The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-06-06

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The state Of Nevada is not asking
this assistance-the people there
will build both roads, but contri-
buttons such as. the above will tend
to speed up the work.
Federal Aid Act
When the new federal aid act
went into effect last November it
became necessary for Nevada and
the other states to designate GER
tain roads as primary and others as
secondary. The State Highway De-
partment named the Victory high
way as primary road and the
Lincoln as a secondary.
The situation in California has
not been a matter of controversy, to
any great extent, at least. Both
the Auburn and Placerville roads
were named as a part of the per
cent systematic former being
designated as primary.
In Utah on the other hand, we
have the seat of the most recent
disturbances.
Both the highways there pass
through very desolate territory and
both can be built. There are no
unusual or unique methods needed.
Anyone who says that either of
them cannot be built does not know
what he is talking about. That
person is either misinformed or
conveys the information for selfish
purposes.
The State Road Commission of
Utah appreciates as much as any
one the necessity of making ade-
quate connections with both high
ways. They now know how to do
it with the Nevada section of the
Victory highway and have desig-
mated the Wendover road as the
primary road, but they have taken
no action with respect to the Lin
coin highway, SO that road from
Salt Lake City westward to the
Utah-Nevada state line remains un-
designated.
The business men of Salt Lake
City and the state road commission
have repeatedly stated that they
will provide Ely with connection,
but they are not satisfied yet that
the present location of the Lincoln
highway is the most feasible.
Highway Still Incomplete
1t is true that some money has
been spent on that road and that
considerable financial assistance was
given by the Lincoln Highway As
ISOLATION, but the road is far from a
completed highway and if any
change. in location is to be made
by the State Road Commission of
Utah it should be done now before
more money is spent.
The business men of Salt Lake
City have consistently asked the
question-Why build two roads west
of Salt Lake City when one will
serve the purpose? They have been
considering the practicabiliay of the
connection from Wendover to Ely,
shown on the accompanying map.
Now the distance from Salt Lake
City to Ely, Nevada, by the pres
ent Lincoln highway location is
259 miles, according to the Utah
Automobile Association, and they
also say the distance to Wendover
is 1872 miles. The Good Roads
Bureau of the California State
Automobile Association has recently
caused an investigation to be made
of the route from Wendover to
Ely, and finds that distance to be
1925 miles, making a total Of 264.5
miles from Salt Lake City to Ely by
the Wendover route.
The designation of this road as
the Lincoln highway would relieve
the state of Utah of about ITO
miles of highway construction and
would add something less than one
half that amount to the state of
Nevada. The relative merits of the
two roads are not known at the
present time.
Attack and Counter-Attack
The newspapers of Utah have