White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-08
CONTRACT SIGNED BY SALT LAKE
WHEN BOYCOTT WAS EFFECTIVE


Read what they then thought OF the
Lincoln highway, or at least what
they signed, and compare IL with the
statements publihed during the last
week In Salt Lake newspapers and
credited to the same people. The con-
| tract is as follows:
This agreement, made and entered
| into this sixteenth day of March,
1916, between the people of Salt
Lake City. Utah, represented by the
Rotary Club, the Commercial Club
and the Manufacturers Association,
which forenamed organizations are
in turn represented by the under
signed, their duly authorized commits
sioners and agents, the parties of the
first part, and the people of White
Pine county, Nevada, represented by
the mayor of the city of Ely and
John Weber and d. C. Mcdonald,
members of the board of county COM
missioners OF said county, the par
ties of the second part; witnesseth
that,
Whereas, The several parties here
to are desirous of promoting the mu-
| tual interests and welfare of their
| respective communities, and to that
end desire to be of mutual benefit to
each other: and,
| Whereas, 1t Is mutually agreed
that it is for the common benefit that
| automobile travel should be encour-
! aged through the respective districts
represented by the parties hereto,
and that 1t is 10 the interest of both
to encourage and promote that great
national route known as the Lincoln
highway; and,
Whereas, Both parties desire to
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the promoters of the Lincoln High
way Association, and to accord such
support as is due from any commun-
ity fortunate enough to be ON that
| highway in appreciation of the ad-
vantages that will accrue from a po-
sition on that route; now, therefore,
the following agreement Is hereby en-
tered into:
II the Lincoln Highway Associa-
ton shall expend, or give proof that
1t will expend, of it's own funds or
| funds that shall be raised outside of
| the state of Utah, not less than sew
enty-five thousand ($75.000) dollars
for road construction in the state of
Utah within one year from this date.
then and in that event the parties of
the first part hereby pledge the faith
of their respective interests that there
shall be contemporaneously expended,
through the state road commission of
the state of Utah. or otherwise, a
sum not exceeding one dollar for
every ten dollars which said Lincoln
Highway Association shall expend,
which sum shall not, however. exceed
in all fifteen thousand dollars, such
amount to be expended by the state
road commission of the state of Utah
at such points on the Lincoln high
way in the state of Utah as the Lin
coin Highway Association shall des-
| ignate. Should the Lincoln Highway
! Association ask the state of Utah to
expend funds as hereinbefore desig-
mated, then the points or places where
such expenditures shall be made
shall be where such work shall be of
benefit to the taxpayers of Tooele
county, Utah This clause shall in
no way require the expenditure OF
public funds at any point in Utah
west of a due north and south line
running through the present main
west front gate at Orr's ranch, in
Skull valley.
Further, parties of the first part
agree that as soon as the socalled
| Wendover-lbapah route shall have
been completed so as to be passable
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after said parties of the first part
shall use their best endeavors to have
| the state road commission OF Utah,
or other public authority. improve the
road from Ihapah go that the same
shall be freely passable at all times
when not blocked by snow. cloud
bursts or other acts of God, and there
after at all times to maintain the
same in n condition at least as good
i for automobile travel as the eondi-
tion of that portion of said route be-
tween Timpie aud Wendover.
Further, the parties of the first
part agree that when said Wendover-
+ Ibapah road is thrown open to travel,
that that portion and every part
/ thereof lying between the point
where IL diverges from the Lincoln
/ highway and extending to Ibapah
shall be properly signed and marked
as a Lincoln highway feeder road;
that they will erect and maintain suit
able markers at each and every fork
from said road. set and arranged In
such manner that a stranger can.
and naturally would. follow such
markers throughout the entire length
of the stretch last mentioned. towit,
from the point OF divergence from the
Lincoln highway to Ibapah.
Further. parties of the first part
agree that they will prepare proper
direction cards of the s tlaI.ake-Wen-
dover Ibapah route and distribute
such cards free of cost to all travellers
inoniring for such directions, but thai
such cards shall not be given prefer
ence over the Lincoln highway direc-
tions
Further, as evidence of good faith
parties OF the first part agree that
the regular Salt Lake bureau estab-
lished for the distribution of such in
formation. or other places wherein
information is to be had, shall no.
distribute direction cards directing
such travellers to diverge from the
Salt ke-Wendover-Ibapah road be
(CoNTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.)