Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-08
CONv|CTS MAY Be
PUT TO WORK ON
COUNTY ROADS
CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER
HIGHWAYS UNDER WAY
Governor Curry viii Meet With
Committee This Morning Re-
garding Highway ConstruC-
ton in BernaliIlO County.

As the result of a petition signe,
bv a hundred Bernalillo county citi
zcns and taxpayers being presented t.
him Yesterday asking hat he use hi
good offices in furthering the goo,
road work in the vicinity of Albu
oucr0ue Governor George Curry vii
meet a road roads committee in th'
Alv1rado hotel at 10 O'clock thi.
morning and discuss the proposition
The committee which viii meet with
the governor is composed of George
\ruot. chairman; L. f.. Putney, c. T.
Lnkens. Jesus Romero and NJ p
Stamm.
The committee was appointed and
arrangements for the meeting com
plcted Yesterday afternoon, after the
petition had beer presented to the
governor asking that he take some
action with reference to securing con-
Wet labor to complete the road to the
university.
That the governor takes a keen in
terest in good roads work and that he
4 desirous Of cooperating as much
as nossible with the citizens of Albu-
mordue in their efforts to secure bet
fer roads. was indicated by his action
Yesterday in t~elegraphing Territorial
Engineer Vernon l.. Sullivan at San
ta Re to come to Albuquerque and be.
nrcsont at the meeting this morning.
The proposition of completing the
road to the Varsity and also building
and improving other roads in the
comfy viii be taken up this morning
and gone over thoroughly. The com
q = g.t a., t,..t tt~ft1a Tho nnt-
ernor will be glad to receive sugges-
tions from residents OF the county re-
garding the road proposition, AMI
those who desire to do so are invited
10 attend the meeting. Suggestions
NAV be made to Mr.. Arnot. chairman,
nr to any other members of the COM
mittee.
The petition was as follows.
To his Excellency. the Governor OF
the Territory of New Mexico:
The undersigned citizens, residents
and taxpayers of the country of Ber-
naIillo. respectfully call your atten-
ton to the fact that the territorial
university is and has been for many
years, practically inaccessible to pup
lis. faculty and visitors because of
inc thIlufllbIlS u Niit ibdN9 NpN'' =
that institution ana while the county
of Bernalillo has expended upon the
principal road to the University a
very large sun of money its available
resources are not adequate to the
completion of the road.
A large part of the road fund oil
Bcrnalillo county for the years 1907
and 1908 has been expended on TINS
read and the city of Albuquerque has
already expended and is now eXpend-
ing a further sun of money upon
the approach to the University road,
which is within the limits of the city.
The work of the city in that connec-
ton is nearing completion.
In views of the fact that the Uni
ycrsity is a territorial institution and
Bernalillo county has never re-
ccived any assistance from the terri
tory in the way of convict labor, your
petitioners respectfully request that
cou, as governor of the territory, i'm
modiately cause a sufficient number
nf cOnvicts and teams belonging to
HE territory to be put upon his road
md complete the work without de-