White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-29

Arthur Smith and George Doyle.
the two members of the highway COM
mittee who remained in Salt Lake
last week to round out as far as pos
sible the minor details looking to o
settlement of the highway controver-
sy as far as this district is concerned,
returned last Thursday night While
none OF the members of the commit
tee Will discuss the matter in any
way before the report has been sub
mitted to the Ely Chamber of Com
merce. which will be tomorrow night.
a representative of the News has been
reliably informed that compromise
route has been virtually agreed upon,
and 1t now remains only a matter of
settling upon a few points which re-
quire examination by qualified en-
gineer. and this will doubtless be
done in the near future
1t is understood in a general way
that the compromise route under
consideration is road which Salt
Lake agrees to build in Utah and
along the Nevada-Utah line from
Wendover south to point to be mu-
tually agreed upon after thorough ex-
animation between Wendoyer and Ib-
apah,l thence into Nevada and over
Whtehorse pass, dropping into Step
toe valley, where it will intersect the
Currie road and on through Cherry
Creek, McGill and Ely. 1t is estimat-
ed that road generally along this
routing can be constructed for con-
siderably less money than the pres
ent routing over the Sieberling cut
off, which Utah engineers claim to be
practically impossible consistent with
xral.
have the advantage of being shorter
than the present route by eight miles,
the distance between Ely and Salt
Lake over the new road being esti-
mated at 247 miles, as against 255
miles of road as now established.
1t Is further pointed out that by
the route now suggested practically
water grade can be obtained, the
only summit of consequence being
Whitehorse pass, which is compare
lively low and can be made with the
ordinary car in high gear
Under the proposed agreement the
road in Utah would of necessity have
to he designated as part of the pri-
mary system in that state In order to
participate In government financial
aid. because secondary roads under
the law must be intracounty, while
the proposed route in Utah traverses
only Tooele county, while In Nevada
1t would pass through two counties
Many hold to the view that IL the
route rs now proposed Is Immediately
put In shape the tourist travel
through this district will not be ma
terially interfered with, because of
the fact that 1t will take an enormous
sum OF money to put the highway
sf. y. srxIx
Winnemucca and to Reno in shape
to make It passable during many
months of the year In addition to
this no doubt arrangements will be
made to have a representative of Ely
stationed at Wendover. whose duty
it would be to keep we'll informed as
to the condition of the various roads
and give tourists the benefit of that
knowledge, routing them this way
as II is now believed that a first-clase
road can be kept open the entire
year by way of Ely
Following the meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce directors to-
morrow night and at which the re-
port of the committee will be re-
ceiyed no doubt active steps will b.
taken to straighten out the entire
situation.
Tourist travel has become an esset
and an item which cannot be over
looked. 1t means the distribution of
many dollars and a large increase in
the volume of business generally. IT
goes a long way toward keeping any
community on the map and this dis
trict certainly should have sufficient
enterprising and public-spirited citi-
zens who will leave no stone unturned
to the end that the interests OF the
public will not suffer. "