The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-06
GOOD HIGHWAY NEWS

the people OF Nevada from the
people of Utah." said Ben Blow,
vice-president and manager of the
Victory Highway in an address at a
luncheon given in his honor at Elko
says the Free Press. in passing
through Salt Lake City Saturday
Governor Mabey assured me that
the plans of completing the Victory
Highway from Salt Lake City across
the southern end of the great Salt
Lake were going forward speedily
and that before the opening of the
tourist season next year this stretch
of the Victory Highway would be
completed to the state line at Wend-
over.
"The roadbed will be twentyfour
feet wide at its base, with all eigh-
teen-foot top, built high enough to
be out of danger of the lake waters,
the entire roadbed to be heavily
graveled, with sloping sides SO that
the waves will have no effect.
Governor Mabey is planning to
hold a celebration at Wendover at
the completion of the road next
spring, when the road will be form
ally opened, thus completing and
bridging the worst place on the en-
tire road from New York City to
San Francisco" said Mr.. Blow, land
Nevada will be asked to partici-
pate"
"There are two surveying crews,
one at Wells and one at Wendover,"
continued Mr.. Blow, "that are seek
ing a route over the mountain to
connect Wells with Wendover, and
l am told that they have found
feasible route about fifteen miles
out from Wells that will eliminate
the Flower Pass grade and give an
ideal road between these two points.
AS l understand it contracts will
be let by the Nevada State Highway
Board for the building of this sec
ton, which when completed will
make the Victory Highway paved,
graveled road clear across the state.
This will not be completed until
next year and by 1925 you will
have a road that you can travel
from Elko to Salt Lake in a days
time, and west to Reno between
rising and setting of the sun. Con-
tracts have been let for the con-
struction of a state road between
Elko and Wells and the work is
well under way and by the first of
the year will be completed"
cat the present time the Victory
has cement paved road
from New York City to St. Charles,
Mo-, a distance of LOTS miles.
Work is now being rushed on the
road west from St. Charles through
the various states to Salt Lake City
and in another year this road that
is being built as a national memorial
to the heroes of the great World
War will be near completion, and
where you have now a very few
tourists passing through, there will
be thousands Of cars, as the people |
IF the east want to see the west and |
are only waiting until a road can
be built that can be easily travelled"
"In connection with the victory
the entrance ito each
county will be marked by gateway
at the county line by two immense
bronze eagles poised on top of a
cement pillar, each pillar
a plate on which will be
the names Of the men and women
who made the supreme sacrifice
Turing the war, and the name of the
He then outlined the
manner in which these memorials
could be secured and suggested that
The women in each county take the
matter in hand and raise the funds.
Mr.. Blow is accompanied by his
wife and daughter and they are
making the trip to the coast by auto,
eaving tomorrow morning for
Reno and the west.