The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1923-06-06
Conference Plan
On Rail Expanse
Boyle Will Meet s. P.
Officials. Meeting at
Near Date in Plan

The proposition of broad guagins
that section of the Southern Pacific
from Nina. Nevada, to Owenyo, Cal
Is to have hearing before the Souta-
ern Pacific officials within a few
days.
Emmett Boyle, as president of the
Reno Chamber of Commerce. is T.
leave for San Francisco early next
week to meet with the rail officials
and go over the situation. That the
rail people are favorable to this move
for an outlet from central Nevada to
southern California is well known,
as they have had the matter of wild
ening the guage of the road in mind
for some time. II is stated that had
the war condition not happened this
piece of engineering would have TAX
en- place several years ago.
George Friedoff, while in Reno,
stated that he had received recent in
formation from the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce advising him
that they ask a definite date when
members from the south end of Cal
people. This matter will follow the
hearing in San Francisco billed for
next week.
Mr.. Friedoff states that the idea
of the Los Angeles men is to pay a
visit to the contributing section that
would help feed the broad guage line
from Nina south. They intend to
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central Nevada. An inspection trip
will be made to Smith and Mason val
leys, the Newlands project, including
Fernley and Hazen and Truckee
Meadows as well as Carson Valley,
all of this section being calculated
as arms of trade that will help supply
the freight that is necessary to sus-
tain such an improvement to the
rail line. Statistics of shipments
from this section to coast points
should be available when the inves-
tigators arrive in this section.
A map of the rail line from Fern
ley to Los Angeles shows almost di-
rect southern route, saving the en-
tire distance from Hazen to Sacra-
mento in a matter of transportation
both of freight and passenger ser
vice. 1t is stated that surveys have
been made eliminating considerable
of the White Mountain grade and the
Strengthening out of the old road bed
which is mainly direct through
Owens Valley and direct to Los An
geles II will give the Southern Pac-
ific a snow free line from Nevada to
the south end of California.
Fernley and Hazen people are di-
reetly interested in this proposed out
let to the sea. With the Reno cham
Der and the Los Angeles boosters on
the job and the inclination of the
Southern Pacific people to take ad-
vantage of direct routing of freight
and passengers there is every possi-
bility that the road will be put
through under this years building
program.
The widening of the guage be-
tween the proposed points will make
it possible to take a sleeper at Hazen
at night and wake up in Los Angeles
the next morning. Freight leaving
Hazen will arrive "a hours earlier
in the south than under the present
round-the-horn way. 1t is admitted
that the present rail system is not
adequate to handle the rail traffic
that is making demands on the
Southern Pacific. With this new out
let Hazen will undoubtedly become
one of the large stations on the road
line with possible improvements to
the yard and shipping facilities that
will of necessity follow the widening
of the guage on the road over the
/ White Mountains.