Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-08 | Page 24 | Will Help to Make Highway in Wyoming

WILL HELP TO TOMAKE TOMAKE MAKE HIGHWAY IN WYOMING j j president I Willys to Contribute Contrib nt ute e for fori r Work Tors ork on Lincoln Highway Hi 0 I i A formal offer of or financial assistance has b been en extended to the authorities of or counties Wyoming Wyoming Wyo Wyo- Sweetwater Sf r and Carbon ming for or the Improvement emont of 0 those sections of oC the Lincoln hl highway hway In which If Ir ac accepted accepted ao- ao c districts will twill eliminate tho the worst feature features fea ten ture tures upon the transcontinental route In the state of ot 1 Wyoming Tho The offer has Just been n made b by S Secretary A A. F. F Bement for or the Lincoln Highway association asso asso- following a personal Inspection of r the route b by Mr Ir Cement Bement and Field Secretary r II C C. announced by bythe bythe bythe As has hns been Plc lo the Lincoln Highway a association a fund totaling totaling- has haR been subscribed subscribed sub sub- scribed for or Lincoln highway Improvement Improve improve- ment in the west b by tho Willys Over Willys-Over land nd company of or Toledo of oC which John X Willys ll a n. director of or tho the Lincoln Highway RI association Is 13 president It was originally planned to use all of or this monc money together with the possible from the state of or Nevada e and nd another r possible which It was hop hoped cd could be bc raised d in th the state tatA ol of California in tho con construction of or a desert road load the Fallen Fallon Sink In Churchill count county Nevada An Aft elaborate investigation in of or the tho Humboldt le region lon in Nevada o hag had however howe convinced tho officials of or the tho Lincoln Highway a association that t It Is unnecessary IlI to lo go o to tho the expense of or orl l bridging the Fallon Sink aa RS a n. a way around It has haN been found passing north of oC tho the Sink to tn the high ground and inthe Inthe in inthe the mountains b by way of or Stillwater Tho situation Is considered of or the gi greatest cutest Importance 1 by ry the n as association as- as l sedation and Mr 11 Willys for tor his company com company com com- pany pan has given JI permission for the tho ex expenditure expenditure ex- ex of or the thc larger portion a q of his contribution in that state It Is Proposed to expend of or I the thc Overland Willys-Overland fund rund Tipton Tipton Tipton Tip- Tip ton station and Point of or Rocks Rocks-a a total 1 diat distance nce of oC about two thirty miles This i section Is s the worst remaining on the I Lincoln i Highway between tho the two coasts after the completion of or the work now v under wn way way- In Utah and will re require require re- re quire the relocation of the route of or the Lincoln hl highway h a For somo miles after leaving ln Wamsutter on ou the Union Pacific th the roads ro are arc In horrible sh Rh o. o Frequent rains rain have hn washed out Jut tho the steep roads on the tho sides or of hills of-hills hills and great gullies guilles have c to be crossed Besides that much of or the road Is rocky In Carbon county Countr It Is proposed to expend to be used In reconstructing reconstruct reconstruct- In Ing the thc old Rhan abandoned Union Pacific roadbed between tho the mining camp of Carbon and Nelsons Nelson's ranch a ranch a distance of r-Jf eighteen I miles mUes This construction Is necessary 1 in ill shortening the distance h between these points six Ix miles mUes The construction Ian su suggested would require tine the grading down o n of ot th the old roadbed which Is I now only 1 of oC the width required re required re- re for single le track railroad Road Road- building material Is available where the work Is to be bo done It will be ba necessary I essary to Construct thirteen culverts crts and three short 1 t bridges The funds und to be provided b by the Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- col coln nl Highway hWa association will not In themselves be sufficient to cover er tho rho work In these two counties They have been offered therefore with the tho proviso pro pro- viso that tho the respective counties will provide pro an equal amount and the state of or Wyoming th the same The acceptance of or the associations association's ns n's offer will Ill make available a for far ctr I thin Improvement The two sections In question aro arc to be designated and permanently permanently permanently per per- marked as ns Overland Willys-Overland sections of or the Lincoln highway