Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-10-10
.CERR|LLOS ROAD
IS A FRIGHT"
Would Terrify a 48 Horse
Power Car or a Govern
ment Mule
GULLEYS TO WHEEL TRACK
No Wonder Business Men of
Santa Fe Want New
Road.

With throttle wide open giving max
imum power and the lowest gear
pressed into service, a AS horse pow
er touring car of the 1910 make, was
seen struggling to climb up sand bar
placed by nature and carelessness in
the much talked Of Cerrillos-Santa Fe
road yesterday afternoon. And the
huge motor had a struggle worthy of
its strength and for few seconds
victory hung III the balance,
Finally with mighty effort the ma
chine vanquished and triumphantly
ascended to more solid ground, leav-
ing in the minds of the passengers in
the motor the thought of what would
poor two horse wagon do.
Yes, the road would even Tease a
government mule, for it is a fright
maker of surprising powers.
Any one travelling over the road
can easily understand why the resi-
dents from southern Santa Fe county
have come to the conclusion that it is
ii losing proposition to come to Santa
Fe by team or auto to do shopping.
| Any one travelling over the road will
come TO the conclusion that the new
project of running 100 foot wide
road from the L. s. Industrial School
to Cerrillos overc'the ridge or hog
back. saving about five miles of dis
tance and being protected by nature
from washouts as it would be easily
drained, is a much desired movement.
1t can't happen any too soon for the
good of Santa Fe and for the good OF
the people who have to travel to or
| from this city.
| An observation tour of the road was
made yesterday by a party composed
of f. s. Donnell the Boston financier
who furnished his Moon 1910 touring
car; Judge John H. Knaebel of Dem
Yer, newspaper man and Hugh
Lewis of ST. Louis as chauffeur
The trip was made from Santa Fe
to the Cash Entry mine distance of
20 miles, over the present Cerrillos
road, and with As horse power car
pushed as fast as the road would per-
nit. it took just one hour and 20 min
utes to make the trip Cerrillos> is
| three miles beyond Cash Entry mine
and the road between those two
points is said to be worse than even
between Santa Fe and Cash Entry.
| The return trip was made in about
the same time.
IF il ia lSac n
to make 20 miles imagine what it will
require for team loaded with goods?
In many places the present road has
! gone out of business as a road and
taken on the appearance of a ditch
Deep and dangerous gulleys have edg-
ed up to the wheel track of the road
adding to the dangers, especially at
night
| Totally innocent of ditch draining
arrangements ON either side, the road
during heavy storm or cloudburst
must serve double duty, and the rush
of waters in the improvised ditch does
not improve the road when the wealth
er is again clear.
| The ideal road lor the surveying of
which funds have been raised right
in this city and subscribed to by the
Cash Entry mine management will go
from the Indian school on a bee line
to Cerrillos. it is said. This will
| take it over the ridge and saving
about five miles in distance it will
save much also in having smooth
track.
A road 100 feet wide will not only
give automobilists the happy hunt
ing ground" for their sport but will
also make it much safer for drivers
OF vehicles and riders of motorcycles
for there will be chance to get out
of the way of others. At present,
however, there is sure clash when
two meet on this narrow road from
Santa Fe to Cerrillos with gulleys
yawning for humpty dumpty por-
formance and all kinds of hurdles in
the track itself to impede progress.