El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-10

will gradually be taken by those cot
tagers not so dependant upon close
association with their neighbOr5.
Wise plans will anticipate and en-
courage these conditions, bv the proper
location of roads and 1riveways and
kindred features.
Fencing Reserve.
1t would be vital to such conditions
that the entire place be under fence;
in order to engender the feelings OF
security; TO secure against livestock;
and the intrusion of the public. In
other words, to provide that all parts
of the reserve, no matter how remote.
be in all essential respects, the same
as that of the cottage city.
The Public Highways
To effect this, the public highways
traversing the reserve and requiring
lanes should be reduced to the mini
mum and so located as to least in
terfere with the free use of the entire
tract. To attain this, the James Canon
Public highway has been diverted 20
pass by way of North Cloudcroft TO the
Toboggan road. and the public thor
oughfare to the south, diverted TO the
Sunset Public highway paralleling the
railroad on the west side, to connec-
ton with the Toboggan-CoX Canyon,
Wye and Haynes Canyon roads. These
charges and the abandonment CT all
other public highways in the reserve
have been formally and legally eff
fected.
BY this arrangement the great OBJ
stacle to fencing the reserve, viz: lanes
for public highways, requiring numer-
Gus gates, has been so far eliminated
as to render the undertaking feast
BILE.
The only serious interference IS the
James Canyon Public highway, winch,
passing through the center of the re-
serve would, of course, necessarily De
a lane This, however, as diverted to
the north, passing over the hill at the
east end of addition No. and by its
passing over a short bridge or T:aluct
at the mouth of North Apache canyon
thoroughly feasible and provided for
almost entirely removes it Is an OBJ
jectionable feature.
Water Supply and Distribution
The reserve because of the porous
nature of the ground, does not afford
we'll water, and Inc supply, therefore,
must be obtained through pipe sys-
TEN.
The present system, obtaining its
supply at springs in James canyon, has
its main admirably located to distribute
water " oil pun -tol-S IL b4S A-7 - -
south of James canyCa--cXcept possibly
some high ground near TIE head of
Haynes and South Apache canyons.
An additional supply, and particu-
larly for distribution on that portion of
reserve north of James canyon, should
come from Silver Spring canyon by way
of Mescalera canyon and thence for
distribution from the rise OF ground
at the south of GoosebeTrJ park. This
-
Cloudcroft and should again be ac
quired. inasmuch as the James canyon
supply will not be adequate
With these two sources of supply,
if economical and supplemented by
storage Cloudcroft will be fairly well
provided for. In this connection, Stor-
age for the present system was
contemplated and provision made by
inserting the proper pieces in the main,
to utilize the natural pasin 10 the west
Of the tank on Pigeon Ridge.
Improvements Necessary.
In order to make the reserve avail
able to the habitues of CloLdcroft, the
territory must be opened up by pro
Viding drives, bride trails and an elab-
crate system of guide boards
Remarkable as it may seem. although
Cloudcroft has been in existence II
OF its visitors or cottaee population
has been able to form any reasonable
conception Of what the reserve is and
simply because it has not been made
feasible for them to traverse it. An
insignificant eXpenditure-in fact a
reasonable diversion from the aggre-
gate of advertising funds-would have
supplied this lack.
As first effort to meet this REQUIRE
ment the Grand Circle Driveway
should be constructed. This is sur
veyed, dedicated and placed on record.
1t provides, as its name. implies. a cir
cular route-entirely within, and as
extended, as the physical conditions
Will permit of the entire reserve. It
is about eight miles in length: in no
place exceeds an percent grade: and
under the plans heretofore recited re-
specting public highways, permits of
traversing the entire distance without
gates, except in crossing the main
street at North Cloudcroft.
Public automobiles have for years
been awaiting its construction, to come
and afford service In 80 minutes the
visitor could be carried around this
drive, and he would then be able to
realize what this reserve, of Cloudcroft,
really is.
from this main line, to points of inter
est, and likewise cutoffs shortening
the circuit, as well as innumerabIe bril-
die trails, should be provided.
With comparatively trifling expendi-
! ture, provisions for traversing the re-
serve can be provided that will thor
oughly satisfy the ordinary visitor
without his having to go outside of
! its confines resource which, since
/ the Inauguration of Cloudcroft, has not
been brought into requisition
Large Popular Hotel.
A large hotel, conducted on the
| New England style" with popular
/ prices to accommodate the masses is
/ the crying need of Cloudcroft.
! 1t is needless to suggest that such
! hotel should be at its very center OF
/ life and activity-both that it may con-
tribute thereof to the place, and like
wise that its POPULARITY be increased
! by sharing IT.
! Block No 1 was originally designed
for such location and affords every
advantage and desirable feature II
/ embraces a tract Of ground 400 by SOC
+ feet and sufficiently level that every
portion Of it is available. Blocks Nos
/ ?, and and nearly all of block No
4 are owned by the company; are i'm