member of the State Road Commits
sion.
whereas, we see in this construc-
ton now more than ever before the
keystone of the Lincoln Highway
arch, the most necessary step to be
taken to provide a through route of
an American highway transportation
system, and,
Whereas, through our patriotic
desire and support, we believe that
this construction will provide the only
ia-naI;ofa pnorfunifu for fha lin
coin Highway Association and the
State Road Commission of Utah to
cooperate in achieving a result of
vast national Importance, and,
Whereas, the State Road Commits
sion of Utah is willing to accept the
money rendered in consideration of
the fact that the said State Road
Commission shall be allowed to make
the construction requested and re-
CURED in compliance with the gen.
eral road policy Of the State of Utah"
The above are just a few of the
"whereases" which indicate the way
the State Road Commission looked
upon the Lincoln Highway and the
Importance of its construction at the
time we offered them the funds to
complete the Fisher Pass and Good
year section.
This long resolution, by the way,
which forms the contract between the
State of Utah and the Lincoln High
way Association, was signed by Har-
den Bennion, Secretary of State, Dan
B. Shields, Acknowledgement, Joseph
Ririe, State Auditor, G.. e. McGon-
agile. State Engineer and Ira Brown
ing, State Road Engineer and Secre-
tary of the Commission. 1t is rather
odd that the Attorney General of the
State of Utah, Dan B. Shields, in
drawing this resolution. put into the
preliminary paragraphs such state
ments. II the State Road officials and
the Governor did not approve of our
wasting our funds" In the construc-
ton under consideration.
QUOTES FROM STATES
AGREEMENT
1t is impossible to give at length
here the contract entered into by the
State of Utah and this Association
which resulted in the payment to the
State of S125.000 OF our trust funds.
The contract is available to any one
who wishes to read IT. 1t calls for
the C . 'pletion of Fisher Pass and
the Goodyear section. and hat the
State intended to complete them at
the time the contract was drawn is
indicated by the excerpt given above
from Governor Bamberger's letter, in
which he looks forward with pleasur-
able anticipation to the dedication
and opening of the completed road. 1
Will quote only one salient section of
this contract which reads as follows:
(Remember 1t was drawn by the At
torney-Generai of the State of Utah),
Now, Therefore, be 1t resolved, by
the State Road Commission of the
State of Utah. in regular meeting as
sembled, this 21st day of March,
1918, that the offer of 500, 900 by
the Goodyear Tire & Rubber COM
pany and by F. A. Seiberling, its
president, for the construction of that
part OF the Lincoln Highway herein
after particularly described; to-wit:
: Commencing at a point In TooeIe
County. Utah, known as the north
end of Granite Point at Granite noun
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