The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1924-07-18
INCLINE ROAD IS
NOW ASSURED

Accompanying a letter received by
the board of county commissioners
recently from Paul G.. Redington,
district forester, with headquarters
at San Francisco, were copies of a
contract which provides for the con-
struction of the Glenbrook-Incline
highway along the Nevada shore of
Lake Tahoe, says the Gazette.
This contract provides that the
forestry department will expend
$4,000 in the construction of the road
and that Washoe county will con-
tribute like amount. 1t is under
stood the Bliss interests and the Ho-
bart estate will contribute to the
new highway, practically assuring
its completion next year. The for
estry department will assume the
work of locating as well as contruc-
tion and will furnish the necessary
supervision, camp equipment, explo-
sives and construction equipment. 1t
will pay all bills to the maximum
amount of $4,000 and Washoe county
is to expend a maximum of $4,000
and to assume on January /, 1925,
the maintenance of that portion of
the road within the county.
1t is provided that the grade of
the road shall not exceed six per
cent while the minimum center line
radius of curve shall be sixty feet.
The road will be built to a width of
ten feet over all on all side-hill con-
struction and to twelve feet on all
through fills and on level ground.
The railroad grade where used shall
be constructed at a minimum width
of twelve feet except which difficult
rock work interferes, where a mini
mum of ten turn-outs to the mile,
| fifteen feet in width, are provided
for. All culverts are to be cor
rugated iron pipe.
The proposed agreement, however,
does not specifically provide for the
completion of the road from the end
of the Washoe county line to Glen
brook. There are five and one-half
miles of new road to be built in Wa
shoe county. The remainder of the
distance lies in Ormsby and Douglas,
and so far they have not expressed a
willingness to share in the construc-
ton costs with the forestry service,
because of alleged lack of advan-
tages to their taxpayers.
! County Commissioner ]. c. Dur
ham said today that Washoe county
would not contribute $4,000, or any
sum whatever, unless the contract
provides that money will be forth
coming from other sources to COM
plete the road all. the way to Glen
brook. Washoe county, he said, will
not put up a cent toward stub
road.
The propriety Of Washoe county
also entering into a contract to for
ever maintain the road after it is
built, he said, was also matter of
serious consideration, especially as it
would remain a joint county-federal
highway and probably require wild
ening and considerable repairing for
several years.
The entire road would be about
twelve and one-half miles in length
and would complete the circle around
Lake Tahoe. About five and one-half
miles of the new road would be in
Washoe county.
! Washoe county is now reducing
the grades on the Mount Rose road
between Reno and Incline, cutting
out the very heavy grades. Surveys
are under way to keep the minimum
grade within eight per cent. A force
of men is now at work about four
thousand feet south of Brockway,
completing that part of the road be-
tween that point and Incline, where
it connects with Mt. Rose road. No
work. has yet been done on the road
between Incline and Glenbrook.