Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-05-29
FOR BETTER
HIGHWAYS
The Santa fe Good Roads Club
Starts Off With a Fair
Subscription List.
A CITY OF B0ULEvAROS
The Drives Up the Canon and to the
BISHOPS Ranch Will Receive First
Attention.

Yesterday morning at 10:30 the Good
Roads Club met at the office of the
Water Company, with Chairman Frank
Owen presiding, and Secretary l.. A
Hughes at the desk, and started the
ball rolling towards the betterment of
the streets in the city and the building
Of drives outside of the corporation. A
! goodly number of citizens, who are in.
terested in the movement inaugurated
| by the officers of the Good Roads Club,
| were in attendance and great deal
| of enthusiasm was manifested. Sew
eral good speeches were made and all
were in unison on the one subject:
Lets get to work. raise some money
and build these drives before the sea.
son is over"
One road In particular was men.
toned as good one to begin on and
that Is the one running north to Bish.
ops ranch. This road was to be used
to the top of the divide, where the
new drive would follow an old trail
along the top Of the hill. The scenery
on both sides is not to be equaled
anywhere in the west. Another men.
toned is to follow the Water Com
pany's pipe line from Sunmount to
the penitentiary, planting elm trees on
both sides. The penitentiary authori.
ties stated that If the county would
build the bridge across the Santa Fe
River about 400 yards east of the. res
ervoir, that they would use the pris-
oners and teams to reconstruct the
road up the Canon to Monument Rock
and with the help of the Good Roads
Club this project seems feasible. The
Water Company has agreed to furnish,
sary for culverts. The Yellow Pine
Lumber Company will furnish the city,
at cost, all timber needed to repair
the crossings of bitches and acequias
In the city limits
An executive committee, composed
of the chairman, vice chairman, secre. 4
tary and treasurer of the club, were
appointed to investigate all the drives |
In and around the city and keep the |
members of the club posted.
No contracts are to be made unless
the money to cover the expense is in
the treasury. Any person, man, wom
an or child, in the city who is inter
ested enough in this project and will
contribute a sum of money to help 1t |
along, will be a member Of the club.
The second Sunday of each month was
fixed as the meeting day. The meet
lngs to be held at 8 o'clock in the
afternoon at the office of the Water
Company. On Monday, June s, spe.
cial meeting is called for 1:30 O'Clock
In the afternoon, when every member,
who can, is expected to meet at the
Office of the secretary. From there the
club will 90 in a body to confer with
the county commissioners and solicit
their aid and cooperation.
Subscription lists were opened at
the meeting yesterday and all who
were there responded literally. A reg.
liar monthly subscription is asked of
Ill who are interested in the enter
prise, and 1t makes no difference
the amount is 30 cents or S.,
It will be acceptable. Those who have
are as follows: Frank Ow-
en-, N. Salmon, L. A. Hughes. $25
each; R. c. Garrett, G. w. Dudrow,
Judge N. B. Laughlin, SIS each; ]. G.
Schumann. $40; DR.. j. H. Sloan. DIR.
!. A. Massie, Fritz Muller, H. s.
Kaune, $40 each; ]. D. Sena, A. ]. Grif
In, L. w. Case, c. D. Case, DR.. e. An.
lrews, H. L. Ortiz, H. T. Gibson. ].
Weltmer. IS each; R. L. Baca, 81.
Monthly subscriptions are as fol.
ows, F. Owen, N. Salmon, L. A.
Hughes, R. c. Garrett, ]. d. Sena, c.
". Dudrow. ]. H. Sloan,J. A. Massie, N. {
B. Laughlin, H. L. Ortiz, Fritz Muller,
H. s. Kaune, ]. G. Schumann. 81 each,
A. ]. Griffin, DR.. Andrews, H. T. Glib i
ION, ]. Weltmer, D. L. Miller, L. w. &
Case, 81 each; R. L. Baca, so cents. {
A. ]. Griffin volunteered his services [
or the surveys, and this item alone q
will save the club SIS day for all the
line taken in the surveying. Let ev-
cry one in the city lend hand and
make 1t point to see that others be-
ome interested. q