The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1923-08-29
Will Assist
Road Work
Lyon County Commits
sioners Plan I'M
prOVement on
Carson Road

Manuel King, county commissioner
of Lyon county, who spent several
days in this city late last week, came
in to look over the Leeteyille-Garson
highway. While he agrees that tht
road on either side of the dam is mol
in the best OF condition, he is of the
belief that the work done by this
county will bear results another sea
son, as he expressed 1t, turnpiked
| gravel road is the best for ordinary
| travel.
Mr.. King, who as county commits
sioner a number of years ago, made
reputation for himself in road
building and gave Lyon county first
place on the road map. His work, or
under his direction in Lyon county
has stood the brunt of travel for a
| number of years. The road from Day
ton to Carson has become famed as
one of the best in the state and If
given chance he will keep the other
sections in the same excellent con
ditions.
Ii SpCahine VI tuC padhD hC otatCtt
that it was the intention of the Lyon
county commissioners to immediate
ly put crew of men to work on the
road on the other side of the dam,
that is ON the Lyon county section.
The rocks will be moved, better
turn-outs provided, culyerts placed
where necessary and 1t Is anticipated
that before fall that the Lyon county
nd of this highway will be In first
class shape for tourist and domestic
| travel.
81 can't figure out Low the state
has managed to eliminate this i'm
| portant branch of roa1 from the fed
eral and state benefits" said Mr.
| King. when it is Considered that II
is the direct route TO Carson City
vhere all the state business is trans
acted, and that it leads to the very
shores of Lake Lahontan, a govern
ment investment that involves mil
lions, one is stuck to figure out how
! such a blunder could have beer
nisde This road, to my thinking
should have been among the yer,
first in the state to receive state ant
| federal aid.
Il don't believe that 1t is too late
yet to induce the highway commits.
sion, the governor and others who
are interested in the Advancement OF
state population to eoneede benefits
to this section of the highway. lire
| spective of the fact that IL is an arm
of the Lincoln highway makes nc
! difference. 1t is the shortest and best
route to Carson City. 1t leads the
way into Mason and Smith valleys
where every effort is being expend-
| ed to induce settlers, and where the
people have bonded themselves to
make possible an adequate water
supply for the new people who are
coming in. If we have to route cur
folks a hundred miles out of the way
to get over fifty miles, then there is
| something wrong with the higher
ups.
''I am convinced thai when the i'm.
| portance of this main artery of road
is presented to the governor and
others who have state interests al
heart, that they will not only recon
slider the elimination of the fedora
and state aid, but will il sist that i
be among the best kept roads in this
state.
Lyon and Churchill counties have
done their individual share toward
| furnishing funds for state roads, an6
while it is conceded to be big prob
lem, the natural inlets and outlet!
must be kept in order If population
is to be invited to the districts. w,
are now in competition with othe
sections that offer highways and il
order to meet such conditions mus
build accordingly. Good roads ar,
the first advertisements that appea
in any boosted section.
"A good turnpiked gravel road be
tween Leeteville and Yerington, o
Carson means much in the way o
advertising 1t can't be done by tn
counties at present, but Lyon is go
ing as far as she can to help out tn
situation. We have some exeellen
roads in use now and will have NOR
before the county is through, but tn
counting out of the Leetevile-Carsol
section is undoubtedly a mistake, no
from local view, but from stat
standpoint"
Mr. King states that the highwa
J constructed up the Walker river ha
been the means of bringing In man
J tourists this season, and that tn
other highway improvements in hi
county have been inducements to OF
fer new settlers that are coming 1
and starting work in both Maso