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

tract. Whether or not n contfac'
has been carried out is obvious. The
Lincoln Highway Association. how
ever, has accused no one Of bad faith
realizing we'll the States position as
regards highway finances in the past.
The States position was materially
changed, however, by the recent Fed
eral legislation and 1t will be in a po-
sition this year to carry through It's
agreement with the Association and
I complete the sections In accordance
with the very clear agreement cited
above.
NORTHERN ROUTE
INTERESTS IN CALIFORNIA
The Salt Lake City statement touch
es upon the detailed and unbiased
report" prepared at the request of
the civic bodies of Northern Califor-
mia by L. A. Mares of Fresno, rela-
tive to the merits of the two roads
west of Salt Lake City. l.. A. Mares
was, at the time his report was made,
President of the California State Au-
tomobile Association, q Northern Cal
ifornia organization. with headquar-
ters in San Francisco. The Califor-
MIA State Automobile Association may
perhaps be pardoned it's particular
interest in the northern route across
Nevada which, after one has left Salt
Lake City on the road to Wendover,
does not permit of any diversion on
the way into Northern California.
The strategy of the Lincoln High
way route lies IN the fact that in one
road between Salt Lake City and Ely,
a connecting link is provided for both
Los Angeles and San Francisco travel.
A large part of the travel reaching
Ely, Nevada, on the Lincoln Highway
has in the past gone over the Midland
Trail into Los Angeles. That people
should and do want to drive to Los
Angeles from Salt Lake City is an ex-
cellent reason for providing a con-
nection to Ely from the Utah Capital,
but it is also a good reason for Nor
thern California being interested In
the first construction of a through
connecting road into Reno which pro-
vides no connection into Los Angeles.
The Lincoln Highway and its con-
nections serve all parts of California
equally well. This Is responsible for
the large measure of interest in Nor
thern California in the Victory High
way which serves Northern Califor-
MIA alone. The reason Northern Me-
vada is for the Wendover Road and
the Victory Highway" is obvious.
The Salt Lake City business mems
statement says that at the Reno
Chamber of Commerce meeting, 1.-THE
entire matter of the Lincoln Highway
controversy was threshed out as far
as Nevada was concerned" The fact
is this meeting was held under the
auspices of the Nevada Highway AS
ISOLATION which is a branch Office of
the California State Automobile AS
ISOLATION. The Reno meeting, far
from "threshing out" the entire Lin
coin Highway controversy, was a
hand-picked meeting of those favor
able to the northern route cross Me-
vada (and there were many there)
could be heard. Points of this char
acter are continually omitted through
oversight from the article provided
the Salt Lake City press on December
31st.
We have already touched upon the
reason why the civic bodies OF North
ern California, both at the Sacrament
to meeting mentioned and at other
meetings, have continually favored
the promotion of the Victory High
way" These reasons are purely To-
cal. Northern California and North
ern Nevada have every reason to want
the northern route across Nevada i'm
proved and have every right to work
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however, have no bearing on the Ma