Show est celebrates lincoln highway completion 4 af i A A aa al ida courture y lake tribune Trl bunt GOVERNOR BALZAR OF NEV GOVERNOR DERN OF UTAH gold trail of my 49 Be becomes coynes continental highway of 1930 officials and citizenry of four states meet abely at ely nevada in honor of forging 1 final link of historic travel trave I route ely Cali california fornitt idaho nevada and utah joined in a real western celebration marking the completion of the wendover Wen doyer to ely span epan of the lincoln highway which makes a reality of 0 the coast to coast auto road governor F 13 balzar of nevada drove an automobile through a chain stretched across tha ilia lincoln route through ely thus formally marking the finish of the highway and the beginning of the big interstate celebration special days for california and utah were set aside by the ely officials and governor Gover por dern of utah attended and the states of california and idaho were also officially represented opening of the lincoln highway rewards the years ot of work and sacrifice on the part of many nevada nerada and utah citizens modern construction and method i of snow removal makes the beirl hi ay passable for traffic practically tire year music spee speeches ebes parades and ui in y and varied attractions were furnished to entertain tile the celebration visitors and mark the date of tile the highway completion as a high spot in the history ot of the intermountain west an enormous abandoned smelter stack was demolished by the use ot of pounds of dynamite as one incident of the festivities A ride in a real stage coach was given governor dern ot of utah when he was met at the station by gov balzar of nevada in tho the frontier carriage with an armed guard on duty ely fell nn an easy prey to the onslaught of the Utah delegation fis as the party from utah came armed with crates of strawberries straw berries as ammunition ely staged a parade designed to picture ilia history ot of transportation on the firke hi at any day of tile the celebration and tills this repeated again on utah day the parade depleted stages of transportation through the lie west and over what Is now the lincoln highway beginning with the first historic peoples ot of the intermountain region it followed with a representation ot of the spanish padres and soldiers mounted and in armor next are the trappers and scouts who roamed the hills bills in connection with the fur trade following are the prairie schooners ners ot of the early gold seekers and of the pioneers and the handcarts hand hande carts arts of the L D S immigrants the rider of the pony express with buckskin buchs Llo garments and saddle bags Is shown and then comes one of the old overland route stages followed by it a motley collection of buggies wagons surreys freighting outfits borax wagons and along them the prospectors pec tors outfits the automobile arrives and among the pioneers Is shown an old three cylinder machine of a type long extinct tills this la Is contrasted with the modern errs cars the big busses luxurious limousines and heavy trucks which created creat ert the demand tor for through highways such buch as thit that between ely and Wept lover completion of which Is the enuse cause of the celebration the lincoln highway from wendover to ely coders a distance of nilles miles and tins lias been traveled by automobiles since its completion at a rate of a rullo mile a minute tui nule in sharp contrast contra st to the time the pioneer required to traverse travel ce the same distance brings it a realization of the difference in travel now and when the west was young A feature in entertaining visitors to the ely celebration ele bratton was a trip to ruth nevada 14 miles away where the processes of taking mountains down with steam shovels as W io Z V 41 ft 4 S J wl an 10 Z M V baz iv 1 I 1 r w rf I 1 courtesy salt gait like tribune SECTION finc TioN or OF NEAR ELY elij NEVADA J fled at bingham canyon utah i Is reversed the deposits of low grade ores tire are being brought to the surface of the surrounding ground and then transported trans arted to mcgill about fifteen miles away and on the other side of ely to be reduced and smelted smelter smelt ed the pit la Is an impressive sight the hole bole Is a vast amphitheater a mile long and Is down feet different metallic content of the ores orea and varying conditions of deposits have produced a wealth of colorings in large mosses masses not found at 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 and that about one third the estimated tonnage la in the mine has been removed the mine Is employing about 1000 men at present ent of whom some are slaking sinking a new shaft to be underground workings or kings s about are employed underground in the pit and on the surface W D nishel alshel manager nin nager of the utah state automobile association on arrival said bald that the jaunt from salt lake to ely Is now about a seven hour trip with ordinary dinaLl or of course said mr Ill bushel shel some will make it as some have in less than five hours and so far as the road goes there Is no reason why that rate cannot be attained in other words the character of cf the roadway is no longer the determining factor fu C for of the speed at which the trip Is ig made probably the best abst part of the road right now la Is that between wendover and itald ely it Is of course newer than the section in utah it Is a wonderful road for tor mile otter after mile straight as an arrow and with curves of the widest and easiest so that it Is not flot necessary to reduce any reasonable speed while making them the summit of white horse pass la 19 a little more than feet it will be a good all year road and winter maintenance mainland will be light contract for oiling the white rine pine county section of the road nines mil es has jost been let by the state highway department to a california contractor for the nevada method I 1 is 8 to use till an oil mulch gravel with a high percentage tago of small size sand and no size greater than one inch end and with this to form a three inch surfacing with the completion of this ark work the 00 60 miles or more in white rine pine C county oll lity will be the only section of this standard this side of knolls plans are under way for reopening tile the federal aid project and applying more gravel in ilia not distant future the state ot of utah is already oiling sections cast of the mud mad flats Fro from mills junction anto in thoele tooele oele county atall to snit salt lake will be till all highway the link just completed in nevada of tile the lincoln highway la Is miles long an and d cost around according inato to 11 II S kerr consulting engineer of the utah road commission utah tins lias already spent some 1 I 1 on her bar miles ot of the highway there are miles of gravel road 21 0 of f paved read and 3 ot of oiled road already constructed utah has baa ten miles of oiling now under construction while nevada has let a contract to oil 63 53 miles the utah road commission to la oo on I 1 record as favoring keeping this highway which Is fed by two trans contin routes from the west and three from the aaa east no to a wh bleb stWArd 4 |