Show est I Celebrates Lincoln Highway I Completion w S N SN S Ta a tai tait t tF 7 dig Sail lilt Lake Like Tribune I GOVERNOR i B R OF NEV GOVERNOR GO DERN DERV OF UTAH d Trail of Becomes 49 Becomes Continental Hi Highway hway of 1930 1930 Officials Official and Citizenry of Four For Sates Sales i Meet at Ely Nevada in In InH H Honor nor of Forging Final Link Linkof of Historic Travel Route jEr-C jEr Eh Idaho Nevada and fob ah ab Joined In a real Western ccle- ccle tion i marking the completion of the dorer 1 to Ely span of the till Lincoln ray which makes a n reality of the theto thet t to const coast auto road 1001 Governor F F. B. B Halzar Balzar of Nevada re an through h a chain across the Lincoln route ah ab Ely Er thus thug formally marking t Irish of the highway and the lire beof beof be- be of cf the big Interstate I a 11 S lal days dars for California and lib ah b were set aside by the tile Ely Kly omi oUt oUt- pi i and ind Governor D rn of at nt- ded and aid nd the tle slates of California J d Idaho Idabo were lIere also officially ed of the Lincoln Highway r rUt reli re- re Ut lyda li the years of work and nud sacrifice i the tie part of many mally Nevada and Utah irene beia m construction and methods now removal makes the highway sable for traffic practically the ens en's ene en- en s 's r e Isar Paste lc pa parades a and nil mn many ny ruled attractions were furnisher furnished entertain the celebration atlon visitors Kl mark lurk the date of ut tha the highway t. t M 9 a high pot in the tha his his- 17 r 7 of the Intermountain West An Anus tow us abandoned smelter stack u a demolished by the use of oil oL of dynamite as one incident the to festivities 1 ride In 10 a II real stage coach was ra III Governor Dern of Utah when was as u met at the sta station by Cow Gor r of f Nevada Serada In the frontier care corwith car car- Pj e with an armed guard on duty EI V tell fell an easy prey t to the on on- Ight M of the Utah delegation as the party from Utah came armed with crates of strawberries as ammunition Ely Kly staged a parade designed to picture the history of transportation on the first day of the celebration and this repeated again on Utah Day The parade depleted depicted stages of ot transportation tion through the west and over what is now the Lincoln Highway Beginning hug ing with the first historic peoples of the Intermountain region it followed with a n representation of the Spanish padre padres and soldiers mounted and in armor Next are the trappers and scouts who roamed the hills In connection connection connect tion with the fur trade Following are the prairie schooners of the early gold seekers and of the pioneers and the of the I L. L 1 n. n S S. S immigrants The rider of the pony express with garments ferments and saddle bags is il shown and then comes one of the tile theold theold old overland route stages followed by lIy bya lIya a motley Uon coll cllon of buggies wagon wagons wagons wag wag- on ons surreys freighting outfits borax wagons and along with them the prospectors prospectors' prospectors prospectors' prospectors prospectors' pros pros- outfits out The automobile arrives and among the pioneers t rs is shown an on old three- three clIn cylinder machine of a type tHe long ex n. This Tills I Is contrasted with the modern cars the big bis busses luxurious limousines and heavy trucks which crea created the demand for through highways highways high high- ways was such as that between Ely and nOli Wendover completion of which is th the cn ue a of the celebration The Lincoln Highway from Wendover Wendover Wend Wend- over r to Kly 11 covers corers a dl distance of miles and has l. l been ern tra by automobile auto auto- automobile mobile hince its completion at a n rate of a mile tulle a minute in sharp contrast to the time the pioneer required to traverse erse the same distance brings a realization of the difference In travel now and when hen the west was young A feature in entertaining visitors to the Ely celebration was a trip to nuth Ruth Nevada Nerada 14 miles away where the processes of taking mountains down down with steam shovels as 1 aft rt f 1 r BIt tt I. I L bEt fION OF LL LINCOLN Ly COLi HIGHWAY I IW NEAR U ELY NE NEVADA W. fled at Canyon Canon Utah is re re- versed The deposits of low grade ores are being brought to the surface of the surrounding ground and then transported to McGill about fifteen n miles away and on the tile other side of ot Ely Kly to be bo re reduced and smelted The IllI pit is an impressive eight sight The hole Is is a vast rast amphitheater a n mile long and is 19 down r O feet Different metallic content of the ores and varying conditions of depo deposits de do- po posits have hare produced a wealth of coloring colorings colorings col col- oring In large masses not found at atthe atthe atthe the workings Ore is being taken out now at nt the rate of about tons a day It was learned that the tho mines activity started about 1907 and that about one- one third the estimated tonnage in the mine has been removed The Tile mine is employing about 1000 men meIl at present of whom some sume are sinking a n new shaft bhart to be ull underground workings about are employed 11 underground m in the pit and 1120 20 O on the surface W W. 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D manages manager of the Utah State Automobile association on arrival arrival ar or rival said sold that the jaunt from Salt alt Lake to Ely Is now about a seven seven- hour bour trip with ordinary driving Of or course said suld Mr r lUshel some will make It as ns some sOllie have in less than five fire hours And so 80 fur far ns as the road goes there is no reason why that rate cannot be attained In other words word the character of or the roadway U is no longer the determining factor of the speed cI at which the trip Is made mode Probably the best Jest part port of the road rood right now is that between Wend Wendover over and Ely It Is of course newer than the section in Utah It is Ii a won wonderful road for road for mile after otter mile straight as asan asan asan of the widest widest widest wid wid- an arrow and with cur curves yes est and easiest so BO that it is not necessary necessary 1100 essary to reduce any reasonable speed while wh making them The summit of White Horse pass is 19 a little more than feet teet It will be lie a good year all-year road rood and winter maintenance will be light light Contract Contrad for oiling the White Pine county section of the road 1 miles has just been let by the state highway department deportment to a California contractor for The Nevada erada method methodi Isto is isto isto to use an oil mulch gravel vel with wwi a high percentage of small sizes and no size greater than one inch and with this to form a three-Inch three surfacing With the completion of this work Pine the 00 GO miles or more in White county will be the only section of this standard this side bide of Knolls Plans flans are under way for tor reopening the federal aid old project and applying more gravel In the tine not nut dl distant future The state saute of Utah is already oiling sections gust east of the mud flats fiats ts From Mills Junction in Tooele county county county coun coun- ty Utah to Salt Luke Lake will soon be beall beall beall all paver paved highway The link just cum om com ted in Nevada is miles mills of the highway long and cost Ost around according accord accord- ing fag to II H. H S. S Kerr con consulting engineer of the Utah road commission Utah has already spent some 1 1 of the highway high high- highway on her lIer wiles miltS There are miles of gravel road way anti and 3 of oiled road rond road ruall 2 li of paved already constructed Utah has ten miles of oiling o now under construction while Nevada evada has bas let a contract to oil 53 miles mills commission Is ou on road The Utah this ibis highway high high- record as fa favoring keeping way which 1 id is fed l. l by y two transcontinental from the w west t and three routes o t to a h high h standard from the cast 1st up tip |