The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-03-04
LETTER FROM MIR. PUETT

Editor Eureka Sentinel,
Eureka, Nevada.
Dear Sir:
Yesterday, on receipt of your val
liable publication of the 18th inst, 1
was gratified indeed to find that the
press Of the State had been in error
in reporting the fake stunt called an
agreement between the Board of
County Commissioners of Eureka
County and the State Highway Dee
partment. relative to the two pro-
posed highway routes across the
north end of your county.
Your article, ITO the Taxpayers of
Eureka County" hits the nail on the
head and is true, every word of It;
excepting as to the figures and speci-
fications Of the two proposed routes.
in which you have, unintentionally of
course, given your taxpayers the
worst of 1t. The fact of the matter
is that 1t will cost not less than $780,
900 to construct this highway from
the Eureka-Elko County line a point
about seven miles north of Carlin),
through Maggie Creek and Welche's
canyon, Boulder Flat, the White
House and Dunphy to Shoshone
Point, and it would not cost more
than s225,0 900 to construct this high
way from the Eureka-Elko County
line, commencing at a point about 4
MT 4f &r
westerly and about miles from Pal
isade, through Emigrant Canyon.
crossing the Humboldt river at GRAY
ely Ford; thence along the railroads
to Beowawe. and thence paralleling
both railroads to Shoshone Point.
From Gravelly Ford to Shoshone
Point Ii is 5 miles of beautiful, level
and open country. through which is
now situated the old discarded South
ern Pacific Railroad road bed. upon
which the highway would naturally
be constructed, reducing the cost of
by more than one-half.
The Emigrant Canyon route is pos
itively four miles shorter than the
Welches Canyon route. and an ac-
curate survey of the Emigrant Can
yon route may make 1t as much as
seven miles shorter.
The Emigrant Canyon route is an
all Winter open route, is the best
watered route, is the nearest and
most direct route, is the daily Gov
ernmnt Aerial Mail route from San
Francisco to New York. From Reno
to Elko is an Aerial Division and of
course they take the nearest and
most direct route, and in so doing
they pass over the town of Beowawe.
Emigrant Canyon, over the
town of Carlin and straight on to
Elko. Welches Canyon is approx
mately 5 miles north from Emigrant
Canyon. 1t would take some mathe-
to figure out these two
routes to be the same length.
You say. it is not your intention to
accuse any one of wrong doing in
this matter. Let's get down to brass
tacks. If the State Highway Depart
ment desires to extract $4,000 from
the taxpayers of your county and give
them nothing in return for it. is that
wrong? II the Overland Trail Club
CIV. H. Goodin) should try to assist
The State Highway in beating the tax
payers of Eureka County out of their
honestly hard earned money, would
that be wrong! II the Bell Telephone
should try to make the tax
payers of Eureka County pay for the
building of National highway along
heir line of poles. without giving
hem a single station for service or
anything else in return, would that
De wrong? II the Auto Clubs of Cal
fornia. w. H. Goodin. or any other I
person or persons. should be acces- I
'ory to so great a crime as this
against a commonwealth of as
rood and noble a class of people as
,ou have in your county. would such
leplorable actions by 1t. them or they,
De wrong? II this highway should
De built via Beowawe and through
Emigrant Canyon. 1t will be an as
yet to Eureka County foreverhereaf-
er; II 1t should be built through
Nelche's Canyon, 1t would be con-
curse to the county for
,vermore.
The Overland Trail Club has no
,fficial connection with the State
Highway Department. neither has w.
{. Gssain, % far % the writer kaews.