Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-03-31
GOOD ROAD To
PLAINS COUNTRY
Eddy County Desires to Get
Share of the Territorial
Fund
NEW BRIDGE FOR COLFAx
More Trouble Over Straighten-
ing Rio Grande in Dona
Ana County.

Territorial Engineer Vernon l., Sui
livan is home from good roads, irri-
cation and water rights trip to the
lower Pecos valley. He was appealed
to by the citizens of Eddy county for
help to complete a good road from
Carlsbad to the Plains country to the
northeast in which five thousand peo-
pie have settled the past few years
and who on account of the bad roads
go to Texas to do theic buying or
trading Eddy county has expended
thousand dollars to put The road in
shape and has built fine highway
except for two stretches Cf sand, one
about six and the other about two
miles in length. To build q good road
over this will take about $4,000 more
of which Eddy county is willing to
contribute $4,000 and asks that it be
granted $4,000 out of the good roads
fund which this year will amount to
about $4,000. Eddy county has had
but little recognition from the terri
torial government and seems to be
entitled to that small share Of the
road fund
Incorporation.
Incorporation papers were filed to-
day in the Office of Territorial Sec
retary Nathan Jaffa by the Gordon
Dry Goods Company of Gallup, Nc
Kinley county. The capital stock is
$4,000 divided into $50 shares, of
which each of the three incorporators
and directors have each taken fifty
shares, these being: John A. Gordon,
Gregory Page and Leo A. Rosenfeld.
District Court.
A divorce suit was filed today in
the district court for Torrance coun-
ty by J. E. Braxton VS.. Lizzie E. Brax-
ton, the couple having been married
at Poolville, Texas, on December 81
1890. Abandonment in February, 1909,
is alleged. There is one daughter as
the fruit of the marriage but plaintiff
does not ask her for her custody.
New Bridge for CoIfax County.
Territorial Engineer Vernon L. Sui
livan is today passing on the plans
for fine two span, 1870 foot bridge
across the Vermejo at Colfax for the
Colfax county commissioners. He is
measuring the stresses as we'll as the
capacity of the arches for permitting
the floods to pass. The bridge is to
be of reinforced concrete.
More Trouble on the Rio Grande.
Territorial Engineer Vernon L. Sui
livan is being urged to make trip
to Dona Ana county where there is
more trouble on account of improve
ment work on the Rio Grande. In
Strengthening the river, land within
a bend is thrown east of the stream
and the owners object strenuously, es
pecially as the river is not eating in
to their land but is eating farther and
farther into the outside bank, thus
throwing more land to the west of the
river.
Bridge Over the GiIa.
The Good Roads Commission finds
that the proposed bridge over the Gils
on the highway from Silver City te
Mogollon will cost $5S,000, which is
too much for the county or the com
mission to expend. A suspension
bridge could be put in for probably
$4,000 but there is a prejudice agains
suspension bridges in that neck of thu
woods.
Inspecting Oil.
Miss Anita Chapman, deputy in th'
Office of the territorial coal oil in
spector went to Espanola this fore
noon to inspect shil nent of oil.
New Postmaster at Vaughn.
Leonard A. Hardie, postmaster a
Vaughn, has resigned the office
Spence Hardie has been appointed il
his place, Mrs. T. M. Dumas remain
ing as assistant.
School of Mines Reflects Faculty.
The New Mexico board of regent
of the New Mexico School of Mine
has reelected the faculty as follows
E. "A. Drake, A. NJ, president; Free
erick P. Paul, Phi. D., geology an
mineralogy; R. v. Smith, B. S., mir
ing and metallurgy; L. G. Walker, A
NJ, mathematics; George E. Ken
merer, Phi. D., chemistry; B. K. Cogf
Ian, B. c., civil engineering; R.
Kirchman, E. M, instructor in physic
and civil engineering; c. G.. Smith, Pl
b., principal of academy; Anna "
Fitch, registrar. The board of tru'
tees consist of Aniceto G. Abeyti;
president; G. T. Brown, secretary an
treasurer; James G.. Fitch, W.
Fleming Jones and A. H. Hilton.