White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-19
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VETOES
SALT LAKE COMMITTEE CONTRACT

the Salt Lake and Utah road officials
in the highway controversy which
has agitated White Pine county and
Salt Lake City for the last month or
more.
At a largely attended meeting of
representative members of the CON-
meree body. which was also attended
by many non-members. last Wednes-
day night, the tentative contract en-
tered into between a committee OF
the chamber. representing White Pine
county. and representatives OF the
highway and business interests of
Salt Lake City was rejected by a
vote OF two to one.
The meeting, which lasted until
1880 y. m, was held in the city hall
and was presided over by President
Arthur Smith of the Chamber OF
Commerce. The chair announced
sthat the purpose of the meeting was
TO take action on the chambers Salt
Lake city committees report, which
had previously had the approval OF
the board of directors. The proceed
ings were Immediately gotten under
way by the introduction by Fred ID
West of the resolutions OF disap-
proval AS there was a question as
10 the proper mode of procedure,
some contending that the resolutions
would first have TO be acted upon by
the board of directors. II was finally
decided that committee OF three be
appointed by the chair 10 pass on the
resolutions and Immediately report
their findings to the body. The chair
thereupon appointed o. G. Bates, ;.
B. Elbert and Anthony Zurich as such
committee. who Immediately brought
nd IN W
the former favoring the adoption Of
the resolutions and the latter oppos-
ing.
Mr.. Jurich moved that the minori-
~ report be adopted. This caused
considerable discussion on both sides
OF the question, as IL was apparent
that the vote would determine the
relative strength of those in favor
Of and those opposing the Salt Lake
agreement The ants were much re-
lieyed when Secretary Fred T. West
announced that the motion to adopt
the minority report of the resolutions
committee was lost by vote OF II
10 G.
A motion was then made to adopt
the majority report of the committee,
which was carried without dissent
ing vote.
- The main fow of oratory OF the
<@vening was on Mr.. Jurch's motion to
amend the resolutions offered by Mr..
West the effect of which was to rat
ify the agreement made In Salt Lake
with an additional paragraph affirm
ing this community's loyalty TO the
Lincoln highway.
In defense of his amendment Mr.
Zurich said: As the situation now
stands, the resolution, IL carried. VIII
have n tendency to repudiate our
committee. That is neither necessary
nor proper under the circumstances.
The agreement entered into only COW
ers one subject. namely. the designa-
ton and construction of a road from
Wendover south to a point on tho
boundary of Nevada and Utah. as pro
vided by the Phipps-Dowell bill. We
are therefore free to act toward the
Lincoln highway the same In the fu-
ture as in the past. The agreement
does not, either directly or Indirect
ly. commit us either for or against
the Lincoln highway My amend
ment ratifies the agreement entered
into between our committee and the
Utah people, with an Interpretation
10 the effect that the agreement has
nothing whatever TO do with the Lin
support the highway now as before
Mr.. Zurich was followed by n. III.
Chapin, George Doyle and NJ Lock
hart. each rallying to the support OF
The amendment. Mr.. Loekhart con-
tended that I'VE are called upon to
face stubborn facts, not sentiment or
desire. Your committee went TO Salt
Lake to get government-aided road
from Salt Lake to Ely. After we
had been informed by the Salt Lake
friends OF the Lincoln highway that
it was curtains for the Lincoln high
way, your committee was In consul
tation until after midnight the first
night with the best friends the Lin
coin highway has in Salt Lake and
We were given to understand that IL
we insisted upon the Seiberling route
we might Just as we'll return home on
the next train: that our friends In
Salt Lake would not dare openly sup
port our cause. The next day we
found that this was absolutely true
and we were forced then to fight for
government-aided road to Ely. This
we got the promise of In writing
Utah Is bound to have a connec-
tion with the route leading to north
ern Nevada and there Is every reason
10 believe that the Wendover route
will not only give that connection but
will also just as well give us a good
and just as short road to Ely and the
Lincoln highway in Nevada as the
SeiberliDg cutoff. II Is out of reason
TO ask Utah to build two such roads
The final decision Is with the depart
ment OF agriculture and IL will take
INTO consideration that the northern
route passes through an agricultural
country. which shortly will be the
scene OF the next great reclamation
project In the United States and
which will have more people settled
within II than now live In the entire
state OF Nevada. At the same time
the department will consider that
Ely Is but mining town; that Eu-
reka and Austin have been classed
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