White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-11-04
CALIFORNIA FRIENDLY
TO LINCOLN HIGHWAY

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California antagonistic to the Lin
coin highway and the people there
had a notion of wishing to be
in a position of fighting it.
Not knowing much about the contro-
versy between Utah and Nevada they
were told that the Wendoyer road
was the only n that had a chance
of being built right away and for that
only they subscribed the $780,
900 that they advanced toward the
building of the Wendover highway.
This is nj phase of the matter
that was made clear in meetings held
at San Francisco during the recent
visit to the coast of Gael S. Hoag
field secretary of the Lincoln High
way association. but eve explained
in this state except briefly in a let
several weeks ago. This issue is not
at hand at this time in Ely. and i.
is said that its details were not gone
into extensively, but among other
things it is learned that a big con
ference was held at San Francisco
about a month ago, attended by the
members of the San Francisco cham
Der of commerce, the Californians In
corporated and several other organi-
cations. Among many others d. e
Watkins spoke. Mr.. Watkins is man
ager of the California State Auto as.
sociation, and he said that northern
California was net fighting the Lin
coin highway, but on the contrary
it realized that the highway was
everything to it and that the northen
part of the state could not get along
| without it. He said everyone il
northern California recognized tina
east of Utah the Lincoln highway wa,
the one big venue for travel; alst
that Nevada was doing a vast amour
of work upon it. 1t was because O
the notion that there appeared NJ
immediate way of getting across Utal
and it having been put up to then
that the Wondover was going to fur
/ nish the quicker outlet that north
Nlo Va iCii ~ II ciiid pit VI
the amount of money that 1t did.
People here, it was explained, viii
have to be somewhat profound t,
analyze and classify the difference
for they will! feel the effect is identi
cal. Their viewpoint is that the $685.
900 subscribed to the Wendover road
building fund is just that much add
cd to the delay in completing the
Lincoln route and therefore is used
against them.
This explanation of the sentiment
there is furnished to the White Pine
News by persons who are identified
with the Lincoln highway and have
always been it's champions. They
offer it for the purpose of otfsetting
any belief here that the northern
Californians do not want the Lincoln
highway in their part of the state
and are using their dollars to keep
it out.
Down there they had hardly heard
of the boycott against Salt Lake that
has been proposed and was once
levied by the business interests of
Ely.
While perhaps this explanation
may appear to have been timed by
the recent threat of Mr.. Hoag to
recommend the northern California
entry and making southern Califor-
mia the terminus, that in turn has
been neutralized in a way by the let
ter of Vice-President Joy to Secretary
Wallace, published in the White Pine
News, declaring that the association
has no intention of giving UP its
present route and will stand or fall
by it.
The following from the Placer
vile Republican tells Of the trend of
things at Sacramento favorable to
the Lincoln highway:
At a meeting of the united cham
Der of commerce held in Sacrament
to Saturday, DR.. Ranstali. manager
of the Californians Incorporated,
made a very brilliant talk in which
he told the representatives OF the
various chambers Of the northern
part of the state a number CT things
for the advancement of the state.
The united chambers are doing
excellent work.
During the meeting, which was
attended by President H. E. Dillin-
ger, Secretary J. w. Shanklin and
A. B. Gray from this city, resolu-
tions were adopted indorsing the
Lincoln highway as the primary
route for transcontinental travel,
and that San Francisco be retained
as the western terminus of the Lin
coin highway.
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