| Show j VI West est Celebrates ates Lincoln 1 Highway H Completion r I. I t I Ito q L ro f I to Ity I- I tyr ty r Sl h 1 T 1 f s' s sL si i r L S r 1 t r rt 7 SH Silt LaVe Lab Tribune GOVERNOR BALZAR OF NEV GOVERNOR DERV BERN OF UTAH Gold Cold Trail of 49 Becomes Continental Highway of 1930 1930 Officials and Citizenry of Four States Meet at Ely Nevada in Honor of F Forging Final Link Linkof of Historic Travel Route Ely California California Idaho Nevada and Utah tt h Joined in a real Western estern cele- cele marking the completion of the Wendover dorer to Ely EI span of the Lincoln Highway which makes es a reality of the roast coast t to coast auto road Governor Go F. F B. B B BaLzar Baizar of Nevada Kc drove an automobile through a chain stretched d across s the Lincoln route through Ely thus formally marking the e finish of the highway and the be- be of the big interstate celebration tion Special 8 cial days for tor California and Utah here set asi aside e b by the Ely EI officials off off- dais and Governor Dern Bern of Utah attended attended attended at at- tended and the tIle states of ot California and ud Idaho were also officially Opening of the Lincoln Highway re- re rewards wards the years of work and sacrifice on Ol the pact pait of many Nevada and Utah citizens Modern rodern construction and methods of snow removal makes the highway passable r ble for traffic practically the entire entire en en- tire the year i Music n lc speeches parades and many uJ and 11 varied Tarle I attractions were furnished to la entertain the celebration visitors lad aCid d mark the date of the highway completion rv r. a high spot Slot in the his- his history history tory of ot the Intermountain mountain West est An Au a abandoned nu smelter stack slack as demolished by the use of rounds of or dynamite as one incident of the festivities A 1 ride in a real stage coach was Pun Governor Dem lern of Utah when j he h was Ras as met at the tile station by b y Gov Go r of ot Nevada in the frontier car- car with an nn armed guard on ou duty Ely Eli fell tell an easy prey to the oni on- on i aught of the Utah delegation as ns the party from Utah came armed with crates of strawberries as ammunition Ely staged a n parade designed to picture the history of transportation on the first day of ot the celebration and this repeated again on Utah Day The parade depicted stages of transportation tion through h the west aDd aad over what is now no the Lincoln Highway Beginning lug ing with the first historic peoples of or orthe the Intermountain region it followed with a representation of the Spanish padres and soldiers mounted and In armor Next Neat are the trappers and scouts who roamed the hills In connection connection connection tion with the fur trade Following are the prairie schooners of the early gold old seekers and of ot the pioneers and the handcarts of the L L. 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S S immigrants The ri rider er of or the pony express with bucl buckskin garments and saddle bags Is shown and then comes one of the theold theold theold old overland route stages followed by bya a motley collection of or buggies wagons wagons wagons wag wag- ons surreys freighting outfits ut ts borax wagons and along with them the prospect prospectors prospectors' prospectors prospectors' pros pros- rs' rs outfits The automobile arrives and among the pioneers is shown an nn old three- three c cylinder linder machine of a type long extinct ex ex- This is contrasted with the modern cars the big busses luxurious limousines and heavy trucks which created the demand for through highways highways high high- between Ely and wa ways s 's such as that wendover completion of which Is the cause of the celebration The Lincoln Highway vay from Wendover Wendover Wend Wend- of rs a distance over to Ely con covers automobiles automobiles automobiles auto auto- miles and has been traveled by mobiles since its completion at a rate of a mile a minute in sharp contrast to the time the pioneer required to distance brings a traverse the same realization of ot the difference in travel tra now and when the west was young A feature in entertaining visitors trip to was a to the Ely celebration where 14 miles away Ruth Nevada the processes of or taking mountains down with steam shovels as 7 wN rL f m. m t kg r rr r r. r 4 K y tl 5 Yi r 4 r A y aY d fy F N Vi Vi r 4 5 r rf f j j i ial al Salt Lake ELY NE NEt NEVADA d J t SECTION SECTION OF OP LINCOLN HIGHWAY NEAR fled at Bingham Canyon Utah Is re re- versed The Thc deposits of low-grade low ores are being brought to the surface e eor of or the surrounding ground and then transported 4 to t McGill about fifteen miles away and on the other side of Ely to be reduced and smelted The pit is an impressive sight The hole Is a n vast amphitheater a a mile long and is down feet Different metallic content of ot the ores and varying conditions of deposits deposits de do- posits have ha produced a wealth of colorings colorings colorings col col- In large masses not found at atthe atthe atthe the Bingham workings Ore is being taken out now at the rate of about tons a day It was learned that the mines activity started about 1007 1901 and that about one- one third thIn the estimated tonnage in the mine has been removed The mine Is employing about 1000 men at present of ot whom some are sinking a new shaft to be underground workings about are employed under underground round in the pit and on the surface W. 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D Rishel manager of the Utah State Automobile association on arrival arrival ar ar- ar- ar rival riyal said that the jaunt from Salt Lake to Ely is now about a seven seven- hour trip with ordinary driving Of or course said Mr Rishel nishel some will mal make c it as some have ha In less than five hours And so far as ns the road goes there Is no reason why wh- that rate cannot be he attained In other words the character of the road roadway way is no longer the determining factor of the speed at which the trip is made Probably the best part of the road right now is that between Wendover and aUlI Ely It is of course newer than the section in Utah It is a wonderful road road for for mile after mile straight as asan asan asan an arrow and with curves of the wIdest widest widest wid wId- est and easiest so that it is not necessary necessary necessary essary to reduce any reasonable speed while making them The summit of White bite Horse pass is a little more than GOJO feet It will be a good year all-year road and winter maintenance will be light Contract for oiling the White Pine county section of the road miles has just been let by the state highway department to a California contractor The rhe Nevada method Is Isto Isto for tor oil oU mulch gravel gra with wilh a to use an of small sizes and no high percentage per with size greater than one oue Inch and surfacing this to form a n three-inch three With the completion of this work the GO miles or more in White Pine county will be he the only section of this standard this sl side e of Knolls for reopening Plans are under way the federal aid project an and applying more gravel grayel in the not distant future of Utah Is already oiling The st state sections east of the mud mu flats Tooele counts county count coun coun- Junction In From Mills Salt Lake will soon be beall beall beall to t ty ts Utah all paved pa e highway i iThe The Tho lint link just completed in Nevada Is 1 0 miles mlles of ot the Lincoln highway bi h ay long an and cost around according according according accord accord- ing to TI II S. S Kerr consulting cn engineer of the Utah roa road commission 1 Utah has already spent pent some on her miles of ot the highway highway highway high high- There are miles mlles of gra gravel vel road way Q 21 1 of ot paved road and fin 3 of or oiled road rou constructed Utah has ten already ready construction under miles of ot oiling oWns while Nevada has let a contract on tract to oil 53 miles The Utah road rond commission Is on record as favoring keeping this highway highway high high- which Is fed by uy two transcontinental way routes from the west am and three standard to high from tl the e east up ap a |
