The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1924-04-02
Highway Meeting
May Be Held
Reno Paper Advocates
Session to Take
Road Problem

The question of swinging the Vic
tory highway into Hazen instead of
Wadsworth, or even perhaps into this
city, seems to have some chances of
promotion. Work at the present time
out of Wadsworth is being carried
on. but from the following, which is
an editorial from the Nevada State
Journal of March goth, it appears
that the question has not been def
initely settled and there is a sug-
gested meeting in this city at no dis
tant date to take up this matter of
an inlet into this city from Lovelock
without the necessary loss of mile
age that would come from the Wads-
worth road being finished.
The Wadsworth-Lovelo Highway
Sometime soon, if the recommend
alton of the Winnemucca highway
convention is needed, there will be
meeting in Fallon of the county
commissioners of Pershing. Chur-
chill, Lyon and Washoe counties. to
discuss with the state department of
highway and the state highway engi-
need the best and cheapest route for
the Victory highway between Wads-
worth and Loveloek.
There is much to be said in favor
of the swinging of the road east of
Wadsworth away from the old rail
road grade and over the completed
highway from Fernley to Hazen,
thence to point on the present
grade some miles this side of Love-
lock.
This route has not been-as yet
accepted by the federal bureau of
public roads as entitled to federal
aid. It is five miles longer than the
route now in use, but, to offset this
because of the use of the constructed
section between Fernley and Hazen,
there will be actually nine miles less
of highway to build. The state high
way engineers figure that in the 60
mile stretch between Hazen and
Lovelock there are no greater diff
ficulties to overcome than those in
the 81 miles between Wadsworth and
Lovelock.
The avoidance of the duplication
of the east and west highways to the
extent of nine miles is worthy of
consideration. The map shows no
serious disarrangement of the align
ment of the Victory route growing
out of its diversion through fIazen
and there can be no gainsaying that
to route tourists through an impor-
tant junction point on the state rail-
way system and to bring them with
in easy reach of the great Lahontan
valley and the Lahontan dam, which
in time is destined to be an interest
ing scenic attraction, would add SUI
ficient value to any road to eompen-
safe for an additional five miles in
length.
Fallonites would be benefited by
such a route. There is commercial
and social intercourse between Love
lock and Fallon, naturally, as both
sections are vitality interested in an
identical industry.
Were the present route decided
upon for the highway. Fallon motor
lists going to Loveloek might choose
between driving IL or Is miles
through the sand to connect with the
highway north of Hazen; driving the
long unimproved stretch from Fal-
Ion to Lovelock direct. or driving on
the highway all the distance by go
ing back IT miles to Wadsworth-
a process which would add more than
80 miles to the trip.
From the standpoint of the bes.
service to Nevada people, even the
distortion of the route by extending
it direct from Lovelock to Fallon,
would be justified by the benefits
which would come from direct routes
between important local points. It is
highly improbable that the bureau
of public roads would approve such
plan but there should be no great
difficulty encountered In demonstrate
ing to reasonable engineers OF the
federal department that the logical
and most economical route is that
which passes through Hazen.